Spambots and how to deal with them

Master · Post by **Master** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:27 pm

Double-Post, but could someone please kill LarryDendser, it's vandalising the off-topic forum.

Haruka · Post by **Haruka** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:37 pm

I saw the report and it was reported already to the admins, but we need to wait for them.

Robotic Teensie · Post by **Robotic Teensie** » Fri May 10, 2013 11:18 pm

Hooooly cow... the Rayman fanworks forum is being spammed to death right now... the spammers are feveShegree and QueseblesBame. They've made a ton of threads, the whole first page is now filled with spam.

Haruka · Post by **Haruka** » Sat May 11, 2013 12:14 am

We noticed. Measures will be done soon.

Master · Post by **Master** » Sat May 11, 2013 8:46 am

Blimey, these 'bots have been active, we're up to four and a half pages of spam in the fanworks section.

Cairnie · Post by **Cairnie** » Sat May 11, 2013 10:08 am

Guys just let us get on with clearing it as soon as we actually get up...

Rayfist · Post by **Rayfist** » Sat May 11, 2013 11:51 am

Good luck guys

It does seem there has been more than usual, but I trust ya

Adsolution · Post by **Adsolution** » Sun May 12, 2013 7:14 pm

Cairnie wrote:Guys just let us get on with clearing it as soon as we actually get up...

I recall in 2010 or so, I actually requested there be at least one moderator active from the other side of the planet for this exact reason.

Haruka · Post by **Haruka** » Sun May 12, 2013 7:21 pm

I think it got stated before that it isn't the Moderators and Global Moderators who have got the power to get rid of the bots. The only thing we can do is naming them in a very specific topic from the secret forum and waiting for the Administrators to delete them.

With this, it is the second time we clarify the reason of taking time to get rid of bots.

Adsolution · Post by **Adsolution** » Sun May 12, 2013 7:32 pm

If that was the case, then it must've been in a separate conversation.

Why don't moderators have the ability to delete threads, or to at least move them to a hidden 'trashbin' part of the forum only viewable to the staff?

GNineify · Post by **GNineify** » Sun May 12, 2013 8:19 pm

I believe the bots use optical character recognition for the CAPTCHA code. Any ideas on how to make the registration impossible for bots? At one forum I saw this one way to confirm the registering guy is a human, where they had to type the first and last 3 letters of a random pile of numbers and letters. I don't know if it helps that much, but the forum has had no bots at all.

Haruka · Post by **Haruka** » Sun May 12, 2013 8:21 pm

GNineify wrote:I believe the bots use optical character recognition for the CAPTCHA code. Any ideas on how to make the registration impossible for bots? At one forum I saw this one way to confirm the registering guy is a human, where they had to type the first and last 3 letters of a random pile of numbers and letters. I don't know if it helps that much, but the forum has had no bots at all.

I think the system that has been used works as an effective filter, but as long as new bots are reported, they can't ever more appear in our forum.

Master · Post by **Master** » Sun May 12, 2013 8:23 pm

Curious, when I registered, I think they were using a question for human verification.

Shrooblord · Post by **Shrooblord** » Sun May 12, 2013 9:18 pm

Yes, the same applies for me. I think it was something Rayman-related, too.

Cairnie · Post by **Cairnie** » Mon May 13, 2013 2:54 pm

Adsolution wrote:If that was the case, then it must've been in a separate conversation.

Why don't moderators have the ability to delete threads, or to at least move them to a hidden 'trashbin' part of the forum only viewable to the staff?

I actually do delete them but it takes a while especially when they are being invasive like the more recent ones have been.

Master · Post by **Master** » Fri May 24, 2013 10:58 pm

The bots attacking today seem to continuously ooze spam, as opposed to offload then disappear.

Haruka · Post by **Haruka** » Fri May 24, 2013 11:15 pm

Took care of all their posts this afternoon.

saerleiya · Post by **saerleiya** » Sat May 25, 2013 1:24 pm

They are insanely invading everywhere they can.

Master · Post by **Master** » Sat May 25, 2013 1:37 pm

I think the French forums are having it worse than we are.

Rulez · Post by **Rulez** » Sat May 25, 2013 4:45 pm

It's because we're not surrendering.

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