Anyone else get hit by Spam Bots on their forum?

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by I-G4L, Oct 1, 2008.

  1. #1
    This morning, I was hit a few hundred spam bots posting porno.

    I went to the company forums of my forum system, and saw that I was not the only one and that there was a patch for the spam bots. Not only that, I heard that all major board systems got hit.

    Did anyone else get get these annoying bots?
     
    I-G4L, Oct 1, 2008 IP
  2. allout

    allout Prominent Member

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    I no longer own a forum but my blogs have been hit more than a $2 whore in the middle of a teenage frat party. It seems spamming has got worse in the last two months.
     
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  3. AutumnBreeze

    AutumnBreeze Peon

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    Yeah I had a spate of them yesterday and ended up stopping new registrations for a bit till I could find some common pattern with them all.
     
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  4. I-G4L

    I-G4L Peon

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    They are pretty serious it seems for some systems.

    The most annoying part is the fact that they post porno, and that the bots change ip every time they register
     
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  5. machej

    machej Well-Known Member

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    Did you use Akismet?
     
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