Anti-spam moderators!

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 03 Jan 2012, 15:45

East Londoner wrote:Mr Moderators, please can you merge the new shoe spam thread with the epic one?

I have put quotes from spam thread in shoe spam thread.

Post by **Londoner** » 09 Jan 2012, 23:00

Alert! An old spambot has activated itself!

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4673

Post by **Londoner** » 09 Jan 2012, 23:54

East Londoner wrote:Alert! An old spambot has activated itself!

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4673

This bot is seemingly going on a rampage. I wonder how it took 2 years and 2 months for it to finally start spamming?

simonracer · Post by **simonracer** » 10 Jan 2012, 02:03

Put that spambot on the gallows
He deserves to die
He spammed his way to infamy
By talking about drugs, communism and religion
And the witch couldn't make it make sense!

He did 6 successive spam posts, a crime above all others
So put the spammer on the gallows!

He doesn't deserve a trial!
He doesn't deserve to be allowed mercy!
He does deserve to die!

Let him rot, as an example to all!
Let the dogs rip out his wretched heart!
Veftlislentee, a name that will forever live in infamy!
It's a disgrace to the forum, and to HWNSBM
HE DESERVES TO DIE

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 10 Jan 2012, 11:02

simonracer wrote:Put that spambot on the gallows
He deserves to die
He spammed his way to infamy
By talking about drugs, communism and religion
And the witch couldn't make it make sense!

He did 6 successive spam posts, a crime above all others
So put the spammer on the gallows!

He doesn't deserve a trial!
He doesn't deserve to be allowed mercy!
He does deserve to die!

Let him rot, as an example to all!
Let the dogs rip out his wretched heart!
Veftlislentee, a name that will forever live in infamy!
It's a disgrace to the forum, and to HWNSBM
HE DESERVES TO DIE

So this is what F1 deprivation poetry is...

Post by **Londoner** » 10 Jan 2012, 20:01

7 spam threads in one night from that reactivated spambot. I look down the member list, and there's loads of spambot registrations. Could Veftlislentee have been the opening shot for the next flooding of spam threads from reactivated spambots?

simonracer · Post by **simonracer** » 10 Jan 2012, 21:54

I wonder how he managed to do 7 in a row.

He needs to be banned before he strikes again. And before anyone other one does.

That's why I wrote the poem!

Post by **Londoner** » 23 Jan 2012, 11:35

Spammer that somehow managed to misspell a two-letter word in the IndyCar thread :lol:

http://www.f1rejects.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3925&start=960#p132824

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 23 Jan 2012, 12:46

East Londoner wrote:Spammer that somehow managed to misspell a two-letter word in the IndyCar thread

http://www.f1rejects.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3925&start=960#p132824

Hie

What kind of person can't spell hi?

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 23 Jan 2012, 13:35

redbulljack14 wrote:
East Londoner wrote:Spammer that somehow managed to misspell a two-letter word in the IndyCar thread

http://www.f1rejects.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3925&start=960#p132824

Hie

What kind of person can't spell hi?

I doe.

Whaet's your proeblem?

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 23 Jan 2012, 15:24

Phoenix wrote:
redbulljack14 wrote:
East Londoner wrote:Spammer that somehow managed to misspell a two-letter word in the IndyCar thread

http://www.f1rejects.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3925&start=960#p132824

Hie

What kind of person can't spell hi?

I doe.

Whaet's your proeblem?

Is that Phoenglish?

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 23 Jan 2012, 18:57

redbulljack14 wrote:
Phoenix wrote:
redbulljack14 wrote: Hie

What kind of person can't spell hi?

I doe.

Whaet's your proeblem?

Is that Phoenglish?

Noe.

Post by **Londoner** » 29 Jan 2012, 22:23

ALERT ALERT ALERT!!! Veftlislentee has gone berserk!

Post by **mario** » 29 Jan 2012, 22:47

East Londoner wrote:ALERT ALERT ALERT!!! Veftlislentee has gone berserk!

That was a fairly hefty bombardment that spam bot unleashed upon us - I think that I've got rid of all of the posts that it unleashed (for now at least).

