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Omnimaga => Site Feedback and Questions => Topic started by: g28401 on August 18, 2006, 09:11:00 am

Title: Lotta spam bots
Post by: g28401 on August 18, 2006, 09:11:00 am

I mean, damn, thats a lot of spam bots, just browsing through the topics. You'd think Omnimaga was the biggest forum out there or somthing <_<

Title: Lotta spam bots
Post by: Spellshaper on August 18, 2006, 09:48:00 am

meh indeed. We need more user validation when registering.

The only upside is that it increases my post count when I reply to a bot posting and closing the thread :P

Title: Lotta spam bots
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 18, 2006, 09:49:00 am

yeah thats getting worse and worse, and its not Omnimaga only, I would say on MaxCoderz and some other forums it's much more worse. Wait until we are known more in other website or search engines

I would disable new registration completly but i think it will scare new users who want to post immediately away. Same goes for admin validation, imagine if the admins are away for a few days the new member will have to wait that long before having his account validated.

I will increase flood control to 15 secs though, it should reduce the chances of getting a multi poster spambot (which post several times or create more than one topic)

Title: Lotta spam bots
Post by: Spellshaper on August 18, 2006, 10:05:00 am

heck, spam bots even invaded my blog. it took me 30mins to clean out all the rubbish.

Now I added user validation via a picture showing distorted letters. I hope that will keep them at bay.

Title: Lotta spam bots
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 18, 2006, 11:09:00 am

unfortunately spambot can get through this as well (*points to MaxCoders*)

Title: Lotta spam bots
Post by: Spellshaper on August 18, 2006, 11:14:00 am

but it takes more time. and many bots can't do that.

Title: Lotta spam bots
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 18, 2006, 12:07:00 pm

well MC still got 2 spambots per day even with all their anti spambot mod and the weird distorted number stuff

Title: Lotta spam bots
Post by: Spellshaper on August 18, 2006, 12:10:00 pm

eeek. that has to stink. XD

bad thing there are always new bots roaming around. stupid ad industry.

Title: Lotta spam bots
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 18, 2006, 12:43:00 pm

true, the ppl making them are really dumbasses

Title: Lotta spam bots
Post by: kalan_vod on August 18, 2006, 03:13:00 pm

You should talk with Rezek, we haven't had many problems in a while :P

Title: Lotta spam bots
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 19, 2006, 02:07:00 am

well remember invisionfree wont let me modify the forum code so I could install your mod on mine. Revsoft is hosted by rezek so he can do anything he want with the forum source. On Invisionfree i cant

Title: Lotta spam bots
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 19, 2006, 03:34:00 pm

its MC turn <.<

Title: Lotta spam bots
Post by: kalan_vod on August 19, 2006, 08:08:00 pm

Wow, have you guys seen the bots on MC lately?....6 in a few days >.>

http://kvince83.tengun.net/maxboard/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=426
http://kvince83.tengun.net/maxboard/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=427
http://kvince83.tengun.net/maxboard/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=428
http://kvince83.tengun.net/maxboard/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=430
http://kvince83.tengun.net/maxboard/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=431
http://kvince83.tengun.net/maxboard/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=429&sid=a1714a9a8ccca7857c01885c3a360b75

Title: Lotta spam bots
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 20, 2006, 02:14:00 am

ouch, and on top of that they have email validation activated, imagine if they didnt. Here I see like 10 spambots in the validating section sometimes, altough they are deleted after 30 days if not validated

btw this is the validating list, I may soon delete all spambot accounts on the forums cuz the banned member list has like a dozen of them now
http://z9.invisionfree.com/omnimaga/index.php?act=Members&max_results=30&filter=1&sort_order=asc&sort_key=name&st=0
http://z9.invisionfree.com/omnimaga/index.php?act=Members&max_results=30&filter=5&sort_order=asc&sort_key=name&st=0

Title: Lotta spam bots
Post by: Demon on August 25, 2006, 01:23:00 pm

Wow, I'm seeing more and more and more of those little happy faces... Well, at least the bots are nice and post in the correct topic :P

EDIT: ...Almost...

Title: Lotta spam bots
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 25, 2006, 03:04:00 pm

lol yeah they posted in the pixel art forum once

anyway I wiped out all spambot accounts

Title: Lotta spam bots
Post by: Spellshaper on August 25, 2006, 09:03:00 pm

Purge them! Kill them! Slap them around with a large trout!
That's what they truly deserve...
Btw: I'm missing this emoticon soooo badly: user posted image

Title: Lotta spam bots
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 26, 2006, 12:35:00 am

I thought I added it O_O

EDIT: yep

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CODE

ec1:bat:c2

ec2

:bat:

Title: Lotta spam bots
Post by: Demon on August 26, 2006, 05:12:00 am

QUOTE

lol yeah they posted in the pixel art forum once

I could only image what that one said:

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Visit [link removed] for sexy pixel art guarenteed to satisfy you with hot, steamy bit-on-bit action...

Title: Lotta spam bots
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 26, 2006, 12:51:00 pm

yeah 2 bot posted pr0n so far

Title: Lotta spam bots
Post by: g28401 on September 02, 2006, 06:34:00 pm

pr0n bots. haha, pr0n makes me think of prawns, and that makes me think of fooooood...:bat:

heehee. like I said, what is so interesting about calc forums that attracts spam bots? I don't know...

Title: Lotta spam bots
Post by: kalan_vod on September 02, 2006, 08:05:00 pm

QuoteBegin-g28401+3 Sep, 2006, 0:34-->

QUOTE (g28401 @ 3 Sep, 2006, 0:34)

pr0n bots. haha, pr0n makes me think of prawns, and that makes me think of fooooood...:bat:

heehee. like I said, what is so interesting about calc forums that attracts spam bots? I don't know...

I don't think you understand, it happens everywhere :ihatemypc:

Title: Lotta spam bots
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on September 03, 2006, 02:25:00 am

well for some reasons they seems to attack the misc forum mostly so what I tried is delete all their topics

Title: Lotta spam bots
Post by: Spellshaper on September 03, 2006, 02:48:00 am

hm. how about automatically banning users whose first post contains a link and certain words?

Title: Lotta spam bots
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on September 03, 2006, 02:58:00 am

impossible with invisionfree

if I could modify the forum code I would disable the use of post icons and when a spambot try to use them it get banned automatically or his topic is deleted

Title: Lotta spam bots
Post by: Spellshaper on September 03, 2006, 03:01:00 am

damn. k. -_-

Title: Lotta spam bots
Post by: g28401 on September 03, 2006, 08:24:00 am

well, hey, at least you know your forum is popular because of the spam =/

Title: Lotta spam bots
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on September 03, 2006, 09:13:00 am

lol yeah, i saw inactive forums get more spam tho, i think once the bots find it you're screwed