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Forum Bot?

Postby ColaBoy » Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:43 pm

I logged in a moment ago and notice a user labeled as a 'bot' was logged in, should we be worried?
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Re: Forum Bot?

Postby Gecko » Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:58 pm

ColaBoy,

Nothing to worry about, just a search engine robot going through our site.
Most likely it was yahoo's slurp, I see it in here all the time.
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Re: Forum Bot?

Postby ColaBoy » Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:46 pm

Oh creepy! :o

Never heard of that before!

Thanks for the info! :wink:
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