itbranson Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Hi guys,I've an issue with the send-to-friend module. Some one/bot sends spam email from this module to others. www.example.com/modules/sendtoafriend/sendtoafriend-form.php I only knew this when my server admin told me why i receive so many failed email delivery notices. Could anyone help me solve this? Is it a hole in the module?Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itbranson Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 my PS version is 1.3.1 and the theme version 1.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestaNoob Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 you could try to use captcha.or you could see http://www.prestashop.com/forums/viewthread/46743/ for more details regarding your problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itbranson Posted October 6, 2010 Author Share Posted October 6, 2010 Hi PrestaNoob,Thanks a lot. Why i didn't think about captcha (doh) ?the non-captcha way is nice too. But i stick with captcha. many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itbranson Posted October 25, 2010 Author Share Posted October 25, 2010 Hi guys,It was maybe too early to tag the thread Solved. I uninstalled the module Send-to-Friend module but it still sends the damn spam message. What can i do? Delete the module from server? Any hint is much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iYann Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 Also having same Mail delivery error. Received about 100 of them in 3 days. Tried the solution posted on www.ellis87webdesign.com but I'm having a hard time making it work...Not sure where to paste the "div id=begonespam" codeCould anyone help with that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliaspt Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Having the same issue! What can be done to solve this? Please help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itbranson Posted October 19, 2011 Author Share Posted October 19, 2011 i uninstalled the module and even deleted it from my server as it was so aggressive. my life is so much better now without this module that its developer doesn't care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kranzler Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Hi everybody, Are you all using the default send to a friend module, or something you downloaded elsewhere? If you're using the default, I will definitely look into this to see what our developers suggest in order to prevent this from happening again. -Mike 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippo3000 Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Hi everybody, Are you all using the default send to a friend module, or something you downloaded elsewhere? If you're using the default, I will definitely look into this to see what our developers suggest in order to prevent this from happening again. -Mike mike, any update? 1.4.8 still has no spam protection and this should be a must these days. same by the way for the contact form. now I need to look for some 3rd party solution. anything you can recommend? phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbelo Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I got this spam problem too. Started yesterday. PS 1.4.8.2. Original standard send to friend module. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doulas Akula Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Any update on this please ? - because I still get spam emails months after uninstaliing the module from my PS store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopezp Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Bonjour, même problème sur une boutique en 1.4.8, toujours pas de solution à ce problème? merci. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innercode Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Hello, The spam problem is still there in PS 1.6.1.4. Emails can be sent even with uninstalled module. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[email protected] Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 How do I make it stop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polxxx Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Report the same in 1.6.1.4, hundreds of email spam, module uninstalled from server. No solutions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[email protected] Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 The solution to this is to delete the send to a friend module entirely, you CANNOT just disable it.go to your back end in the modules section;search for send to a friend;from the drop down choose delete.The emails will stop immediately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xaa Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 I confirm this issue with the sendtoafriend module. more than 100.000 emails every day since two weeks now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creasolstore Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Altough captch is really needed, I've posted a solution that uses fail2ban to put IP address that try to send many messages in blacklist (iptables firewall). Click on https://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/540520-send-to-friend-module-gets-spam/?do=findComment&comment=2399413 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedollyo Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Hello Guys, Damn.. I have removed the folder sendtoafriend from the server, yet it stills sends me thousands of spam emails. I don't want this module, I just want to get rid of the spam. It causing my shop to crash, because there are too many connections to my database. In the table ps_connections I have around 100,000 entries... So - module deleted, problem exists - what to do? Any help much appreciated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommix Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Hello Guys, Damn.. I have removed the folder sendtoafriend from the server, yet it stills sends me thousands of spam emails. I don't want this module, I just want to get rid of the spam. It causing my shop to crash, because there are too many connections to my database. In the table ps_connections I have around 100,000 entries... So - module deleted, problem exists - what to do? Any help much appreciated... if it's not deleted from server - it's not deleted. go to ftp and delete it manually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neugon Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Deleting the module seems to do the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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