Spambots
How hard would it be to just implement a "type what you see in the box" thing during registration?
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Rules are for fools
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Or you know maybe set it so that if a person's first post contains a link there is an automatic ban?
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Set it so everyone starts off banned when they join.
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It would sure solve a lot of problems around here funny boy
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BAN ANYONE WHO HAS AN AVATAR FEATURING GLASSES, HATS, ANIMALS, AND ANY COMBINATION OF SAID ITEMS. :rolleyes
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does a fez count as a hat
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Yes it counts as a hat, you fucking retard. >:
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ban everyone with rolle hyes, jerk >:
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YES, EVERYONE WITH "ROLLE HYES" THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT. :rolleyes
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GET OFF THE INTERNET, SAM
YOU ARE TURNING INTO A QUEERMO |
THIS IS A THREAD FULL OF DEAD MEN.
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BUMP
SPAMBOTS STEAM ME UP |
GROWLY FACE EMOTICON
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Hahaha you should see how many spam bots are attacking right now.
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jin was on, whuuuut
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I knew that would be said.
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I am bumping this to add my 2 cents to this plea. Please throw in a type what you see in this box step to creating an account like Milpool suggested. Please please please.
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I actually don't mind the spambots. I sort of feel sorry for them.
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I didn't either till this last one posted a new topic in every single sub forum
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We've actually had the "type the letters you see" bit on registration for some time, now. That's the kind of spambots we're dealing with here. |
It's been a while since I've made a character :(
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how about a username filter of some sort- odds are pretty good if someone's name has the name of a prescription boner pill they're not here to comment on the latest tales from the longbox
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This too |
i know it's not likely to happen but for short term you could try blocking 58.253.* or 58.253.243.* and 58.253.246.* and 58.253.255.* since all the users we've ever had from those IP ranges are these dvd rip software spam guys
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there's another, 58.253.243.177
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Oh, I tried that argument before.
The problem is that even though those particular ranges include mostly spammers (or all spammers), we haven't banned them yet on the off chance that a real user might show up therein. |
well the three-octet ones have gone thru before, so that could still work maybe?
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i bet if you put the question "are you human?" with an empty form only accepting the answer "yes" that would work :3
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So... then they become human simply by answering 'yes'? :\
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hahahahahaha :<
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YOU SHOULD MAKE IT SO THAT THEY HAVE TO PLAY FLASH GAMES AND SCORE A CERtAIN SCORE :O
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That could actually work. :eek
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I'm for it!
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someone ban 89.149.244.88, i REALLY hate the spambots that send you PMs and there's been three from that IP :(
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Honestly I am leaning more and more toward the policy of if you have the default new user avatar you get banned automatically for posting in the fourms :P
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problem with that is, a lot of the newer bots are actually putting non-default avatars :(
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:lol
report them to the FBI or some shit |
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Also, one of the admin powers is that you can delete all the PMs a person has ever sent, assuming they haven't already been deleted. So if you are wanting to report a spam PM you've received, but it disappears suddenly, that's why. |
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If you've read the messages, I can pull them out of your brain and replace them with thoughts about how much you love the Doc Mock show.
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lol powerleveling345s :O
too bad there's no way to report people or some shit before they can spam it up |
One of the last ones banned had his time zone set for Kaliningrad, South Africa.
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Might want to look into ximike0119. No posts yet but he's set off all my red flags from what I have looked at thus far.
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there are ways to tell if it's a bot, tho. if someone comes waltzing in here all naked, with no avatar, chances are that they are likely a recently respawned bot, sent here from skynet to terminate us. |
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...-registrations maybe this will work?
