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vi_ 2011-09-17 20:25

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 
Texrat, Id highly suspect that all these identical spam posts are coming from the same IP/subnet. Just ban THAT.

Texrat 2011-09-17 20:30

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by vi_ (Post 1090469)
Texrat, Id highly suspect that all these identical spam posts are coming from the same IP/subnet. Just ban THAT.

Ban-and-clean also blocks IP. I am seeing numerous distinct IPs and subnets.

vi_ 2011-09-17 20:39

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 1090474)
Ban-and-clean also blocks IP. I am seeing numerous distinct IPs and subnets.

Dang, perhaps they have become self aware?

Daneel 2011-09-17 20:52

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 
Its just a botnet.

Estel 2011-09-17 22:33

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 
Don't want to discourage You guys, but only one effective method to fight it is more secure automatic verification system. Spambots are automates (obviously), so fighting man-power against it is a no-go for a long-term.

On the other hand, most spammers doesn't write their bots, they just use ones from net. So, it's relatively easy to block them, as they're not so adaptable. PHPbb got many installable method for blocking dumb bots, unfortunately, I got no idea about vBulletin. I suppose it's up to Reggie (joys of non-community governed hosting for forum)... Was he pinged about this serious problem, already?

freemangordon 2011-09-17 22:50

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 
Guys, this is a nightmare, isn't it possible to disable new users registration until some effective spambot countermeasures are taken?

king Ralphred 2011-09-17 22:57

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 
eveyone bump a thread to get this cnut of the forum.

prankster 2011-09-17 22:57

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 
bloody hell ,this is REAL spamming ,make me or freemangordon as spam blockers ;p..We are almost always active here ..do something which these bollocks can understand so that they stop flooding in here .

king Ralphred 2011-09-17 23:06

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 
The least they could do is spam porn sites for phuks sake.

bump

freemangordon 2011-09-17 23:06

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 
Bug against TMO raised https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12425


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