CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
This is outragous! Spammers have comprimised jqsoftware.com and sent out a ton of spam (I'd like 50% of their scam profits which succeded that were sent from my site but I don't think they'd listen  ). My hosting provider has disabled my account too  . Bah. I'm going to go generate new passwords for everything I log in to (about 10 total).------------------ |
kenman Member Posts: 518 From: Janesville WI Registered: 08-31-2006 |
Spam is big big business. Which is very very sad. Most likely if they sent out 50,000 emails, they will get no sales or profits. Spam works on getting one in 1,000,000 to buy into 'em. My current project (in between the music) is writing a server based spam blocking program. Best of luck to ya! |
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CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
quote: I've been into security for a while, but there's not much you can do for someone who configures everything for you and doesn't give you shell access. I've been looking at dreamhost.net for a while now and will probably register a new domain and all since they give shell access. I'm interested in seeing how that turns out. Thanks. ------------------ |
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kenman Member Posts: 518 From: Janesville WI Registered: 08-31-2006 |
CPU sent PM - hope it went through |
Sparkling Member Posts: 36 From: Oregon Registered: 11-06-2006 |
I haven't suffered from problems with hosting provider (Please no, Heaven help us!) but I have been battling an increase of spam on my forums too. I hate it! I have to spend precious development time banning and deleting spammers. It's irritating. Many of them actually take the time to log in and go through ropes of creating an account so I have to delete that as well. I hate spammers. Plague of the virtual world. I'd be interested in seeing a program that blocks them too. ------------------ |
ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
I hear ya on that forum spam. today, I had to delete a bunch of bot "users" and their porn-linking posts. it's depressing. no more real posts, just fake ones. ------------------ |
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CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
quote: Wow. I actually got it and could send a reply!
quote: Yeah I saw that. I got an email saying that the OS war thread had been replied to and I thought. Cool! Someone new! Then I noticed the random link, and the out-of-place post. ------------------ |
Lazarus Member Posts: 1668 From: USA Registered: 06-06-2006 |
quote: Want me to heat things up a bit? |
bennythebear Member Posts: 1225 From: kentucky,usa Registered: 12-13-2003 |
dreamhost.net looks like they have some really great plans for really great prices...but no asp support? ------------------ proverbs 25:7 www.gfa.org - Gospel for Asia www.persecution.com - Voice of the Martyrs [This message has been edited by bennythebear (edited February 01, 2007).] |
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CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
Good news! The spam issue has been resolved. Now I need to delete 17600+ messages .
quote: Hehe. Funny thing, I just got a dreamhost account (I split the cost with 2 other friends) yesterday. And no, I didn't get the dreamhost account because of the spam incident. I'm trying to install django on it now (they give you shell access!). ------------------ |
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Lazarus Member Posts: 1668 From: USA Registered: 06-06-2006 |
Arch, spammer is hitting Soterion again. Red alert - Red alert. |
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CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
quote: If you are considering DreamHost, you can get a discount if you sign up this way: ------------------ |
Jari Member Posts: 1471 From: Helsinki, Finland Registered: 03-11-2005 |
Spam bots are quite a problem in the forums, I have had to block several free email providers. Because that's the easiest way to prevent the bots from registering. Which is still a problem even they are not allowed to post until I click the confirmation link that is email to the webmaster (me). ------------------ [VoHW] (Help needed) [Blog] - Truedisciple (mp3) |
spade89 Member Posts: 561 From: houston,tx Registered: 11-28-2006 |
yeah spambots are quite easy to make,forums should ask a poster for one of those questions which ask you what do those letters in the picture say??? btw,votebots are quite easy to make too(or so i have heard). ------------------ |
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kenman Member Posts: 518 From: Janesville WI Registered: 08-31-2006 |
Yeah, it is pretty easy to make a spam bot or other web bot, but bots are limited. I am almost done with a Php SQl implementation of submission form spam block. I have been trialing it on part of our site and in the past 4 weeks I continue to block about 2,500 submission form spams per week just on one submission form! Does anyone count their spam messages? I think if people tallied their spam some people would be amazed at the totals that some get and some would be amazed at what people think as annoying. I talked with someone at church this week who was frustrated at the 5 messages they get every week! |
steveth45 Member Posts: 536 From: Eugene, OR, USA Registered: 08-10-2005 |
quote: I started getting maybe 10 or 20 a day, so I installed the Akismet plugin and I haven't gotten a single one since. Of course, I haven't received any real comments either, so maybe they are all just getting forwarded to /dev/null . ------------------ [This message has been edited by steveth45 (edited February 06, 2007).] |
hzfollower9 Member Posts: 17 From: Registered: 03-03-2007 |
quote: there's a good way to deal with this. it's called delegation. appoint responsible mods and give them the power to deal with these ppl (or at least their posts) ------------------ |
