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I noticed this several times in the past:
Spambot hits the forums and instead reporting that scum immediately people reply to their crap. Honestly what for, increasing your postcount temporary (as the threads sooner or later are deleted)?
Please, report spambots immediately instead replying to their posts.
Big Dawg KS
Feb 18 2010, 17:23
Given the fact that it takes some time for mods to respond to reports (and yes I make use of the report feature right away when these things appear), is there anything wrong with replying in the meantime just to identify it as spam so others don't waste time replying to it? Like you said, it's just gonna be deleted anyways.
Well it's pointless, not more not less. The problem is that (some) of the people recently replied to their crap hasn't reported them at all. At some time there were 4 or 6 replies and not one of them reported it actually - that's what I actually wanted to say. ;)
Arma-2-Guru
Feb 22 2010, 10:40
I haven't noticed any spam bots on the forums, I see loads of them on stuff like Facepunch (Garrys Mod) and other forums, not on here though:confused:
Tankbuster
Feb 22 2010, 11:40
It's a long shot, but I'm guessing mods are deleting spam before you see it.
:yeahthat:
Once reported and one of us Mods around it takes only seconds to remove the spam and ban the sucker.
That's why it is important everyone reports them instead feeding them. ;)
Placebo
Feb 22 2010, 18:04
Most spam bots as we know them in the automated sense don't make it through the forum's defences, the majority of what you see as "spam bots" are actual people sat somewhere in India/Thailand/China/Africa manually signing up to the forums, making a couple of posts and then "planting" a spammy url in their signature.
Honestly what for, increasing your postcount temporary (as the threads sooner or later are deleted)?
The lulz I'd imagine.
On a similar vain but from a different perspective, if the thread and all it's posts are going to be deleted, does it really matter if people reply to it?
MemphisBelle
Aug 3 2010, 05:47
The lulz I'd imagine.
On a similar vain but from a different perspective, if the thread and all it's posts are going to be deleted, does it really matter if people reply to it?
That just looks a bit stupid, if someone is replying to any shit like those spamcrap, thats the only thing I´d guess would be the matter. But that wasn´t the point Wolle has stated, it´s just about to report spams, not more and not less. If you want to reply, so have fun with this, but make sure to report those things.
Big Dawg KS
Aug 6 2010, 10:57
Man... the spambots have been pretty persistent lately.
No forum is immune these days as the term "spambots" is really a misnomer, it's more likely people sat in offices in India and Thailand and China and the like getting paid to manually sign up to forums and post spam.
Big Dawg KS
Aug 7 2010, 13:35
No forum is immune these days as the term "spambots" is really a misnomer, it's more likely people sat in offices in India and Thailand and China and the like getting paid to manually sign up to forums and post spam.
Yea but I still call them spambots. :)
And he struck again... same guy I think, well he's posting the same spam at least about Apple Ipads... I bet it's Steve Jobs himself. :rolleyes:
Probably a template they got and just copy&paste.
Changed the thread title just for Placebo. :p
However I still call them spambots as such a stupid work is inhuman, hence bots. :D
Tankbuster
Aug 7 2010, 15:30
Probably a template they got and just copy&paste.
Changed the thread title just for Placebo. :p
However I still call them spambots as such a stupid work is inhuman, hence bots. :D
If there's a template, can't you automatically flag up suspicious posts using the commonly used words?
