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Spam
Posted: Saturday Dec 23, 2006 7:01 pm
by NTRabbit
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.
Posted: Saturday Dec 23, 2006 7:47 pm
by lethaldog
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
Posted: Sunday Dec 24, 2006 4:42 pm
by Emo
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.
Posted: Sunday Dec 24, 2006 4:43 pm
by NTRabbit
Sadly I can't delete them, only Oliver can
Posted: Sunday Dec 24, 2006 4:46 pm
by Emo
Can you ban them? If so, make sure you ban the IP addresses as well. That can slow them down a fair bit.
Posted: Sunday Dec 24, 2006 4:49 pm
by NTRabbit
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
Posted: Sunday Dec 24, 2006 4:51 pm
by Emo
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.
Posted: Sunday Dec 24, 2006 4:59 pm
by NTRabbit
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
Posted: Sunday Dec 24, 2006 6:03 pm
by Turner
it doesn't even link to britney spears sucking
Posted: Sunday Dec 24, 2006 6:41 pm
by lethaldog
No it will just link to a real nasty virus
Posted: Monday Dec 25, 2006 10:04 pm
by Chris
So will having Brittany suck your...
Posted: Tuesday Dec 26, 2006 6:51 am
by yardglass
lethaldog wrote:No it will just link to a real nasty virus
Is that why Brit and whatshisface split ?
A virus ?
Posted: Tuesday Dec 26, 2006 9:33 am
by lethaldog
Posted: Tuesday Dec 26, 2006 10:43 am
by Schooner
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?
Posted: Tuesday Dec 26, 2006 11:50 am
by yardglass
i'd be prepared to risk it for a shot at the title
cheers
Posted: Tuesday Dec 26, 2006 1:47 pm
by NTRabbit
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.
Posted: Tuesday Dec 26, 2006 10:30 pm
by bobbioli
Posted: Wednesday Dec 27, 2006 1:32 pm
by NTRabbit
I managed to get ahold of Oliver, and he cleared all 101 spambots and banned any further registrations from .info addresses.
Hooray for Oliver!
Posted: Wednesday Apr 04, 2007 4:11 pm
by Rysa
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!!
Posted: Friday Apr 06, 2007 12:24 pm
by Oliver
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
