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Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 3:49 pm
by Wally
I've updated the spam list.
There's really no point banning spammers anymore, they just keep coming back
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 5:37 pm
by Rwolf
Ok, here is another spammer to add 'Ririn01':
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14177
Post contains *one* spam link hidden in an otherwise long quoted text, with a generic thanks framing.
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(you missed 'Maya055' from the previous post - nonsense text with link)
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14152
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More new spammy posters:
Pokr2355
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14179
Maya541
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14180
And a frequent spam poster:
Fernandes
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14130
Either the spam-filter modified the last post, or the bot is becoming self-aware.
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(Another way to filter may be to hide new users first post until vetted by an admin, but that is probably equally time consuming.)
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2017 7:08 am
by Rwolf
How about hiding identified spammers posts to everyone except themselves - maybe they will keep using the same userid and not create new ones so much.
Possibly make a spammer group of these guys so they can chat internally and perhaps see only their own posts it will keep the bots clueless and happy?
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2017 9:33 am
by Rwolf
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2017 3:42 am
by Wally
Testing something here, just created a section for spammers to post in as guests.. Posts are auto purged after a day.
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 8:18 am
by Rwolf
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2017 11:07 am
by Rwolf
How about automatically move new posts from already identified spammers to the new spam forum? (No matter where/what they post)
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 10:42 pm
by wardrich
Rwolf wrote:How about automatically move new posts from already identified spammers to the new spam forum? (No matter where/what they post)
I like this idea. We'll make them easy to identify as spammers as well, in case one makes it back into the wild.
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 5:49 am
by Rwolf
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 8:56 am
by MrFlibble
I'm now moving stuff to Spammers club instead of Trash Heap.
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2017 10:21 am
by Rwolf
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2018 4:25 pm
by Rwolf
I'm not updating the spam list nowadays, they are self evident anyway in most cases, and the Cheeze spammer is just a minor annyoance IMO.
Some automatic way of filtering more disruptive spam like the recent flood from 'fbarraza28' would be good. Most of the spam posts by that bot are in long dead threads, and anything new and relevant now gets drowned in that deluge.
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2018 7:38 pm
by legaloneforever
http://www.mediafire.com/folder/701lqda5akl22/DOSGAMES
Rwolf.... thanks for the plug! For you plug I mentioned you in my credits. An interesting note is this program is over 100 k and ran out of memory while compiling.
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 7:04 am
by MrFlibble
Rwolf wrote:Some automatic way of filtering more disruptive spam like the recent flood from 'fbarraza28' would be good. Most of the spam posts by that bot are in long dead threads, and anything new and relevant now gets drowned in that deluge.
A cap on the number of links in a post would help against the frank barraza type infestation, but with the forum engine hopelessly out of date I don't think it's likely to happen.
I've just cleaned up the find old games section of several dozens of barraza's poopposts, the moderator controls are very clumsy and inefficient here. I wish an admin would come around and nuke the fella altogether with all its posts, but no idea if this may happen soon.
The spambot report thread
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2020 11:19 am
by Rwolf
88 fresh spams from one user today; all nonsense content; spam in posting header.
user: lguru7582
The spambot report thread
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 2:57 pm
by MrFlibble
Thanks, taken care of.
The spambot report thread
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2023 1:16 pm
by Rwolf
A couple of times today I've seen a spambot warning screen for my own IP when I have logged in or making a report.
Looking at spamhouse.com, I cannot find a matching warning there, and when retrying the operation things work as usual again.
Is there some overload attack still ongoing, or what?
The spambot report thread
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2023 3:44 pm
by MrFlibble
Looks like this spammer/bot (account now deactivated, but I'm keeping their posts for possible research) was using ChatGPT to create "meaningful" replies in threads:
viewtopic.php?p=142883#p142883
viewtopic.php?p=142882#p142882
viewtopic.php?p=142881#p142881