Who is Anonymous?

ghostgirl · Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 5:33 pm Post subject: Who is Anonymous?

hi guys....just a quick question. 3 or 4 times in the last couple of months, I have noticed Anonymous online on my forum. However, I cant click on this name as you can with other user's names in the who's online box...and when i look for this member Anonymous, it says this user does not exist. I have banned the username Anonymous, but still...Anonymous keeps slipping in.... Shocked

any clues to who Anonymous is? or as to how they might be getting into my forum undetected??
Anyone else ever had this problem??
Thanks guys....
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ChickenMan · Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 5:38 pm Post subject:

It's the googlebot. It's harmless and all it does is checks the pages for relevant information regarding someone's search. Please unban it. Keeping it banned is against our TOS.
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thats odd all my bots to inclued yahoo and google are on as guest i have never seen anonymous
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ghostgirl · Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 8:10 pm Post subject:

i thought the googlebots showed up as guest?? ok...i will unban it...I didnt know...sorry... Embarassed

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ghostgirl · Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 9:04 am Post subject:

ok....thanks....I unbanned it....thought it was another troll attack...spose I am gettin paranoid after being hacked 4 times.. Rolling Eyes

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Anonymous is an internal name that is used in phpBB. It is like the username of all guests. Typically it doesn't appear in the who's online, although I have seen it happen.
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ghostgirl · Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 9:31 am Post subject:

thanks for puttin my mind at ease....I freaked when i couldnt track the movements of anonymous, or find it as a members name... Rolling Eyes

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