 Spammers At The Forum?, new members:- posting spam? |
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  Nov 12 2007, 10:04 AM
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 Group: Members Posts: 449 Joined: 12-August 03 From: Leeds, UK Member No.: 346  |
 I have noticed at least two posts by very new members that appear to be links to some sort of commercial sites. One was in the threads about bargains, one was in the thread about kopi/kapi. The one in the bargain thread was about mobile phones  and the one in the kopi/kapi thread asked people to send private messages.  ISO, dz and Speculatrix would you have a look and see if I'm just being paranoid?  It would be a shame if we had to go back to 'vetting' new members but it might be needed if this is really the start of spamming the forum.  Cheers
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Nov 12 2007, 11:11 AM
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 ~ Group: Admin Posts: 596 Joined: 2-February 04 From: Cape Canaveral, FL Member No.: 1,667 |
I got spam reports from those, but by the time I checked 'em out one of the other admins had deleted it or something. I'll keep my eye out.
There's an IPB update (updates from here on now should be super fast and smooth). Maybe it has some more anti-spam stuff. I'll try and get it in this weekend. |
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Nov 12 2007, 11:59 AM
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 Group: Members Posts: 549 Joined: 8-July 04 From: Mid-South, USA Member No.: 3,959 |
A day or two ago, I reported two identical posts advertisng new mobile phones I think.
They were both authored by the same member, who had joined the same day and had a total of 2 posts. I think one was in the For Sale/Wanted thread, and the other was in one of the SL-5500 threads. Regards, Doug |
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Nov 12 2007, 03:02 PM
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 Group: Admin Posts: 1,208 Joined: 20-January 06 From: York, Pennsylvania Member No.: 8,961 |
QUOTE(dougeeebear @ Nov 12 2007, 02:59 PM)  A day or two ago, I reported two identical posts advertisng new mobile phones I think. They were both authored by the same member, who had joined the same day and had a total of 2 posts. I think one was in the For Sale/Wanted thread, and the other was in one of the SL-5500 threads. Regards, Doug Yea... I deleted them 2 Late |
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 Nov 13 2007, 02:09 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 449 Joined: 12-August 03 From: Leeds, UK Member No.: 346 |
QUOTE(InSearchOf @ Nov 12 2007, 11:02 PM) QUOTE(dougeeebear @ Nov 12 2007, 02:59 PM) A day or two ago, I reported two identical posts advertisng new mobile phones I think. They were both authored by the same member, who had joined the same day and had a total of 2 posts. I think one was in the For Sale/Wanted thread, and the other was in one of the SL-5500 threads. Regards, Doug Yea... I deleted them 2 Late You Devil you! You also deleted the post before one of the spams!! It was one of mine!  Cheers |
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Nov 13 2007, 06:10 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 1,208 Joined: 20-January 06 From: York, Pennsylvania Member No.: 8,961 |
QUOTE(tux @ Nov 13 2007, 05:09 AM) QUOTE(InSearchOf @ Nov 12 2007, 11:02 PM) QUOTE(dougeeebear @ Nov 12 2007, 02:59 PM) A day or two ago, I reported two identical posts advertisng new mobile phones I think. They were both authored by the same member, who had joined the same day and had a total of 2 posts. I think one was in the For Sale/Wanted thread, and the other was in one of the SL-5500 threads. Regards, Doug Yea... I deleted them 2 Late You Devil you! You also deleted the post before one of the spams!! It was one of mine! Cheers Huh? I deleted your post? |
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Nov 13 2007, 09:43 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 449 Joined: 12-August 03 From: Leeds, UK Member No.: 346 |
QUOTE(InSearchOf @ Nov 13 2007, 02:10 PM) QUOTE(tux @ Nov 13 2007, 05:09 AM) QUOTE(InSearchOf @ Nov 12 2007, 11:02 PM) QUOTE(dougeeebear @ Nov 12 2007, 02:59 PM) A day or two ago, I reported two identical posts advertisng new mobile phones I think. They were both authored by the same member, who had joined the same day and had a total of 2 posts. I think one was in the For Sale/Wanted thread, and the other was in one of the SL-5500 threads. Regards, Doug Yea... I deleted them 2 Late You Devil you! You also deleted the post before one of the spams!! It was one of mine! Cheers Huh? I deleted your post? Well if you did the deleting in the pinned thread about kdepimpi in the software thread then my post has gone also!  I replied to uth's post about being able to run the kdepimpi stuff on modern desktop distros and referred to alijames's comment about the compiling issue. The next post after mine was one of these cheesy spammers quoting my post and pretending to be answering it! Not to fuss: my deathless prose is worth sacrificing to kill a spammer...  Especially with my breathless lack of commas!
