Spam Police

[Martin Weiss]

Of late there's been an increased amount of spam attacks here on REDuser.

:poster_spam: = :sick:

One thing we as users can do is


Never, ever, ever follow the link that is mentioned
Do not reply to the messages - that way they are bumped up on the list again, and get even more exposure
Alert the moderators by pushing the little http://www.reduser.net/forum/images/style/buttons/report.gif button that is below the user's name in the post. Here you can report abuse.
Dear Moderators, maybe it is time to enforce some system that needs the first 3 posts from new members to be confirmed?

[Joe D'Arcy]

Hi Martin, thanks for your spam policing. Unfortunately these twits have discovered Reduser. I like your suggestion that no-one respond, so that these posts disappear quickly from the boards.

[Tim Hole]

You should see the porn invasion that has just hit Scarlet User. Unfortunately there is no MOD's around online

[Martin Weiss]

Yes, the problem seems to be that all moderators are US based. When they sleep, the spammers can do their havoc.

I would instantly volunteer as a (Euro-time zone based) Spam-Slayer.

[Tim Hole]

You read my mind. Typical sleeping through the invasion. - no anti American comment will be uttered by me!

[Ivan G]

I fu****g hate spam!!! Die mutha bitchers!!!

[Wayne D]

Dear Moderators, maybe it is time to enforce some system that needs the first 3 posts from new members to be confirmed?

has my vote - clever

[ericyoung]

has my vote - clever

Good idea, although two posts should be sufficient to weed out automated spam - less work for moderators?

[Jeff Kilgroe]

I banned a few new accounts, deleted some posts. looks like one of the other mods cleaned up another bunch.

I like Martin's suggestion, that could be a real step in the right direction. My only concern there is if some lurker who never posts suddenly needs help and makes a post to the help forum, what if no mods are around for a few hours to confirm his post? Probably not a major deal, but could happen.

[Martin Weiss]

Well, for that we could have a little "lurker forum", where they could just say "hi" and thus get approved.

Maybe there could be a setting that anyone who has been registered for a couple of months, is auto-approved?

[fde101]

Maybe there could be a setting that anyone who has been registered for a couple of months, is auto-approved?

How many lurkers are members while lurking?

I didn't create an account on either forum until I wanted to delurk...


Regardless, having first two or three posts verified is probably not a bad idea.


As an alternative, ban posting of pictures to the forums until the user has posted a few text-only posts, pending mod approval?

[Manuel Wenger]

I think also the idea with the first couple of post getting approval is a good solution, they do it like that on creative cow and i didn´t see any spam there.

Manuel

[Paul Hazlett]

I fu****g hate spam!!! Die mutha bitchers!!!

c'mon tellus how you really feel....heheh

[Jarred Land]

hopefully you guys have noticed an improvement over the last 24 hours?

those bots were nasty...

[Martin Weiss]

Indeed, much, much better.

Some of those spams were not just annoying, but really nastily revolting.

[Tim Whitcomb]

SPAM ALERT... anyone else get this?

Make $100 day crap from a new user?

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**************************************************
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You will be part of the 10% that make real money online!

Regards

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PS click the link at your own peril... !!!

[Brad Webb]

I got that one from "shelbyfws"

Damn spam.

Spam spam spam... only funny when Monty Python does it.

[Patrick Tresch]

Me too. Got 100$ spam.

Pat

[Stephen Williams]

Me too. Got 100$ spam.

Pat

Me too

[Roberto Lequeux]

I fu****g hate spam!!! Die mutha bitchers!!!

HAHAHAAH... so eloquent bro, couldn't have put it better.

Did someone delete some forum files? We have a few not so cool buttons buttons and such...


Die mutha bitchers!!!

:ranting2:

rofl

[Terry Delahunt]

SPAM ALERT... anyone else get this?

Make $100 day crap from a new user?

You will be part of the 10% that make real money online!

Regards

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PS click the link at your own peril... !!!

