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Old 02-02-08, 14:28
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Angry Spam Attack

Bear with me here, people... we have had at least 50 attempts at entry into the MLU Forum by overt spammers in the last three days alone, with a dozen more last night while I slept. I'm going to leave their IDs up for a while in the hopes that they'll realise that they can't post without being approved and that they're not going to get approved.

What you have to do is ensure you do NOT click on ANY of the links found in their profiles, because the source of those links can be traced back to us, which will encourage them to redouble their efforts.

In the interim, this morning I'm going to start the ball rolling about upgrading this operation to hopefully eradicate them semi-permanently. So far we've been lucky in that they can't get here, but sooner or later someone is going to figure it out and find a way. We need to be even more secure than we are now, by then.

Rest assured we ARE aware of which "new member" is a spammer and which is not, regardless of name, and you needn't click on their filth to verify and give me a heads up, ok? If in doubt, ignore them or question me directly before following their links.

Thanks for your understanding and assistance in these trying times! We'll get the bastards yet!

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Old 02-02-08, 15:11
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Bear with me here, people... we have had at least 50 attempts at entry into the MLU Forum by overt spammers in the last three days alone, with a dozen more last night while I slept. I'm going to leave their IDs up for a while in the hopes that they'll realise that they can't post without being approved and that they're not going to get approved.

What you have to do is ensure you do NOT click on ANY of the links found in their profiles, because the source of those links can be traced back to us, which will encourage them to redouble their efforts.

In the interim, this morning I'm going to start the ball rolling about upgrading this operation to hopefully eradicate them semi-permanently. So far we've been lucky in that they can't get here, but sooner or later someone is going to figure it out and find a way. We need to be even more secure than we are now, by then.

Rest assured we ARE aware of which "new member" is a spammer and which is not, regardless of name, and you needn't click on their filth to verify and give me a heads up, ok? If in doubt, ignore them or question me directly before following their links.

Thanks for your understanding and assistance in these trying times! We'll get the bastards yet!

Geoff
Jif..
Is there anyway to reverse engineer those low life by sending THEM a drippy oldstyle dose of the clap...???
That'id larn 'em..!!
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Old 02-02-08, 16:25
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I killed a couple off yesterday - I can see one sitting there now which I'll ignore. The forum was unavailable for a time too.
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Old 17-06-08, 00:50
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Just to let you all know, we've been busy here.... try 481 banned spammers since February alone? There are another two dozen on the pending list, basically because I have no idea who they are and what they want - they ain't gettin' in without sayin' so first.

Add that to almost 550 banned spammers off the last iteration of this software and well, you kinda get where I'm at. Just about time to deploy the Vickers Plt?

While you're at it, Sgt-Maj, call up the snipers if you'd be so kind, there's a good chap.
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Old 19-06-08, 04:11
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Default bloody spammers

My heart goes out to you Geoff. I thought they may have been on the increase. I did have several nights earlier this week when it took multiple attempts to open up MLU and one night when all attempts failed. I thought something was up.

Should we not hate the spammers and just shoot all those dickheads out there buying penis enlargements and amazingly cheap watches??
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Old 19-06-08, 08:14
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While this only sounds like an adminstrative PITA for the Moderators, spare a thought for those genuine "recruits" waiting on the list to have their accounts vetted. The delay in processing new accounts is discouraging for someone keen to "Get on" and start to be involved in the forum. As an open notice to prospective new members, you will find the signing up to be much easier, and your welcome much friendlier if your ID is your actual name, not some anonymous tag. List a few interests too, and we'll all know what you're all about.
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Old 24-06-08, 19:12
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Eight days later and we're up to 533 from 481... that's 52 in one week alone. Welcome to my world...

Having said that, there's a certain perverse fun in identifying and zapping these bastards. Unfortunately, 99.9% of the 'gibberish' registrations you see are from spambots, so the anoraks who run them really don't see their rejections. But it's fun anyway...

THIS would be more fun though:
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Old 25-06-08, 10:34
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Eight days later and we're up to 533 from 481... that's 52 in one week alone.

Having said that, there's a certain perverse fun in zapping these bastards.

THIS would be more fun though:
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Old 30-06-08, 00:33
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Eight days later and we're up to 533 from 481... that's 52 in one week alone. Welcome to my world...
Have been on the road since the 25th, just back now. Guess what? That 533 is now 563, 30 more in five days! Too much time on their hands, but in one sense I'm happy to be wasting it for them...





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Old 10-07-08, 13:13
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Just to let you know, if you've noticed a drop in our membership rolls it's because Sally has just finished cleaning out about 600 spammers on our membership list, leaving only the 80 who have attempted to join since July 1st...

I hate these bastards, but kudos to Sally for a great job I have been putting off for a while!
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Old 01-08-08, 03:40
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Well, it's 2140 EDT here on 31 Jul 08, and our toll of spammers for this month alone is 234. That's not counting those who've tried to get in using already-banned IPs and/or emails.

Quite astounding, really. That makes it almost 900 since February alone.
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Old 16-08-08, 13:16
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Dont fancy youre job Geoff and moderators
Have been watching the amount of timewaster hackers trying to register today
They must have been typing in names straight out of a medical portfolio
Just goes to show they must be half braindead as they cant come up with something original
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Old 02-09-08, 00:57
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Default Body Count for August

The final toll of The Undead for the month of August 2008 is [...drumroll...] 278. That's a whack of spammers!!!

Ah well, if they have the energy, I gots the time!
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Old 01-10-08, 11:13
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Total spammer MDK for the month..... 291.
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