I have a site attacked by hordes of spammers per day but I keep on top of it and for the most part it is auto managed.

However, I had one user, now deleted, who has the user info a normal user would fill in to describe themselves not being removed and stuck in the database! If you click on this link: www.readournovels.com/index.php/component/k2/itemlist/user/1617 it is a redirect of a parked domain to the site www.sell-my-books.com and nothing whatsoever exists of www.readournovels.com excepting the domain name. That old domain name never had K2 on it, either. However, when you click on that link it redirects to pick up a K2 user number that was a spammer, since deleted from the database. It continues to show the spam information for that deleted user!

Anyone have any ideas how I get rid of that, please? Thanks!

Have you deleted the user from Joomla!'s users as well?

K2 does not create new users, it simply enhances Joomla!'s existing users.

Krikor wrote: Have you deleted the user from Joomla!'s users as well?

K2 does not create new users, it simply enhances Joomla!'s existing users.

Yep. All info d=from the Joomla and K2 side are deleted excepting for the description field you fill in when you use the K2 user logon to create a new account. That part, for unknown reasons, is still there when you click on that URL. Is there any way to clear that out please?

If the info is deleted by not the entire user (the row still exists in the db) the user will still display. You have to delete the entire user to hide these URLs

Krikor wrote: If the info is deleted by not the entire user (the row still exists in the db) the user will still display. You have to delete the entire user to hide these URLs

Mate, as I already said, the entire user is gone excepting that part you fill in for description when you create a new account. That has been my problem all along! I have NO USER to delete because I already did that but that description field didnt delete with it. THAT is what I want to fix and get rid of that crap which is only spam.

No use telling me to delete a user which no longer exists because I did delete him before but not all the data went. How do I get rid of what is left please?

Greg.

Hi,

Have you found a solution for your problem? Because I am having the same problem as you have. It is really frustrating.

Grz

Kevin

Did you delete the user?
Not only the K2 user, but the Joomla! user as well.

Yes all users were deleted.

make link forbidden imight be a possible solution:

RewriteRule ^component/k2/itemlist/user/\d* - [F,L]

Joomla! 3.4.4 and K2 2.6.9 I suppose?