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Add an extra question to the registration to prevent bot registrations
This solution will only work for vBulletin 3.6.3 and higher. On the lower 3.6 versions it will allow for a blank response. vBulletin already offers a lot of buildin protections against registrations by bots (automated) like CAPTCHA (Image Verification), Email Verification or Registration Moderation. These will however not always protect you against human-assisted bot registrations (registration process automated, a human provide the CAPTCHA verification). Unfortunatly there is no way to block all human-assisted registrations, adding an extra question to the registration process can however frustrate this type and often they will simply skip your board because it is causing them too much work. How to add an extra registration question to frustrate human-assisted bot registration? AdminCP -> User Profile Fields -> Add New User Profile Field Profile Field Type: Single-Line Text Field <<Continue>> Use the following information when creating the Profile Field: Title: Can you spell? (Note: Adjust the title to the question you want to ask) Description: Enter the first character of the word "Monkey" (Note: Adjust the question. Don't use this example as it would be quickly picked up by bot registrations) Default Value: B (Note: anything but a valid answer) Field Required: Yes, at registration and profile updating Field Editable by User: Only at registration Private Field: Yes Field Searchable on Members List: No Show on Members List: No Regular Expression: ^[mM]$ (Note: this expression would only allow a 'm' or 'M' as valid answers, adjust to your needs) ^^this? |
yes that is what i did just post a link to thank you
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http://www.i-mockery.com/forum/member.php?u=12600
New spambot methiks EDIY: I forget who said "Welcome newest member" was a good way to find them but they are right I bet |
good catch dude it probably woulda sent me PM spam >:
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seriously though: can we just ban all of china? THEY PROBABLY ARENT ALLOWED TO LOOK AT THIS WEBSITE ANYWAYS. or maybe put up an article about tienamen square that would def. work :lol
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And lose out on all that Evony ad revenue?
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:lol
Those ads are so ridiculous... stupid networks. |
hey can we ban 124.193.170.162, lots of spambots registered to that IP (i've banned at least five today)
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eight
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ten >:
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While I think you did indeed ban all these spambot losers. Could we perhaps get rid of their threads as well, seeing them fills me with rage.
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I am willing to bet the farm this one is a spambot
http://www.i-mockery.com/forum/member.php?u=12760 |
Is there Rule 34 on spambots?
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Fuck you and fuck your 4chan.
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NO U
kidding... I'll cut the /b/ shit. Sorry. |
suppliers314
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They should just start naming themselves spambot(number here) It would almost be less obvious
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I like the new ones we're getting where they don't spam but they try to post something relevant to the discussion of a years-old thread.
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I'm pretty sure that guy who has the vanilla ice picture and is "Thanking" everywhere is.
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I think so too ....
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I do too. I don't get it, though. No spam anywhere in his profile or sig.
It could be that he's just the world's least successful spammer. Apart from KGP4death, I mean. |
Actually, I think he' real.
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All the same, I swept 6 needless thank yous under the rug.
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Thank you
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SPAMBOTS >:
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That one couldn't even post his spam in the TV/Movie forum.
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This guy is a spambot, I would bet my (insert valuable things here) on it
http://www.i-mockery.com/forum/member.php?u=12425 |
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Did someone actually get a pm from that guy? I can delete PMs, but I can't actually view them.
His posts make him sound like a guy in rural Nanching who's trying to sound legit. |
He just sounds like Spam. That or he really likes Steel Reserve.
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Whatever it is, I'm through waiting.
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http://www.i-mockery.com/forum/member.php?u=13126
I suspect this one of spambottery based off his weak attempt at a name EDIT: Also this one http://www.i-mockery.com/forum/member.php?u=13083 |
They should be hung for spambottery.
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I gotta admit even I was pleased with "spambottery" :lol
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More spambottery here methinks
http://www.i-mockery.com/forum/member.php?u=12295 EDIT: That was a fast banning |
SPAMBOTS >:
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Ooooh, I like this new feature.
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Still working out the kinks.
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I FELT LIKE MY ENTIRE I-MOCKERY CAREER HINGED ON ME ANSWERING THAT QUESTION CORRECTLY. :(
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What now
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Didn't work, rolled back, thinking up something new.
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It's like 30 a week nowadays >:
And I just banned one that had "Banned" as its user title already. Since we get an actual real new person twice a month we should just close off registration and implement an interview process |
Holy good goddamn spambot cleanup :eek
MLE how are you doing that |
I am amazing. Thank you.
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then when you delete them the forum is like 'WHAT POSTS? ;)' |
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