Spam

NTRabbit · Post by **NTRabbit** » Saturday Dec 23, 2006 7:01 pm

The spam sure has been heavy today, I've deleted a good 40 or 50 posts and threads in all forums since midnight

Should have time to keep cleaning tomorrow and xmas, but not frequently, so I'll do my best.

lethaldog · Post by **lethaldog** » Saturday Dec 23, 2006 7:47 pm

Your not wrong, i dont know how many times ive jumped on to see a link for brittany spears sucking

These losers obviously have nothing better to do

Emo · Post by **Emo** » Sunday Dec 24, 2006 4:42 pm

Most are automated spambots. Out of the 20 or so that have signed up in the last two days it appears only a few have actually posted so far but it would be wise to clean them all out.

I run a private 4wd and camping forum and we've had to set it to Admin activation of new accounts to stop the spambots.

NTRabbit · Post by **NTRabbit** » Sunday Dec 24, 2006 4:43 pm

Sadly I can't delete them, only Oliver can

Emo · Post by **Emo** » Sunday Dec 24, 2006 4:46 pm

Can you ban them? If so, make sure you ban the IP addresses as well. That can slow them down a fair bit.

NTRabbit · Post by **NTRabbit** » Sunday Dec 24, 2006 4:49 pm

Sorry, but I can't do anything to users or change the setup of forums, all I can do is delete, edit, move, sticky and lock

Emo · Post by **Emo** » Sunday Dec 24, 2006 4:51 pm

NTRabbit wrote:Sorry, but I can't do anything to users or change the setup of forums, all I can do is delete, edit, move, sticky and lock

Mate, you need to get Oliver to give you more functionality to stop these things. You might wake up tomorrow and find a couple of hundred more spam posts.

NTRabbit · Post by **NTRabbit** » Sunday Dec 24, 2006 4:59 pm

Emo wrote:
NTRabbit wrote:Sorry, but I can't do anything to users or change the setup of forums, all I can do is delete, edit, move, sticky and lock
Mate, you need to get Oliver to give you more functionality to stop these things. You might wake up tomorrow and find a couple of hundred more spam posts.

My head hurts

Turner · Post by **Turner** » Sunday Dec 24, 2006 6:03 pm

it doesn't even link to britney spears sucking

lethaldog · Post by **lethaldog** » Sunday Dec 24, 2006 6:41 pm

No it will just link to a real nasty virus

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Monday Dec 25, 2006 10:04 pm

So will having Brittany suck your...

yardglass · Post by **yardglass** » Tuesday Dec 26, 2006 6:51 am

lethaldog wrote:No it will just link to a real nasty virus

Is that why Brit and whatshisface split ?

A virus ?

lethaldog · Post by **lethaldog** » Tuesday Dec 26, 2006 9:33 am

I would say it wouldnt be far from the truth

Schooner · Post by **Schooner** » Tuesday Dec 26, 2006 10:43 am

NTRabbit wrote:
My head hurts

So hows the mouse finger holding up? looks like another one is on his way in.

BTW whats the count up to now?

yardglass · Post by **yardglass** » Tuesday Dec 26, 2006 11:50 am

lethaldog wrote:I would say it wouldnt be far from the truth

i'd be prepared to risk it for a shot at the title

cheers

NTRabbit · Post by **NTRabbit** » Tuesday Dec 26, 2006 1:47 pm

Schooner wrote:
NTRabbit wrote:
My head hurts
So hows the mouse finger holding up? looks like another one is on his way in.

BTW whats the count up to now?

I've lost count, but it looks like the worst might be over. Just have to wait for Oliver to clean out their accounts.

bobbioli · Post by **bobbioli** » Tuesday Dec 26, 2006 10:30 pm

I'm not sure of my settings. I don't get any spam.

NTRabbit · Post by **NTRabbit** » Wednesday Dec 27, 2006 1:32 pm

I managed to get ahold of Oliver, and he cleared all 101 spambots and banned any further registrations from .info addresses.

Hooray for Oliver!

Rysa · Post by **Rysa** » Wednesday Apr 04, 2007 4:11 pm

Good job to Oliver & NTRabbit, i've been watching all the new users pop up. Most of them from the US advertising some crap, but they're gone before they even get to post!!

Post by **Oliver** » Friday Apr 06, 2007 12:24 pm

Things have been fairly quiet lately. It seems the spate of a spam registration posting 18 or 20 posts has stopped (perhaps due to some changes I made, but who knows).

Fingers crossed that things don't flare up again.

Cheers,

Oliver