Damn spammers

cartoonit · Post by **cartoonit** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 12:58 am

http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/ ... c&start=15
http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/ ... php?t=2234

Links to the new spam... If not already deleted..

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 1:27 am

thnx for the help cartoonit!

I agree; I think only regged users should be able to post and also a code verification would leave those bots alone and bored!!!

Let's see if Niko figures something out.

niko · Post by **niko** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 9:26 am

saigumi wrote:For some reason, spam loves Niko and anything he touches.

Yeah, strange. I think this is because irrlicht.sf.net is quite popular and everything which is linked from there too.
I've not added some patches to phpBB, I hope this helps. Basicly, I added some security updates and one update which prevents bots from posting spam through simple post attacks. And if they post a new entry without having seen the input dialog for at least 5 seconds, the post will be changed into a preview. Sounds quite effective for me. Lets see if it helps.

MikeR · Post by **MikeR** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 5:12 pm

It's not just here Niko. I noticed this same spam on phpBB forum.
They are targeting all forums that have guest posting.

Saku · Post by **Saku** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 5:56 pm

AARGH!! the spammer is back!!
Maybe it would be an idea to turn off the guest posting?

Pr3t3nd3r · Post by **Pr3t3nd3r** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 1:18 pm

Where i can found the spammer ?

or where i can register an forum for spam ? Don't take this in a bad name but i need that for a personal reson ... Only personal meseges if anyone have any informations about that ... because i don't think this king of informations sould be avaible to the large public ....