Post by **Ataxia** » 30 Jan 2012, 17:37

Yeah, that was pretty mental last night...has he/it been blocked now?

Post by **mario** » 30 Jan 2012, 18:49

BaconLettuceNinja wrote:Yeah, that was pretty mental last night...has he/it been blocked now?

At the moment I am afraid that spam bot is one of a number that is still on the members list.

Post by **Londoner** » 30 Jan 2012, 19:26

mario wrote:
BaconLettuceNinja wrote:Yeah, that was pretty mental last night...has he/it been blocked now?

At the moment I am afraid that spam bot is one of a number that is still on the members list.

Haven't the Australian overlords of this site given you and Phoenix the keys to the banhammer yet?

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 30 Jan 2012, 19:49

East Londoner wrote:
mario wrote:
BaconLettuceNinja wrote:Yeah, that was pretty mental last night...has he/it been blocked now?

At the moment I am afraid that spam bot is one of a number that is still on the members list.

Haven't the Australian overlords of this site given you and Phoenix the keys to the banhammer yet?

I agree that, after a year proving themselves as Moderator Knights, both mario and Phoenix now should be graced with a promotion to Master Moderators learning a new power in the process: Ban spam bots.

Post by **mario** » 30 Jan 2012, 20:56

East Londoner wrote:
mario wrote:
BaconLettuceNinja wrote:Yeah, that was pretty mental last night...has he/it been blocked now?

At the moment I am afraid that spam bot is one of a number that is still on the members list.

Haven't the Australian overlords of this site given you and Phoenix the keys to the banhammer yet?

No, at the moment neither Phoenix or I have that ability - we can delete posts by spam bots, but not the accounts themselves.

DanielPT wrote:I agree that, after a year proving themselves as Moderator Knights, both mario and Phoenix now should be graced with a promotion to Master Moderators learning a new power in the process: Ban spam bots.

I have a strong suspicion that if that were to happen, and both Phoenix and I set to work, the number of members that this forum officially has might drop sharply (as I type the very latest member is another spam bot, and a quick flick through the member list suggests that there are a sizeable number of spam bots out there).

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 30 Jan 2012, 21:39

mario wrote:
DanielPT wrote:I agree that, after a year proving themselves as Moderator Knights, both mario and Phoenix now should be graced with a promotion to Master Moderators learning a new power in the process: Ban spam bots.

I have a strong suspicion that if that were to happen, and both Phoenix and I set to work, the number of members that this forum officially has might drop sharply (as I type the very latest member is another spam bot, and a quick flick through the member list suggests that there are a sizeable number of spam bots out there).

To be honest, that won't be any big deal - there are a great number of registered users who have never posted, and it would reduce the possibility of random spam. And how many genuine people really sign up but then never post?

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 31 Jan 2012, 05:40

dr-baker wrote:
mario wrote:
DanielPT wrote:I agree that, after a year proving themselves as Moderator Knights, both mario and Phoenix now should be graced with a promotion to Master Moderators learning a new power in the process: Ban spam bots.

I have a strong suspicion that if that were to happen, and both Phoenix and I set to work, the number of members that this forum officially has might drop sharply (as I type the very latest member is another spam bot, and a quick flick through the member list suggests that there are a sizeable number of spam bots out there).

To be honest, that won't be any big deal - there are a great number of registered users who have never posted, and it would reduce the possibility of random spam. And how many genuine people really sign up but then never post?

But we need those members to prop up the numbers :lol:

And speaking of numbers, this is post 6000 for me

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 31 Jan 2012, 11:34

Wizzie wrote:
dr-baker wrote:
mario wrote:I have a strong suspicion that if that were to happen, and both Phoenix and I set to work, the number of members that this forum officially has might drop sharply (as I type the very latest member is another spam bot, and a quick flick through the member list suggests that there are a sizeable number of spam bots out there).

To be honest, that won't be any big deal - there are a great number of registered users who have never posted, and it would reduce the possibility of random spam. And how many genuine people really sign up but then never post?

But we need those members to prop up the numbers

And speaking of numbers, this is post 6000 for me

I will be honest. I prefer a low member number but all of those real people than a high number with plenty of ready to engage on a SPAM spree bots. For a start I would suggest to delete only those who have a highly suspicious link in the signature (and 0 posts).