MJK-Ranger
Aug 8 2010, 12:24
Or you can also use .htaccess to make rules, using RewriteEngine on, RewriteCond, RewriteRule etc
I.E
# -------------------------------------------
# START of Prevent proxy access
# -------------------------------------------
RewriteCond %{HTTP:VIA} !^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:FORWARDED} !^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:USERAGENT_VIA} !^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X_FORWARDED_FOR} !^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:PROXY_CONNECTION} !^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:XPROXY_CONNECTION} !^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:HTTP_PC_REMOTE_ADDR} !^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:HTTP_CLIENT_IP} !^$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [F]
# -------------------------------------------
# END of Prevent proxy access
# -------------------------------------------
This one can you just add into the htaccess file:
# Chinese (CN) IP addresses follow:
deny from 27.8.0.0/13 27.16.0.0/12 27.36.0.0/14 27.40.0.0/13 58.16.0.0/15 58.20.0.0/16 58.21.0.0/16 58.22.0.0/15 58.34.0.0/16 58.37.0.0/16 58.38.0.0/16 58.44.0.0/14 58.56.0.0/15 58.58.0.0/16 58.59.0.0/17 58.60.0.0/14 58.82.0.0/15 58.208.0.0/12 58.246.0.0/15 58.248.0.0/13 59.32.0.0/13 59.40.0.0/15 59.42.0.0/16 59.44.0.0/14 59.51.0.0/16 59.52.0.0/14 59.56.0.0/13 59.108.0.0/15 60.0.0.0/13 60.11.0.0/16 60.12.0.0/16 60.28.0.0/15 60.160.0.0/11 60.194.0.0/15 60.208.0.0/13 60.216.0.0/15 60.220.0.0/14 61.4.64.0/20 61.4.80.0/22 61.48.0.0/13 61.128.0.0/10 61.135.0.0/16 61.136.0.0/18 61.145.73.208/28 61.160.0.0/16 61.162.0.0/15 61.164.0.0/16 61.177.0.0/16 61.179.0.0/16 61.183.0.0/16 61.184.0.0/16 61.185.219.232/29 61.187.0.0/16 61.188.0.0/16 61.191.0.0/16 61.232.0.0/14 61.236.0.0/15 110.6.0.0/15 110.96.0.0/11 110.240.0.0/12 111.0.0.0/10 112.0.0.0/10 112.64.0.0/14 113.0.0.0/13 113.8.0.0/15 114.28.0.0/16 114.104.0.0/14 114.216.0.0/13 114.224.0.0/11 115.24.0.0/15 115.32.0.0/14 115.48.0.0/12 115.84.0.0/18 115.100.0.0/15 115.168.0.0/14 116.1.0.0/16 116.2.0.0/15 116.4.0.0/14 116.8.0.0/14 116.16.0.0/12 116.76.0.0/15 116.208.0.0/14 117.21.0.0/16 117.22.0.0/15 117.24.0.0/13 117.32.0.0/13 117.40.0.0/14 117.44.0.0/15 117.80.0.0/12 118.72.0.0/13 118.112.0.0/13 118.132.0.0/14 118.144.0.0/14 118.180.0.0/14 118.192.0.0/16 118.248.0.0/13 119.0.0.0/13 119.8.0.0/15 119.10.0.0/17 119.18.192.0/20 119.88.0.0/14 119.120.0.0/13 119.128.0.0/12 119.144.0.0/14 119.164.0.0/14 120.0.0.0/12 120.32.0.0/13 121.0.16.0/20 121.8.0.0/13 121.16.0.0/12 121.32.0.0/14 121.60.0.0/14 121.76.0.0/15 121.204.0.0/14 122.51.128.0/17 122.64.0.0/11 122.136.0.0/13 122.156.0.0/14 122.198.0.0/16 122.200.64.0/18 122.224.0.0/12 123.4.0.0/14 123.52.0.0/14 123.64.0.0/11 123.97.128.0/17 123.100.0.0/19 123.112.0.0/12 123.128.0.0/13 123.152.0.0/13 123.164.0.0/14 123.184.0.0/14 123.232.0.0/14 124.42.64.0/18 