235 replies to this topic

[Dizzy]

Same here. Stupid spam messages.

What do we all have in common...?

[Fin]

Aww, somebody got him already. Damn my need for sleep.

Maybe next time, Lena... maybe next time.

[SL the Pyro]

Got the same one as Fintin, Shekey and Enjeru. Deleted the PM on sight.

What is going on with these sudden bot PMs? The forum security isn't doing its job.

Edited by Shadow_Link, 09 April 2009 - 07:28 PM.

[Sir Turtlelot]

I also got a PM from muzrinkl, but he/she/it was already banned by the time I got the message.

[Selena]

Got the same one as Fintin, Shekey and Enjeru. Deleted the PM on sight.

What is going on with these sudden bot PMs? The forum security isn't doing its job.

Erm... that's because our forum security doesn't stop people from PMing each other. PMing spam is a new spambot tactic.

[ninja kitten]

ooh sneaky. these people are posessed of the devil!

[Kamina]

It is too easy for these bots to join the Forum.
As ar as i know there are several Addons for the forum that tighten the security so Spambots cant join anymore.

I just got a spam message from a bot http://forums.legend...p?showuser=7529

The PM was names From Administrator and the spam link was hidden on the text: New Forum Rules

Can some Mod please take care of that?

[Steel Samurai]

Got one from same. Maybe some anti-pmbot measures are needed, as we've had a fair amount lately.

[Raien]

Just received the "New Forum Rules" message from user "jurdreda".

[Pushtrak]

Just received the "New Forum Rules" message from user "jurdreda".

Same. I haven't posted here in quite a while. I previously got another message from muzrinkl with the subject "Uhhhh". I didn't bother clicking into his link or posting about it here though. Now this new one I just received (well, 4 hours ago from time of this post, but am just awake now) was a lot more devious. I just happened to check out where the link was before opening it in a new tab.

[Nevermind]

Initiation Forum.

New members must first traverse the Valley Of A Thousand Paddles.

Then shall they be granted the privilege of both private and public speech.

Edited by Lazurukeel, 13 April 2009 - 08:25 AM.

[Toan]

*sigh* Took care of him.

What I've done is I've made it so that the group you enter when you join LA, which currently does not allow you to make a new thread, now will also not allow you to send PM's until you post once in an existing thread.

I don't want to leave it like that though, in case some brand new member actually needs the PM service. Back to the drawing board.

[Nevermind]

Is it possible to make a group so that prior to posting, only admins are PMable?

[Sir Turtlelot]

I also got the "From Administrator" from jurdreda.

[Kamina]

Reporting new spambot: http://forums.legend...p?showuser=7527

[Steel Samurai]

Now I'm officially pissed. No one spams up my RPG. NO ONE.


*cough* That aside, (to borrow from lazzie's idea) Perhaps there's one dude responsible for alla diss?

[Chiaki]

Now I'm officially pissed. No one spams up my RPG. NO ONE.


*cough* That aside, (to borrow from lazzie's idea) Perhaps there's one dude responsible for alla diss?

I'm starting to wonder that, too. Spambots tend to be somewhat few and far between, but three in the last few days?

I got a message from this new one, terkovskyr, and it posted some crap in the Spirit Tracks thread, apparently as well as other places, seeing that its racked up 33 posts...

Edited by LinksLove, 14 April 2009 - 06:45 AM.

[Nevermind]

Yeah, so it could bypass the new group rule Toan set up.

[TheAvengerLever]

THE WAR CONTINUES!

I got the tertovskyr or whoever.


QUICK KILL IT KILL IT

[SL the Pyro]

You DARE bring spam into our RP!? YOU MUST DIE!!!

No seriously, can someone get delete those spam posts in "To End an Empire?" And also switch the group settings back to the way they were, it seems Toan's plan is unfortunately doing more harm than good.

Edited by Shadow_Link, 14 April 2009 - 09:36 AM.

[Sir Deimos]

this one was pretty bad. i've never noticed rampant spambot posting like terkovskyr's done

[Toan]

Deleted the posts and deleted the user.

[Spexfox]

*sigh* Took care of him.

What I've done is I've made it so that the group you enter when you join LA, which currently does not allow you to make a new thread, now will also not allow you to send PM's until you post once in an existing thread.

I don't want to leave it like that though, in case some brand new member actually needs the PM service. Back to the drawing board.

Noted and responding to this so I can confirm I'm not a spam bot. =P I've been getting PMs like this too, which is strange because I've never even posted here on my account until now.

Anyway Captchas tend to work decent against bots and the re-Captcha service is pretty easy to stick into just about anywhere on a website. You guys should look it up and see if it can be used to tone down the spam bots.

[Toan]

We're discussing this issue in the Tower now, so hopefully we can resolve this.

[Selena]

Another frag - maomaochong



I was awake for this one! Hell yeah!

[Stalfos]

Either this guy's a bot, or he has a fixation on photo-editing bordering on unhealthy.

Edited by Armed_Stalfos, 27 April 2009 - 12:44 AM.

[Selena]

Good eye. Banned. In your honor.

[Stalfos]

Another one.

Spam posts...everywhere...

*Shudders*

[Selena]

BOOM HEADSHOT.


Bad guy gone, troubles repaired.




To mend and defend, baby.

[Ransom]

oooOoo sweet ref.