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Spam

PostPosted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:26 am
by Thomas MacFinn
May I suggest locking down new memeberships to the board for a little bit? Looks like the spammer just made another login

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:49 am
by Tails
while I agree that we need to do something about this, I don't think thats the way about solving it.

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 1:01 pm
by Claymore
I'm not very good with networks, but is this guy logging on through the same IP address each time? Or are we dealing with a setup that gets around that?

Just mentioning because I've heard of IP banning, but I'm not familiar with the effectiveness.

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 1:20 pm
by Derian
Nope, they all come in from different IP addresses.

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 4:05 pm
by Juicer
I know it's a hassle, but you could just switch it to admin/mod permission.

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:10 pm
by Thomas MacFinn
Tails wrote:while I agree that we need to do something about this, I don't think thats the way about solving it.


I'm open to alternatives.

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:26 pm
by Derian
Really the only viable solution is to put in a challenge question. Because of the setup we have, this isn't as simple as you'd think, it's actually a pain in the *.

There is no way I'm going to turn on admin authentication. I don't have 2 hours a day to sit and sift through new members.

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:57 pm
by Bortas
But that advanced text system in the registration only section of the board files... It's as simple as downloading, uploading two files the server, and adding one line of code to one php file. It's not perfect, it's not pretty, but I haven't had a spammer since install.

-bort

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:12 pm
by Derian
Yeah, I'm hesitant to put something in that gives you a free trial as a permanent solution.

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:36 pm
by Elebrim
http://board.belegarth.com/viewtopic.php?f=108&t=30553

New one.

NEW: 2 in New Members, Rules Questions, Recruitment Info... Gah!

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:38 pm
by Elebrim
New in Foam Smithing, Armory...

Username: http://board.belegarth.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=11026

Buy/Sell/Trade, Medieval Arts & Sciences... RP, Photos...

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:45 pm
by Derian
For anyone who wants to report these guys to me, the best way to do so is to give me a link to their profile. I can delete the user and all their posts in a couple quick clicks.

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 7:05 am
by Chicken

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:44 pm
by Bortas
Derian wrote:Yeah, I'm hesitant to put something in that gives you a free trial as a permanent solution.
Occasionally, good things are free. Seems to be worth doing until a permanent solution is found. *shrug*

-bort

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:07 am
by Chicken

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:53 pm
by Galya

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:01 am
by Chicken

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Fri May 01, 2009 2:02 am
by Big King Jimmy

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Mon May 04, 2009 12:22 pm
by Roland Demox

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2009 8:18 am
by Claymore

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2009 7:17 pm
by Elebrim

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2009 11:38 am
by Elebrim

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Sun May 24, 2009 7:43 pm
by Galya

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Tue May 26, 2009 10:26 am
by Elebrim

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Sat May 30, 2009 8:58 pm
by Galya

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Sun May 31, 2009 7:32 am
by Black Cat

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Sun May 31, 2009 9:55 am
by Black Cat

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:17 am
by Hanov3r
memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=11876

This one's PMing spam links

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:22 am
by Chicken

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:46 am
by Tails

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 9:01 pm
by Chicken

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 6:08 pm
by Runner

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:17 pm
by Elebrim

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:15 am
by Elebrim

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:59 pm
by Cib
EdmundPaquette just posted a whack load.

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 10:10 pm
by Galya
Cib wrote:EdmundPaquette just posted a whack load.

QFT. Here's the profile:

memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=13968

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:52 am
by Big King Jimmy
Dude, I love keno!

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:20 pm
by Galya

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:40 pm
by Galya
Wow...posting in the Web Design forum. This bot has guts. :)

memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=13986

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:46 am
by Arrakis

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:48 am
by Derian
Oh, there is a captcha up.

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:34 am
by Arrakis
I suppose I meant to say, "Pray, increase the strength of the captcha, my brother, and man well the gunwales!"

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:30 pm
by Derian
It's pretty much at the max strength it can get without being illegible. phpBB really needs to implement a challenge question option, because all the mods I've found that do it are turrible.

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:48 pm
by Rasheab
BlotaDepdolla

Wierdest bot ever. (Gold Bullion Exchange?)

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:12 pm
by No'Vak
And hes not even really linking to anything either.

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 7:49 am
by Sir Cairbre
Derian wrote:It's pretty much at the max strength it can get without being illegible. phpBB really needs to implement a challenge question option, because all the mods I've found that do it are turrible.


You can make a challenge questions. I have on all the other boards I manage. It is usually a simple math problem. What is Seven + 3 =?.

Here is a the tutorial:
http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2009/10 ... on-answer/

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 9:30 am
by Satanaka
wow- lot of work behide the "Curtain"

Good work guys.


Oz must be strong! :devil:

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:44 am
by Derian
It's not that I don't know how to do a challenge question or need help coming up with some, it's that the functionality to require them for registration is not present in phpBB and I'm hesitant to hack it up for risk of problems down the road.

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 12:24 pm
by Sir Cairbre
The concept is pre-built into PhpBB's current ACP. You create a new field in the users profile. Like our "Favorite Fighting Style" text field. Then you set the description to "What is 3+4?" and make it a numeric field. Then you set the only acceptable answer as "7" and the field is required at registration. You then might want to make the field invisible after registration accept to the user. It is not a hack at all, just a custom configuration.

Re: Spam

PostPosted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 4:12 pm
by Derian
Christ, I'm dumb.

Thanks.