The spambot report thread

Post by **Wally** » Wed Jan 18, 2017 3:49 pm

I've updated the spam list.

There's really no point banning spammers anymore, they just keep coming back

Rwolf · Post by **Rwolf** » Wed Jan 18, 2017 5:37 pm

Ok, here is another spammer to add 'Ririn01':

http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14177

Post contains *one* spam link hidden in an otherwise long quoted text, with a generic thanks framing.

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(you missed 'Maya055' from the previous post - nonsense text with link)
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14152

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More new spammy posters:

Pokr2355
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14179

Maya541
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14180

And a frequent spam poster:

Fernandes
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14130

Either the spam-filter modified the last post, or the bot is becoming self-aware.

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(Another way to filter may be to hide new users first post until vetted by an admin, but that is probably equally time consuming.)

Rwolf · Post by **Rwolf** » Thu Jan 19, 2017 7:08 am

How about hiding identified spammers posts to everyone except themselves - maybe they will keep using the same userid and not create new ones so much.

Possibly make a spammer group of these guys so they can chat internally and perhaps see only their own posts it will keep the bots clueless and happy?

Rwolf · Post by **Rwolf** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 9:33 am

Target for tonight:

Emma055 http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14165
Hurst42 http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14162
Pokr2355 http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14179
Maya541 http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14180
Gowing1251 http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14182

Post by **Wally** » Sat Jan 21, 2017 3:42 am

Testing something here, just created a section for spammers to post in as guests.. Posts are auto purged after a day.

Rwolf · Post by **Rwolf** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 8:18 am

These didn't get the hint.

Vargo46 http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14151
hathy http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14201
Pokr236 http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14199
saraedward http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14205
Mary091 http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14212
Gowing00 http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14216

Also a previously reported spammer:
Maya055 http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14152

Rwolf · Post by **Rwolf** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 11:07 am

How about automatically move new posts from already identified spammers to the new spam forum? (No matter where/what they post)

Post by **wardrich** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 10:42 pm

Rwolf wrote:How about automatically move new posts from already identified spammers to the new spam forum? (No matter where/what they post)

I like this idea. We'll make them easy to identify as spammers as well, in case one makes it back into the wild.

Rwolf · Post by **Rwolf** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 5:49 am

Fresh spammers:

wangyueyue http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14220
Dana025 http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14224
Gowing00 http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14216
Kossak146 http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14223
Danny77 http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14225
Medlin311 http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14155

Repeat spammer:

Mary091 http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=14212

Post by **MrFlibble** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 8:56 am

I'm now moving stuff to Spammers club instead of Trash Heap.

Rwolf · Post by **Rwolf** » Tue Feb 14, 2017 10:21 am

Rwolf · Post by **Rwolf** » Fri Apr 27, 2018 4:25 pm

I'm not updating the spam list nowadays, they are self evident anyway in most cases, and the Cheeze spammer is just a minor annyoance IMO.

Some automatic way of filtering more disruptive spam like the recent flood from 'fbarraza28' would be good. Most of the spam posts by that bot are in long dead threads, and anything new and relevant now gets drowned in that deluge.

legaloneforever · Post by **legaloneforever** » Fri Apr 27, 2018 7:38 pm

http://www.mediafire.com/folder/701lqda5akl22/DOSGAMES

Rwolf.... thanks for the plug! For you plug I mentioned you in my credits. An interesting note is this program is over 100 k and ran out of memory while compiling.

Post by **MrFlibble** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 7:04 am

Rwolf wrote:Some automatic way of filtering more disruptive spam like the recent flood from 'fbarraza28' would be good. Most of the spam posts by that bot are in long dead threads, and anything new and relevant now gets drowned in that deluge.

A cap on the number of links in a post would help against the frank barraza type infestation, but with the forum engine hopelessly out of date I don't think it's likely to happen.

I've just cleaned up the find old games section of several dozens of barraza's poopposts, the moderator controls are very clumsy and inefficient here. I wish an admin would come around and nuke the fella altogether with all its posts, but no idea if this may happen soon.

Rwolf · Post by **Rwolf** » Mon Sep 14, 2020 11:19 am

88 fresh spams from one user today; all nonsense content; spam in posting header.
user: lguru7582

Post by **MrFlibble** » Wed Sep 16, 2020 2:57 pm

Thanks, taken care of.

Rwolf · Post by **Rwolf** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 1:16 pm

A couple of times today I've seen a spambot warning screen for my own IP when I have logged in or making a report.
Looking at spamhouse.com, I cannot find a matching warning there, and when retrying the operation things work as usual again.

Is there some overload attack still ongoing, or what?

Post by **MrFlibble** » Wed Jul 12, 2023 3:44 pm

Looks like this spammer/bot (account now deactivated, but I'm keeping their posts for possible research) was using ChatGPT to create "meaningful" replies in threads:
viewtopic.php?p=142883#p142883
viewtopic.php?p=142882#p142882
viewtopic.php?p=142881#p142881