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PostPosted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 6:19 pm  Post subject: Wow. Spam. HORRIFIC SPAM!
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It's been awhile since I've lurked here, but man! 300+ messages of spam
on the Cabal board? Has this been happening a lot?

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 10:49 pm  Post subject: Re: Wow. Spam. HORRIFIC SPAM!
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its in cycles, they must spam a lot of sites in quick succession as their details aren't in the spam database. Usually its just 3 accounts in the same day and we need to purge them and all their posts.

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 6:27 pm  Post subject: Re: Wow. Spam. HORRIFIC SPAM!
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This little event has led me to ask the question: Does spam work. There are more than a few
articles related to that question on the internet but this one pertaining to Cyberbunker and
Spamhaus is particularly interesting:

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/03 ... haus-ddos/

It seems like Spamhaus does a noble service but appears to use some heavy handed tactics. As
in the "you don't agree with us so we block you" tactic. Is this the list you use Spud? Or is Spamhaus
only related to email spam?

P.S. Sorry for posting the thread in the wrong forum. :oops:

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 6:48 pm  Post subject: Re: Wow. Spam. HORRIFIC SPAM!
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P.S.S. I just read this thread:

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=20495&start=80

Now I see the problem. And it looks like it's a problem with no good
solution:

http://spam-ip.com/how-to-block-forum-spam.php

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 11:29 pm  Post subject: Re: Wow. Spam. HORRIFIC SPAM!
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I use stopforumspam.com, we stop a large amount of spammers. but some are getting through:
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Anonymous 217.195.202.16 06 Apr 2013 11:42 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 91.237.249.100 06 Apr 2013 10:38 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 62.122.64.26 06 Apr 2013 10:01 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 192.74.231.147 06 Apr 2013 09:07 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 94.75.205.130 06 Apr 2013 08:51 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 176.119.0.187 06 Apr 2013 04:36 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 37.45.159.218 06 Apr 2013 03:32 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 216.152.252.43 06 Apr 2013 02:13 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 91.207.4.30 06 Apr 2013 01:01 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 91.239.15.127 06 Apr 2013 12:50 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 91.207.8.238 06 Apr 2013 11:14 am {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 46.119.122.20 06 Apr 2013 10:52 am {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 95.78.55.38 06 Apr 2013 09:33 am {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 192.74.231.147 06 Apr 2013 08:54 am {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 31.6.71.22 06 Apr 2013 08:23 am {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 91.207.4.30 06 Apr 2013 06:31 am {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 46.119.33.77 06 Apr 2013 06:25 am {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 192.74.231.147 06 Apr 2013 05:59 am {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 173.254.216.69 06 Apr 2013 04:35 am {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 176.119.0.187 06 Apr 2013 12:26 am {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 195.190.13.114 06 Apr 2013 12:16 am {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 176.31.18.235 06 Apr 2013 12:02 am {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 91.207.6.138 05 Apr 2013 11:42 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 37.45.159.218 05 Apr 2013 11:34 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 84.108.31.114 05 Apr 2013 11:31 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 66.219.17.204 05 Apr 2013 10:47 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 217.195.202.16 05 Apr 2013 10:28 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 5.143.220.65 05 Apr 2013 10:15 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 91.236.74.134 05 Apr 2013 09:31 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 91.236.74.138 05 Apr 2013 09:12 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 109.254.49.6 05 Apr 2013 08:51 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 188.143.235.9 05 Apr 2013 08:48 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 46.191.247.234 05 Apr 2013 08:22 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 188.143.232.195 05 Apr 2013 07:44 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 94.142.233.175 05 Apr 2013 07:41 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 178.151.216.90 05 Apr 2013 07:41 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 91.236.74.158 05 Apr 2013 07:22 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 82.193.120.55 05 Apr 2013 07:14 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 178.151.216.90 05 Apr 2013 06:41 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 93.182.131.61 05 Apr 2013 05:59 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 91.231.40.51 05 Apr 2013 04:14 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 108.163.221.83 05 Apr 2013 03:56 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}
Anonymous 91.236.74.186 05 Apr 2013 03:35 pm {Spam Registration Stopped: Username - Email - IP}

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 5:04 pm  Post subject: Re: Wow. Spam. HORRIFIC SPAM!
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Yeah, that's a bit of a problem. Lot's of attempts within a 24 hour period. Also,
it's interesting to google those IPs and the first hits come up as links to StopForumSpam's
reports on those IPs.

Bad naughty wicked IPs. :matrix:

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