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 31 Jan 2012, 12:02

mario wrote:
DanielPT wrote:I agree that, after a year proving themselves as Moderator Knights, both mario and Phoenix now should be graced with a promotion to Master Moderators learning a new power in the process: Ban spam bots.

I have a strong suspicion that if that were to happen, and both Phoenix and I set to work, the number of members that this forum officially has might drop sharply (as I type the very latest member is another spam bot, and a quick flick through the member list suggests that there are a sizeable number of spam bots out there).

And, in the basis of that, I prefer things as they are right now. Deleting whatever spam that might appear is far better than having to deal with "suspicious" new members.

Post by **mario** » 31 Jan 2012, 18:36

Phoenix wrote:
mario wrote:
DanielPT wrote:I agree that, after a year proving themselves as Moderator Knights, both mario and Phoenix now should be graced with a promotion to Master Moderators learning a new power in the process: Ban spam bots.

I have a strong suspicion that if that were to happen, and both Phoenix and I set to work, the number of members that this forum officially has might drop sharply (as I type the very latest member is another spam bot, and a quick flick through the member list suggests that there are a sizeable number of spam bots out there).

And, in the basis of that, I prefer things as they are right now. Deleting whatever spam that might appear is far better than having to deal with "suspicious" new members.

True, although there are some "members" that are transparent spam bots, either with links in their signatures that lead to all sorts of dodgy websites or have names like "dvdrippers" or "credit" (who are registered "members" of this forum and somewhat unlikely to be here just for their interest in motor sport...). I wouldn't mind having the option to target accounts like that, where the spam bot in question hasn't even bothered to hide its identity, or being able to prevent an existing spam bot from posting again (with Veftlislentee being top of the list there, I can tell you).

Post by **Londoner** » 23 Feb 2012, 21:40

I'm loving the dreadful use of Google Translate that this new wave of spambots appear to be doing to get their posts into English :lol:

Post by **mario** » 24 Feb 2012, 16:28

East Londoner wrote:I'm loving the dreadful use of Google Translate that this new wave of spambots appear to be doing to get their posts into English

They've also been stepping up their attacks recently by the looks of things - there have been a few waves of spam coming in over the past few days, and they seem to be coming in clusters now.

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 24 Feb 2012, 16:33

mario wrote:
East Londoner wrote:I'm loving the dreadful use of Google Translate that this new wave of spambots appear to be doing to get their posts into English

They've also been stepping up their attacks recently by the looks of things - there have been a few waves of spam coming in over the past few days, and they seem to be coming in clusters now.

They are using Modern Warfare... 8-)

Post by **Londoner** » 27 Feb 2012, 22:15

The spammers appear to be striking around 10/11 o'clock PM GMT every day, which it currently is at the moment. I await with interest to see the latest botched Google Translate posts from one of these inept contraptions

Post by **mario** » 28 Feb 2012, 07:25

East Londoner wrote:The spammers appear to be striking around 10/11 o'clock PM GMT every day, which it currently is at the moment. I await with interest to see the latest botched Google Translate posts from one of these inept contraptions

It looks like what is happening is a new spam bot is registering on the forum on a daily basis and promptly posting - I've just had to delete a post by a spam bot that had registered and promptly posted something.

[EDIT] The attacks are coming in on a very regular basis now, and with the same pattern - a new spam bot registers at relatively regular intervals, makes a single post and then falls silent. I can only assume that this is part of a co-ordinated spam attack on this site...

Post by **Londoner** » 03 Mar 2012, 08:45

Blimey, a more intellegent spammer than we've seen in recent weeks. It even tried to join the F1RWRS of all things!

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4789#p138964
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4549&start=1740#p138963

EDIT: This spambot is Indian. Viresh was Indian. Could this be the second coming of Viresh? :shock:

Post by **mario** » 03 Mar 2012, 11:08

East Londoner wrote:Blimey, a more intellegent spammer than we've seen in recent weeks. It even tried to join the F1RWRS of all things!

