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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Sun Nov 24, 2013 5:26 am

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Time to go full on BANBANBAN on these bots~

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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Sun Nov 24, 2013 11:07 am

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kwando wrote:

Time to go full on BANBANBAN on these bots~

I had no idea everyone was so bloodthirsty arround here :udgey:

Still, I agree that I am seeing quite a lot of these. It's the first time I see anything of the sort since I joined Court-Records not too long ago.

Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Sun Nov 24, 2013 11:46 am

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Tiagofvarela wrote:

kwando wrote:

Time to go full on BANBANBAN on these bots~

I had no idea everyone was so bloodthirsty arround here :udgey:

Still, I agree that I am seeing quite a lot of these. It's the first time I see anything of the sort since I joined Court-Records not too long ago.

Used to be much worse, so far this is totally bearable.

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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Sun Nov 24, 2013 3:03 pm

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Tiagofvarela wrote:

kwando wrote:

Time to go full on BANBANBAN on these bots~

I had no idea everyone was so bloodthirsty arround here :udgey:

Still, I agree that I am seeing quite a lot of these. It's the first time I see anything of the sort since I joined Court-Records not too long ago.

I think you mean "YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME for being so bloodthirsty!" :april:

But yeah, like Pierre says.

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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Sun Nov 24, 2013 5:06 pm

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Adrian in black wrote:

Tiagofvarela wrote:

kwando wrote:

Time to go full on BANBANBAN on these bots~

I had no idea everyone was so bloodthirsty arround here :udgey:

Still, I agree that I am seeing quite a lot of these. It's the first time I see anything of the sort since I joined Court-Records not too long ago.

I think you mean "YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME for being so bloodthirsty!" :april:

But yeah, like Pierre says.

Yes, you'd be correct I think.
You're all awesome :godot:

Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Sun Nov 24, 2013 5:12 pm

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Did anyone see the "come-hither shemales" topic earlier? I was laughing for ages, didn't think anyone even used the phrase "come-hither" anymore.

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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Sun Nov 24, 2013 6:32 pm

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I laughed more because of the shemales part because I didn't think anyone said that any more. xP

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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Sun Nov 24, 2013 8:04 pm

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kwando wrote:

Time to go full on BANBANBAN on these bots~

*slaps kwando*

You don't have enough posts to do it!

But yeah, this isn't the first time we've been attacked by a wave of spambots. But because the banhammer has been enabled from the start, it seems a lot less disruptive this time.

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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Sun Nov 24, 2013 8:16 pm

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Bad Player wrote:

kwando wrote:

Time to go full on BANBANBAN on these bots~

*slaps kwando*

You don't have enough posts to do it!

But yeah, this isn't the first time we've been attacked by a wave of spambots. But because the banhammer has been enabled from the start, it seems a lot less disruptive this time.

Why do you suppose they come in waves, stop after a while, and return in more waves?
Why don't the spambots attack a site all the time?

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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Sun Nov 24, 2013 9:04 pm

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Well, another site I visit is currently being overwhelmed by spambots as well... So who knows?

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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Sun Nov 24, 2013 9:06 pm

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Deadpool 9 wrote:

Bad Player wrote:

kwando wrote:

Time to go full on BANBANBAN on these bots~

*slaps kwando*

You don't have enough posts to do it!

But yeah, this isn't the first time we've been attacked by a wave of spambots. But because the banhammer has been enabled from the start, it seems a lot less disruptive this time.

Why do you suppose they come in waves, stop after a while, and return in more waves?
Why don't the spambots attack a site all the time?

Well, sometimes they don't really stop, they're just "sleeping." Some accounts will get created and not be used for a long time, and then weeks down the road, they'll start spamming all over the place.

Also, when the buttholes who create these spambots realize their little darlings are no longer getting through to a bunch of sites, they probably switch gears too.

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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Sun Nov 24, 2013 9:11 pm

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Eh. Spambots are really easy to make, and are pretty much easy money/hacking for people. So... I highly doubt that anyone will ever stop making them.

