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Please help by telling me when you see a spam bot

Post by Doreen Peri » September 11th, 2013, 9:31 am

We are again being hit by spam bots registering and posting. Apparently the puzzle that needs to be solved in the registration process isn't stopping them due to some sophisticated programmers.

These aren't real people. They are simply screen names posting ads.

When you see one of these posts, at the top of every post their is a little icon that looks like a yield sign with an exclamation mark inside it. If you hover over it, it will tell you it's a "report post" icon.

Could you please click that which will send me a warning that there's a spam bot posting so me or one of the other admins will be notified and can delete the account?

Thank you for your help!

We hope to again upgrade the software to help with such security problems as soon as we're able.

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Post by judih » September 11th, 2013, 11:47 am

Hi Doreen, good suggestion!
Please help combat spam bots!

i've been deleting daily, but apparently a mere drop in that endless bucket.
Please help keep this site spam-bot-free!

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Post by Doreen Peri » September 12th, 2013, 10:20 am

Thanks so much, Judih, for your continued help! Very much appreciated!

I hope others will read the notice and use the report button!

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Re: Please help by telling me when you see a spam bot

Post by stilltrucking » September 12th, 2013, 2:36 pm

out out dam bot
bring um on
i'm ready to zap

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Re: Please help by telling me when you see a spam bot

Post by stilltrucking » September 28th, 2013, 12:11 am

[url=Vhttp://studioeight.tv/phpbb/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2948]fthyufd45[/url]
spammer?

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Post by Diana Moon Glampers » September 29th, 2013, 12:32 pm

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Re: Please help by telling me when you see a spam bot

Post by Doreen Peri » October 1st, 2013, 8:05 pm

Jack... thank you! I'm only deleting them when they post spam. To delete them all as they register is just too much work.

I rarely come here any more, so if you see spam post, click the icon in the post that looks like a yield sign. This will bring you to a form to fill out to report the post. The post will then be marked as spam and the administrators notified so we can delete the spam bot.

Thanks so much!

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