Recent round of spammers

engineerbrian · Feb 4, 2014

Inigoes said:
You have a bright future

Or you could say "Vous avez un avenir brilliant" since today is French day.

Half-cocked · Feb 4, 2014

Norton said:
Yeah....guessing the bot looks for that forum.

If the spammer(s) have scripts either hard-coded to target that sub-forum, or are running more sophisticated programs to scan forums for the keyword "introductions", you could throw a monkey wrench into their efforts by renaming "introductions" to something else, at least temporarily.

EL1227 · Feb 4, 2014

Have you considered using a captcha for sign ups ? I think that they are a PITA, but they are effective.

Norton · Feb 4, 2014

Half-cocked said:
If the spammer(s) have scripts either hard-coded to target that sub-forum, or are running more sophisticated programs to scan forums for the keyword "introductions", you could throw a monkey wrench into their efforts by renaming "introductions" to something else, at least temporarily.

EL1227 said:
Have you considered using a captcha for sign ups ? I think that they are a PITA, but they are effective.

Definitely on the list of things to do, but not possible at this time.

INMY01TA · Feb 4, 2014

Can someone here spam em back?

Brooklyn · Feb 6, 2014

Norton said:
Definitely on the list of things to do, but not possible at this time.

Something as simple as a 1 hour delay before a new account goes active can f up a bot very nicely with only a minor hit to usability..

Even 10 min can do that.

Boom Boom · Feb 6, 2014

EL1227 said:
Have you considered using a captcha for sign ups ? I think that they are a PITA, but they are effective.

Bots get through standard captcha all the time on a forum I moderate. The only way to stop it is with questions requiring answers not listed in the HTML and/or special mouse actions like click-and-drag.

Rem700fan · Feb 7, 2014

Does anyone besides me find themselves checking the introductions forum more often just to try and catch report these a55hats? On a side note, there must be a lot of profit selling franking machines. :sad20:

Norton · Feb 8, 2014

Thanks for reporting them fellas.

Also thanks to those that are making a post of "reported" in the thread because it lets others know that someone has already sent us an alert and it keeps our emails from blowing up. :thumbsup:

BUFF7MM · Feb 8, 2014

Norton said:
Thanks for reporting them fellas.

Also thanks to those that are making a post of "reported" in the thread because it lets others know that someone has already sent us an alert and it keeps our emails from blowing up.

You don't mind if we have a little fun with them before you nuke them do you?

Norton · Feb 8, 2014

Buff7mm said:
You don't mind if we have a little fun with them before you nuke them do you?

They don't see it. It's all hit and run, whether it be bot or human.

BUFF7MM · Feb 8, 2014

Norton said:
They don't see it. It's all hit and run, whether it be bot or human.

Oh well, I just get tired of bashing Mooseman, figured I'd spread it out a little.

Vile Shadow · Feb 8, 2014

-Z/28- said:
Why in French today?
Coming from Canada or Europe?

They come from all over the world. :sad20:

Doctor_M said:
On behalf of the community, thanks for all of your efforts cleaning up the debris!!

Gryphon · Feb 8, 2014

Norton said:
. . . I've become quite a connoisseur of spammers and can pretty much tell you where they are from based on their username, email addresses and server names. I can also pretty much tell you what behaviors they'll exhibit once they register . . .

I don't envy you, and hope I never have to develop that skill set! Thank you for your service!

Norton · Feb 8, 2014

Gryphon said:
I don't envy you, and hope I never have to develop that skill set! Thank you for your service!

The Russians are a real PITA, but at the same time easy to dispatch. They dump 5-10 new registrations at once, but all from the same IP.

If you catch them before they post, it's easy to hose them all.

Norton · Feb 14, 2014

Should be seeing some relief as of late.

tsmith1499 · Feb 14, 2014

I have noticed a decline in the amount in the last week.

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