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General => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Tanja on 2008-11-15, 07:32:47 AM

Title: Attack of teh Bots!!1
Post by: Tanja on 2008-11-15, 07:32:47 AM

anyone noted how many new "members" this board got the last few days?

Title: Re: Attack of teh Bots!!1
Post by: SmartBoy16 on 2008-11-16, 11:51:10 AM

over 120 this month! i noticed that yesterday.

Title: Re: Attack of teh Bots!!1
Post by: Jam0864 on 2008-11-16, 02:45:29 PM

i dont see why someone would bother to register, then not post.

Title: Re: Attack of teh Bots!!1
Post by: SmartBoy16 on 2008-11-20, 08:11:08 AM

 ;D our comunnity is growing faster every day! it now at 200 new members this month!!!  :surprise: \_0

Title: Re: Attack of teh Bots!!1
Post by: bluemonkmn on 2008-11-26, 06:26:58 AM

I turned on the email activation feature for member registration, and since November 19th, 50 registrants have been added without even activating their accounts, so I guess there is some sort of automated thing registering users, and I'll be deleting the accounts that don't activate.

Title: Re: Attack of teh Bots!!1
Post by: SmartBoy16 on 2008-11-26, 09:14:48 AM

Quote from: bluemonkmn on 2008-11-26, 06:26:58 AM

I turned on the email activation feature for member registration, and since November 19th, 50 registrants have been added without even activating their accounts, so I guess there is some sort of automated thing registering users, and I'll be deleting the accounts that don't activate.

you should get one of those weird word verifications like: (http://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/images/blogger-comment-v-tm.jpg)

on facebook, if your don't verify your email, an annoying mesage appears like this one appears for anyhting that you do and you cannot continue without typing it corretly. (for some reason it won't verify)

Title: Re: Attack of teh Bots!!1
Post by: durnurd on 2008-11-26, 11:57:57 AM

If you log out and attempt to register, you'll notice that this already exists.  Doesn't help much, apparently.

Title: Re: Attack of teh Bots!!1
Post by: SmartBoy16 on 2008-11-26, 06:27:27 PM

Quote from: durnurd on 2008-11-26, 11:57:57 AM

If you log out and attempt to register, you'll notice that this already exists.  Doesn't help much, apparently.

its the exact same word every time! i think you need a littile more variety


hey! you got 999 posts

Title: Re: Attack of teh Bots!!1
Post by: bluemonkmn on 2008-11-27, 10:03:22 AM

I suspect it's session based.  I get the same one if I use the same browser and refresh or go back the the page, but if I start a new browser, it's different.  I didn't bother to try finding out if it's different within the same session after registering a user.  I hope so.

Title: Re: Attack of teh Bots!!1
Post by: SmartBoy16 on 2008-11-27, 12:37:10 PM

i looked on google for anyone else that might have had the same problem. i found one the happened about 2 years ago

search for this on google:

how to stop robots from logging on to forums

and push "I'm Feeling Lucky" (or the first option)

Title: Re: Attack of teh Bots!!1
Post by: bluemonkmn on 2008-11-28, 08:31:25 AM

What I don't understand is, what's the point?  These accounts can't be used to send emails can they?  Has anybody been getting private messages from these accounts?  What?

Title: Re: Attack of teh Bots!!1
Post by: Tanja on 2008-11-28, 12:43:49 PM

i haven't gotten mails or pms. but they have viagra ads in their signature, and pr0n homepages. (not all)

Title: Re: Attack of teh Bots!!1
Post by: Jam0864 on 2008-11-28, 05:17:38 PM

why is viagra such a common thing for a forum bot to advertise...? I never understood why in particular they chose viagra.

Title: Re: Attack of teh Bots!!1
Post by: SmartBoy16 on 2008-12-05, 08:06:57 AM

i think theyre gone!

Title: Re: Attack of teh Bots!!1
Post by: bluemonkmn on 2008-12-06, 08:53:56 AM

Yeah, I think turning on email confirmation and/or increasing the complexity of the obscured text graphic made a difference.

Title: Re: Attack of teh Bots!!1
Post by: SmartBoy16 on 2008-12-09, 03:25:30 PM

what are you going to do with the extra profiles? ???

Title: Re: Attack of teh Bots!!1
Post by: bluemonkmn on 2008-12-09, 08:58:07 PM

I already deleted everything that I was pretty sure was "extra".  I don't dare delete any more.  There's no way to tell what's real for sure.

Title: Re: Attack of teh Bots!!1
Post by: durnurd on 2008-12-09, 09:19:31 PM

You don't think the several dozens of new members in the span of a few days are bots?

Title: Re: Attack of teh Bots!!1
Post by: bluemonkmn on 2008-12-10, 06:05:37 AM

They probably are but I can't be certain that they all are.

Title: Re: Attack of teh Bots!!1
Post by: Jam0864 on 2008-12-10, 07:27:40 AM

they don't appear to do anything anyway, so I don't see why you should bother deleting them.