Steven P. Administrators Posted January 10, 2016 Administrators Share Posted January 10, 2016 We have enabled an additional anti-spam plugin https://community.invisionpower.com/files/file/7715-autoit-anti-spam/ and signed up for https://akismet.com on a yearly subscription (checks the first 5 posts of a new member) Hopefully this works! I wanted to enable honeypot.org api too, but it seems their site is down (as of posting) http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/projecthoneypot.org gameboy1977, +Anarkii, Jim K and 4 others 7 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielx64 Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BinaryData Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Thanks Steven. Though my night shift entertainment was just killed.. I tried to play a game of report them before mods could remove them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 This is marvellous news. Spam just serves to put people off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BinaryData Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 2 minutes ago, Nik L said: This is marvellous news. Spam just serves to put people off. Dunno bout others, but I always found it mildly amusing. They try SOOO hard to get on here, and then within 5 minutes, Mods ban and delete 'em. Kind of funny to watch. DConnell and Dick Montage 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerFan Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 I personally click on every link in any spam post, simply because i'm 100% sure that everything in there is totally worth buying. Oh, and thanks for adding the plug in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted January 11, 2016 Author Administrators Share Posted January 11, 2016 I just added the Honeypot api key, but still see that telephone number spam, so hopefully Honeypot works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielx64 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 And there still spam being posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrayW Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 (edited) Keep up the great work guys, it is appreciated. However the spam posts and then this post about anti-spam did tickle me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Anarkii Subscriber² Posted January 11, 2016 Subscriber² Share Posted January 11, 2016 Thanks mate, Its good to see that growing problem hopefully solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BinaryData Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 I think that account is being manually created to post those number ones, using a script. =/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xilo Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 (edited) Looks like antispam is working great... There really needs to be a post limit/timeout especially for new users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted February 1, 2016 Author Administrators Share Posted February 1, 2016 Believe me, I can't understand how this spam isn't being flagged at all, but we have 7 different sorts of monitoring for spam, as well as the build in IPS antispam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torolol Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 11 hours ago, Steven P. said: Believe me, I can't understand how this spam isn't being flagged at all, but we have 7 different sorts of monitoring for spam, as well as the build in IPS antispam Its the black magic spam that magically bypass all of your spam monitorings. eh most likely that superstition fraudulent business aren't that popular enough to be considered as mainstream-spam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted February 6, 2016 Global Moderator Share Posted February 6, 2016 On 1/10/2016 at 4:42 AM, Steven P. said: We have enabled an additional anti-spam plugin https://community.invisionpower.com/files/file/7715-autoit-anti-spam/ and signed up for https://akismet.com on a yearly subscription (checks the first 5 posts of a new member) Hopefully this works! I wanted to enable honeypot.org api too, but it seems their site is down (as of posting) http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/projecthoneypot.org So about this anti-spam plugin. I'm assuming it has the ability to rename post(s)...for example ">>>>I AM A SPAMMER, PLEASE REPORT/FLAG ME-9878695190" but not the ability to delete said post(s)? If that is the case ... just seems like a waste of money since (for the most part) anyone can tell a spam post from a non-spam post. Also annoying that you can get a bunch of "I AM A SPAMMER" posts tying up the mini-spy/community activity. Quit yelling at me. I have zilch experience with IPB ... but shouldn't there be an option where new members cannot post until they've done so in the "Introduce Yourself" section which is then reviewed by Sup/Mod/etc. before they're given access to all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted February 6, 2016 Author Administrators Share Posted February 6, 2016 Yeah, a fix is being worked on/requested. Hopefully soon. Jim K 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted February 6, 2016 MVC Share Posted February 6, 2016 On 1/31/2016 at 11:20 AM, Xilo said: Looks like antispam is working great... There really needs to be a post limit/timeout especially for new users. Agree. Seems like a simple fix. I mean it wouldn't stop the 1 spam thread but it would prevent the 1 thread to becoming 30 in 30 mins. Allow new users (under 10 posts) to create 1 thread every 10 mins. That way they can still create a thread and ask a question, but they can only create a thread once every 10 mins. They can still comment and stuff. I think that would cut the kind of spam shown in the screenshot above off at the knees. Jim K and +Tyranade 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Tyranade Subscriber² Posted February 6, 2016 Subscriber² Share Posted February 6, 2016 1 hour ago, warwagon said: Agree. Seems like a simple fix. I mean it wouldn't stop the 1 spam thread but it would prevent the 1 thread to becoming 30 in 30 mins. Allow new users (under 10 posts) to create 1 thread every 10 mins. That way they can still create a thread and ask a question, but they can only create a thread once every 10 mins. They can still comment and stuff. I think that would cut the kind of spam shown in the screenshot above off at the knees. I think this is a really great idea to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielx64 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 8 hours ago, warwagon said: Agree. Seems like a simple fix. I mean it wouldn't stop the 1 spam thread but it would prevent the 1 thread to becoming 30 in 30 mins. Allow new users (under 10 posts) to create 1 thread every 10 mins. That way they can still create a thread and ask a question, but they can only create a thread once every 10 mins. They can still comment and stuff. I think that would cut the kind of spam shown in the screenshot above off at the knees. That won't stop the spam completely, what if a bot decides to just reply to every topic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney T. Administrators Posted February 7, 2016 Administrators Share Posted February 7, 2016 ^ When we ban/flag a spammer, all of their posts are hidden/deleted automatically and their IP is banned. It isn't perfect, but we usually get these guys within 10 minutes or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisj1968 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 good job steve. got tired of some spammers putting up several of the same threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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