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Spam today
« on: December 25, 2008, 11:17:02 AM »
It appears that the spam we received today was due to  some new spam bot software bypassing the registration system in these forums. I have edited the forum code a little so hopefully we wont see any more spam for a while

Fingers crossed.
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Re: Spam today
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2008, 11:20:09 AM »
FYI

Theses are the ips used by the recent spammer:

194.8.74.53
194.8.74.53
194.8.74.53
194.8.75.157

A lot of other forum operators I know actually block all access for the ip range 194.*.*.* to 199.*.*.*
I might think about doing this myself.
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Re: Spam today
« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2008, 11:54:54 AM »
never seen so many in one week,
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Re: Spam today
« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2008, 06:50:08 PM »
the ip range works but bots often use proxies
could also use keyword blocking; use the word viagra  or something and if the word is found in a post on posting it is refused.
 dont use minor words, even penis can be innocent - "the penis mighter than the sword" (a space missing, but not inncocent without it)
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Re: Spam today
« Reply #4 on: December 25, 2008, 07:18:31 PM »
Hey Shane....Just checking with you, I got a couple of notices in my email about some blocked website users. I am guessing that because i am down as a moderator of the buga site that this is just for my info? .Does it require any action on my behalf? Hope your xmas day has gone well mate cheers...john abbott ;D
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Re: Spam today
« Reply #5 on: December 26, 2008, 12:11:10 AM »
Hi mate, what did the email say?

My xmas has been pretty good thanks mate. I hope yours has been the same.

Quote from: John Abbott on December 25, 2008, 07:18:31 PM
Hey Shane....Just checking with you, I got a couple of notices in my email about some blocked website users. I am guessing that because i am down as a moderator of the buga site that this is just for my info? .Does it require any action on my behalf? Hope your xmas day has gone well mate cheers...john abbott ;D
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Re: Spam today
« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2009, 12:28:04 PM »
This is one i received recently

The following post, "query from beginner" by unfompops has been reported by SandB on a board you moderate:

http://www.buga.com.au/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=2&topic=765.msg6791#msg6791

The reporter has made the following comment:
not sure about this one!!!!

Regards,
The BUGA Community Team.
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Re: Spam today
« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2009, 01:04:47 PM »
Yeah I deleted that user. They had been registered for a few months now.
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