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01-10-11, 11:37 AM
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spammers and how they are effecting us
I am terribly sorry to those effected, recently a certain IP in the Ukraine has been posting rubbish on our forums, and the attacks are hitting our most popular threads.
Will be speaking with our admin about blocking all posts from that IP, at that time I will re-open the threads.
If you wish to rant, post angry faces or whatever, do so right here 
Today alone I banned 3 users while they were still in the process of typing their post based on the fact that the user profiles all originated from the same computer and included the same hot links in the persons signature line.
This past week has been like a spam plague. 
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01-10-11, 11:56 AM
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3.141592653 Pythons
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Re: spammers and how they are effecting us
That's crazy. I'm glad we have a great moderator to rid the forum of these scumbags (sorry for the rash words, I hate spammers).
It seems that they will rest at nothing to try and make a buck; honestly, posting extraneous crap on a reptile forum? IMHO, get a life! End rant.
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01-10-11, 12:13 PM
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The Scorpion Whisperer
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Re: spammers and how they are effecting us
It seems to be happening a lot all over the net. Couple of other sites I go to, they are art sites, have been having MAJOR security issues. And though they are not related to one another the problems are exactly the same and apparently originating from the same place. Crazy freaking internet.
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01-10-11, 03:17 PM
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The Original Urban Legend
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Re: spammers and how they are effecting us
It's insane, Infernalis. Thank you for keeping on top of those spamming idiots. Spammers make me sick- as do scammers!
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01-10-11, 03:22 PM
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Re: spammers and how they are effecting us
They keep appearing within minutes of each other....
Just nuked one promoting an "adult" dating service.
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01-10-11, 03:24 PM
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The Scorpion Whisperer
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Re: spammers and how they are effecting us
All you can do is keep blocking numerous IP addresses until they give up or run out.
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01-10-11, 11:47 PM
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Re: spammers and how they are effecting us
I found the problem tonight. CAPTCHA has been hacked. Spammers have found a way to bypass security and make automatic posts on forums.
CAPTCHA–which stands for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart–is a method for foiling automated attacks by spammers on Web sites.
The system is no longer secure for preventing spam.
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01-11-11, 12:13 AM
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Re: spammers and how they are effecting us
I've often wondered what kind of person buys a product or service that is offered through spam. Back before the housing bubble popped, I used to get inundated by spam mortgage offers, which usually misspelled mortgage in an attempt to bypass spam filters. Who would trust their house to a company that advertised with spam?
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01-11-11, 12:20 AM
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Re: spammers and how they are effecting us
Not sure, I know I would never do any business with a spammer.
This is what they found a way around, now computers can spam faster than humans can delete it.....10 bucks says I have new ones to kill right now.
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01-11-11, 12:31 AM
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You can call me JR
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Re: spammers and how they are effecting us
i was thinking the same thing. who is going to buy anything a spammer has to sell especially here
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01-11-11, 12:41 AM
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Re: spammers and how they are effecting us
seems to be affecting numerous herp boards I belong to. I guess we are an unexplored market ;P
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01-11-11, 01:41 AM
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Re: spammers and how they are effecting us
A solution has been found. The forum registration process will have a different verification that only a human can answer. (for the moment anyway)
Once the new process is up, I will re-open the threads that I had to close.
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01-11-11, 04:51 AM
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The Scorpion Whisperer
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Re: spammers and how they are effecting us
Thanks for your continued effort to keep this place safe and spam clean. We all appreciate it muchly. And thanks for these updates as well!
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01-11-11, 03:16 PM
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3.141592653 Pythons
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Re: spammers and how they are effecting us
Nice, no more spammers....Thanks Wayne!
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01-11-11, 06:26 PM
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Re: spammers and how they are effecting us
My job just got easier again, for the first time in weeks I have not had to kill a dozen spams in one days time.
woo hoo, I even re-opened the threads I had to close over this.
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