Great, then we'd need to clean up the spam from EBT as well. Forcing people to log in to post their message does not eliminate the problem, the spambots can create accounts as well. How about just ignoring the spam until it gets deleted by the moderators/admins?De-Ker wrote:As long as we are able to post without logging in this is going to be the reality every now and then. I would say make a sort of guestbook inside the site, and stop allowing users(or bots) to post without logging in.Crazy Bob wrote:Lots of spam today...
What to do if you see a spam message on EBTF
Moderators: avij, Phaseolus, Fons
- avij
- Forum Moderator
- Posts: 6122
- Joined: Mon May 27, 2002 10:45 pm
- Location: Helsinki Finland
- Contact:
Re: What to do if you see a spam message on EBTF
Money makes the world go round. We track how the money goes round the world.
Re: What to do if you see a spam message on EBTF
No it doesn't eliminate the problem, but i'm sure it makes the problem less big. I'm on several phpBB boards but this one is the one with the biggest spam-problem, it's the only one where posting is allowed without logged in.avij wrote:Great, then we'd need to clean up the spam from EBT as well. Forcing people to log in to post their message does not eliminate the problem, the spambots can create accounts as well. How about just ignoring the spam until it gets deleted by the moderators/admins?De-Ker wrote:As long as we are able to post without logging in this is going to be the reality every now and then. I would say make a sort of guestbook inside the site, and stop allowing users(or bots) to post without logging in.Crazy Bob wrote:Lots of spam today...
Ignoring spam until it gets deleted doesn't solve the problem either now does it?
I don't really mind ignoring it, but im certain lot's of people find it quite disturbing, thus i try to find a sollution instead of doing nothing, therefore: don't see it as an attack or just moaning. it's just feedback.
About the guest book thingy: Spam bots tend to concentrate on forums, rather then guest books. On a forum spam is directly visible for lot's of people. in guest books the spam will go to second page (if not deleted) quite fast because lot's of messages will be posted , and result in people not seeing it any more. In other words. There is not much spam on guest books because it's just not that profitable for the spam-bot-makers.
- pipocadoce
- Euro-Master
- Posts: 3197
- Joined: Wed Jun 28, 2006 4:15 am
- Location: Portugal-Alentejo
Re: What to do if you see a spam message on EBTF
again today
Smile ;o) always 76 62 ,4 ,3 ,1 ,2 ; 2 ; 1 ; 1 http://pt.eurobilltracker.com/img/flags/Thailand.gif" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; :flag-th:
my profile
Postcrossing
Postcrossing forum
my profile
Postcrossing
Postcrossing forum
Re: What to do if you see a spam message on EBTF
Just one question: These spam messages started to appear many times in the forum when the fakers where cleaned from the database. It's possible to verify the IP from the messages and the IP from users who were cleaned? Probably is someone that was polluting the database and now is polluting our forum.
- avij
- Forum Moderator
- Posts: 6122
- Joined: Mon May 27, 2002 10:45 pm
- Location: Helsinki Finland
- Contact:
Re: What to do if you see a spam message on EBTF
No, these don't appear to be related. This is just spam. Today's spam originated from Russia, Ukraine, British Virgin Islands, China, ..., while the EBT users were connecting from their native countries.Ord€p wrote:Just one question: These spam messages started to appear many times in the forum when the fakers where cleaned from the database. It's possible to verify the IP from the messages and the IP from users who were cleaned? Probably is someone that was polluting the database and now is polluting our forum.
Money makes the world go round. We track how the money goes round the world.
-
- Euro-Master in Training
- Posts: 766
- Joined: Sun May 20, 2007 4:04 pm
- Location: Hannover, Germany
Re: What to do if you see a spam message on EBTF
Can someone please be so kind and delete this porno and vagina spam threads? They are annoying and nobody is able to find the real important topics in these forums.
edit:
I just saw there are many registered Spambots in this Forum. So locking the guest-write-function won't work in this case. Seems to be a security hole somewhere in phpBB3, I think.
edit:
I just saw there are many registered Spambots in this Forum. So locking the guest-write-function won't work in this case. Seems to be a security hole somewhere in phpBB3, I think.
One Currency, one Union, one Eurobilltracker...
My dots are of the same order as 10.
My dots are of the same order as 10.
- avij
- Forum Moderator
- Posts: 6122
- Joined: Mon May 27, 2002 10:45 pm
- Location: Helsinki Finland
- Contact:
Re: What to do if you see a spam message on EBTF
Sigh.. No, it's not a security hole, just spam.doiknow wrote:I just saw there are many registered Spambots in this Forum. So locking the guest-write-function won't work in this case. Seems to be a security hole somewhere in phpBB3, I think.
Money makes the world go round. We track how the money goes round the world.
