View Full Version : Beware Spam Post!!!!
m.durston
19-06-2009, 07:26
hi lads n lasses, i've just noticed a lot of dodgy new topics being posted in the forums with 'velly bad engrish' and what looks like website links.
i would bet my months wages if you click on one of the links some fat spotty hacker will be downloading malware onto your pc.
Best thing to do is to hit the report button, top right, looks like a road sign and that will alert the mods if they haven't seen it already.
They are usually on top of things though.
m.durston
19-06-2009, 08:15
cheers for pointing that out cos i couldnt find it lol
Ogri the trog
19-06-2009, 08:21
Thanks for bringing it to our attention guys,
It has taken me a while to remove all the posts made by this member - it was quite a concerted effort on his behalf to spam our forum, must have been about 8 posts in all.
Cheers
Ogri the trog
Ogri the trog
19-06-2009, 09:47
You missed one Ogri :D
Jeez Louise - I was bashing away at the keyboard as fast as I could, but they seemed to be coming out of the woodwork.
Thanks for the help Tone
Ogri the trog
Glad I have a poor internet connection at home ATM, otherwise I had to do all the work :nana: as I was already awake at 0700 hrs (that's 0600 your time)
:approve: :p
So could you tell us what these threads were in case we clicked these links?
MagiKelly
19-06-2009, 11:34
Might want to look at bringing the forum up to the latest version. Their is an option to delete as spam, that automatically bans the poster and deletes all their posts with one click. Only works with members who have less than 50 posts so less chance of an accident. Plus it can be undone if required.
Ogri the trog
19-06-2009, 11:50
Might want to look at bringing the forum up to the latest version. Their is an option to delete as spam, that automatically bans the poster and deletes all their posts with one click. Only works with members who have less than 50 posts so less chance of an accident. Plus it can be undone if required.
That would be a worthwhile upgrade!
Ogri the trog
So could you tell us what these threads were in case we clicked these links?
It was obvious spam. The posts were in unintelligible english, with two links. I was stupid enough to click on one and it was an islamic website, I clicked straight off. He was chucking a new thread out quicker than one minute, it was the internet equivalent of a horse with diarrhea. Hats off to mods they banned and cleaned up really quickly.
Buckshot
19-06-2009, 13:53
It was hard work though!
beats me why people bother spamming . they know they'll get deleted striaght away
These ones are a pain and take longer to get rid of because of the amount but even so...
Anyway, done now
Mark
Some forums don't delete spam. Whatever the reason (misguided sense of free speech, idleness on the part of moderators, whatever) spammers work on the hope that they will get one of those then their posts will come up on google searches.
I like the idea of instaban/spam deletion combined, that would save a lot of work.