124.64.0.0/15 124.114.0.0/15 124.128.0.0/13 124.163.0.0/16 124.200.0.0/13 124.236.0.0/14 124.248.0.0/17 125.40.0.0/13 125.64.0.0/13 125.80.0.0/13 125.88.0.0/13 125.115.0.0/16 159.226.0.0/16 182.112.0.0/12 202.43.144.0/22 202.66.0.0/16 202.96.0.0/12 202.111.160.0/19 202.112.0.0/14 202.165.176.0/20 203.69.0.0/16 203.93.0.0/16 203.169.160.0/19 210.5.0.0/19 210.14.128.0/19 210.21.0.0/16 210.32.0.0/14 210.51.0.0/16 210.52.0.0/15 210.192.96.0/19 211.76.96.0/20 211.78.208.0/20 211.90.0.0/15 211.136.0.0/13 211.144.12.0/22 211.144.160.0/20 211.147.208.0/20 211.152.14.0/24 211.154.128.0/19 211.155.24.0/22 211.157.32.0/19 211.160.0.0/13 211.233.70.0/24 218.0.0.0/11 218.56.0.0/13 218.64.0.0/11 218.88.0.0/13 218.96.0.0/14 218.102.0.0/16 218.104.0.0/14 218.194.80.0/20 218.240.0.0/13 219.128.0.0/11 219.232.0.0/16 219.154.0.0/15 220.160.0.0/11 220.181.0.0/16 220.192.0.0/12 220.228.70.0/24 220.248.0.0/14 220.250.0.0/19 220.252.0.0/16 221.0.0.0/12 221.122.0.0/15 221.176.0.0/13 221.192.0.0/14 221.200.0.0/14 221.204.0.0/15 221.207.0.0/16 221.208.0.0/14 221.212.0.0/16 221.214.0.0/15 221.216.0.0/13 221.224.0.0/13 221.228.0.0/14 221.238.0.0/15 222.32.0.0/11 222.64.0.0/12 222.80.0.0/12 222.132.0.0/14 222.136.0.0/13 222.166.0.0/16 222.168.0.0/13 222.172.222.0/24 222.176.0.0/13 222.184.0.0/13 222.241.0.0/19
# Hong Kong (HK)
deny from 58.65.232.0/21 59.148.0.0/15 112.121.160.0/19 113.252.0.0/14 121.127.224.0/19 123.242.229.0/24 202.69.64.0/19 202.85.128.0/19 202.133.8.0/21 210.176.0.0/19 210.176.48.0/20 210.176.64.0/18 210.176.128.0/17 210.177.0.0/16 218.103.0.0/16 218.252.0.0/14 219.76.0.0/14 222.166.0.0/16
# India (IN) and Pakistan (PK)
deny from 59.88.0.0/13 59.96.0.0/14 59.164.0.0/16 9.176.0.0/13 59.184.0.0/15 61.247.238.0/24 112.110.40.0/21 115.108.0.0/14 115.240.0.0/12 116.72.0.0/14 117.192.0.0/10 193.53.87.0/24 121.240.0.0/13 122.160.0.0/16 122.164.0.0/15 122.167.0.0/16 122.170.0.0/17 122.174.0.0/16 202.63.160.0/19 202.154.224.0/24 203.115.80.0/20 203.197.0.0/16 218.248.0.0/20
# Indonesia (ID)
deny from 110.136.176.0/20 125.164.64.0/19
# Japan (JP) (hacking, scraping, or spamming)
deny from 58.188.0.0/14 59.146.0.0/15 61.112.0.0/12 118.0.0.0/12 118.86.0.0/15 118.106.0.0/16 122.200.192.0/18 122.208.0.0/12 123.216.0.0/13 126.0.0.0/8 150.70.84.41 210.248.0.0/13 211.19.0.0/16 218.216.0.0/13 218.224.0.0/13 219.94.128.0/17 219.96.0.0/11 221.121.160.0/20 222.144.0.0/13
# Korea (KR) IP addresses follow:
deny from 58.72.0.0/13 58.120.0.0/13 58.140.0.0/14 58.148.0.0/14 58.180.40.0/21 58.224.0.0/12 59.0.0.0/11 59.86.192.0/18 59.186.0.0/15 61.32.0.0/13 61.72.0.0/14 61.76.0.0/15 61.96.0.0/12 61.110.16.0/20 61.248.0.0/13 110.8.0.0/13 110.45.0.0/16 112.159.224.0/20 113.30.64.0/18 114.29.0.0/17 114.108.128.0/18 114.200.0.0/13 115.0.0.0/12 115.16.0.0/13 115.40.0.0/15 115.88.0.0/13 116.40.0.0/16 116.45.176.0/20 116.93.192.0/19 116.120.0.0/13 117.110.0.0/15 118.32.0.0/11 118.128.0.0/14 118.216.0.0/13 119.64.0.0/13 