Getting spammed :(
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Topic: Getting spammed :(
Posted By: BrownGhost
Subject: Getting spammed :(
Date Posted: 20 June 2008 at 10:48pm
im getting porn spammed in my version 8.02 WWF :(
Any advice on how to stop it, im sure its like remote submision tools or some thing thy are using. i cant upgrade to newst version, as we have modyfied the forum way to much, to work whit our website.
i was thinking about renaming the new_post.asp file, and change the name in the 5 or 6 files its used..
but im nut sure this will help
any advice on how to stop the spamming??
thanks
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Thanks
BrownGhost
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Posted By: Putz22
Date Posted: 20 June 2008 at 11:42pm
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If I were you... I would make is so that the site can not be opend to the public.. and that you make sure that everyone has to log in and have their status changed before they can post.. you can set all your users to have access but have it to where they can type new topic clicked off until you change their status
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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 23 June 2008 at 8:41am
Do not allow Guests to post.
Email activation of new membership is also very effective at preventing spammers from signing up.
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Posted By: BrownGhost
Date Posted: 23 June 2008 at 4:54pm
Its the guest account thy use..
yeahh i know if i turn off guest access it can solve the problems.
But i think its like some audo submit things making the posts, and beating the securty code.
i really want to keep the Gues access, but just stop the spamming from Bots..
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Thanks
BrownGhost
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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 23 June 2008 at 5:08pm
If you upgrade to 9.50 it uses the new Web Wiz CAPTCHA which produces unique security images on the fly. You can also adjust the level of noise you have with it. If that doesn' stop them then it's more likely being done by a human.
You have to remember that allot of porn companies now employ slave labour paid $1 to fill in CAPTCHA codes. They have automated bots to do the rest of the form and the person just fills in the CAPTCHA part.
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Posted By: BrownGhost
Date Posted: 23 June 2008 at 5:17pm
i cant upgrade to newst version, as we have modyfied the forum way to much, to work whit our website
;(
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Thanks
BrownGhost
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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 23 June 2008 at 5:28pm
You could try using the CAPTCHA_image.asp file from version 9.50 with version 8.
These is no guarantee it would work with version 8, but I can't see why it wouldn't.
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Posted By: 123Simples
Date Posted: 23 June 2008 at 7:14pm
Spamming can be really annoying. Can you not perhaps add certain words to the bad word filter so when these people type say "for free porn" it actually says "for free "something else"
Apart from Bruces suggestion I haven't anything helpful to suggest, but removing Guest Accounts be allowed to post would be a great step
By all means allow them to view your forums, but I don't let guests post. That would be a nightmare
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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 24 June 2008 at 8:14am
You may also want to look at banning the IP addresses or ranges of the spammers.
If spam is coming from a particular country, then if you have a look at the pro tools on dnsstuff.com you can findout which IP addresses are from a certain country and then ban that country from accessing your forum.
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Posted By: BrownGhost
Date Posted: 24 June 2008 at 9:46am
I have now remove the guest assess to post, ill see if this helps :)
or ill will try add the new securty code from version 9.5 :)
Thanks
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Thanks
BrownGhost
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