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Title: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on December 19, 2013, 11:38:01 pm
 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
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: Monkeyvoodoo on December 20, 2013, 12:18:48 am
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Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on December 20, 2013, 12:54:15 am
here we go
 :angry:

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: jdbailey1206 on December 20, 2013, 06:56:41 am
Sweet! A Louis Vuitton purse for only 40 rubles?  And all I have to give is my Social Security number and address?  Yes please!   ;D
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: saint on December 20, 2013, 07:16:12 am
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.
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: brihyn on December 20, 2013, 08:50:06 am
Did it? Or maybe we've been annoying the spambots all along by logging on to their forums to discuss arcade machines?
hmmmmmm.....
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: lilshawn on December 20, 2013, 10:17:46 am
(in heavy fake russian voice)

I off to find russian site to post ads for sale of Konky Dong (tm)
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: BadMouth on December 20, 2013, 11:05:32 am
I assumed they were real people getting paid a few cents an hour.  :dunno
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on December 20, 2013, 01:31:02 pm
thnk-u saint

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ark_ader on December 20, 2013, 02:45:28 pm
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?
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on December 20, 2013, 03:09:14 pm
ark_ader
they verie
best i can get is the routing is out of china

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on December 20, 2013, 04:30:44 pm
here we again
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,136462.0.html (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,136462.0.html)

my god

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: pbj on December 20, 2013, 04:32:26 pm
That's some fine moderation there, saint.

 :applaud:
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: lilshawn on December 20, 2013, 04:41:38 pm
Man, they are going at it hardcore!

at this rate, we are going to have to shut down new applications  :-[
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on December 20, 2013, 05:04:40 pm
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
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: saint on December 20, 2013, 05:14:15 pm
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.
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: saint on December 20, 2013, 05:15:48 pm
That's some fine moderation there, saint.

 :applaud:

I regret once again that I have failed to live up to your incredibly high standards. I will refund you your money.
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: saint on December 20, 2013, 05:16:44 pm
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.
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: lilshawn on December 20, 2013, 05:56:33 pm
that's probably it... registering accounts...letting them sit until there are a few built up as backups, then... SPAM!
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on December 20, 2013, 07:45:35 pm
i would have to think u are right saint
glad u are on top of this :):)

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on December 20, 2013, 09:15:45 pm
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
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: Slippyblade on December 20, 2013, 09:28:33 pm
Seriously Ed?  You clicked a link in one of those?  Bad monkey!  :tool:
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on December 20, 2013, 09:42:25 pm
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
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ark_ader on December 20, 2013, 10:53:38 pm
Seriously Ed?  You clicked a link in one of those?  Bad monkey!  :tool:

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

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.
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on December 20, 2013, 11:05:49 pm
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
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: lilshawn on December 21, 2013, 11:54:27 am
Seriously Ed?  You clicked a link in one of those?  Bad monkey!  :tool:

Meh...I bareback the internet like a boss.  ;D
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: Slippyblade on December 21, 2013, 04:00:39 pm
Now that was funny.  Looks like one of the bot scripts got stuck in a loop.  You have my sympathies Saint.  Good luck
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on December 21, 2013, 04:07:47 pm
freg me there at it early

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on December 21, 2013, 04:14:59 pm
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
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: pbj on December 21, 2013, 04:16:48 pm
Give me a break.  What's this forum get?  2... 3 actual new users a month?

I've enjoyed all the free porn, though.

 :lol
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: opt2not on December 21, 2013, 04:17:18 pm
Sex porn all folks.  Sex porn all.
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: pbj on December 21, 2013, 04:20:13 pm
Looks like she's giving birth to a slice of bologna.

 :lol
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: lilshawn on December 21, 2013, 06:54:35 pm
Give me a break.  What's this forum get?  2... 3 actual new users a month?

I've enjoyed all the free porn, though.

