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Title: Spammers
Post by: saint on November 13, 2008, 03:46:46 pm

We're being inundated with bogus account signups from spammers. I'm filtering out as many as I can but short of stopping all signups some of them are going to get through. Please bear with us if you see increased spam, and use the report to moderator button. Thanks!

--- saint

Title: Re: Spammers
Post by: Ginsu Victim on November 13, 2008, 03:55:52 pm

Will do. I always mark that crap. ;D

Title: Re: Spammers
Post by: ChadTower on November 13, 2008, 03:59:01 pm

I think I caught one:  :gobama

He's a shifty little bastard.

Title: Re: Spammers
Post by: shardian on November 13, 2008, 04:06:09 pm

What is up with that emoticon anyways? What inspired it?

Title: Re: Spammers
Post by: ChadTower on November 13, 2008, 04:14:44 pm

He looks like he's just battling to stay upright because of the weight of that huge head.

Title: Re: Spammers
Post by: saint on November 13, 2008, 04:19:39 pm

Quote from: shardian on November 13, 2008, 04:06:09 pm

What is up with that emoticon anyways? What inspired it?

Only smilie I could find with Obama :)

Title: Re: Spammers
Post by: ChadTower on November 13, 2008, 04:23:57 pm

Was there demand for one? 

I think a lot of folks would have rather had :tommy

 ;D

Title: Re: Spammers
Post by: saint on November 13, 2008, 04:26:57 pm

Quote from: ChadTower on November 13, 2008, 04:23:57 pm

Was there demand for one? 

I think a lot of folks would have rather had :tommy

 ;D

Overwhelming demand from one guy... :)

Title: Re: Spammers
Post by: ChadTower on November 13, 2008, 04:41:34 pm

So even Obama wants in on this place.  Interesting.

Title: Re: Spammers
Post by: saint on November 13, 2008, 05:26:54 pm

The ballot box may have been stuffed...

Title: Re: Spammers
Post by: Space Fractal on November 15, 2008, 12:52:10 pm

I have same problem on my own SME forum, and it happens on all 1.1.X versions.

The default Visual Verification is completly unsecure and does not stop at all and it even show the same letters for a new request for some reason (why does they not change?)

On my forum I added a extra puzzle anitobot measure for hope to stop this registreing attack as well.