Veg
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Post by Veg on Jan 31, 2008 21:58:10 GMT -5
Well, I think I'm the first one to find out that we have a new spammer on the board.
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Bampot
Randall's Friend (800-1999)
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Post by Bampot on Jan 31, 2008 22:26:27 GMT -5
And not even a good one at that. How boring.
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Post by Bert on Feb 1, 2008 12:45:07 GMT -5
Hmm... it still says I'm the newest member here... did the spammer just post a URL tag that said "windows" over and over again?
Or...are you guys referring to me?
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Veg
Randall's Friend (800-1999)
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Post by Veg on Feb 1, 2008 13:53:31 GMT -5
Well, the spammer was a guest and he/she posted up links leading to Chinese or Japanese text.
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Post by Bert on Feb 1, 2008 14:15:06 GMT -5
Oh, I've seen that before. They're probably just Google bots or something like that.
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Post by pitbulllady on Feb 1, 2008 19:04:23 GMT -5
That's a "spam-bot", which is an automated computer program that does nothing but search out and spam forums and message boards. Nearly all of them are hosted by servers in Asian countries, and a large number of the links are for porn or prostitution rings, and many of those sites are infected with internet viruses, worms and other nasties, so the best advice would be NEVER to click on any of those links!
This is why it would be a good idea to disable "Guest" posting, since spam-bots cannot register as forum members and can only post as "guests".
pitbulllady
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Post by Bert on Feb 1, 2008 21:14:49 GMT -5
Isn't this board guest-posting free?
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Bampot
Randall's Friend (800-1999)
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Post by Bampot on Feb 1, 2008 21:46:33 GMT -5
ugh, explains why its so boring. They need to get out of my internets.
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