Blog hacked and receiving lots of spam comments

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  mamawearpapashirt · Member · Feb 9, 2012 at 4:28 am

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  Hi, my blog was hacked into yesterday. I had to change my password this morning to gain access, and everything seems normal, but I’m receiving dozens of spam comments. Any way to resolve this?

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  raincoaster · Member · Feb 9, 2012 at 4:52 am

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  Just send them all to spam. You may wish to temporarily set it so ALL your comments are moderated, just until it stops in a week or a few days. The more you send to spam, the quicker Akismet learns and then they’ll all automatically go to spam.

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  mamawearpapashirt · Member · Feb 9, 2012 at 12:24 pm

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  Thanks, I’ll try that.

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  myknittingcircle · Member · Feb 10, 2012 at 1:18 am

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  This has just happened to me. I’ll continue to send to spam.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 10, 2012 at 2:55 am

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  When it comes to security there are some really good tips here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/security/

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  mamawearpapashirt · Member · Feb 10, 2012 at 3:29 am

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  That’s helpful. Thanks timethief.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 10, 2012 at 3:30 am

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  @mamawearpapashirt
  You’re welcome. :)