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Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 7:58 am
by Rwolf
Russian "PR company", guest acct. 'viplecet', wanting customers, but does not spam itself?
...you are just waiting for the flood, guys.
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20578
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 1:30 am
by wardrich
Looks like somebody took care of the post. I think a big part of the problem is that we're running an ancient version of phpbb. Not sure if newer versions have anything in place to block spammers, though.
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 8:19 am
by Rwolf
Well, serious spammers will bypass captcha's as well, but simpler ones may be stumped.
You could have a challenge-response query with a simple question to be answered, esp. for guests, like 'what is this website called?' but it is all a hurdle for genuine guests with limited English...so maybe it's not so bad yet.
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 7:29 am
by MrFlibble
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 5:34 pm
by Rwolf
Guest 'sibericanews', posting spam from russian news site, but cannot even write russian in readable form on the forum.
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/about20588.html
...IMO, the reply post also comes close to spam sometimes....
Status: Thread moved to trash heap, permanent deletion pending at administrators' consideration.
Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2015 5:35 am
by Rwolf
Guest user 'AdrianKn' selling accounts at several services that are normally free.
Likely the ones offered are hacked existing accounts, to be used for malicious purposes.
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20601
Status: Spam post deleted.
Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 4:59 am
by Rwolf
Guest spammer 'Breendairq' - presumably sells random products in a big heap:
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20615
Looks like this post has been deleted.
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 11:02 am
by Rwolf
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 5:15 am
by MrFlibble
A user with link in sig and profile:
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=13176
Posted this:
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic ... 972#123972
Not sure if spambot or spammer, 'cause he's addressing Quadko in his post. A new type of bot algorithm perhaps?
[Edit] Another one slipped under the radar a while ago:
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=13124
I'm leaving its posts for the admins to delete.
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 9:26 am
by Quadko
Was thinking that looked rather spambot-ish; picking up a poster name seems in same ballpark as quoting threads.
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:58 am
by Rwolf
Yes, googling for the name & location resulted in some other similar posts
and forum accounts also made yesterday, so I'd guess it's just a budding spam-bot.
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 6:49 am
by Rwolf
A returning spambot 'shgensnesn' making multiple posts of nonsense.
I recognize the link in his profile, though last time it used another name.
I see it's prolific on other forums as well...
I guess it's selling some sort of football related coins, I don't want to know.
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=13177
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/search.ph ... shgensnesn
Status: Spam posts deleted.
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 5:33 am
by Rwolf
Another (old 2011) copy-paste bot: 'liuvincent19'
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=10750
all it's copy-paste postings:
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/search.ph ... uvincent19
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...and then the funniest copy-paste boy yet to follow-up: 'Segaboy'
copying a warning about spambots from/to the same thread...
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=13178
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16994
I like Wally's reply :-)
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 7:09 am
by MrFlibble
Well, that spambot hasn't bothered to update its profile, signature or posts with any links or anything for about four years now. If the admins want they can delete its account along with all posts with a single click so it's up to them to decide.
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2015 7:12 am
by Rwolf
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2015 7:33 am
by Rwolf
Oh, and the suspected bot 'peter_sv' that was seen previously seems to have re-registered with a new name, 'benty', making an almost-making-sense post, and still carrying the same link in its profile.
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=13181
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/search.ph ... thor=benty
This one is also seen freshly registered at another forum, promoting its website, which is said to host games for enhancing typing skills; almost relevant here.
The querying posts here look a bit strange though.
http://forum.boomzap.com/showthread.php?tid=2597
note the same sentence parts, 'awaiting your hopeful reply' etc. like a misdirected business mail.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 12:32 pm
by Quadko
Yes, benty's post was a facepalm. I say we ban anyone who's "never heard of RPG's" on general principle, spambot or not.
What gamer doesn't know what a Rocket Propelled Grenade is, anyway! So many WWII games out there!
God, Jesus Christ, is number one!hehe
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 1:46 pm
by tienkhoanguyen
Jesus Christ!hehe
Being raised in a private setting all my life I never heard of it.
I was taught to keep the peace even if it means sacrificing your own life.
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 3:39 am
by Rwolf
Another copy-paste bot, registered as 'Haleema'.
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=13184
copy from pseudocoder's posting in the middle of this thread:
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic ... or++effect
paste to end of this thread:
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20599
Status: Spam post deleted.
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 6:21 am
by Rwolf
Guest spam from 'Lowtoodayroaste':
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20648
Status: Spam post deleted.