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AdrianH · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2012 6:30 pm

Spam: http://forum.mongoosepublishing.com/viewforum.php?f=74, alias Off Topic General Discussion - pretty much all of today's posts in that section of the forum.

Greg Smith · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2012 6:38 pm

spam in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=74&t=52658&view=unread&sid=56819032438fd1c857cdd9d3cbb0f9c5#unread

lastbesthope · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2012 7:44 pm

Right, I've cleared all the above reports, and the OT section.

Will try and check the rest now

LBH

lastbesthope · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2012 7:44 pm

Oh and Matt, whatever the tech guys did, didn't seem to have worked this pm

LBH

lastbesthope · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2012 7:59 pm

Still getting fresh spam as of 15 minutes ago

LBH

AdrianH · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2012 8:17 pm

lastbesthope wrote:

Right, I've cleared all the above reports, and the OT section.

Thanks, but I'm afraid you missed one:
http://forum.mongoosepublishing.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=53547

It looks like a harmless introduction, and it looks like that on the dozens of other forums you'll find if you do a Google search on the text of that post. :lol:

msprange · **Joined:** Mon Aug 18, 2003 4:25 pm **Posts:** 12309

lastbesthope wrote:

Oh and Matt, whatever the tech guys did, didn't seem to have worked this pm

LBH

Don't think it has been done yet...

lastbesthope · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2012 10:16 pm

AdrianH wrote:

lastbesthope wrote:

Right, I've cleared all the above reports, and the OT section.

Thanks, but I'm afraid you missed one:
http://forum.mongoosepublishing.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=53547

It looks like a harmless introduction, and it looks like that on the dozens of other forums you'll find if you do a Google search on the text of that post. :lol:

I saw it but just wasn't 100% sure it was SPAM.

LBH

AndrewW · **Joined:** Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:57 pm **Posts:** 2643

Spammer:

http://forum.mongoosepublishing.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=20516

Spam:

http://forum.mongoosepublishing.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=53577&p=741080#p741080
http://forum.mongoosepublishing.com/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=53576&p=741079#p741079
http://forum.mongoosepublishing.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=53575&p=741078#p741078
http://forum.mongoosepublishing.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=53574&p=741077#p741077
http://forum.mongoosepublishing.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=53573&p=741076#p741076

AndrewW · **Joined:** Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:57 pm **Posts:** 2643

Spammer:

http://forum.mongoosepublishing.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=20516

LimeyDragon · **Posted:** Tue Nov 20, 2012 5:51 am

I suggest IP banning...

Spammer
viewtopic.php?f=74&t=53618
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=53608
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=53598
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=53591

tneva82 · **Joined:** Mon May 22, 2006 5:08 pm **Posts:** 3180

LimeyDragon wrote:

I suggest IP banning...

So that IP is banned. So what? Unless the spammers are even worse idiots than usual a) they have multiple ip's b) they keep switching them. Possible side effect of that is that mongoose could end up banning IP's that are actually used by customers...IP's aren't generally static afterall. Most have dynamically allocated IP which might get changed in 15 minutes!

Of course there IS possibility that spammers have been dead idiots and are using static IP. But that would require such an incredible stupidity that odds are slim.

GamerDude · **Posted:** Tue Nov 20, 2012 8:52 am

I can reset my IP by unplugging my modem for 30 seconds.

I knew one idiot at a site didn't want me getting to his boss (and showing what an ass he was) so he blocked most IP's out of SPokane.. I know this because nothing I did at home, or at school worked (maybe he just blocked the range of IPs from those two domains)

LimeyDragon · **Posted:** Tue Nov 20, 2012 3:19 pm

tneva82 wrote:

LimeyDragon wrote:

I suggest IP banning...

So that IP is banned. So what? Unless the spammers are even worse idiots than usual a) they have multiple ip's b) they keep switching them. Possible side effect of that is that mongoose could end up banning IP's that are actually used by customers...IP's aren't generally static afterall. Most have dynamically allocated IP which might get changed in 15 minutes!

Of course there IS possibility that spammers have been dead idiots and are using static IP. But that would require such an incredible stupidity that odds are slim.

I was mainly referring to ranges.. since alot of spammer come from RU. The only down side of course is it may also block lagitimate users..

msprange · **Joined:** Mon Aug 18, 2003 4:25 pm **Posts:** 12309

tneva82 wrote:

Of course there IS possibility that spammers have been dead idiots and are using static IP. But that would require such an incredible stupidity that odds are slim.

Yeah, they ain't idiots - we have been working hard on IP banning.

The techie guys say they should have something up to block this soon, just waiting to hear back.

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