SabasSRi
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Do these exist? I use another forum which recently had the same
usernames posting links to porn in every section. What are thses and how
do they exist?
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Steve
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yes, bots that go round and flood a registration page until they find one that works, then they post some crap
best way to get rid is to implement some captcha image, or some random question
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SabasSRi
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if I were to go on a site with spam bots, they can't affect computers can they, I mean, they're not virus' are they?
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Steve
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no but they can pick up your email address and add it to a spam list, so if your worried change the email address field on there
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Ian
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Depends what they're programmed to do. The ones that spam forums wouldn't harm your computer normally if they just post plain text. No reason why they couldn't post virus-type stuff although its unlikely you'll find a message board that would host such a message. Most only allow plain text and BBcode like [b] [url] etc. which isn't as powerful as HTML/Javascript/ActiveX/whatever.
We get quite a few registration attempts but as every single one of ours are approved manually we get them all. There's enough to give it away - similar usernames/email address/IP addresses etc. Also helps if the pages are not standard design as the spam bot is less likely to be able to find its way around, as is the case here.
[Edited on 18-04-2007 by Ian]
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Steve
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biggest threat is in image that can script based generated...
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Kurt
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cruisecheshire was flooded with them, so i left lol
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Steve
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how do admins let it happen? its pretty easy to stop, we get none on vagweb, and none here, because ian only lets approved ones through, id be interested to know if he gets many awaiting approval though
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SabasSRi
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thanks for your help guys
I think the admin guy is going to start approving, he has made me a mod as well, which I know nothing about, I think I can delete other people's threads and posts?
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Steve
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lol
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Ian
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Not loads but enough to see trends. Selected on the log based on the 21cn.com domain name, which I see a lot.
466243 1154311656 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 03:07:36 +0100 58.62.100.185 58.62.100.185 bai22 Registration denied by Ian - sent to bai22@21cn.com
469902 1154613022 Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:50:22 +0100 58.62.99.110 58.62.99.110 5rrr Registration denied by Ian - sent to 5rrr@21cn.com
479419 1155480924 Sun, 13 Aug 2006 15:55:24 +0100 59.41.218.40 59.41.218.40 bn88 Registration denied by Ian - sent to bn88@21cn.com
485064 1156047215 Sun, 20 Aug 2006 05:13:35 +0100 58.62.102.28 58.62.102.28 4rrr Registration denied by Ian - sent to 4rrr@21cn.com
[Edited on 20-04-2007 by Ian]
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SabasSRi
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how do you know they are spam?
sorry I have a limited knowledge of the internet, and computers generally!!
[Edited on 20-04-2007 by SabasSRi]
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AndyKent
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3 Things (in Ians example):
Username is odd
All from the same domain
Similar IP addresses
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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the domain names in the email addresses and the ip addresses
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