freecap.php taking a lot of CPU resource

[business +]

What version of 68 Classifieds are you running?
V4.1.6 Developer
What template are you using? Default


Please describe in detail the issue you are having:
/modules/freecap/freecap.php taking a lot of CPU resource. Because of server overload, I have checked my logs and saw /modules/freecap/freecap.php taking 22% of cpu... Is this normal?

[Lhotch +]

What do the rest of your logs look like? Do you have a large amount of hits to pages that have frecap displayed on them? If so, then you have someone trying to, likely via script, to flood your site with spam.

[business +]

some others I see are:
/usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir/ --datadir/var/lib/mysql --usermysql --pid-file/var/lib/mysql/ns1.xxxx.com.mv.pid --skip-external-locking

[restartsrv_sshd]

/scripts/restartsrv_queueprocd

is there a way to confirm if a script is attempting to spam? thanks

[Lhotch +]

Originally Posted by business

some others I see are:
/usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir/ --datadir/var/lib/mysql --usermysql --pid-file/var/lib/mysql/ns1.xxxx.com.mv.pid --skip-external-locking

[restartsrv_sshd]

/scripts/restartsrv_queueprocd

is there a way to confirm if a script is attempting to spam? thanks

Look at your access logs and see who is accessing what pages. If you have a lot of hits from a give IP to a page like contactus.php then its safe to assume they are trying to spam you, especially if you are not getting a lot of contact e-mails.

Another thing to consider, if you allow unregistered site visitors the ability to contact the owner and have captcha in place, then a captcha image will be generated everytime someone views an ad.