SEX & Money Robots ahead! Please Eliminate!!!!!

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SEX & Money Robots ahead! Please Eliminate!!!!!

Post #1by t00fri » 19.02.2005, 20:52

Could someone PLEASE eliminate these new robot users. Their websites all point to porn stuff, some dangerous SEX-medicines ;-) or supercheap money resources ...

Here are the registered names during the last few days:

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all252
krabtest364
all731
krabtest087
Zhenya
flowergirl18
hydroff
serova_I
veronika_sv17
bill_med22
Dartes89
viola_sexy
brooos_v
Metak
1serega_nah
ratenet_black
nadin_22
sv_vvrs
alex_my
RussoEnt
aagul
mauserkz
afef
idinaahuy
ababari
monstrilko
casino5654
aagaf
aamenor
Coolguy1 <== incest porn, how about this??

Bye Fridger
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Post #2by t00fri » 20.02.2005, 16:43

Chris,

these 'Bot's' are registering at a rate of 1-5 /day! If nothing happens, we are soon becoming a minority...

I keep updating the list of 'Bot registrations' above.

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Post #3by Harry » 20.02.2005, 17:26

Maybe they are only registering so google can find their links in the memberlist.

Anyway, phpBB does support "Visual Confirmation", i.e. the user has to enter a code displayed as an image to register. It can quickly be enabled in the normal phpBB configuration (General Admin->Configuration->Enable Visual Confirmation), however I had to find out that this option only appears if the style used by the admin supports this - so the admin (i.e. Chris) may have to switch to subSilver style (the default phpBB style), do the change, and can then change back to whatever style he prefers afterwards.

This should help to reduce the number of bots considerably, if not completely.

Chris, what do you think?

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Post #4by Harry » 20.02.2005, 18:00

Arg, I just noted a small but important detail - this has only become a standard feature starting with phpBB 2.0.11 (the current version), while shatters.net apparently still uses 2.0 (with security fixes). :(

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Post #5by Angry Space Goat » 20.02.2005, 20:06

In this case, wouldn't an upgrade be ideal?
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Post #6by andersa » 20.02.2005, 21:40

Does phpBB support blacklisting of clients based on their IP address? If so, there ought to be some public (DNS-based) blacklist that could be employed (perhaps in addition to other measures), similar to MAPS RBL and other lists used to protect e-mail servers.
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Post #7by Michael Kilderry » 21.02.2005, 05:25

Harry wrote:Arg, I just noted a small but important detail - this has only become a standard feature starting with phpBB 2.0.11 (the current version), while shatters.net apparently still uses 2.0 (with security fixes). :(

Harald


My forum has the latest phpBB, although I have never noticed this anywhere. Since my forum runs on phpBBserver, mine and other forums alike act as guinea pigs and are tested with the latest features for phpBB, it's fun trying them out.

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Post #8by symaski62 » 21.02.2005, 05:42

Solaris phpBB theme/template by Jakob Persson
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Powered by phpBB 2 ?© 2001, 2002 phpBB Group

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Post #9by t00fri » 22.02.2005, 01:10

Chris,

please.... we have constantly 5 new Bot registrations per day! See how the above list increases...

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Post #10by Harry » 22.02.2005, 11:13

BTW, phpBB-2.0.12 was released yesterday. There are a few security fixes too, so they recommend to upgrade.
More:
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=265423

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Post #11by t00fri » 22.02.2005, 21:30

During the last 3 days 25 new Bots (Sex & medicine) have registered as new 'users'!

Please act NOW.

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Post #12by Angry Space Goat » 23.02.2005, 02:49

Let's hope they don't start trying to post.
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Re: Posting Bots

Post #13by Michael Kilderry » 23.02.2005, 09:19

Or if they do, let's hope they wish to participate in meaningful Celestia discussion, I think that may be asking just a little too much though. :lol:

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