 :lol

congratulations, your computer now has chlamydia.
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on December 21, 2013, 11:36:55 pm
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
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: hypernova on December 22, 2013, 12:27:28 pm
Use card for all purchase to Russian site:

(https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTGgeKO_E4_tBkbh3Nlot6Ewa9ZWcQHJ3nftR-RIVBTjIkrkUAf)
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: jdbailey1206 on December 22, 2013, 02:33:18 pm
In Mother Russia spam bot sexes you.
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on December 29, 2013, 04:54:11 pm
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
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ark_ader on December 29, 2013, 05:09:33 pm
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.
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: Ken Layton on December 29, 2013, 05:34:12 pm
Seems like these are "sleeper" accounts that were registered 6 months ago and lay dormant.
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on December 29, 2013, 09:03:20 pm
yes ken they are
i know saint is working on cleaning them out

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: saint on December 29, 2013, 10:46:38 pm
Yep, I've been looking at them before nuking them as they crop up. 90% of them are sleepers registered long ago.  I just deleted something like 1000 registered but never used accounts that looked fishy.
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on December 29, 2013, 11:09:50 pm
ya i am getting alot of old yahoo stuff to
>spam bots<...not so much here..the ones here are easy to deal with
unless of course they flood the dang fourm.:(.
but for some reason i am yet to get a handle on is my wiffie likes to go to you-tube
and face-book..she goes to play the games..dang my main box fill's up as we are on the same network >admin here<,but now atleast there down to using yahoo..
when i was running a mirc we had the same problem
so we made everyone go through the re-reg deal..u had to be alive to do it
then we cleaned out the server..never had another problem..
if u do this saint.? imho your best bet
send out the active mems a pm,to tell them to re-reg..a active mem will understand

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: saint on December 30, 2013, 01:24:48 pm
Today's spammer account was made in June 2012!
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: lilshawn on December 31, 2013, 09:21:16 pm
Today's spammer account was made in June 2012!

that is brutal.

perhaps people just go around and make accounts. they stockpile a huge database of accounts, then sell them off to the spammers as ready to go spam accounts to advertise on.

it's...brilliant.  :-\
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on December 31, 2013, 09:30:35 pm
shawn u nailed it to the t
a few years ago less then 10, a sign up addy >spam< was worth .25 cents
today it is 2.00 for each addy spammed.
this is exactley why we did on micr as i sujested.
mass e-mail all nicks
tell them they have until xx day to re-reg..then we shut down the servers and cache
cleaned out the cache,and did a back-up on the real files etc
and started a new
the process was easy but a spy bot >spambot< could not do it
name
password
answer the below question
this u had to type in
u had 3 chances
and if u did not get it, the reg fourm was cancelled
no more spam

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: lilshawn on December 31, 2013, 09:36:43 pm
a dubloonie for an account.... hell, that's good money.
almost worth my time.
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on December 31, 2013, 11:14:14 pm
yes u c once a :bot: room's a site..and or sign's up..without the need to auth the account..bing ban boom u get a fishing for false accounts
this was and is very bad in ie6/7/8 and firefox up to and still 12.05.05..
there is really olny one way to stop it
LOCK IT DOWN
most ppl wonder why 1 site went from free to pay for ?
guess WHY NOW?..it is not hard if u have a brain.
there is truley olny 1 way to rid them,
and personally i do not want to be in saints shoes,as some of these are robo :bots:
the worest pain in the ass u can ever fiquire..think about your morning itch,u will get the point.
IF u clean the cache,make sure all nicks re-reg in 3 simple step's
u stop them cold  DEAD COLD..IT IS THAT SIMPLE...
next everytime they post a bull thing they get $2.00
do that for 16 hours
do the math
c u in the islands

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on December 31, 2013, 11:29:47 pm
if u want to see the best 1 to date?
they just hit my :dorment: paypal account
i can post the full link as i will keep it,to do
a=flush it
b=answer it and send them winfuck
i like :b: better,as then i can go to bed knowning they all need new putters

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on January 04, 2014, 12:08:27 pm
man that last 1 got u clocked saint
it is in about 12 dif pages
under 2 user names but same topic

