Noticed 2 posts today from one spammer, both were p0rn posts with pics attached.

A different poster - had some sort of unknown language topic.

Where are the spam killers at when you need them?

Spam posts are popping up again today.

http://matrixowners.com/?showtopic=27119#entry1056233


post #16 and 17.

persons have been reported. .. .

taken care of. thanks ed.

i like my spam fried.....



with egg....




and rice.

yeah i reported a few also, probably the same ones as ed.

just calling them as I see them Chris.

aw I missed it

I noticed tonight there have been 2 users who created about 6 or 7 threads of pure spam.

I know there is already a thread discussing adding a CAPTCHA feature.

My suggestion is this:

We have a bunch of great moderators on MO right now, perhaps add a few MO who are not moderators but who are "spam police".

In no way, do I mean to take anything away from the mods, but more eyes on MO can "CAN THE SPAM" and delete/terminate the users who spam MO. . . .

Spambot FTW

I agree!!!!

spam bot needs to be fried and cooked with eggs......and served with rice.
yum

10 of the 15 new posts at the moment are spam.

Awesome.

x2 yea its getting bad

use the report post feature... it helps draw our attention to the posts... i just deleted 6 threads by the same guy, but i had no "reported post" messages. basically, i happened to notice the spammer and took action. if the report post feature had been used, all of the mods would have been alerted to the spam posts.

i report them when i see them

my nana makes the best spam casserole!!!!

I noticed a trend with the spammers of late.

Their screen names are similar - for example:

OmerWN

TyleNX

BergKL


MikrEP



etc.

etc.

etc.

Guess the mods don't mind cleaning up the spammers crap....

Not to beat a dead horse, but I noticed that the spam creators are still logged in MO.

The spam threads they made are deleted which is great, but why aren't the spam bots banned?!


If I am out of line, I apologize, but it doesn't make sense to keep the spam bots around. . . .

they have lost the ability to post. if their account is suspended, they pretty much know right away... if we remove their ability to post, it takes them a bit longer to figure out they need to create a new account.

nice!!!

you mods rock!!!!

This posting is all done by automated bots. Human beings ar not involved in the process.

more spam in Western Canada Forum??

the russian spammers seem to favor the western canada section.

They probably follow a google link to get there, and are using a generic search to find it that just happens to hit that forum first in the google search results.

Nyet to...

Spam control or Spam slayers have been working pretty good.

I hope I help a little when I report them when I see them.

how do you report spam posts?

Eak! if that had been a radar gun it would have gotten me

I had not seen that button in the month I have been on this form. I learn something new every day!

pwned!

Just wanted to note that there were at least 4 spam threads created with 2 being posted by the same spammer.


Are we doomed to suffer with these useless spam threads forever?

im getting tired of this s***

can admin post up an antispam measure donation gb?

id contribute. id think others would too

i meant if adding a captcha feature into the mo.com software would cost money, would/could we donate?

seriously eric, i don't want or need a silver upgrade or whatever, but i think i could find a few buck to free up this unending tirade on our forum.

and, reported

Cheers

*edit* and for the record this was moved into this thread for one of the umpteen spam threads a mod deleted after one of my reports.

i mean it eric. post up the gb, or donation thread. come up with a needed total, we can have a big fake thermometer pledge drive and everything

I've offered to fix it a few times for him. For free.

Just give me access and I can implement it.

^^ free 99 is the way to go....LOL...

Die SPAM Die!!!!

Sheesh,

Bad enough that they can create a spam thread, but I saw a spam post in a How Do I thread.





Dear spammer,

Fcuk you!!

Spam in the Off topic section at least!!!


Go to Hell

Sincerely,

Everyone from MO

you saw a spam thread in "how do I?".... i guess you missed the other 15-20 that we mods have deleted from that section since it was created.

spammers make threads in the least often used forums. they figure that they can go longer without being noticed there. so, how-to, how do i, western canada, racing stories... these forums catch the bulk of posts.

it all seems to come in waves. unfortunately, the more dedicated members who are on here all the time suffer the most, because they see the new posts (and spam) first. ask a casual user, and they'd likely not even realize there was a spam issue. All I can ask is that you all keep reporting the threads as you spot them. post in the thread that it's been reported so that we don't get bombarded with duplicate messages.

We see a lot of reports coming from the same few members. We appreciate your efforts in keeping us informed of these threads so that we can take care of them.

I'm just sorry that our mods have to spend what must be hours a week or more deleting threads. Sorry guys

I dont think this is spam, but i keep getting emails saying someone has replayed to one of my subscriptions and i have NOT subscribed to any threads. I would say i get 3-4 a week. anyone else getting this?

Sorry for the little rant, I just wish there was some safeguards in place to prevent spammers from posting their BS.

There has got to be a way to keep the spammers out, but allow new members to come in with little to zero issues.

Gotta love the spam with pics in the "How Do I?" section.......

I'm even getting tired of reporting them...
They are winning..

i know what you mean, we need some time to rest. Maybe get a meal. 


Spam sure sounds good right now. 

they've been picking up recently. there was a new release to the spam software (there was a spam thread advertising it on here... it was deleted). it can break captcha, auto-authenticate e-mail, mass PM, and other features. looks like we're stuck with it until IPB comes out with a new release.

would something like this help?

http://www.omgili.com/captcha.php

or a registration authorization code perhaps.

that should eliminate the bots, and if ANY still go through and post, then most likely those are human spammers that the mods can permaban.

We just have to stay one step ahead and not 2 steps behind.

You can install unbreakable CAPTCHAs quite trivially. Just ignore IPB's stuff, and hack one in.

Human spamming is almost non-existant -- it's just not profitable.

Reporting spam is kinda fun

you just like it cuz it adds to you post count you whore.. HAHAHA

sounds like it time to make some more people mods for certain sections so they can help control the spam... I'll take the how to section... xr2003 can take the western canada section lol

great, you get the "active" section 

ok you take the how to section.. then the western canada section will become active again lol

"how do i" and "racing stories" seem to be getting the most at the moment.