Spambot Alert!

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  • SerephelSerephel
    edited April 2010
    You know, I'm online pretty much all day, which in the US is all evening. I could easily clear out the spambots who come about during this time.

    Just sayin'.
  • illithid235illithid235
    edited April 2010
    Yeah, I'd also be happy to help clear out spambots if you need extra people.
  • X'o'LoreX'o'Lore
    edited April 2010
    I'm with Ryan. We need more mods if this sort of thing is gonna happen. I usually don't like having to moderate, but for the sake of busting spambot attacks I'd throw my hat in the ring too.
  • ReallyCleanSocksReallyCleanSocks
    edited April 2010
    I will gladly possess this responsibility, I guess. Actually to be honest, I was just gonna leave until this shit got snuffed.
  • Professor MacJakeProfessor MacJake
    edited April 2010
    Yeah, sorry team, I have very limited internet access and can't patrol 24/7. I got rid of all of this recent outbreak. If you see spambots, use the report function and it will send an email to the supermods, which will go to my blackberry and I can usually go the one spot on my front porch that I can leech my neighbor's internet and take care of it.
  • X'o'LoreX'o'Lore
    edited April 2010
    Thanks Jake!
  • SerephelSerephel
    edited April 2010
    We have a report function?

    Edit: Oh, there it is.
  • mariomario
    edited April 2010
    I'm sorry I didn't catch this sooner! I think I've cleared out the culprits for now, but it might be time to consider more drastic measures restricting newcomers.
  • ReallyCleanSocksReallyCleanSocks
    edited April 2010
    Or more moderators aka me.
  • mariomario
    edited April 2010
    That's appreciated! But I'm sure nobody wants to be spending all this time pruning and banning.

    UPDATE: I've turned on a feature to email me whenever people register, seems to have helped in cutting off a few spambots at the pass. But more drastic measures are likely forthcoming.
  • TheFlameOfHeartsTheFlameOfHearts
    edited May 2010
    Oh jesus, the spambots are using pictures now.
  • illithid235illithid235
    edited May 2010
    What's the deal with that Rebecca person in the IE + CSS thread?
  • X'o'LoreX'o'Lore
    edited May 2010
    It's a bot people have been too lazy to remove.
  • SerephelSerephel
    edited July 2010
    EVERYBODY GET TO THE BUNKER, WE ARE UNDER ATTACK

    Edit: One bot has 42 posts... where are the mods... why have they forsaken us...
  • TheFlameOfHeartsTheFlameOfHearts
    edited July 2010
    *wakes up*

    Huh? Attack? What?

    Everything looks fine to me.
  • mariomario
    edited July 2010
    Thanks for squashing that one, Jakey. That looked nasty.
  • SerephelSerephel
    edited July 2010
    Figures. Mario is off at Disneyland having a good time while we're being INVADED.
  • mariomario
    edited July 2010
    Correction: having a great time while you're being MOLESTED.
  • X'o'LoreX'o'Lore
    edited September 2010
    I spy a spambot.
  • mariomario
    edited February 2011
    Sorry about the sexy image spambots. vBulletin control panel says new users aren't allowed to use the IMG tag, but apparently that setting doesn't actually mean anything. >__< I've adjusted the settings to further restrict images for new users, hopefully that will help.
  • BehemothBehemoth
    edited February 2011
    The naked butts made me cry.
  • brucebruce
    edited February 2011
    Some of us like sexy adverts, you monster!

    So I shall provide:

    2mwcq2v.jpg

    (Incidentally, Hitman: Blood Money is a wonderful game.)

    Also, does anyone like how atrociously amateuristic the photoshop work on that image is?
  • SerephelSerephel
    edited February 2011
    I was offended, mario. What kind of a world do we live in when the Internet has pornographic images on it?
  • mariomario
    edited February 2011
    I know, I'm sorry! I promise more pictures of cats with bad grammar.

    9e1149ee-fa5f-4668-bc6f-3d3ac1876513.jpg
  • brucebruce
    edited February 2011
    I just noticed that the spam bots are advertising 25+ singles. Is the average age of the belt really that high?!
  • BehemothBehemoth
    edited February 2011
    I think the mode age of active users is probably in the mid-20's, but I would have guessed all the accounts from the young folk would lower the age to late teens, early twenties. I don't know if the bots really care about target demographics very much though. But, this is getting a little out of hand now.
  • waitingfortheencorewaitingfortheencore
    edited February 2011
    Damn I'm 25...
  • X'o'LoreX'o'Lore
    edited February 2011
    Eh, the sexy images I can handle, but they aren't properly labeling them as NSFW and even worse, they are not merely double posting but TRIPLE posting. In the bad sort of way!
  • brucebruce
    edited March 2011
    Note that we have an outbreak of pox related spam.
  • mariomario
    edited March 2011
    Yeah, I don't know how they get around the settings preventing them from using IMG tags. Probably need to update the forum software again. A project for the weekend, I wager!

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