Title: Spam Alert, Update Needed
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Spam Alert, Update Needed

 *  [micvideo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oceandigital/)
 * (@oceandigital)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-alert-update-needed/)
 * I have been getting persistent spam comments even with the comments turned off
   for specific posts.
 * When I disabled the Disqus plugin, these spammy things stopped happening. The
   plugin has not been updated since WP 4.0 came out and thats when the spam started
   so I’m blaming this plugin for my sites malware issues.
 * I recommend disabling this plugin if you have WP 4.0 until its been made compatible
   and secure. Even though it looks like just spam, its been very persistent and
   seems to open up my multisite to a world of hurt. Wordfence, iTheme Security 
   have both been unable to stop this spam plus once the plugin is active on one
   sub site, it seems to allow the spammer to leave comments on other sub sites 
   that don’t even have the plugin activated. It comes as no surprise that all traces
   of the attacker lead back to Russian and Chinese addresses.
 * Has anyone else experienced this issue?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/disqus-comment-system/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disqus-comment-system/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [ryanv12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryanv12/)
 * (@ryanv12)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-alert-update-needed/#post-5370772)
 * To be clear, are you seeing this spam in the WordPress comment system or on Disqus
   itself?
 *  Thread Starter [micvideo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oceandigital/)
 * (@oceandigital)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-alert-update-needed/#post-5370778)
 * The comments are held for approval in the WP dashboard.

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 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [micvideo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oceandigital/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-alert-update-needed/#post-5370778)
 * Status: not resolved