Spam

Hard Top · Post by **Hard Top** » Fri 13 May, 2011 11:11

Plenty of spam today (mods?)

11 from rachelyyy and 10 from Gailsky.

Mr Silver · Post by **Mr Silver** » Fri 13 May, 2011 12:25

I must be getting really over the hill...

What is it with these people and spam, I fail to understand the point of the exercise. Is it sexual? Is there some underground club to get brownie points from? It all seems so utterly futile to my way of thinking. Does anybody know what they're getting off on..?

Perhaps they're just naughty boys and girls! In which case they need a damn good kicking..!

Rant over. Feel better now.

Hard Top · Post by **Hard Top** » Fri 13 May, 2011 13:33

Its just this sort of crap.

Forum spam is the creating of messages that are advertisements or otherwise unwanted on Internet forums. It is generally done by automated spambots.
Most forum spam consists of links to external sites, with the dual goals of increasing search engine visibility in highly competitive areas such as weight loss, pharmaceuticals, gambling, pornography, real estate or loans, and generating more traffic for these commercial websites.
Some of these links contain code to track the spambot's identity if a sale goes through, when the spammer behind the spambot works on commission.

Boysie · Post by **Boysie** » Fri 13 May, 2011 15:00

Hi Hardtop

Spam is a fact of life it seems these days.
I feel its worse than the crap letters that come through the door.
We get rid of it, and some clever dick will find away
to annoy us

ray

XVar · Post by **XVar** » Fri 13 May, 2011 15:36

A good start would be to get a mod for phpBB that puts a CAPTCHA on the registration page (the squiggly writing that computers can't easily read). Would eliminate automated signups atleast.

VikingSven · Post by **VikingSven** » Fri 13 May, 2011 15:45

Seems to be a lot of >2 month old thread resurrection spam going on lately as well

Sorcerors Apprentice · Post by **Sorcerors Apprentice** » Fri 13 May, 2011 15:58

Yep, noticed that, seems to be affecting the newbie section.

Phil · Post by **Phil** » Fri 13 May, 2011 18:25

Hopefully I've picked them all up but if there are any left please pm me.

DC · Post by DC » Fri 13 May, 2011 19:35

Phil wrote:Hopefully I've picked them all up but if there are any left please pm me.

Quick work, many thanks.

Mouldy · Post by **Mouldy** » Fri 13 May, 2011 22:02

VikingSven wrote:Seems to be a lot of >2 month old thread resurrection spam going on lately as well

New members trying to catch up with Jonttt's post count!!!

Geoff H · Post by **Geoff H** » Fri 13 May, 2011 22:29

Mouldy wrote:
VikingSven wrote:Seems to be a lot of >2 month old thread resurrection spam going on lately as well
New members trying to catch up with Jonttt's post count!!!

I was beginning to think it had become compulsory to reply to every post

siwilson · Post by **siwilson** » Sat 14 May, 2011 07:48

Geoff H wrote:
Mouldy wrote:
VikingSven wrote:Seems to be a lot of >2 month old thread resurrection spam going on lately as well
New members trying to catch up with Jonttt's post count!!!
I was beginning to think it had become compulsory to reply to every post

Only if you have nothing of value to add! (I do appreciate the irony of my own post here

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