This could be a problem...

Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:59 am

Celestina

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Before I say what it is, I am not pm-ing this to an administrator becuase there is a possibility that it could be a coincidence.
Please reply to say wether or not you think this is a coincidence or a problem.
There is a bot on CR that has posted porn in the Press Conference Forum.
And there is also a user saying that he/she is being spammed by a porn website that they've never seen before.
This is kind of worrying. Is there a possibility someone hacked the CR database or something?
And sorry if this is really stupid or something. I was born a worry-wort.
Sorry if I wasted someone's time with this!

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Re: This could be a problem...

Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:09 am

Lunaria42

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We've been having a problem with these bots for some time now. The only thing you can really do is report them using the report function. There is not need to reply to them.

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Re: This could be a problem...

Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:14 am

Celestina

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Ok thanks I was really freaked out. :payne:

feeling kinda stupid now, but I was born to worry!

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Re: This could be a problem...

Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:16 am

Lunaria42

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Celestina wrote:

Ok thanks I was really freaked out. :payne:

feeling kinda stupid now, but I was born to worry!

Some of the bots post links to questionable material and others post explicit images. Just report all of them that you see and they will be taken care of.

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Re: This could be a problem...

Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:20 am

Blademaster_Orca

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This is an ongoing problem, one that plagues all forums though some more than others. It's not an issue of the database being hacked or anything of the sort.

Of course, the Mods can't be on 24/7 to catch and ban the bots, so simply reporting the offending post and ignoring the bot is the best course of action. Do not respond to their threads, as that is both useless and annoying because it bumps their threads to the top of the page. It helps if you don't quote them, either.

Re: This could be a problem...

Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:58 pm

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Yes, this is getting worrying. I mean, CR got to over 9000 users thanks to this spambots, and that is not good at all. We should have better security measures, really. This is REALLY starting to worry me, we are having around 10 spambot attacks a week, at this pace, there will be more spambot "members" than actual members.

Re: This could be a problem...

Sat Mar 21, 2009 1:21 pm

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Make a thing where you can't start a thread until posting once or twice in another. It worked on another forum.

Re: This could be a problem...

Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:23 pm

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Good plan if it's possible.
Press Conference is infested at the moment.

Re: This could be a problem...

Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:29 pm

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But some of the spam people bots whaever they are post in other threads anyway, like on some threads where someone is just introducing themseves some bot or what ever replies with spam.....

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Re: This could be a problem...

Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:34 pm

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Yes this does seem to be some problem :judge:

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Re: This could be a problem...

Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:56 pm

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I think someone mentioned earlier that one possible way to stop spam accounts is to make some kind of test when you register that only a human could answer correctly, like what do you see in this picture? Or something like that. :yuusaku:

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Re: This could be a problem...

Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:02 pm

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Yes, like to sign up and make a account on CR you have to type in the letters on a pic - that's what other forums have done to get rid of spambots and stuff

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Re: This could be a problem...

Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:55 pm

Croik

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I don't know how to do these things but I'll bring it up to Wooster.

Re: This could be a problem...

Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:18 pm

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The owner of a site that I'm staffed on thought up a simpler idea; just have a mandatory field they have to fill out that's a simple math problem. This weeds out idiots and spam bots at the same time!

Re: This could be a problem...

Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:23 pm

MrCheeze

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Or something really weird like "what's the third letter in the word 'the'"

Re: This could be a problem...

Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:25 pm

Ceres

I'd say

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Doesn't stop human spammers though.

Just make it so that every first post a user makes has to be reviewed before it can be posted.

Re: This could be a problem...

Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:35 pm

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We don't get human spammers that often to be honest, and reviewing of 1st posts seems rather unnecessary in my opinion.
Anyways, I'm all for profile creation having one of those tests.

Re: This could be a problem...

Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:50 pm

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Re: This could be a problem...

Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:41 am

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Have a look at it now.

Epic PHP coding.

:D

EDIT:

Or just look at this handy screencap:

Attachment:

File comment: Screencap of CR's new CAPTCHA system

thenewcaptcha.png [ 92.42 KiB | Viewed 4102 times ]

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Re: This could be a problem...

Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:53 am

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Ah I like it!!!

see how it withers before my flower of justice

Re: This could be a problem...

Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:59 am

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loobywright wrote:

Ah I like it!!!

Me too.

It gives a nice Ace Attorney touch to spambot prevention. ^_^

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Re: This could be a problem...

Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:16 am

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If this was the real version, would it be better to not say the character's names to prevent the human spambots from registering as well? Or would that be pointless since they could probably look up the character's name?

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Re: This could be a problem...

Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:27 am

ashxu

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Some forums employ the questionnaire "whats 1+1" or something like that.

Also banning IPs and usernames help.

Re: This could be a problem...

Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:35 pm

Croik

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ashxu wrote:

Also banning IPs and usernames help.

Now THAT we do all the time. :redd:

Re: This could be a problem...

Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:17 pm

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Purple Angel wrote:

But some of the spam people bots whaever they are post in other threads anyway, like on some threads where someone is just introducing themseves some bot or what ever replies with spam.....

On the CAD forums you can't post a link until you have 15 posts, and you can't post an image until you have 45. However, a lot of new users find that annoying.

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Re: This could be a problem...

Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:36 pm

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Croik wrote:

I don't know how to do these things but I'll bring it up to Wooster.

Thanks Croik

:keiko:

lukegb wrote:

Have a look at it now.

Epic PHP coding.

:D

EDIT:

Or just look at this handy screencap:

Attachment:

thenewcaptcha.png

Nice ^_~
I like it :redd:

Thank you

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Re: This could be a problem...

Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:13 pm

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Lol, am I the only one who found it funny that it says in small print, "If you are visually impaired, please contact the Board Administrater"?
Sorry, bad joke :sadshoe:

Anyhow, that looks like a neat idea. I'd keep the words on the images, though. What if someone who hadn't played certain games gets a character name he/she doesn't recognize?

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Re: This could be a problem...

Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:23 pm

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Caelestis wrote:

Lol, am I the only one who found it funny that it says in small print, "If you are visually impaired, please contact the Board Administrater"?

Hahahaha I never noticed that :redd:

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Re: This could be a problem...

Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:48 pm

Celestina

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Wow I'm surprised that my little topic sparked all of this!
Anyways, I think that's a great idea! And human spambots are MUCH less common.

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Re: This could be a problem...

Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:34 am

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I would be satisfied with just some sort of confirmation code or math problem as suggested to keep the bots out.

The suggestion of rating user's first post that was posted earlier is good in theory, but what happens if nobody sees that first post, or if there happen to be a lot of jerks that would give it a bad rating because that person is new? Of course for the second problem that could just be something for the staff to do :P