Sweet Captcha : WordPress plugin spread ads serving malware

A year ago I raved over the discovery of Sweet Captcha, a free captcha plugin for WordPress. At the time, and until yesterday, the plugin appeared to do its task quietly, blocking thousands of spam comments on my blog publications. Unfortunately, since at least Sunday, Sweet Captcha has been … [Read more...]

Sweet Captcha: Solve this little puzzle, spambot!

If you've had it with comment spam, you're not alone. A couple of years ago I recommended a particular WordPress plugin that did its job silently - until its creator ended all support and actually downgraded its features, to promote a better, but paid version. When trying to determine whether a … [Read more...]