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Old Apr 11, 2020 | 05:40 AM
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Is everybody else getting all of this CloudFlare activity with AudiWorld since yesterday? I never really saw it before, but now everytime I refresh, I get a CloudFlare delay.
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Old Apr 11, 2020 | 01:22 PM
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Yes, it's Cloudfare's under attack mode. Seems they have it turned on deliberately or accidentally. There has been a slew of spam recently that I've noticed, so they might in fact be trying to combat the bots that are posting spam across the entire forum.

https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en...OS-protection-
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Old Apr 11, 2020 | 01:25 PM
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Yea, just noticed this and came here to post the same question you had. The extra wait is annoying.
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Old Apr 11, 2020 | 01:27 PM
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Definitely a recent change. It could well be action taken by the forum owner to thwart all the early AM spam attacks of the past few weeks.
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Old Apr 11, 2020 | 01:42 PM
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The early AM spam has been ridiculous the last few weeks. I agree that this must be part of the counter attack.
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Old Apr 13, 2020 | 09:06 PM
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I abandon trying to access this forum about half the time now - between "wait 5 seconds" and "your security token is invalid", it's like the admins are trying to actively drive traffic away.
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Old Apr 14, 2020 | 12:14 AM
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An explanation or notification would have been nice from the Mods. I thought it was my pc having issues.
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Old Apr 14, 2020 | 11:45 AM
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I am getting lots of "your security token is invalid". Predominately happens when I reload/refresh a page.

It is actually a bit of a PITA because I end up having to redo a search for Audiworld and re-entering the site. Certainly not the worst thing to happen during this weird COVID period, but it makes my go to Audi site such a pain.
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Sorry for the lack of clarity on the current Cloudflare screen, everyone. AudiWorld is currently being hit by an unusually high level of suspicious web traffic, so we implemented this screening page to ensure that the site doesn't overload or crash. The page is set up to allow individual users such as yourselves to get through, while blocking bot traffic or visitors that demonstrate unusual patterns of behavior.

We'll turn it off as soon as we see our traffic levels return to normal.

Thanks!
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Originally Posted by IB Jason
Sorry for the lack of clarity on the current Cloudflare screen, everyone. AudiWorld is currently being hit by an unusually high level of suspicious web traffic, so we implemented this screening page to ensure that the site doesn't overload or crash. The page is set up to allow individual users such as yourselves to get through, while blocking bot traffic or visitors that demonstrate unusual patterns of behavior.

We'll turn it off as soon as we see our traffic levels return to normal.

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