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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Sun Nov 24, 2013 9:13 pm

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Ah, I see.

Jeez, the bots won't stop coming! :beef:

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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Mon Nov 25, 2013 12:51 am

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Louise wrote:

Did anyone see the "come-hither shemales" topic earlier? I was laughing for ages, didn't think anyone even used the phrase "come-hither" anymore.

They need to be sexier. Robots aren't sexy on their own, they need to use the sexy language to draw us in.

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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Mon Nov 25, 2013 9:08 am

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Louise wrote:

Did anyone see the "come-hither shemales" topic earlier? I was laughing for ages, didn't think anyone even used the phrase "come-hither" anymore.

Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Tue Nov 26, 2013 5:07 am

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As much as I hate spambots, I'm not gonna lie when I say I missed them. Something about waving my bloodthristy privileges around on these unsuspecting spambots gets me riled up. I just have some insatiable hunger that just wants them all to die. I enjoy the blood splattering from the squashed corpses as I slam my banhammer into their soft bodies. It's delicious.

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Pierre wrote:

Man...that looks dull...this actually makes me worried for KH3 (since that team worked on the battle system)

I feel the same

Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Tue Nov 26, 2013 2:43 pm

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I don't have the ban hammer so... I'm just going to report the bots with no mercy! :shatter:

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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Tue Nov 26, 2013 5:17 pm

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Just want to point out that I just saw one with a topic addressed as Viagra for Kids. I'm gonna go now and frown at the thought that this idea was thought of in the first place.

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CatMuto wrote:

Pierre wrote:

Man...that looks dull...this actually makes me worried for KH3 (since that team worked on the battle system)

I feel the same

Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Wed Nov 27, 2013 12:53 am

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dullahan1 wrote:

Just want to point out that I just saw one with a topic addressed as Viagra for Kids. I'm gonna go now and frown at the thought that this idea was thought of in the first place.

Ye gads that's a new low. Lets hope it's just a result of the garbled English those bots often have.

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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Wed Nov 27, 2013 3:13 am

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Okay, I give up.

There are certain butthole bots (botholes?) I keep banning, and they keep coming back like one of those inflatable Bobo dolls. And by that I mean they return under the same name.

A banhammer doesn't seem to be enough in this case. Is there an internet equivalent of killing it with fire?

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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Wed Nov 27, 2013 3:38 am

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Not to my knowledge, Adrian. These spambots that keep coming back are actually using different IP addresses each time. That's why it looks as though the Ban Hammer doesn't work. It technically is working, but the spambots simply register through a different IP address whenever one address gets banned.

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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Wed Nov 27, 2013 4:34 am

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Hmm, technically it 'does' ban the username. The problem is that when the account is also deleted the ban for said username goes with it. So, for lack of anything better to offer, pick your poison? I can disable deleting the account, but that leaves the obvious problem. IP ban, reporting, and deleting posts all remain in place.

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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Wed Nov 27, 2013 5:19 am

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Is it possible to add a "remove privilege to make posts, threads, or PMs" or something?

Although if they're just re-registering from different IPs, I'm not sure this would do much good in the end. It can't be that hard to program the spambots to just keep adding 1 to the number at the end of their name.

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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Wed Nov 27, 2013 5:25 am

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Bad Player wrote:

Is it possible to add a "remove privilege to make posts, threads, or PMs" or something?

Although if they're just re-registering from different IPs, I'm not sure this would do much good in the end. It can't be that hard to program the spambots to just keep adding 1 to the number at the end of their name.

And erase signatures and other profile details, to remove all spam outlets.

Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Wed Nov 27, 2013 6:21 am

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Well, maybe disable links/signatures until you have 5+ posts or something?

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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Wed Nov 27, 2013 10:27 am

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Sigs are already disabled until you reach like 5 or 10 posts or something simple like that.

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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Wed Nov 27, 2013 11:23 am

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Pfft there's a simple solution to this problem. More Elbow Grease, we just whack more of them. If they come back we whack em again, it takes 0 effort. The only risk is if one runs amok when no warriors are on guard and beats the 50 limit, in which case it falls to Mods to take care of it.