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: HaRuMaN on January 04, 2014, 12:10:56 pm
Yeah this latest batch of spambots were registered about a year ago, and seem to have been dormant until now.
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: Ken Layton on January 04, 2014, 12:34:03 pm
Wow, this one hit hard this time. A real spamblast!
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on January 05, 2014, 11:53:52 pm
boy there at it early tonight

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ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: MajorHavoc on January 06, 2014, 10:59:21 pm
Saint truely lives up to his screen name.  Thanks for doing all the heavy lifting to keep this site up and running smoothly.  Certainly a labor of love.  Thank you.   :applaud:
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on February 09, 2014, 12:01:00 am
welp this 1 got through
Slevainee
no less then 6 posts on the same crap

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: saint on February 09, 2014, 12:02:14 am
And gone.
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on February 09, 2014, 12:12:36 am
thk's

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: Ken Layton on February 09, 2014, 12:37:25 pm
Here's one:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?reportsent;topic=137678.msg1420793#msg1420793 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?reportsent;topic=137678.msg1420793#msg1420793)
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: HaRuMaN on February 09, 2014, 01:36:59 pm
Would you people please stop replying to the spammers, it makes it that much more difficult to delete, since I can no longer do it from their post page.
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on February 09, 2014, 07:19:52 pm
I noticed that most of the spammer accounts created has this exact wording, "I want to build my own arcade controls!" in their description.  I wonder if we could filter all those out and take a better look at them?

D
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: lilshawn on February 10, 2014, 01:03:02 am
all the newbies do before they graduate to "full member" status.
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on February 12, 2014, 11:02:30 pm
idiots
and yet they answer

here u go again

beatsbydre

with no less then 4 replys
do u nicks not under stand or care that not olny dose this site
but your provider pay and bill u $1.00 and the faund shot at malware ?
so in short $2.00 to pay for malware...boy u have out done yourselfs

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: yotsuya on February 12, 2014, 11:05:44 pm
It's called fun, bro. Relax. There's 99 spambots, this ---smurfette--- is just one.
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on February 12, 2014, 11:29:55 pm
yotsuya
fun ---my bottom---
i love this site
the last thing i want to see is spam
i can go to goole it for shits and giggles
u settle down

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: yotsuya on February 13, 2014, 12:08:39 am
I love this site, too. I have faith in the mods and Saint to clean it up. They haven't let us down yet. Chill.
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on February 13, 2014, 12:24:54 am
i am in the berg :)
stay on page :)

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: yotsuya on February 13, 2014, 12:25:49 am
i am in the berg :)
stay on page :)

ed

 :cheers:
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on February 13, 2014, 11:18:22 pm
ya shawn once
to chk

>pbj< ?

here u go saint
2-x so far

nick >cheapbydre <

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on February 13, 2014, 11:45:25 pm
i thought i had replyed

no shawn as a rule
but it came under a dif banner
this time the banner was clear 2-x

pbj why are u even thinking about going there ?

thk-u mod's

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on February 13, 2014, 11:49:22 pm
the third 1 came in
>7 Bizarre Products for Dressing Up Your Genitals <

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: lilshawn on February 14, 2014, 10:08:11 am
the third 1 came in
>7 Bizarre Products for Dressing Up Your Genitals <

ed

Now this, I think I could use...bein' valentines day and all...
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on February 21, 2014, 11:28:00 am
here we go again
there like a never ending weed
>AerotoSactwer<

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: HaRuMaN on February 21, 2014, 11:29:58 am
here we go again
there like a never ending weed
>AerotoSactwer<

ed

Already banned and cleaned up even before you posted this message...  ;)
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on February 21, 2014, 11:36:44 am
thk-u HaRuMaN
the olny reason i posted is, i deleted the first 2 early this am and left the form
i just got back and seen 3 more

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on April 05, 2014, 12:31:24 am
holy crap
2 days running
spam spam spam spam
u ppl want it cold or hot ?

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: Ken Layton on April 05, 2014, 12:34:47 am
Wow, another spam blast!

