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Wooster wrote:
Actually, as best as I can tell, all the spam attacks have been by sleeper bots. At least since the 10th that is. They're running strictly on reserves now folks.
Guess your questions worked.
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I awoke this morning to 7+ Spambots with roughly 36 posts each. This new generation of spambots, the kind with 'legit' normal first names like Eleanor or Fred are trouble.
Also I banned Hermosapjn but it looks like it's name is still attached to posts when you click new posts. When you go into the topic they've been banned and clicking on the username reveals they don't exist yet it still shows up as they are there. Biulaiscixn or something is in the same pocket so it's still troublesome.
Meh maybe it'll pass with time.
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Pierre wrote:
Forgive the double post.
I awoke this morning to 7+ Spambots with roughly 36 posts each. This new generation of spambots, the kind with 'legit' normal first names like Eleanor or Fred are trouble.
Also I banned Hermosapjn but it looks like it's name is still attached to posts when you click new posts. When you go into the topic they've been banned and clicking on the username reveals they don't exist yet it still shows up as they are there. Biulaiscixn or something is in the same pocket so it's still troublesome.
Meh maybe it'll pass with time.
I awoke this morning to 7+ Spambots with roughly 36 posts each. This new generation of spambots, the kind with 'legit' normal first names like Eleanor or Fred are trouble.
Also I banned Hermosapjn but it looks like it's name is still attached to posts when you click new posts. When you go into the topic they've been banned and clicking on the username reveals they don't exist yet it still shows up as they are there. Biulaiscixn or something is in the same pocket so it's still troublesome.
Meh maybe it'll pass with time.
one of the bots actually had "i'm a spambot waiting to be ban-hammered" (or something along those lines) as one of its links. weird. i was online with a whole bunch of them earlier.
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Adrian in black wrote:
Well, as mentioned by Wooster, they're running on reserves... or what little reserves they do have.
Whatsa matter Johnny? Are you too hardened by the war to exist normally in peacetime?
War is over, despite the fact Wooster said it didn't work before apparently bringing questions back in but since he's done it again its shut them all out.
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Until I see four of them in a row.
reade40
kenjong
katedoe
leelee42
Of course, this is only four out of the fifty or so who joined in that time frame, so it may be too soon to say we're dealing with a new attack. But this is definitely a heads up as a handful are still getting through.
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Adrian in black wrote:
I always feel guilty when dealing with a topical bot.
Until I see four of them in a row.
reade40
kenjong
katedoe
leelee42
Of course, this is only four out of the fifty or so who joined in that time frame, so it may be too soon to say we're dealing with a new attack. But this is definitely a heads up as a handful are still getting through.
Until I see four of them in a row.
reade40
kenjong
katedoe
leelee42
Of course, this is only four out of the fifty or so who joined in that time frame, so it may be too soon to say we're dealing with a new attack. But this is definitely a heads up as a handful are still getting through.
Heh heh that's sorta funny.
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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M
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VCM wrote:
I haven't seen a bot posting around here for a while... Have we won or can I consider myself clinically blind?
Wooster's last security boost seemed to shut them down for a good while, apparently we just have sleepers to worry about now.
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Pierre wrote:
VCM wrote:
I haven't seen a bot posting around here for a while... Have we won or can I consider myself clinically blind?
Wooster's last security boost seemed to shut them down for a good while, apparently we just have sleepers to worry about now.
Well look at us, safer and safer. Good job, people.
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Erm, may I ask a question? What if I noticed someone who keeps on logging in but has made zero posts...And I start to get a gut feeling that said user may be a bit shady...Should I hit the user with a ban hammer?
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Emiko Gale wrote:
Very interesting.
Erm, may I ask a question? What if I noticed someone who keeps on logging in but has made zero posts...And I start to get a gut feeling that said user may be a bit shady...Should I hit the user with a ban hammer?
Erm, may I ask a question? What if I noticed someone who keeps on logging in but has made zero posts...And I start to get a gut feeling that said user may be a bit shady...Should I hit the user with a ban hammer?
If they haven't made any posts then they're not bothering us. You should've been here when we got hit by an army of them. Ads for Viagra and purses were EVERYWHERE!
If their profile clearly shows that they're here to advertise crap then yeah it's fine, but as of right now the waters are pretty mellow so nothing to worry about.
I'm Blak, and I have shit taste.
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Emiko Gale wrote:
Very interesting.
Erm, may I ask a question? What if I noticed someone who keeps on logging in but has made zero posts...And I start to get a gut feeling that said user may be a bit shady...Should I hit the user with a ban hammer?
Erm, may I ask a question? What if I noticed someone who keeps on logging in but has made zero posts...And I start to get a gut feeling that said user may be a bit shady...Should I hit the user with a ban hammer?
No, only if they spam.
We have plenty of lurkers around here, no rule prohibiting that, yet
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Emiko Gale wrote:
Very interesting.
Erm, may I ask a question? What if I noticed someone who keeps on logging in but has made zero posts...And I start to get a gut feeling that said user may be a bit shady...Should I hit the user with a ban hammer?
Erm, may I ask a question? What if I noticed someone who keeps on logging in but has made zero posts...And I start to get a gut feeling that said user may be a bit shady...Should I hit the user with a ban hammer?
Geez Emiko! That's a dark side of you. Banning innocent lurkers because of gut feeling?
Yowch. The badge of Ace Attorney comes with a lot of responsibility.
