Dude, I don't know if there's an option to delete all of a spambot's posts, but when I clean up the Slackerz forumz, I usually just go to delete user, and there is an option to delete all of their posts. It's probably a lot different between smf and vbulliten, though.
I still say we should just prevent new users from posting links until they get a few regular posts on their accounts (say, 5.) That'd weed out 90% of the spambots right there.
That sounds crazy enough to try! Most spambots have a URL in their signatures, so let's see what disabling that for the low-class Registered Users group does. Sadly, I can only disable URLs in signatures, not in posts proper (at least not on a per-group basis). Experimentime!
Since so many people have been seeing spambots, I think you should give everybody the power to ban everybody else. That way the first person who sees a spambot can get rid of them.
Hmm... so now we have the next generation of spambots in the Tom Servo thread. This one has a picture and is actually trying to sound like it generally needs help with something. Scary.
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Jesus, they tell you about this kind of thing happening back in basic training, but...I just wasn't prepared for this.
This would make a pretty evil April Fools joke.
Jakey: thanks for fighting the good fight!
There is absolutely no way this could go wrong.
It was another one o' them "Interests = Username" types.
Edit: ACK!!! They're posting new treads now! THE HORROR!!!