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Re: Spammers

Post by glasgowjim » Tue May 24, 2011 8:27 pm

Van only VBB can block them I can only remove the posts :D

but keep putting them up as he will see this in the morning.

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Re: Spammers

Post by Big Brother » Tue May 24, 2011 8:45 pm

I've banned those 3 users.

There are usually a couple of spammers a day who post exactly 28 posts each and then leave.

Fortunately I am able to mass delete all their posts when I ban the accounts.
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Re: Spammers

Post by glasgowjim » Tue May 24, 2011 9:09 pm

lucky man :rofl:


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Re: Spammers

Post by Van » Thu May 26, 2011 2:13 pm

Van wrote:At the moment they seem to have a preference for Non Volvo (480) related stuff
Another batch in there. Which brings me to this suggestion: make one special sub forum e.g. introduce yourself and allow new subscriptions only to post in there for a number of days. When there is a serious new member this person can and will introduce him or herself. Then the new member can be allowed access to post to the other parts of the forum.
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Re: Spammers

Post by glasgowjim » Fri Jun 03, 2011 10:36 pm

this second wave of spammers is growing in strength :kill: :kill: :kill: :kill: :kill: :kill:

plus its the same person posting up as different people from various exotic locations all over the world. :lol:

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Re: Spammers

Post by glasgowjim » Sun Jun 05, 2011 10:11 am

Its getting beyond a joke again to the extent that I am not removing any posted in non volvo related portion of forum.

but will remove if post/thread has offensive title.

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Re: Spammers

Post by volviz » Mon Jun 06, 2011 6:29 am

maybe should consider disabling registration again?
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Re: Spammers

Post by Big Brother » Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:22 am

Sorry I couldn’t get online over the weekend.

I’ve banned the account of the latest big poster who had 208 posts which have all been removed.

I’ve removed all posts from the non 480 forum (this forum really is obsolete until we fix this spam problem).
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Re: Spammers

Post by volviz » Tue Jun 07, 2011 8:11 am

thanks, but the attack is continuing :kill:
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Re: Spammers

Post by Joolz » Thu Jun 09, 2011 8:07 pm

Sorry I was on holiday in Ireland for a week...back to the grindstone :wall:
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Re: Spammers

Post by chriskay » Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:35 am

Joolz wrote:Sorry I was on holiday in Ireland for a week
I don't recall authorizing that.
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Re: Spammers

Post by Joolz » Mon Jun 13, 2011 8:11 pm

:lol:

I'll make sure I check with you next time boss!!

We were at the Rory Gallagher Tribute Festival in Ballyshannon :D :D
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Re: Spammers

Post by glasgowjim » Sat Jun 25, 2011 3:29 pm

if you see a post by hereambearz dont open it as it will contain a very very explicit porn image right at the top of the post. I cant avoid it since I have to open the post /thread to delete the post but find it highly distasteful in the extreme.

We are awaiting the banning of this spammer by VBB when he comes on.

I recently deleted an older rather trivial thread because this spammer had polluted it with multiple spams and I refuse to expose myself to such filth and degradation if I can avoid it. So if you notice that your post count has dropped a little then its because of me! sorry but the only alternative is to have the forum polluted by these porn images.

Both Joolz and myself can only delete posts threads not ban users and the number of spammers is increasing . we have left the non volvo related matters to the spammers but even at that its a pain keeping the rest of the forum clear of these barstewards.

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Re: Spammers

Post by Big Brother » Sat Jun 25, 2011 8:01 pm

I've cleared all of those posts.

Jim that user you mention above isn't in the database.
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Re: Spammers

Post by glasgowjim » Fri Jul 01, 2011 11:42 am

there is me and 3 spaMMERS ON JUST NOW AND THE BIRTHDAY LIST HAS 13 OF THE BARSTEWARDS. :kill: :kill: :kill: :kill: :kill: :kill: :kill: :kill: :kill: :kill:

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Re: Spammers

Post by chris1roll » Thu Jul 07, 2011 9:29 pm

Seriously, why are we still letting them register and post in the first place?
I just recently registered on a snes emulator forum, that uses phpBB, and their countermeasures work. Why can't someone with server access implement some or all of the same.
What would you mods rather be doing, pre-approving a few posts from brand new users each day, and deleting any in the queue that get round the basic spambot check, or chase the fuckers all round the forum?

This forum employs numerous techniques to thwart spamming and trolling. I sincerely apologize to legitimate users who have to endure these steps, but it is unfortunately necessary due to past abuses.

First, the registration challenge periodically changes to break automated registrations. It will always be a hand-generated question designed so that a bot cannot answer it.

Second, there is a special category of administrators on this forum known as validators. After registering, your account will not be activated until a validator reviews your profile.

To block proxies, several things will happen. First, your IP will be checked against a current list of Tor exit nodes. Second, it will be tested to see if it a web proxy by accessing port 80. Third, it will be tested to see if it is a SOCKS proxy by testing port 1080. Fourth, it will be tested to see if it an HTTP proxy by testing at least port 8080. Fifth, it will be searched on Google to detect a known abuse IP address. Further tests may be performed. This activation step may require up to 24 hours.

Third, upon registering you will discover that the members list and most recently registered information is not accessible. This is to prevent profile spam in the form of WWW and signature linkbacks. They will not be viewable by anyone.

Fourth, new accounts are automatically added to a group that does not have access to send private messages, only to receive them. This prevents spamming and harassment through the PM system.

Fifth, note that web crawlers and bots are specifically excluded via robots.txt and through phpBB3 itself. You will not score any SEO points through linkback spam here.

Sixth, new accounts are also unable to immediately post. By default, all of their posts will go into a moderation queue, viewable only by validators. A validator will continue to manually review and authorize posts until they are reasonably sure that you are a human. This verification may take up to 24 hours per post. Eventually, once authorized, users will be able to send private messages and post without moderation.

Seventh, bans are permanent. If you are banned, it is for life with no exceptions. Your IP address range will be blocked with a /24 mask. If you are caught sneaking around this, your new account will also be banned.

If your goal is to troll me specifically, I should note that everything up this point will not be handled whatsoever by myself. I have enlisted the help of forum members to handle the above for me.

And even if you manage to get past all of those safeguards, understand that it takes at most one minute to delete your account, delete every post you've ever made, and range-ban your IP. A mere fraction of the effort that will be required by you to get past all of the above, and even then a validator may well see you and delete your account before I do.

If you have so little time in your life to do all of the above to attempt to troll or spam my forum, be my guest. I will relish knowing that I have wasted far more of your time than you have of mine.

And lastly, again I want to apologize for all of these troublesome steps for legitimate new users. Please bear with these steps and I would be very happy to have you as a member of this forum. Thanks for reading all of this.
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Re: Spammers

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Re: Spammers

Post by glasgowjim » Sat Jul 09, 2011 2:24 pm

yipee I have just learned how to take out multiple spammers at one go without opening up each thread . Rock and roll good buddies the tide has turned :hopping: :hopping: :hopping: :hopping: :hopping:

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Re: Spammers

Post by Big Brother » Sun Jul 10, 2011 7:47 pm

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