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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Wed Nov 27, 2013 5:15 pm

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Yeah... at least there's enough folks on the job...

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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Wed Nov 27, 2013 5:17 pm

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Mayhem wrote:

Yeah... at least there's enough folks on the job...

We only had to do this because some mods and admins bail on us for years at a time.

Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Thu Nov 28, 2013 7:15 am

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Need a mod to banhammer this bot, it has too many posts for me to do so. I saw the banhammer option for me was disabled at earliest, 37 posts. I thought we were able to do it up until 50 though. Am I wrong?

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Pierre wrote:

Man...that looks dull...this actually makes me worried for KH3 (since that team worked on the battle system)

I feel the same

Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Sat Nov 30, 2013 10:34 am

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Sorry for the doublepost, but there are two more bots that have gotten out of control.

memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=54983
memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=54975

Just out of curiosity, what is the post limit a bot can hit before the banhammer is unusable for us?

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CatMuto wrote:

Pierre wrote:

Man...that looks dull...this actually makes me worried for KH3 (since that team worked on the battle system)

I feel the same

Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Sat Nov 30, 2013 11:44 am

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dullahan1 wrote:

Sorry for the doublepost, but there are two more bots that have gotten out of control.

memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=54983
memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=54975

Just out of curiosity, what is the post limit a bot can hit before the banhammer is unusable for us?

First rank I think they need like 50 to do that. It might a been mentioned before but couldn't we make it so mods manually have to approve people when they hit 49 posts into the next rank? That would ensure we keep things under wraps. It might be a bit frustrating for some though.

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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Sat Nov 30, 2013 5:32 pm

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Pierre wrote:

dullahan1 wrote:

Sorry for the doublepost, but there are two more bots that have gotten out of control.

memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=54983
memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=54975

Just out of curiosity, what is the post limit a bot can hit before the banhammer is unusable for us?

First rank I think they need like 50 to do that. It might a been mentioned before but couldn't we make it so mods manually have to approve people when they hit 49 posts into the next rank? That would ensure we keep things under wraps. It might be a bit frustrating for some though.

Well, the last two bots that I couldn't banhammer had 37 posts. I had originally thought it was 50 as well.

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CatMuto wrote:

Pierre wrote:

Man...that looks dull...this actually makes me worried for KH3 (since that team worked on the battle system)

I feel the same

Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Sat Nov 30, 2013 6:21 pm

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That's weird. I remember reading it was 50 as well....

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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Sat Nov 30, 2013 8:18 pm

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Doesn't the ban hammer also deactivate after an account has existed for a certain period of time? If so, perhaps this round of bots have just been sleepers that waited until they were removed from the ban hammerable group (I think it's New Users or something).

EDIT: the bot currently above me isn't one of those sleepers though.

Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Tue Dec 03, 2013 7:05 am

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>mfw they post in this topic

Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Tue Dec 03, 2013 10:15 pm

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DoMaya wrote:

>mfw they post in this topic

Those spambots are a bunch of DORKS! (See what I did there?)no?
ok

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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Wed Dec 04, 2013 10:36 am

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Right security needs to be upped.

I'm going to get a drink and when I come back there's bots who have hit 35 and are somehow banhammer immune all of a sudden. The new wave are more aggressive so the 35 rule, though I swear it was meant to be 50, needs to be adjusted. Amp up the bannable limit to 49 posts and lock the ability to post at 49 posts until approved by a mod or something.

Regular members won't progress that quickly and if we spy a regular member we could 'remove' their 49-block in advance once they are confirmed not to be bots.

The 49-limit along with the hammer upgrade would allow us to prevent bots from getting any further and destroy them easily since a fair few are getting invincible now.

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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Wed Dec 04, 2013 11:37 am

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There was one I couldn't ban yesterday, I'm sure it had less than 20 posts! Ended up just reporting it.

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Re: New Weapon in the War against Spam: Ban Hammer for non-M

Wed Dec 04, 2013 4:08 pm

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