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4789#p138964
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4549&start=1740#p138963

EDIT: This spambot is Indian. Viresh was Indian. Could this be the second coming of Viresh?

I guess that there is some logic in that, in as much as that part of the forum does still get a fair amount of traffic. Thanks for pointing out that second post - I'd seen and deleted the first post, but hadn't stopped the second until then.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 03 Mar 2012, 11:12

mario wrote:
East Londoner wrote:Blimey, a more intellegent spammer than we've seen in recent weeks. It even tried to join the F1RWRS of all things!

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4789#p138964
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4549&start=1740#p138963

EDIT: This spambot is Indian. Viresh was Indian. Could this be the second coming of Viresh?

I guess that there is some logic in that, in as much as that part of the forum does still get a fair amount of traffic. Thanks for pointing out that second post - I'd seen and deleted the first post, but hadn't stopped the second until then.

You should venture over to McCarthy land more often Mario :lol:

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 03 Mar 2012, 15:31

Wizzie wrote:
mario wrote:
East Londoner wrote:Blimey, a more intellegent spammer than we've seen in recent weeks. It even tried to join the F1RWRS of all things!

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4789#p138964
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4549&start=1740#p138963

EDIT: This spambot is Indian. Viresh was Indian. Could this be the second coming of Viresh?

I guess that there is some logic in that, in as much as that part of the forum does still get a fair amount of traffic. Thanks for pointing out that second post - I'd seen and deleted the first post, but hadn't stopped the second until then.

You should venture over to McCarthy land more often Mario

I am afraid that mario fears for what may happen to him if he ventures into the wild like that!

Post by **mario** » 03 Mar 2012, 21:13

DanielPT wrote:I am afraid that mario fears for what may happen to him if he ventures into the wild like that!

Whilst I'm hardly adverse to sim racing in itself and do occasionally take a look into the PMMR, it's just that generally I find it a little confusing to keep track of things in there. Wizzie's description, though, of "McCarthy land" almost makes it sound more like 1950's America when McCarthyism was in full swing (at least that was the phrase which came to mind for some reason).

ibsey · Post by **ibsey** » 03 Mar 2012, 21:34

mario wrote:Wizzie's description, though, of "McCarthy land" almost makes it sound more like 1950's America when McCarthyism was in full swing (at least that was the phrase which came to mind for some reason).

Sounds to me like McCarthy seems have been the subject of some McCarthyism at Andrea Moda.

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 03 Mar 2012, 22:49

East Londoner wrote:Blimey, a more intellegent spammer than we've seen in recent weeks. It even tried to join the F1RWRS of all things!

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4789#p138964
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4549&start=1740#p138963

EDIT: This spambot is Indian. Viresh was Indian. Could this be the second coming of Viresh?

I had forgotten about Viresh, the only ever winner of the F1 Rejects Forum Spambot of the Year award.

Awards don't get more prestigious than that.

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 20 Mar 2012, 10:55

mario wrote:
DanielPT wrote:I am afraid that mario fears for what may happen to him if he ventures into the wild like that!

Whilst I'm hardly adverse to sim racing in itself and do occasionally take a look into the PMMR, it's just that generally I find it a little confusing to keep track of things in there. Wizzie's description, though, of "McCarthy land" almost makes it sound more like 1950's America when McCarthyism was in full swing (at least that was the phrase which came to mind for some reason).

It was a joke, I think.

Post by **Londoner** » 07 Jun 2012, 07:34

There's a reactivated spambot by the name of 'johnmax', that's currently online at this time. (8:35 AM BST). We should probably prepare ourself for a barrage of spam, Veftlistlentee style.

Post by **mario** » 07 Jun 2012, 09:21

East Londoner wrote:There's a reactivated spambot by the name of 'johnmax', that's currently online at this time. (8:35 AM BST). We should probably prepare ourself for a barrage of spam, Veftlistlentee style.

There are a few spambots that seem to activate themselves every now and then but, like the spambot named "johnmax", fall quiet again - sadly, though, the number of spambots registering on the forum is steadily increasing (the latest one is "mathmonkey" - the commercial links in his signature give the game away pretty clearly).

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 07 Jun 2012, 09:23

Can I make a case to be a moderator now? :lol: