Whats all this spam shit we gettin in general news

[matz]

Whats all this spam shit we gettin in general news....like random people who on their first post givin out a loada links to otha sites.....like the latest 1 was viagra??? and they all posted in general news???? are these bots doin it...is there neway u can stop it?

[xsibleyx03]

yeah cuz this is getting old...

[AspirinE]

Actually theres more than three a day, i clear shit up myself every time i log on.
these apear on big forums, they are bots.

some emails they use can be blocked but they use more then one email sites out of which many are pop ones like yahoo, etc...


TR said we'll work to fix this, and im trying hard to keep clean them, so please have patience, sorry for the inconvenience.

[TRshady]

I've installed a number of 'fixes' over the last few months but the bots are getting smarter and getting through many blocks I'm trying to implement. I guess it's a complement to the level of success we've reached but it's a problem all forums have to deal with. I'm going to be taking a closer look at the bots and will find ways of defeating them .. even if it means I visit the creator of each bot and break their face.

Please bear with us.

[xsibleyx03]

id be happy to help in this face breaking method

[Kez]

I always just thought that the bigger and more popular and more attention a forum got, the more spam/bots it's gonna attract.

[matz]

cant u have that thing where you type in a code when you register.....like on rapidshare

[AspirinE]

cant u have that thing where you type in a code when you register.....like on rapidshare

the site does have it.

these things are pretty well made, they bypass that shit.

[C-Game]

cant u have that thing where you type in a code when you register.....like on rapidshare

well yea that prevents automated registration
picture recognition is still hard to crack
that is a definite way of preventin bots

[AspirinE]

cant u have that thing where you type in a code when you register.....like on rapidshare

well yea that prevents automated registration
picture recognition is still hard to crack
that is a definite way of preventin bots

the bots dont have to crack the code, all they have to do is by pass it.
what it prolly does is it just adds itself tothe database without permission.

[TRshady]

Bots can get past the image verification by using OCR technology to map the image and turn it into text. There are ways to prevent bots, some of which I'm now having to look into.