spam bots

[ed12]

 saint and other mod's
i know u guys are busy
but every night at about the same time
11:pm my time est
we get nailed by spam bot's
can we not lock them down ?

ed

[Monkeyvoodoo]

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[ed12]

here we go
 

ed

[jdbailey1206]

Sweet! A Louis Vuitton purse for only 40 rubles?  And all I have to give is my Social Security number and address?  Yes please!   

[saint]

Yeah, something's changed and they're slipping past the antispam the forum has in place. I've switched back to manual account activation, only 1 spammer got through last night.

[brihyn]

Did it? Or maybe we've been annoying the spambots all along by logging on to their forums to discuss arcade machines?
hmmmmmm.....

[lilshawn]

(in heavy fake russian voice)

I off to find russian site to post ads for sale of Konky Dong (tm)

[BadMouth]

I assumed they were real people getting paid a few cents an hour. 

[ed12]

thnk-u saint

ed

[ark_ader]

Yeah, something's changed and they're slipping past the antispam the forum has in place. I've switched back to manual account activation, only 1 spammer got through last night.

What is the IP address of the Spambot?

[ed12]

ark_ader
they verie
best i can get is the routing is out of china

ed

[ed12]

here we again
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,136462.0.html

my god

ed

[pbj]

That's some fine moderation there, saint.

 

[lilshawn]

Man, they are going at it hardcore!

at this rate, we are going to have to shut down new applications 

[ed12]

saint
did say he was going back to manualy adding nicks
and turning off auto
but i do have a gut felling thats like shutting the barn door after the horse got out

ed

[saint]

Yeah, something's changed and they're slipping past the antispam the forum has in place. I've switched back to manual account activation, only 1 spammer got through last night.

What is the IP address of the Spambot?

Tons of them, obviously someone's got a bot-net they're using. I've been setting 180 day bans on the IP addresses.

[saint]

That's some fine moderation there, saint.

 

I regret once again that I have failed to live up to your incredibly high standards. I will refund you your money.

[saint]

There are probably going to be a few that have been slipped into the forum that are "sleeper" accounts that they'll notice and use. The one that ed pointed out a few posts further up was registered days ago.

[lilshawn]

that's probably it... registering accounts...letting them sit until there are a few built up as backups, then... SPAM!

[ed12]

i would have to think u are right saint
glad u are on top of this

ed

[ed12]

is this adver here ?
we enjoy our colleagues and our clientsdqd
if not spam again
this time do not click on it
my alret went off like a fire alarm

ed

[Slippyblade]

Seriously Ed?  You clicked a link in one of those?  Bad monkey! 

[ed12]

no i clicked the topic,to copy it
and it took me over to there site
hence the reason i asked if they were  a adver

ed

[ark_ader]

Seriously Ed?  You clicked a link in one of those?  Bad monkey! 

Yeah I did too, but it was something to do with small furry animals, and my Firewall said something about a RAT. 

Yeah, something's changed and they're slipping past the antispam the forum has in place. I've switched back to manual account activation, only 1 spammer got through last night.

What is the IP address of the Spambot?

Tons of them, obviously someone's got a bot-net they're using. I've been setting 180 day bans on the IP addresses.

Oh you have it easy, I had 30K on my SMF and I don't mod it much, but since I moved to 2.06 and changed the captcha to answer three obvious questions, it has gone down a bit.  I would configure new members to have they their posts sent to moderation and have your admins clear them out.  Change your rules to enforce the one post rule when joining so you can weed them all out.  Maybe new members to include a special character.  I think you can enforce that in ACP.

[ed12]

yep i would to
ark_ader
the last 1 got through 2-x
saint is not asleep at the switch..but these little :p's: are not also
they just keep hitting the door until they can find a hole
its like that :itch that will not go away:
and yes i think the same way
make a post and it goes to a mod before it will hit the forms
that will at-least..slow them down
from there we can deal with >mark as read/delete<
as that is truly the olny way to deal with them at this time..
 i can come in and the banner WILL NOT BE A PAID ADVER.
thats the 1 that gets me..i mean think about it
u are apying xxx to adv and they over ride u
well i just pissed my $$ down the drain. right ?

ed

[lilshawn]

Seriously Ed?  You clicked a link in one of those?  Bad monkey! 

Meh...I bareback the internet like a boss. 

[Slippyblade]

Now that was funny.  Looks like one of the bot scripts got stuck in a loop.  You have my sympathies Saint.  Good luck

[ed12]

freg me there at it early

ed

[ed12]

freg me 23 of 25 spam bot
i just marked al as read and cleared the board
what a pain in the ass
chopperdog thks for the inside

ed

[pbj]

Give me a break.  What's this forum get?  2... 3 actual new users a month?

I've enjoyed all the free porn, though.

 

[opt2not]

Sex porn all folks.  Sex porn all.

[pbj]

Looks like she's giving birth to a slice of bologna.

 

[lilshawn]

Give me a break.  What's this forum get?  2... 3 actual new users a month?

I've enjoyed all the free porn, though.

 

congratulations, your computer now has chlamydia.

[ed12]

u know i am in the giving mood
after all its x-mas and all
and as i have tracked 90% of the ips'
think the next time i get 1,i will reply with a proggie there fire walls
CANNOT STOP
reason is simple,once i list it..u get a welcome to the hell gift
and watch your putter melt down...its funny as all get out to see it at work,and the more they reboot the worse it gets

ed

[hypernova]

Use card for all purchase to Russian site:

[jdbailey1206]

In Mother Russia spam bot sexes you.

[ed12]

ok ppl i have been looking into this spam bot problem
your best fix right now..
go to the right mark as read
go to delete
they are and i mean are sneaking in behind whatever fire wall is up
if it is ie ?,then we have a short way..
if it is java based ? then i have put the nessary problems into place..all expect a few mods on another fourm whom refuse to remove the offending s/w

ed

[ark_ader]

ok ppl i have been looking into this spam bot problem
your best fix right now..
go to the right mark as read
go to delete
they are and i mean are sneaking in behind whatever fire wall is up
if it is ie ?,then we have a short way..
if it is java based ? then i have put the nessary problems into place..all expect a few mods on another fourm whom refuse to remove the offending s/w

ed

Your best fix is to keep a tight ship.  The reason for the bots, is due to either a lack of time, planning, or interest.

I would hate to manage this site.  I'm surprised Saint has the patience of a Saint to keep this show going.

If it was me, I would administer new accounts bimonthly.

[Ken Layton]

Seems like these are "sleeper" accounts that were registered 6 months ago and lay dormant.

[ed12]

yes ken they are
i know saint is working on cleaning them out

ed