119.192.0.0/11 121.88.0.0/16 121.101.224.0/19 121.127.64.0/18 121.127.128.0/18 121.128.0.0/10 121.254.0.0/16 122.44.112.0/20 122.99.128.0/17 123.111.0.0/16 123.140.0.0/14 123.248.0.0/16 124.0.0.0/15 124.50.87.161 124.136.0.0/14 125.128.0.0/11 125.176.0.0/12 125.240.0.0/13 125.248.0.0/14 143.248.0.0/16 166.104.0.0/16 168.188.0.0/16 175.112.0.0/12 202.30.0.0/15 202.133.16.0/20 202.179.176.0/21 203.226.0.0/15 203.228.0.0/14 203.244.0.0/14 203.248.0.0/14 210.93.0.0/16 210.94.0.0/15 210.108.0.0/14 210.112.0.0/14 210.117.128.0/18 210.118.216.192/26 210.124.0.0/14 210.178.0.0/15 210.180.0.0/15 210.204.0.0/15 210.219.0.0/16 210.220.0.0/14 211.32.0.0/12 211.48.0.0/15 211.50.0.0/15 211.52.0.0/16 211.62.35.0/24 211.104.0.0/13 211.112.0.0/13 211.168.0.0/13 211.176.0.0/12 211.192.0.0/12 211.208.0.0/14 211.216.0.0/13 211.224.0.0/13 211.232.0.0/13 211.240.0.0/12 218.36.0.0/14 218.48.0.0/13 218.144.0.0/12 218.209.0.0/16 218.232.0.0/14 218.236.0.0/14 219.240.0.0/15 219.248.0.0/13 219.250.88.0/21 220.72.0.0/13 220.80.0.0/13 220.95.88.0/24 220.118.0.0/16 220.119.0.0/16 221.128.0.0/12 221.144.0.0/12 221.160.0.0/13 221.168.0.0/16 221.163.46.0/24 222.96.0.0/12 222.112.0.0/13 222.120.0.0/15 222.122.0.0/16 222.231.0.0/18 222.232.0.0/13
# Yahoo-Korea (provides free email services used by some spammers)
deny from 123.0.0.0/20
# Neighboring Asian countries:
# Malaysia (MY)
deny from 60.48.0.0/14 60.52.0.0/15 60.54.0.0/16 112.137.160.0/20 113.23.128.0/17 115.132.0.0/14 116.197.0.0/17 116.206.0.0/16 120.50.48.0/20 120.140.0.0/15 124.82.0.0/16 124.217.224.0/19 202.58.80.0/20 202.71.96.0/20 202.75.32.0/19 203.106.0.0/16 203.223.128.0/19 210.187.49.0/25 218.111.0.0/16 218.208.12.64/27
# Philippines (PH)
deny from 85.92.152.0/21 120.28.64.0/18 125.60.128.0/17 202.133.192.0/24 222.127.32.0/19 222.127.64.0/19
# Singapore (SG)
deny from 59.189.0.0/16 116.14.0.0/15 121.6.0.0/15 165.21.0.0/16 192.169.40.0/23 203.92.64.0/18 203.117.0.0/24 218.186.0.0/16 218.212.0.0/16 219.74.0.0/15 219.75.0.0/17
# Taiwan (TW)
deny from 59.124.0.0/14 60.249.0.0/16 60.250.0.0/15 61.31.0.0/16 61.67.128.0/17 61.220.0.0/14 61.224.0.0/14 61.228.0.0/14 110.50.128.0/18 111.240.0.0/12 114.24.0.0/14 114.32.0.0/12 115.80.0.0/14 115.85.144.0/20 118.160.0.0/13 122.116.0.0/15 122.120.0.0/13 123.240.0.0/15 140.109.0.0/16 140.110.0.0/15 140.112.0.0/12 140.128.0.0/13 140.136.0.0/15 140.138.0.0/16 203.64.0.0/14 203.71.0.0/16 203.72.0.0/16 210.59.0.0/17 211.21.0.0/16 211.23.0.0/16 211.75.0.0/16 211.76.160.0/20 211.79.32.0/20 218.160.0.0/12 219.84.0.0/15 220.128.0.0/12
# Thailand (TH)
deny from 58.8.0.0/16 58.9.0.0/16 58.137.13.0/24 61.19.64.0/18 61.47.0.0/17 113.53.0.0/17 115.87.128.0/17 117.47.0.0/16 118.172.0.0/14 124.120.0.0/16 124.121.0.0/16 124.122.0.0/16 202.28.0.0/15 202.44.135.0/24 202.133.128.0/18 202.143.128.0/18 203.107.142.0/24 203.113.0.0/17 203.130.149.0/24 203.144.128.0/17 203.148.128.0/17 203.149.0.0/18 203.150.128.0/17 203.151.38.0/24 203.155.0.0/16 203.158.96.0/19 203.158.128.0/17 203.172.128.0/17 203.185.128.0/19 210.213.0.0/18 222.123.0.0/16