Yes today

[Jeff Kilgroe]

Yes, some bot has been spamming Private Message boxes today. I'm afraid the only thing that can be done is to alter the registration procedure. Unfortunately, that always becomes an issue too.

The bot creates an account, spams a couple users, then creates a new acount, spams, wash, rinse, repeat. So When I pull up my email this morning, I see 30 or so reported spammed-PM's. Most all from different randomized user accounts.

I want a good solution to this as much as the rest of you guys do. :)

[Roberto Lequeux]

Well I got one of those too, as I am sure many others did too but never reported it.

Jeff, you ARE the solution. :)

[Christian Edwards]

Yes, the problem seems to be that all moderators are US based. When they sleep, the spammers can do their havoc.

I would instantly volunteer as a (Euro-time zone based) Spam-Slayer.
Most of them stay up all night on this forum :)

[J. Eric Camp]

yeah I got hit. Most everyone did I am sure

[Jeff Kilgroe]

Most of them stay up all night on this forum :)

Sad, but true... Sleep? What's that?

People like to complain about spam here. Even with these occasional flare-ups, it's pretty clean on these forums. I think most would be surprised at the amount of crap that gets deleted before anyone ever sees or reports it.

Something has changed with the forum software. I have not heard from Jason or Jarred what's up. But it seems they switched software installations, possibly did a server upgrade or something. Some buttons have reverted to defaults for the software, some smileys have gone missing, etc.. I'm guessing some of the spam protection was lost too. Anyway, all happened at the same time. I'm going to assume they have a handle on whatever is going on at the server end.

[Wil Klassen]

My pm box also got hit as well

[Patrick Tresch]

People like to complain about spam here.

Just reporting no complaint.

:-)

Pat

[Jeff Kilgroe]

Just reporting no complaint.

Yeah, I know. I was just saying that the overall spam content isn't so bad here compared to many other forums. :)

[Ed Watkins]

I got one too, and reported it.

[Joel J. Feigenbaum]

Got it too. Did not report.
Joel J. Feigenbaum

[Pietro Impagliazzo]

They get past captchas and answers and such? wth

[Jarred Land]

they get past the whole thing.... they dont even actually log into the forum.

[Pietro Impagliazzo]

How are they able to post? Using some exploit in the forum engine?

That's very weird...

[Jarred Land]

yeah thats why i updated the code... and why we still have some lame-o buttons showing up.. i gotta fix that.

[Vince K]

I got the email and sent the guy a threatening letter telling him that's Id pretty much kill the f***er if I ever saw him in person...then he sends me this.....

" OH HI
Have you check my site?
http://www.topaffi.com/

the massage is about one of my products show in my blog.
If you join, You can get all of them in VIP section.
Regards"

My threat went over his head...I don't think he's all there....

Kill all spammers.

[Roberto Lequeux]

lame-o buttons showing up.. i gotta fix that.

Yes... I keep looking over my shoulder, afraid my fiance will get a glimpse of them and kick me out on the street. Sofa king ugly... I am not here for the info. What am I supposed to do till then?

[Brandon Kraemer]

My threat went over his head...I don't think he's all there....
.

Because it's a bot, not a person.

[Vince K]

Because it's a bot, not a person.

ah...copy that. (redfaced) Now I understand why he asked me which email I was talking about since there were many that were sent out. :|

[Gregory Leno]

... and why we still have some lame-o buttons showing up.. i gotta fix that.

Boy am I glad to hear that. I thought the REDUSER taste police had quit.

I have to say though, I've only received this one spam message in all of my time on REDUSER. Not bad at all.
Thanks for being on top of this stuff Jarred.

[Roberto Lequeux]

Oh yea baby... I am loving the textures!!
And the new status graphics, and new buttons.

I am all about how good I look while blasting out stupidity onto the interwebz.

Seriously though, it looks very nice! Gotta make it look good when you are in the entertainment industry.

[Vince K]

".....I 2nd that emotion...."