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Re: Spam

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:48 pm
by Thadrin
There are a lot of bots getting through atm.
We're bumping them off as fast as we see them peddling their mobile phone noises.
I may have made a couple of additions to the word filter.

Re: Spam

Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 11:55 am
by VoodooMike
How open are you to modifying the script itself? I don't usually use phpBB for anything but did set it up on The Morg, and pretty much immediately bots started signing up and making spam posts that had to be deleted every day or two.. so I slapped in an old security script I made to prevent automated http access (it wasn't originally meant to deal with bots, it was meant to deal with floods, but I assume these bots are automated rather than someone manually logging in and posting the spam) and there hasn't been a single spam post since.

Could be a simple coincidence (post hoc ergo propter hoc), but I haven't seen any issues with the script being in place, and there have been no spams since that day.

Re: Spam

Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 8:55 am
by duttydave

Re: Spam

Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 9:31 am
by Thadrin
Gone.
Pretty much all the spammers are IP addresses in Russia.
Being just tech savvy enough to completely FUBAR something I'm not sure if the forum software lets me ban an entire country...

Re: Spam

Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 4:06 pm
by Darkson
Yes it does - at one time or another, I've banned Russia, China and (iirc) Bulgaria...

Re: Spam

Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:02 pm
by nazgob
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=32809

got one.

not subtle.

Re: Spam

Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:46 pm
by inkpwn
nazgob wrote:viewtopic.php?f=21&t=32809

got one.

not subtle.
Don't know why, but it says I'm not permitted to view that thread.
Its this guy, he's spammed all over the boards now.
http://talkfantasyfootball.org/memberli ... le&u=34745

Re: Spam

Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:59 pm
by JaM
Bad boy... ehm, bot.

Re: Spam

Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:51 am
by duttydave
arrotnoibe needs to be deleted

memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=34753

Re: Spam

Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:53 am
by duttydave

Re: Spam

Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:00 pm
by Darkson
The updated php sucks... :evil:

Re: Spam

Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:19 pm
by duttydave
Another Russian one by the looks of it...

memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=34720

Re: Spam

Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:50 pm
by GalakStarscraper
Guys ... just click the report button on the post and we'll see that a lot faster than posting a link in another thread.

Thanks!

Re: Spam

Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:30 pm
by nazgob
Hmm. Whaddya know?

*nazgob has now learnt something today - there's a report button*

Re: Spam

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 8:21 am
by duttydave
GalakStarscraper wrote:Guys ... just click the report button on the post and we'll see that a lot faster than posting a link in another thread.

Thanks!
Will do.

A member of the forum since 2007 and I've only just found the report button. :oops: :D