Spammer in last week

kinekine Member Posts: 12,562
edited 2012-05-02 in General Chat
I think that everyone noticed high count of spam bots posts in last week. Is there some way how to stop that?
Kamil Sacek
MVP - Dynamics NAV
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  • Luc_VanDyckLuc_VanDyck Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 3,633
    I can make the registration process more difficult, so spam bots cannot register automatically.
    But I can't prevent people from registering manually and make those spam-postings manually.

    Those messages generally don't stay long in the forum. The "Report post" feature is used by the members to report those posts, so we can delete these postings and deactivate the spammer's account. Sometimes the IP-addresses are banned as well.

    Don't know what else we can do :-k

    EDIT: I have installed a MOD, which enhances the CAPTCHA image during registration. Now we have to wait & see ...
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  • kinekine Member Posts: 12,562
    Ok, it is not big problem, just my RSS is groving too fast... :-) but when I see many posts from one author in different toppics I just delete them from RSS now...
    Kamil Sacek
    MVP - Dynamics NAV
    My BLOG
    NAVERTICA a.s.
  • BeliasBelias Member Posts: 2,998
    maybe i'm only bad informed about this, but...
    why in the hell "people" is still sending spams around?i think that no one clicks their link or read them...
    they're worse than tv spots (in terms of marketing), because they're simpler to avoid...no one cares about spam mails/posts/whatever.
    (personally i automatically burn my spam folder in outlook).
    -Mirko-
    "Never memorize what you can easily find in a book".....Or Mibuso
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  • kinekine Member Posts: 12,562
    Because there are still dumb users which are able to click on the link... 8)
    Kamil Sacek
    MVP - Dynamics NAV
    My BLOG
    NAVERTICA a.s.
  • BeliasBelias Member Posts: 2,998
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    does people not understand that if they buy viagra pills everytime they receive an offer, they will have 3 legs 24 hours a day?
    Now, i have to get back to work...you know that you can earn 700€ per week working only 2 hours a day?
    visit 'www..........' for more info :mrgreen:
    -Mirko-
    "Never memorize what you can easily find in a book".....Or Mibuso
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  • afarrafarr Member Posts: 287
    There are three spam messages in viewtopic.php?f=32&t=38031&start=30

    I don't know where else to report this, and I don't know if kriki checks his PMs, which is why I'm posting here.
    Alastair Farrugia
  • mohana_cse06mohana_cse06 Member Posts: 5,503
    Don't know what else we can do :-k
    What about giving moderator (atleast to delete/block spam posts/profiles) permissions to 1/2 more regular/trustworthy users?

    What I feel is spammers are hitting the forum when you and Kriki are offline like your sleep time..
  • Luc_VanDyckLuc_VanDyck Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 3,633
    We have now implemented an approval queue for postings of new members. These postings need to be reviewed (and approved) first before they become visible. But this only applies to postings of newly registered users. Spammer registrations that already exists in the users database might post their spam messages, but they will be caught eventually.
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  • Luc_VanDyckLuc_VanDyck Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 3,633
    afarr wrote:
    There are three spam messages in viewtopic.php?f=32&t=38031&start=30
    You should report these messages using the "Report this post" feature. That's the red "!" icon you find at the bottom-right of each posting.
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