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speed · ‎05-22-2012

Seem like we are getting spammed to the gills with no end in site. How can it be stopped? Today was so bad with spam. I hate them.

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X-ROG · ‎05-22-2012

We ban IPs but still the 41.xxx.xxx.xxx ranges comes back. There's not much more we can do to load up the site with anti-spam stuff, without pissing off genuine new members.

Raja · ‎05-28-2012

MarshallR@ASUS wrote:
We ban IPs but still the 41.xxx.xxx.xxx ranges comes back. There's not much more we can do to load up the site with anti-spam stuff, without pissing off genuine new members.

Think we should trial a few days with that range excluded? I was close to doing this over the weekend but held firing it off in the engine. Need to trace the key suffixes after the 41 prefix and see if it will hurt registrations. Doubt we get many from whatever part of the world it is (why does Nigeria or a bounce from that region spring to mind)...lol

EDIT: Okay that came up as Ghana... Are we selling any ROG product out there 😛

I say we go on a 3 day trial. We can always pull the wildcard out of the ban entry list if it hurts anyone.

Zka17 · ‎05-28-2012

Raja@ASUS wrote:
Think we should trial a few days with that range excluded? I was close to doing this over the weekend but held firing it off in the engine. Need to trace the key suffixes after the 41 prefix and see if it will hurt registrations. Doubt we get many from whatever part of the world it is (why does Nigeria or a bounce from that region spring to mind)...lol

EDIT: Okay that came up as Ghana... Are we selling any ROG product out there 😛

I say we go on a 3 day trial. We can always pull the wildcard out of the ban entry list if it hurts anyone.

I guess, you could put a ban for posting on that area's IPs, just let them to read the forum. You could also check if some members here are from that area, and warn them before blocking. Also, a note could be posted like "From XY country/area posting is not available" - plus give an email dress if someone really needs help to contact.

HiVizMan · ‎05-23-2012

Sorry guys I needed to take my eldest to the specialist yesterday so was not on forum at all. I normally delete and ban about 100 spammer posters each day.

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xeromist · ‎05-23-2012

HiVizMan wrote:
Sorry guys I needed to take my eldest to the specialist yesterday so was not on forum at all. I normally delete and ban about 100 spammer posters each day.

Yes, and I was sent to a conference for work so it seems like it was just neither of us being around. That's a rare case though. 😉

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HiVizMan · ‎05-23-2012

xeromist wrote:
Yes, and I was sent to a conference for work so it seems like it was just neither of us being around. That's a rare case though. 😉

Yeah normally there is one of us around to take the trash out when they post.

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denismx · ‎05-23-2012

Maybe a different captcha utility might give better protection. Some of them have been "broken".

Kipper · ‎05-23-2012

Seems like I am killing spammers every time I log on. Unfortunately we MODS cannot be sitting in-wait for the bad guys and the Report Post tool is a big help and we do appreciate the members alerting us to the threads and posts as you find them.

HiVizMan · ‎05-23-2012

Thing is it is human spammers denismx not bots.

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