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Spam on the boards -now it's bloody kitchen ads! (29 may)

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So far there are 11 spam messages on the boards from newbie 215 - maybe someone with admin rights can delete them?
 
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mickey121 said:
They need removing all there postings are SPAM


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15 now mickey121, t's the same spammer promoting different web sites.

willie.

edit...As badcat mentioned it's 16 now. Good on you. :thumbup: :D
 
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He's just a shiver waiting to crawl up your spine :thumbdown:
 
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There doesn't appear to any moderators about :eh: RRB
 
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Hi All .
Spam is well known for creeping into the forum late at night or early mornings .
You can help us to know about it - by reporting it into us .

Please use the triangle symbol function key to do this .
Situated 3rd symbol along , top right of every post .
Click on this , add in your points of veiw .
We will pick it up and delete ASAP .

Thanks Anna.
 
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As I explained to Anna a short while ago, it's difficult to weed out this spam without human intervention. A fully automated spam protection system would likely take legitimate posts and mark them as spam, which is really not what we want to do. Many of the spammers who register here are automated robots who will just register on any large forum and post away. I'm looking in to methods of preventing this that won't hinder legitimate users in any way and my recent effort with our upgraded CAPTCHA form seems to have had zero effect... Back to the drawing board.
 
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Giverny said:
As I explained to Anna a short while ago, it's difficult to weed out this spam without human intervention. A fully automated spam protection system would likely take legitimate posts and mark them as spam, which is really not what we want to do. Many of the spammers who register here are automated robots who will just register on any large forum and post away. I'm looking in to methods of preventing this that won't hinder legitimate users in any way and my recent effort with our upgraded CAPTCHA form seems to have had zero effect... Back to the drawing board.
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One of the threads was, well, obscene for a family medical forum, :sick:

Could it possibly be a former member? How can an automated robot register :? but then again I only know the basics of how to use my computer. Hope you find something that works, I hate to think what 'forum nasties' could be coming up.

RRB
 
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Robinredbreast said:
Giverny said:
As I explained to Anna a short while ago, it's difficult to weed out this spam without human intervention. A fully automated spam protection system would likely take legitimate posts and mark them as spam, which is really not what we want to do. Many of the spammers who register here are automated robots who will just register on any large forum and post away. I'm looking in to methods of preventing this that won't hinder legitimate users in any way and my recent effort with our upgraded CAPTCHA form seems to have had zero effect... Back to the drawing board.
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One of the threads was, well, obscene for a family medical forum, :sick:

Could it possibly be a former member? How can an automated robot register :? but then again I only know the basics of how to use my computer. Hope you find something that works, I hate to think what 'forum nasties' could be coming up.

RRB
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The spammers using the robots sub the captcha solving out to humans of all things. The robot script gets the captcha pictures and posts them to the inbox of the human solver who gets the solution back to the robot as fast as possible before the captcha session times out (That's if you've set up your form to have time-outs). The robot on receipt of the text back from the human auto pastes it into the text field and submits it.

Devious beggars these spammers.

https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/felt ... rity-game/

and here's a howto on setting up a robot solver for your spamming service:

http://webdombot.com/tutorials.php?tut= ... CHA+solver


the only real way to stop hit and run spammers I've seen so far involves all new members having to have their first few posts held for a moderator check before they appear live.
 
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Robinredbreast said:
How can an automated robot register :?
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I'm doubting it.

Paul's explanation on how spammers make it on to the forum is quite good, as it details how they get past the captcha stage. It'll take a lot of work to stop this happening, but it's worth a go.
 
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You have to be careful with the automatic spam catcher programs. A couple of years ago I reported a spam here and got banned, for - yes: spam. It took me a few days to be allowed back. :silent:
 
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Just a quick update for you all: I've added in another anti-spammer protection measure about 10 minutes ago. Can't guarantee it'll work, but it's definitely worth a go :)
 
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Lovely to go on line and view latest posts......clogged up with at least 20 about cheap kitchens. Using my iPod but went through as many as I could reporting them as spam. You know, it really annoys me. I don't have access to a pic at the moment to follow the instructions for reporting. Hope these losers get wiped out of our lovely community. Good luck moderators.


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It is annoying, but the moderators are working as hard as they can! 7am is a popular time for spam I've found, it coincides with me logging on to procrastinate as I'm usually in work by then haha
 
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Can we not have 'kitchens' as a naughty word so the posts get blocked? Not many legitimate post titles contain the word and if we know not to use it then there would be no problems.
Why we all want new kitchens is beyond me!! :roll:

Angie
 
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angieG said:
Can we not have 'kitchens' as a naughty word so the posts get blocked? Not many legitimate post titles contain the word and if we know not to use it then there would be no problems.
Why we all want new kitchens is beyond me!! :roll:

Angie
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Well there was definitely a Rat in UB40's kitchen, so it must be a sort of mass infestation :lol: :roll:

RRB :)
 
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