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Come Inside... => The Computer Room => Topic started by: Barman on December 02, 2012, 08:03:25 AM

Title: Spam
Post by: Barman on December 02, 2012, 08:03:25 AM
We get a lot of spam or robotic access to the board and an increasing number of spam 'registrations'...

I don't know how the damn things manage to get through but they always seem to work it out in the end...

Right now we have 22 'guests' on the site, some trying to register...

The bottom line is that they all use up some of our server performance and I want to cut them out...

I'm going to try loading some new software which should stop the registrations and the browsing....  scared2:
Title: Re: Spam
Post by: Miss Demeanour on December 02, 2012, 08:23:28 AM
Oh dear ... scared2:
Title: Re: Spam
Post by: Barman on December 02, 2012, 08:28:03 AM
 ::)
Title: Re: Spam
Post by: Just One More on December 02, 2012, 08:53:00 AM
 cussing:

I now want Spam fritters, chips and baked beans with Daddies sauce

Title: Re: Spam
Post by: Barman on December 02, 2012, 09:20:01 AM
cussing:

I now want Spam fritters, chips and baked beans with Daddies sauce

 point:

 Yuk:
Title: Re: Spam
Post by: Uncle Mort on December 02, 2012, 10:18:43 AM
Wots it for like? why are spammers trying to access the site? It baffles me.
Title: Re: Spam
Post by: Barman on December 02, 2012, 10:39:53 AM
Wots it for like? why are spammers trying to access the site? It baffles me.

I think the idea is that they sign up as members and then post loadsa topics all featuring links to Viagra sites and suchlike....
Title: Re: Spam
Post by: Nick on December 02, 2012, 10:46:40 AM
sounds useful  angel1
Title: Re: Spam
Post by: Barman on December 02, 2012, 11:10:19 AM
sounds useful  angel1

I was just wondering who would be stupid enough to click such things on a forum......  ::)
Title: Re: Spam
Post by: Nick on December 02, 2012, 11:12:24 AM
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Title: Re: Spam
Post by: Marley's Ghost (Imbiber of Spirits) on December 02, 2012, 05:24:34 PM
You want one of them add-ons that asks you to enter an almost unreadable set of letters/numbers before you can continue.

The principle is that screen scraping software combined with OCR cannot interpret them to continue with the registration..

Simples
Title: Re: Spam
Post by: Snoopy on December 02, 2012, 05:53:24 PM
Nah! It's much more fun sitting here rejecting their applications wiv an email saying "F*CK OFF!"
Title: Re: Spam
Post by: Barman on December 02, 2012, 07:05:38 PM
You want one of them add-ons that asks you to enter an almost unreadable set of letters/numbers before you can continue.

The principle is that screen scraping software combined with OCR cannot interpret them to continue with the registration..

Simples

Have you tried registering on this site recently...?  ::)

We have all that stuff and more... I tried to register a spoof account recently and it beat me!  lol:

Even Nick has stopped creating new personas!   lol:

These fucking bots have nothing better to do than keep trying though....  noooo:

The new software we are going to try takes a much, MUCH more sophisticated approach....  whistle:

PS Please don't think we sit here all day with a straw in our mouths saying ooh-arrr and drinking scrumpy....  noooo:
Title: Re: Spam
Post by: Darwins Selection on December 02, 2012, 10:43:52 PM
we sit here all day with a straw in our mouths saying ooh-arrr and drinking scrumpy.... 
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Title: Re: Spam
Post by: Marley's Ghost (Imbiber of Spirits) on December 03, 2012, 08:49:04 AM
You want one of them add-ons that asks you to enter an almost unreadable set of letters/numbers before you can continue.

The principle is that screen scraping software combined with OCR cannot interpret them to continue with the registration..

Simples

Have you tried registering on this site recently...?  ::)  

We have all that stuff and more... I tried to register a spoof account recently and it beat me!  lol:

Even Nick has stopped creating new personas!   lol:

These fucking bots have nothing better to do than keep trying though....  noooo:

The new software we are going to try takes a much, MUCH more sophisticated approach....  whistle:

PS Please don't think we sit here all day with a straw in our mouths saying ooh-arrr and drinking scrumpy....  noooo:

Why would I?

This has been my haunt for years . . . .