# Vietnam (VN)
deny from 58.186.0.0/16 58.187.96.0/20 58.187.112.0/20 112.213.80.0/20 113.22.0.0/16 113.23.0.0/17 113.160.0.0/11 115.72.0.0/13 115.84.176.0/22 116.96.0.0/12 117.0.0.0/13 118.68.0.0/14 123.16.0.0/12 125.234.0.0/15 203.113.128.0/18 203.162.0.0/16 203.210.192.0/18 210.245.80.0/21 220.231.124.0/22 222.252.0.0/14
I have lot of goodies list here i use on my sites :)
Just let me know if you need more ;)
No forum is immune these days as the term "spambots" is really a misnomer, it's more likely people sat in offices in India and Thailand and China and the like getting paid to manually sign up to forums and post spam.
If only the job paid more than a buck 50 it would be every slacker's dream job. :p
The spammers of today's wave of spammers were atrocious. I offered multiple to send my credit card details via PM, but got no reply.
Children these days just don't work for the money like they used to.
Haystack15
Aug 9 2010, 19:51
Hehe I reported one last night. There was one about some HTC evolution phone. I was like wtf is this?. Clikced report post and all i said was spam. User google1000 is now dead lol
*New Word for Spamming Humans* = Spumans (Sepew - mans)
Tankbuster
Aug 9 2010, 19:54
. Clikced report post and all i said was spam.
Me too. Oddly, we are spamming Placbo with spam reports.
Haystack15
Aug 9 2010, 20:05
Me too. Oddly, we are spamming Placbo with spam reports.
lol, I would send him a sorry letter, but then I don't want to spam him with those also:D
Sorry for Spamming you with Spam bot Placebo
T.S.C.Plage
Aug 10 2010, 03:24
Want o buy an iPhone?
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=105118
Placebo
Aug 10 2010, 12:49
I still call them spambots myself ya know ;) I was just pointing out that technically many are not bots as such these days :)
Dwarden
Aug 10 2010, 23:59
let's classify them ... spampads ...
Placebo
Aug 11 2010, 07:58
Spampads? That makes them sound like some kind of feminine hygiene product! ;) A worse name than "red river" FPDR
;)
Zipper5
Aug 11 2010, 23:17
O, I c wut u did thar, Placebo. :p
I think spambots still applies perfectly to someone so robot-like that they spend their time posting spam on forums and getting paid $1 a month. :rolleyes:
Big Dawg KS
Aug 12 2010, 03:28
Man, it seems they're popping up just about every other day now. Better spamtard defenses be needed. :coop:
Man, it seems they're popping up just about every other day now. Better spamtard defenses be needed. :coop:thats normal nowadays. Im doing Moderator job in a big Goth-Scene message Board for years now and I have to hand delete at least three of them per day. In some way they more and more pass behind the activation e-mail border. But the contents of most of the spam topics are so badly placed that I doubt any humans have posted them.
