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puttz
Joined: Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:13 pm Posts: 1956 Location: The good ol' US of A
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 Spammers
Why have there been so many spam accounts recently? Maybe we need some kind of extra way to try to keep out the spammers. It gets annoying to see "oh boy, new posts!" and then find out they are all spam.
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Marcinho
Joined: Sun Dec 12, 2010 9:48 am Posts: 1633 Location: Polska, Poland
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 Re: Spammers
I think that forum engine is very old and easy for spambots.
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Sat Dec 23, 2017 10:29 am |
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Trigger Happy
Joined: Sat Dec 26, 2009 9:54 pm Posts: 7087 Location: CZE
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 Re: Spammers
I believe the problem isn't in engine, but in lack of activity of admins and moderators. It had used to be similar in past, but actions had been taken more quickly than after a week. BTW Happy New Year! 
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Sun Dec 31, 2017 1:49 pm |
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ivaneurope
Joined: Sat Feb 26, 2011 2:15 pm Posts: 1364 Location: Varna, Bulgaria
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 Re: Spammers
Trigger Happy wrote: I believe the problem isn't in engine, but in lack of activity of admins and moderators. It had used to be similar in past, but actions had been taken more quickly than after a week. BTW Happy New Year!  Why not appoint forum moderators? I could volunteer police-ing the topics.
_________________ Co-creator of BTCC 2011 and BTCC 2012 by Herbal; Themed Formula Packs (in collaboration with Np2003) with Lukeno94 car. Founder of International GeneRally Racing League (IGRL) with zgr and Np2003. Follow Ivaneurope Motorsports at: https://www.facebook.com/IvaneuropeMotorsports
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Thu Jan 04, 2018 10:19 am |
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thegreatfalcon
Joined: Mon Dec 28, 2009 10:26 am Posts: 1117
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 Re: Spammers
Is it possible that the database containing email addresses has been compromised? Not sure what to do with this??? Thanks
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Thu May 24, 2018 6:31 pm |
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puttz
Joined: Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:13 pm Posts: 1956 Location: The good ol' US of A
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 Re: Spammers
Okay, this is a joke at this point. The entire first page of the off topic section is filled with spam topics, all from different random usernames. If possible, I suggest that all new users need to be manually approved by the admins to stop this nonsense.
_________________ April 2012 rookie of the month, winner CoM Nov/Dec 2013 (NASCAR CWTS 2013), Jan/Feb 2014 (NASCAR Sprint Cup 2014) and Sep/Oct 2014 (TUDOR USC GT Lemans), Winner 2013 Competition Organizer Rabina Award Volcano Motorsports Check out my stuff Owner and promoter of NAGRCA
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Fri Jul 06, 2018 1:33 am |
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Trigger Happy
Joined: Sat Dec 26, 2009 9:54 pm Posts: 7087 Location: CZE
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 Re: Spammers
Defence against spammers always has 2 parts. Automatised engine, which stops 99% bots and human action promtly removing the spam posted by the 1% of those succesful intruders. The human part is the one, which is failing. Sorry for this mess.
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Sat Jul 07, 2018 2:19 pm |
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ivaneurope
Joined: Sat Feb 26, 2011 2:15 pm Posts: 1364 Location: Varna, Bulgaria
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Trigger Happy wrote: Defence against spammers always has 2 parts. Automatised engine, which stops 99% bots and human action promtly removing the spam posted by the 1% of those succesful intruders. The human part is the one, which is failing. Sorry for this mess. Why not appoint moderators to patrool the forum? Just saying - by having more members willing to help the chance of spammers breaking in to be decreased
_________________ Co-creator of BTCC 2011 and BTCC 2012 by Herbal; Themed Formula Packs (in collaboration with Np2003) with Lukeno94 car. Founder of International GeneRally Racing League (IGRL) with zgr and Np2003. Follow Ivaneurope Motorsports at: https://www.facebook.com/IvaneuropeMotorsports
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Sat Jul 07, 2018 3:00 pm |
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ivaneurope
Joined: Sat Feb 26, 2011 2:15 pm Posts: 1364 Location: Varna, Bulgaria
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 Re: Spammers
Since the spam will go on forever, I think the safest bet is to do the following:
Appoint more forum moderators to purge spam from our form Punish those offenders by banning them from the forum forever and by IP (many spammers go under different disguises under the same IP) Freeze registration in the forum for undisclosed period of time. (though it may be unpopular choice, but it could be needed to clamp down on spammers)
_________________ Co-creator of BTCC 2011 and BTCC 2012 by Herbal; Themed Formula Packs (in collaboration with Np2003) with Lukeno94 car. Founder of International GeneRally Racing League (IGRL) with zgr and Np2003. Follow Ivaneurope Motorsports at: https://www.facebook.com/IvaneuropeMotorsports
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Sun Jul 15, 2018 12:16 pm |
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puttz
Joined: Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:13 pm Posts: 1956 Location: The good ol' US of A
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 Re: Spammers
ivaneurope wrote: Since the spam will go on forever, I think the safest bet is to do the following:
Appoint more forum moderators to purge spam from our form Punish those offenders by banning them from the forum forever and by IP (many spammers go under different disguises under the same IP) Freeze registration in the forum for undisclosed period of time. (though it may be unpopular choice, but it could be needed to clamp down on spammers) Agree. Or if possible, require human authentication of a new user's first post or two before it appears in the forum, or manual authentication of new user accounts. The current level of spam is ruining the forum.
_________________ April 2012 rookie of the month, winner CoM Nov/Dec 2013 (NASCAR CWTS 2013), Jan/Feb 2014 (NASCAR Sprint Cup 2014) and Sep/Oct 2014 (TUDOR USC GT Lemans), Winner 2013 Competition Organizer Rabina Award Volcano Motorsports Check out my stuff Owner and promoter of NAGRCA
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