Posted December 2, 201113 yr ... 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
December 2, 201113 yr 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.
December 4, 201113 yr If the anti-spammer technique is an HWBot submission form, that explains how Christian slipped through the net
December 4, 201113 yr Crew If the anti-spammer technique is an HWBot submission form, that explains how Christian slipped through the net i wondered that too.
December 4, 201113 yr Author That's how this whole thing started. We figured our spam mechanism failed as Christian suddenly showed up.
December 4, 201113 yr 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, 201113 yr by Christian Ney
December 4, 201113 yr nope, but in the forum in the blog tab/section, there is only spam bots (most of them already removed)
December 4, 201113 yr Crew nope, but in the forum in the blog tab/section, there is only spam bots (most of them already removed) hmm, yeah
December 18, 201113 yr 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.
December 18, 201113 yr "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.
December 18, 201113 yr 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)
December 18, 201113 yr 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?
December 18, 201113 yr The Spampire still alive http://hwbot.org/forum/member.php?u=28409 I vote for K404 to be Chewy
December 18, 201113 yr Matose for Chewey, K404 for leia and Massman as Vader Christian can be an ewok. *runs and hides*
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