Placebo
Aug 12 2010, 04:24
There has been a much larger influx over the last 5-7 days than usual though, not sure what we can do but I'll look into it.
Haystack15
Aug 12 2010, 08:41
Almost like internet war lol
Zipper5
Aug 12 2010, 08:54
Bet you it's to do with "them" from "over there". :mad:
:p
Big Dawg KS
Aug 14 2010, 13:03
Well Placebo, maybe you should hire an anti-spambot: just a guy who reads the forums all day deleting spam.
Fight spam with spam...
[FRL]Myke
Aug 14 2010, 13:55
Fight spam with spam...
Count me in:
anwy2MPT5RE
You need to automatically collate a database of spammer's email addresses, then spam them in turn :p
VanhA-ICON
Aug 16 2010, 12:35
You need to automatically collate a database of spammer's email addresses, then spam them in turn :p
Sure. With an automated message like:
"With only under 30€ purchasing OA you can't go wrong! It might also increase your p***s size"
:p
MadDogX
Aug 16 2010, 12:53
Sure. With an automated message like:
"With only under 30€ purchasing OA you can't go wrong! It might also increase your p***s size"
:p
Not sure about the penis size, but it certainly gives me an instant hard-on. Every time, guaranteed! ;)
Inkompetent
Aug 18 2010, 09:09
"Operation Arrowhead: Your one-time-cost, life-time-lasting viagra! Buy one today!"
Placebo
Aug 20 2010, 12:04
We implemented an anti-spam system a little while ago (hence the brief forum downtime) all being well it will work, else it won't and the forums will melt into a pit of FPDR
This thread almost literally had me 'ROFLing'. Not hard for someone who's baked but alas, I still give the thread credit.
rtka1234
Mar 31 2011, 10:12
but the rechapta or what is made to prevent it... am i right?
Tankbuster
Mar 31 2011, 10:51
It is and it's very effective at preventing automated signups, but some spammers now employ real people to read the recaptcha and create accounts.
rtka1234
Mar 31 2011, 12:53
wow ive never expected it these guys are serious heck ruuuuun while u can tey everywhere:eek:
It is and it's very effective at preventing automated signups, but some spammers now employ real people to read the recaptcha and create accounts.
I've also read about improved bots that can read Captcha, so some sites I visit have employed even more difficult to read Captcha, making it so hard that I have a hard time deciphering it myself :butbut:
Tankbuster
Mar 31 2011, 15:44
Yeah me too. Those harder capthas are really hard to read, you're right there.
On my website, I have other challenges. A random arithmetic question, that sort of thing.
But with these new Chinese factories with desks full of kids signing up it's a case of looking at the IP and the content they post.
Foxhound
Mar 31 2011, 16:17
Yes, some bots can read Captcha, I read that a while ago as well on our CMS forum.
What helps good is when you use a random mix of captha's on your website.
Our math capatcha on Armaholic is still doing his job very good though, even though I can see in my logs a lot of spammers try to signup/login.
Those really difficult Captcha annoy the hell out of me, like you I sometimes cant even signup cause i cant read it. Or my form is reset after submitting a wrong Captcha. I hate it when that happens too (yeah, I know about form defaults).
BloodxGusher
Apr 10 2011, 14:09
Given the fact that it takes some time for mods to respond to reports (and yes I make use of the report feature right away when these things appear), is there anything wrong with replying in the meantime just to identify it as spam so others don't waste time replying to it? Like you said, it's just gonna be deleted anyways.
All in all, I would have to agree with you. When it comes down to it the thread will be deleted in the end. If the person is going to spam, their going to spam regardless if people are posting on it or not. If anything, this brings the spam to the "front" faster. Who ever is spamming will decide if they will keep up the process depending how many times they get caught being that MODs are the only ones with the ability to do something about the spam. I thinks MODs are just pissed off at the extra work they have to do. I would not consider it extra but apart of their normal responsibilites.
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