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Nov 13 2007, 02:59 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 1,208 Joined: 20-January 06 From: York, Pennsylvania Member No.: 8,961 |
QUOTE(tux @ Nov 13 2007, 12:43 PM) QUOTE(InSearchOf @ Nov 13 2007, 02:10 PM) QUOTE(tux @ Nov 13 2007, 05:09 AM) QUOTE(InSearchOf @ Nov 12 2007, 11:02 PM) QUOTE(dougeeebear @ Nov 12 2007, 02:59 PM) A day or two ago, I reported two identical posts advertisng new mobile phones I think. They were both authored by the same member, who had joined the same day and had a total of 2 posts. I think one was in the For Sale/Wanted thread, and the other was in one of the SL-5500 threads. Regards, Doug Yea... I deleted them 2 Late You Devil you! You also deleted the post before one of the spams!! It was one of mine! Cheers Huh? I deleted your post? Well if you did the deleting in the pinned thread about kdepimpi in the software thread then my post has gone also! I replied to uth's post about being able to run the kdepimpi stuff on modern desktop distros and referred to alijames's comment about the compiling issue. The next post after mine was one of these cheesy spammers quoting my post and pretending to be answering it! Not to fuss: my deathless prose is worth sacrificing to kill a spammer... Especially with my breathless lack of commas!I apologize... Late |
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Nov 15 2007, 02:38 PM
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 Group: Admin Posts: 3,277 Joined: 29-July 04 From: Cambridge, England Member No.: 4,149 |
I've deleted a few posts too, sometimes I find someone else has beat me to it; being 8 hours ahead of USA gives me a head start!
I suspended one user who was recently validated and made one post which was a link spam - I made a note in the admin CP about it. |
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Nov 19 2007, 09:13 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 449 Joined: 12-August 03 From: Leeds, UK Member No.: 346 |
I don't suppose I'm the first to notice: a poster called Alves is spamming the board.
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Nov 19 2007, 09:19 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 3,277 Joined: 29-July 04 From: Cambridge, England Member No.: 4,149 |
QUOTE(tux @ Nov 19 2007, 05:13 PM) I don't suppose I'm the first to notice: a poster called Alves is spamming the board. Nickname Alves (212.100.250.213) intactstores@yahoo.com Joined: 16-November 07 !!EDIT!! don't delete any messages until I've tracked his IP! Ok, all postings made from the same IP, so we can kill them. 83.138.136.91 CODE inetnum: 83.138.136.88 - 83.138.136.95
netname: RSPC-UK-Net2Roam-Ltd descr: Net2Roam-Ltd- IP Space country: GB admin-c: IA247-RIPE tech-c: IA247-RIPE rev-srv: ns.rackspace.com status: ASSIGNED PA mnt-by: RSPC-MNT source: RIPE # Filtered person: IP Admin address: Rackspace Managed Hosting 112 E. Pecan St. Suite 600 San Antonio, Texas 78205 phone: +1 210 892 4000 fax-no: +1 210 892 4329 e-mail: ipadmin@rackspace.com nic-hdl: IA247-RIPE remarks: ### Rackspace Abuse Department remarks: ### Please send any complaints to the following: remarks: ### abuse@rackspace.com mnt-by: RSPC-MNT source: RIPE # Filtered |
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Nov 19 2007, 09:26 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 3,277 Joined: 29-July 04 From: Cambridge, England Member No.: 4,149 |
OK, I've suspended Alves
and deleted the posts, and am sending off a spam complaint to yahoo, rackspace, hotmail and gmail. |
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Nov 19 2007, 09:28 AM
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 Group: Members Posts: 91 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Takarazuka, Japan Member No.: 4,010 |
I've deleted the topic Alves started in OESF Wiki forum, and sent him a polite note to post only to appropriate forums in the future, but the truth is I don't think spam like that is appropriate for any of our forums, so I fully support a block or whatever other means are available to protect the forums.
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Nov 19 2007, 09:34 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 549 Joined: 8-July 04 From: Mid-South, USA Member No.: 3,959 |
QUOTE(tux @ Nov 19 2007, 11:13 AM) I don't suppose I'm the first to notice: a poster called Alves is spamming the board. I hadn't noticed, but now that you mentioned it I looked at that member's posts ... and sure enough, some undeleted spam. I guess it just goes to show that with the current registration process, a person can register then post all the spam they want until they get caught. Then I suppose they can just register another user name and continue spamming. IMO, we had much better luck with admin validation. Regards, Doug Whoops ... 3 new posts while I was writing this ... I must be getting slow in my old age
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Nov 19 2007, 01:56 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 3,277 Joined: 29-July 04 From: Cambridge, England Member No.: 4,149 |
I got back responses from rackspace (who seem to harbour a lot of spammers and don't seem to bother to care about doing much), yahoo, hotmail and gmail. So, as least there's a chance we'll have made the spammer go away and think twice before bothering again.
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