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Geez Emiko! That's a dark side of you. Banning innocent lurkers because of gut feeling?
Yowch. The badge of Ace Attorney comes with a lot of responsibility.
Yowch. The badge of Ace Attorney comes with a lot of responsibility.
Don't quote cliche movie quotes Pierre. I'll feel bad.
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Pierre wrote:
You'll note I stopped before I quoted THAT line.
I'll note that you didn't quote it verbatim, but I WILL say you referenced that line whether you wanted to or not!
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Emiko Gale wrote:
Tell my gut to stop being uneasy...And does that person really need an account to lurk?
Edit: Wow! You men amaze me. ^^; Thanks for the answers.
Edit: Wow! You men amaze me. ^^; Thanks for the answers.
Doesn't matter whether they need an account or not.
Say you were a lurker but you wanted to become part of the forums and post and stuff. So you make an account but then you get shy, you keep lurking looking for a place to put input.
The crime bots do is spamming, only in a few cases did we pre-emptively do it, when you get used to the patterns of the bots it's pretty easy to tell when its a bot or not.
Bots typically don't lurk (well cept for the weird corporate ones like Google and Spider that you see) but even then the person in question isn't doing anything wrong by lurking. If they post and it's spam it's no hassle to get rid of it.
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Pierre wrote:
Emiko Gale wrote:
Tell my gut to stop being uneasy...And does that person really need an account to lurk?
Edit: Wow! You men amaze me. ^^; Thanks for the answers.
Edit: Wow! You men amaze me. ^^; Thanks for the answers.
Doesn't matter whether they need an account or not.
Say you were a lurker but you wanted to become part of the forums and post and stuff. So you make an account but then you get shy, you keep lurking looking for a place to put input.
The crime bots do is spamming, only in a few cases did we pre-emptively do it, when you get used to the patterns of the bots it's pretty easy to tell when its a bot or not.
Bots typically don't lurk (well cept for the weird corporate ones like Google and Spider that you see) but even then the person in question isn't doing anything wrong by lurking. If they post and it's spam it's no hassle to get rid of it.
Actually a spider is a program that clicks every link on every page it goes to, it keeps running around until it gets back to a known page, the more pages that link to any given page, the higher it is on a search-engine.
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Emiko Gale wrote:
Tell my gut to stop being uneasy...And does that person really need an account to lurk?
Edit: Wow! You men amaze me. ^^; Thanks for the answers.
Edit: Wow! You men amaze me. ^^; Thanks for the answers.
Some features of having an account that are useful to lurkers: subscribe to threads for e-mail notifications, keeping track of unread count, theme changing, customized board time.
So yes, some lurkers would want to have an account, even if they never post.
I'd say the fact that said account is logging in to the forums often is proof enough that it isn't a bot, unless it's always online like a spider. Spam bots shouldn't have any reason to "actively" lurk. EDIT: Well, ok, there is one reason a spam bot might actively lurk: to always stay in the logged in list on the forum's front page so people/spiders might go to their profile to see a spam link in their description. But if they don't have a spam link, there shouldn't be a problem.
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recreations on the grounds that these are better quality and better determination ....
A...bot? I mean this was the guy's first post...his username and custom title are all the same. His only post is to flog something shamelessly with a huge picture and a link.
Granted it was in a topic vaguely about Xbox One but still, something makes me uneasy.
Either that or it's a legit Xbox One fanboy
Which leaves me just as uneasy.Perhaps it's just been so long and my banhammer hand is itchy.
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edgey2000 wrote:
I want to have a lawyers badge
Wrong place Edgey2k, though your title gradually ranks up the more posts you make about the site.
Just remember to keep them relevant and sensible. It's frowned upon to attempt to spam your way to the badge.
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Pierre wrote:
edgey2000 wrote:
I want to have a lawyers badge
Wrong place Edgey2k, though your title gradually ranks up the more posts you make about the site.
Just remember to keep them relevant and sensible. It's frowned upon to attempt to spam your way to the badge.
how many posts I need to do to be come a lawyer on this site
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edgey2000 wrote:
Pierre wrote:
edgey2000 wrote:
I want to have a lawyers badge
Wrong place Edgey2k, though your title gradually ranks up the more posts you make about the site.
Just remember to keep them relevant and sensible. It's frowned upon to attempt to spam your way to the badge.
how many posts I need to do to be come a lawyer on this site
Err...I dunno man like 500? I can't really recall.
Still it doesn't really matter anyway, it's just a symbol you don't get any special privileges (he says in the topic about giving special privileges).
Just make sure your posts are relevant and not spam and it'll come around eventually, though as far as I know roleplay forum posts don't count but the badge really doesn't matter.
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General Luigi wrote:
I don't recall ever seeing a spambot use a smiley, but looking at the link, that's not a link to the Xbox One's official site, not to mention it's a pretty obvious ad. Still, let's play it safe for now and see if the user makes any more posts.
For the record, he did, and it was once again Xbox One spam. Ban hammer has been deployed.
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Bolt Storm wrote:
General Luigi wrote:
I don't recall ever seeing a spambot use a smiley, but looking at the link, that's not a link to the Xbox One's official site, not to mention it's a pretty obvious ad. Still, let's play it safe for now and see if the user makes any more posts.
For the record, he did, and it was once again Xbox One spam. Ban hammer has been deployed.
*Shakes Fist* XBOOXXXX!! What obnoxious sales pitch did it drop this time?
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