According to the tech guys with my site, the following is happening:

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This is something you're running. It might be related to the boards you have. Apache is just spawning processes like mad. Someone is exploiting UBB, as evidenced by this string from your access_log:

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You need to fix this issue ASAP.
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Yikes!

I have no idea what is happening or why it is happening or how to fix it!

Any and all advice would be appreciated.

Sue
adwoff.com