Did you know ...

[Massman]

... the hwbot submission form is one of the best protections against spambots? .

 

We regularly have spambots trying to get casino and xxx-urls in hwbot, but none of them ever get the different verification requirements right! No need for this

 

 

or this

 

 

or even this!

 

 

All you need is hwbot submission form

[Turrican]

hehe, good to hear.

[I.M.O.G.]

Nice, that is a good solution. Spam is such a waste of time for forums.

 

I use a Honey Pot - there are fields on the registration form hidden via CSS (most any non-text based browser supports CSS), but automated registration bots use command line tools that don't process CSS - they see and fill out the hidden fields all the time, so we give them error messages.

[Hondacity]

but I love breakfast spam with eggs and pancakes

[Maxi]

hwbot, proving you're human one submission at a time.

[Turrican]

but I love breakfast spam with eggs and pancakes

 

lol:D

[K404]

If the anti-spammer technique is an HWBot submission form, that explains how Christian slipped through the net

[Turrican]

If the anti-spammer technique is an HWBot submission form, that explains how Christian slipped through the net

i wondered that too.

[Massman]

That's how this whole thing started. We figured our spam mechanism failed as Christian suddenly showed up.

[Christian Ney]

[Christian Ney]

erh,

You failed so much with anti-spam-users:

http://hwbot.org//user/simpledress

http://hwbot.org//user/menscanada

http://hwbot.org//user/downmoncler

http://hwbot.org//user/shortwomens

http://hwbot.org//user/omegaswiss

http://hwbot.org//user/chilliwackcanad

http://hwbot.org//user/linksshopping

http://hwbot.org//user/wholesalelace

http://hwbot.org//user/tryvanctiffany

http://hwbot.org//user/lacewith

http://hwbot.org//user/tadougtiffany

http://hwbot.org//user/kenealygayl

http://hwbot.org//user/ardtlong

http://hwbot.org//user/audemarspiguet

http://hwbot.org//user/bystudiodr

http://hwbot.org//user/weddingsleeves

 

 

And many more...

 

 

 

 

(Credit go to my gf who found that)

Edited December 7, 2011 by Christian Ney

[Massman]

but Did They Submit A Result??!!

[Christian Ney]

nope, but in the forum in the blog tab/section, there is only spam bots (most of them already removed)

[Turrican]

nope, but in the forum in the blog tab/section, there is only spam bots (most of them already removed)

 

hmm, yeah

[I.M.O.G.]

I think there is a bigger problem now.

 

With the speed and frequency with which they are posting, these are clearly automated attacks - probably been manually configured to navigate the registration system, then set to auto-spam. Looks like the work of xrumers.

[Hondacity]

they're flooding my visitor message box lol

[DrWeez]

"Spam-O-Matic" fixed the spam bot issues on several forums I admin, not sure if there is a version for 3.7.1 but I highly recommend it for any VB installation.

[Christian Ney]

Thats funny that some days after massman claimed "hwbot without bots" there are so much bots spaming everywhere on hwbot.

 

Revenge of the Bots (now on sale)

 

The HWBot Striked Back (coming soon)

[K404]

Oooohhhhhh a HWB film franchise

 

 

Episode 1: The Phantom Bot

 

Episode 2: Attack of the Bot

 

Episode 3: Revenge of the Bot

 

Episode 4: A New Bot

 

Episode 5: The Bot Strikes Back

 

Episide 6: Return of the Bot

 

 

 

Who will be Jar Jar Binks? Darth Maul? Jabba? Darth VADER? Boba? Young Anakin? Leia? Obi? Han? Chewy?

[WhiteLion]

The Spampire still alive

 

http://hwbot.org/forum/member.php?u=28409

 

I vote for K404 to be Chewy

[K404]

I'm not that hairy though?

[Christian Ney]

you're leia then

[K404]

Only in your fantasies, Christian

[El Gappo]

Matose for Chewey, K404 for leia and Massman as Vader Christian can be an ewok.

 

*runs and hides*

[K404]

Shame there's no goats in Star Wars, we'd have your part sorted