- Craco
- Forum Administrator
- Posts: 488
- Joined: Sat Feb 02, 2002 12:23 pm
- Location: Belgium, Beringen
- Contact:
Re: What to do if you see a spam message on EBTF
Since beginning of February, there has been a considerable increase in spam bot activity from Russia, Ukraine etc.. We have put some extra measures in place to cope with this increase. We will continue to monitor the situation and apply new measures when required.
I thank you again for your patience and please continue to report spam posts if you see one, so that moderators can act on it.
Greetzz,
Craco
I thank you again for your patience and please continue to report spam posts if you see one, so that moderators can act on it.
Greetzz,
Craco
- eddydevries
- Forum Moderator
- Posts: 20029
- Joined: Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:49 am
- Location: Rotterdam (NL)
- Contact:
Re: What to do if you see a spam message on EBTF
Only for adults:
http://www.eurobilltrackerforum.com/vie ... =4&t=12296
http://www.eurobilltrackerforum.com/vie ... 19&t=12287
http://www.eurobilltrackerforum.com/vie ... =4&t=12296
http://www.eurobilltrackerforum.com/vie ... 19&t=12287
Eddy - Rotterdam - NL
weblog - EBT-stats 24-05-2013 - hits: 1742 +59 triples +1 quadruple = 1802.
Facebook-profile + Geocaching + postcrossing
weblog - EBT-stats 24-05-2013 - hits: 1742 +59 triples +1 quadruple = 1802.
Facebook-profile + Geocaching + postcrossing
- eddydevries
- Forum Moderator
- Posts: 20029
- Joined: Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:49 am
- Location: Rotterdam (NL)
- Contact:
Re: What to do if you see a spam message on EBTF
Russian commercial posts:
one, one and one.
With a mistake : if you want to use the links, you can't, because there's an Enter inside the code .
one, one and one.
With a mistake : if you want to use the links, you can't, because there's an Enter inside the code .
Eddy - Rotterdam - NL
weblog - EBT-stats 24-05-2013 - hits: 1742 +59 triples +1 quadruple = 1802.
Facebook-profile + Geocaching + postcrossing
weblog - EBT-stats 24-05-2013 - hits: 1742 +59 triples +1 quadruple = 1802.
Facebook-profile + Geocaching + postcrossing
- eddydevries
- Forum Moderator
- Posts: 20029
- Joined: Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:49 am
- Location: Rotterdam (NL)
- Contact:
Re: What to do if you see a spam message on EBTF
Is this post also spam?
Eddy - Rotterdam - NL
weblog - EBT-stats 24-05-2013 - hits: 1742 +59 triples +1 quadruple = 1802.
Facebook-profile + Geocaching + postcrossing
weblog - EBT-stats 24-05-2013 - hits: 1742 +59 triples +1 quadruple = 1802.
Facebook-profile + Geocaching + postcrossing
- pipocadoce
- Euro-Master
- Posts: 3197
- Joined: Wed Jun 28, 2006 4:15 am
- Location: Portugal-Alentejo
Re: What to do if you see a spam message on EBTF
Smile ;o) always 76 62 ,4 ,3 ,1 ,2 ; 2 ; 1 ; 1 http://pt.eurobilltracker.com/img/flags/Thailand.gif" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; :flag-th:
my profile
Postcrossing
Postcrossing forum
my profile
Postcrossing
Postcrossing forum
- eddydevries
- Forum Moderator
- Posts: 20029
- Joined: Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:49 am
- Location: Rotterdam (NL)
- Contact:
Re: What to do if you see a spam message on EBTF
Three times the same message in the "Avij's and Nerzhul's to do topic".
Eddy - Rotterdam - NL
weblog - EBT-stats 24-05-2013 - hits: 1742 +59 triples +1 quadruple = 1802.
Facebook-profile + Geocaching + postcrossing
weblog - EBT-stats 24-05-2013 - hits: 1742 +59 triples +1 quadruple = 1802.
Facebook-profile + Geocaching + postcrossing
Re: What to do if you see a spam message on EBTF
Please use the 'report this post' button to report SPAM messages to the moderators. This will enable us to remove such messages a.s.a.p.
- eddydevries
- Forum Moderator
- Posts: 20029
- Joined: Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:49 am
- Location: Rotterdam (NL)
- Contact:
Re: What to do if you see a spam message on EBTF
Thanks.
I hadn't noticed this button yet, but I will use it next time .
I hadn't noticed this button yet, but I will use it next time .
Eddy - Rotterdam - NL
weblog - EBT-stats 24-05-2013 - hits: 1742 +59 triples +1 quadruple = 1802.
Facebook-profile + Geocaching + postcrossing
weblog - EBT-stats 24-05-2013 - hits: 1742 +59 triples +1 quadruple = 1802.
Facebook-profile + Geocaching + postcrossing