They were really going at it today.
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: yotsuya on April 05, 2014, 12:36:57 am
It's all UK sites. I blame Ark.  >:D
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on April 05, 2014, 12:39:09 am
come on saint
let's get them cookie's out
 :laugh2:

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on April 05, 2014, 12:44:20 am
ya ken i caught that part >uk< :)2 dif nick's also

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on May 18, 2014, 03:13:09 pm
holy crap
at least 30 of them today.?????
hey mod's how about a little clean up here ?
thk-u in advance

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on May 18, 2014, 03:20:15 pm
Working on this as we speak!  :-)

DeLuSioNaL29
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on May 18, 2014, 03:27:10 pm
thk-u

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on May 18, 2014, 03:31:04 pm
its like they grew wings
this is all over the first page
post by this 1 nick >KbdiSap9h <
at least the other >2< olny did 1/2 as many ???

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on May 18, 2014, 03:38:32 pm
Yeah, there were 42 to be exact between 2 users!  I had to knock out each one by one.   :badmood:

But I banned their IPs so after we catch this new "batch" hopefully it will slow down a bit.

DeLuSioNaL29
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on May 18, 2014, 04:00:59 pm
again thk-u sir
nice work as normal  :)

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: pbj on May 18, 2014, 04:04:11 pm
Now we're deleting posts about deleting posts?
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on May 18, 2014, 04:14:18 pm
pbj ?
huh wtf are u talking about ?
i posted the spambot's,u want to read them ?
had 1 sneak into my e-mail...how i will never know..as i delted and banned it..

here is a run down..WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SPAM BOT'S
u enjoy opening a page full ?,if so request it

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: Malenko on May 18, 2014, 04:15:21 pm
Working on this as we speak!  :-)

DeLuSioNaL29

I got a warning about reporting too quickly, so I stopped , heh
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ark_ader on May 18, 2014, 11:27:03 pm
Working on this as we speak!  :-)

DeLuSioNaL29

I got a warning about reporting too quickly, so I stopped , heh

Employ the "less than 10 post requires moderation" option.  I think I said that like eleventy times in older posts...... ::)
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on May 19, 2014, 12:12:24 am
ark_ader
u are doing well
i love your peace out message,when i read it again tonight it  sunk in
thk-u sir

the mod's here are doing a fine job,as far as i can see

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on May 23, 2014, 08:07:54 pm
holy crap there is over 20 of them

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on May 24, 2014, 10:58:22 am
Yeah, saw them pop up on my phone.  Although I can kill the topics remotely, I can't ban the user with my phone for some reason, so I usually wait until I'm near a PC to do it.  Didn't have my Macbook last night so...

I think Haruman took care of them though.   :applaud:

D

Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on June 07, 2014, 11:37:41 am
here we go again
insubsede is your spambot

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on June 07, 2014, 01:57:08 pm
hey guy's the last 1 i reported on is a robo bot

e
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on June 10, 2014, 10:41:51 pm
starting early this week
>Hignflelf <
get em guy's

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: Ken Layton on June 29, 2014, 01:00:05 pm
They are starting early this day:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=profile;u=81371 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=profile;u=81371)

The username of this spammer is:   Rosendomurb
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on June 29, 2014, 01:10:49 pm
yeah ken
i have been watching em all day....
thk's for posting it though :):) :cheers:

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: HaRuMaN on June 29, 2014, 01:40:34 pm
Nuked!   :cheers:
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on July 23, 2014, 09:58:53 pm
boy there early this week
>pinabiteyro <

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ed12 on July 23, 2014, 10:19:32 pm
real early 2-x +1 = 3
>WilliamDrek <

ed
Title: Re: spam bots
Post by: ark_ader on July 24, 2014, 01:12:08 am
Working on this as we speak!  :-)

DeLuSioNaL29

I got a warning about reporting too quickly, so I stopped , heh

Employ the "less than 10 post requires moderation" option.  I think I said that like eleventy times in older posts...... ::)

Now Eleventy-one times.   ::)