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03-23-2009
vart

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I got the second PM "Compare with this opinion" with suspisios link.

Now it is from MiracleM5. (previos was from historyR)

I see his messages on the board are deleted, but what about PMs?
03-23-2009
laserlight

Sorry, you have to delete them yourself.
03-23-2009
vart

Quote:

Originally Posted by laserlight

Sorry, you have to delete them yourself.

seems to me these users are bots. Shouldn't these accounts be deleted?
03-23-2009
laserlight

Quote:

Originally Posted by vart

Shouldn't these accounts be deleted?

It amounts to the same thing here. I do not think that banned users can send PMs to other users. The PM that was sent to you was before the bot account was banned.
03-23-2009
zacs7

I thought you required n posts before being able to PM?
03-23-2009
SlyMaelstrom

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Originally Posted by zacs7

I thought you required n posts before being able to PM?

I'm almost certain that there is a vBulletin exploit that the spammers have been using for a while. I don't know if this board has a minimum set, but I don't think it would matter regardless.
03-23-2009
laserlight

Quote:

Originally Posted by SlyMaelstrom

I don't know if this board has a minimum set, but I don't think it would matter regardless.

Yes, even with a minimum, the bot can first spam with posts, and then spam with PMs once the post requirement is reached.
03-23-2009
stevesmithx

i can't believe it's a bot. Even i find it difficult to read the captcha displayed during registration. How can a bot possibly process such a complicated image?.
03-23-2009
Perspective

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Originally Posted by stevesmithx

i can't believe it's a bot. Even i find it difficult to read the captcha displayed during registration. How can a bot possibly process such a complicated image?.

There are a number of ways, the most clever of which use humans. Let's say Kermi want's to start spamming vbulliten boards. He already has probably 10s of users a day signing up here and filling in captchas. He just swaps the auto-gen captchas for the ones his bot is challenged with and the humans here solve the captcha for his bot.

Alternately there could be a programming bug to bypass the captcha entirely.

Suggestion: The right to PM should be based both on a minimum post count that spans at least one week. That way bots can be banned before they send out all of these annoying PMs.
03-23-2009
vart

Quote:

Originally Posted by Perspective

There are a number of ways, the most clever of which use humans. Let's say Kermi want's to start spamming vbulliten boards. He already has probably 10s of users a day signing up here and filling in captchas. He just swaps the auto-gen captchas for the ones his bot is challenged with and the humans here solve the captcha for his bot.

Alternately there could be a programming bug to bypass the captcha entirely.

Suggestion: The right to PM should be based both on a minimum post count that spans at least one week. That way bots can be banned before they send out all of these annoying PMs.

Or there is a web site the bot uses...

Spammer creates a very attractive site that requires registration. (Download free porno video of the day, for example)
As soon as bot initialtes the registration process on the vBulletin boars the captcha is downloaded and presented to the first user who wants to register on that "bot-support" site. user answer is than supplied to the vBulletin...
03-23-2009
Perspective

>Or there is a web site the bot uses...

That's what I meant by Kermi, he runs this web site (well, him and webmaster). Though porn-of-the-day probably would get more registration than cboard ;)
03-23-2009
Perspective

Quote:

Originally Posted by independentg

When i read this topic, i think about that sort of things http://sourceradix.com/m/mon.html
You may check that, and most likely it would change your mind. Whatever.

ROFL! How terribly appropriate for this thread.

edit: by the way, it's a spam bot post.. don't bother clicking the link. If the mods dont' catch it quick some of you will likely get a PM pretty soon from the same user.
03-23-2009
brewbuck

Quote:

Originally Posted by worshipedu

When i read this topic, i think about that sort of things http://sourceradix.com/m/mon.html
You may check that, and most likely it would change your mind. Whatever.

Can we say "ban this netblock?" Jeez.
03-23-2009
Codeplug

Let's see how 3.8.1 holds up :)

gg
03-23-2009
abachler

I think im still running 3.7.4, havent bothered with 3.8.1 yet I suppose I should...

oops, just checked im at 3.7.1, really out of date,