Spambots and You

Kyosho · Post by **Kyosho** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 12:22 pm

They've gotten one step more evil with the bumping of older threads with their spam. I like SpongeBuell's idea. But, if there is only one question/answer, wouldn't all the spammer's owner have to do is tell them to put a "4" in that box every time? Assuming he himself set them on this forum in the first place (and not randomly)? I'd prefer the random math problem, dealing with plus or minus, and only single digits. Any real person can answer so simple a question like those instantly.

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 12:53 pm

if it was done by an actual person, they could set up a script that would check the page pretty easily. I don't think they'd bother with that, though. Usually they just scan around for forums and are on their way when they find one.

nitro2k01 · Post by **nitro2k01** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 1:20 pm

A question: Why not delete the threads instead of just locking them? Or at least edit out the links to spoil a bit of their fun?

Post by **gannon** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 1:22 pm

Most are deleted. Only time they're locked is if something else takes place (like a user posting in them and a mod giving them a notice)

Post by **Skyone** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 2:27 pm

Like gannon said, most are deleted. If we locked all of them, there'd be at least 10 on each page. ~_~

dudex77 · Post by **dudex77** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 5:41 am

if a spambot posts in a topic and you reply it creates another spambot right? so then why havent they posted in stickies, thus destroying the sticky?

Chwoka · Post by **Chwoka** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:47 am

Because they're not human. They're mindless, and wouldn't think of posting in one.

Gump-in-space · Post by **Gump-in-space** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:06 am

Anyone notice the insane amount of spambots hitting in almost all of the areas of the forums? adster and eddick4.

cheese007 · Post by **cheese007** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 4:15 pm

So what do we do about a thread that had a spambot post in it?

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 4:17 pm

cheese007 wrote:So what do we do about a thread that had a spambot post in it?

If it made a new thread, you do nothing.
If it posted in an existing thread, just ignore it and you can keep posting in that thread. (right?)

Post by **bicostp** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 4:30 pm

cheese007 wrote:So what do we do about a thread that had a spambot post in it?

Ignore it.

Moderators can delete individual posts, so if a spambot posts in an existing thread you don't have to worry about the whole thing being destroyed.

gamemasterAS · Post by **gamemasterAS** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 6:37 pm

Just wondering, About how many spambot's do we get a week ?

blackbox_dev · Post by **blackbox_dev** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 6:41 pm

gamemasterAS wrote:Just wondering, About how many spambot's do we get a week ?

Too many...

Actually, I think it's about 3-5, but that's just a rough guess.

Post by **gannon** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:34 pm

We get ~100 a week I think

blackbox_dev · Post by **blackbox_dev** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:41 pm

How many of those are in Forum 42 alone?