Author Topic: Lots of spam  (Read 1949 times)

March 10, 2008, 02:44:00 pm

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« on: March 10, 2008, 02:44:00 pm »
Hello everyone,

I just wanted to thank you all for putting up with the crazy amounts of spam we have been getting lately. Hopefully Marc will have something more effective set up soon.

If you do come across a spam thread please don't post in it. It makes our job a bit harder.

Also, if you notice spam that has been posted in an existing, legitimate thread please IM malone or me. We do our best to check all the threads, but we do miss some.

Thanks for your patience and cooperation,

Tyler


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Reply #1March 10, 2008, 05:18:19 pm

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« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2008, 05:18:19 pm »
Speaking of which..

Better look in the IDI section..
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Reply #2March 10, 2008, 06:43:58 pm

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« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2008, 06:43:58 pm »
Yeah i got one from the smoke section last week. almost opened up to a you tube looking w/ crazy porn for i second. It then shut down my browser and now i have 3 or 4 constant "spyware" popup viruses which are proving to be real hard to trash. Unfortunately it was at my shop with a pc. I am tempted to see what happens with my mac.
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Reply #3March 10, 2008, 07:34:20 pm

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« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2008, 07:34:20 pm »
I've had to fight this battle on the phpBB form I run too (www.TheNissanPath.com), and boy is it a PITA.  Let me know if you guys'd appriciate some suggestions.
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Reply #4March 10, 2008, 11:38:59 pm

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« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2008, 11:38:59 pm »
I have a friend who used to have programs he could fire back at spammers like this, kind of like a denial of service attack.  I don't think it was exactly legal though :wink:
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Reply #5March 11, 2008, 04:12:04 am

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« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2008, 04:12:04 am »
yea spam their IP... or at least report their IP  :wink:


This is how we deal with porn spammers! You've been warned.