OK who is looking after Affiliate Forum Alliance forum?

[Chalkie]

Who ever it is better get down there and kick some butt!

Please note that this link is not for the work place!

http://www.affiliateforumalliance.co...ead.php?t=1240

and there are plenty more like that!

[Betpartners]

Best thread i have ever seen on there tbh

[giggles7p]

I think the "Spammers" are running the joint!

[mojo]

I've seen a lot of spam in my day but this site is a spam Magnet. LOL

It's interesting that spammers flock there.

[pgaming]

It's interesting that spammers flock there.

No kidding it really SUCKS. Likely some IDIOT SPAMMER running around without leash. While visiting another board the same thing happened, board was spammed relentless with porn.

I think this spammer has a grudge with a few of us LMAO.

greek39

[CityGuard]

All cleaned.

[mojo]

Aww. We weren't picking on you steven. Just curious why it is such a spam attraction. Could you rope them all in there?

[PokerNations]

I've seen a lot of spam in my day but this site is a spam Magnet. LOL

It's interesting that spammers flock there.

I missed the spam, but I would assume it's all automated bots/scripts that look for anyplace they can post to and then do so. I doubt some spammer was specifically targetting that board, they're trying to hit EVERY board, blog, etc. they can

[pgaming]

I missed the spam, but I would assume it's all automated bots/scripts that look for anyplace they can post to and then do so. I doubt some spammer was specifically targetting that board, they're trying to hit EVERY board, blog, etc. they can

That is some hard coding if that is the case.

Just a thought

greek39

[PokerNations]

That is some hard coding if that is the case.

Just a thought

greek39

My understanding of the spammers that post on various forums, blogs, etc. is that they have a computerized script that will attempt to create an account.

Generally these are setup to recognize specific types of forum or blogging software, and they can even get past some levels of security (including weaker captcha I believe)

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, as I'm certainly no expert on this, but could've sworn that was the case.

[pgaming]

Worth looking into more closely. I can understand how spam blog bots would work but V spammer bots, not sure.

I never seen a script for one worth taking a closer look.

greek39

[GamTrak]

Who ever it is better get down there and kick some butt!

Please note that this link is not for the work place!

http://www.affiliateforumalliance.co...ead.php?t=1240

and there are plenty more like that!

A Porn WARNING is in order as that is a shocker & disqusting to just have those things pop up on my 24" monitor with no warning! lol

[Chips]

My understanding of the spammers that post on various forums, blogs, etc. is that they have a computerized script that will attempt to create an account.

Generally these are setup to recognize specific types of forum or blogging software, and they can even get past some levels of security (including weaker captcha I believe)

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, as I'm certainly no expert on this, but could've sworn that was the case.

Spot on. When I first migrated to vBulletin I was slammed with spam bots. They can easily pass the default CAPTCHA, installing the re-CAPTCHA hack really slows them down, then adding a minimum post requirement before a video/image or link can be posted has nearly eliminated the issue. I had not seen a porn shot on my board since March 2009.

@Robin: Don't feel bad, Paul gave me the link and I had no "Not safe for work" warning and my wife was across the room. Glad I can task switch in a hurry. That was some explicit crap there.

[PokerNations]

Thanks for confirming Chips. Yeah, with our social network we've disabled html on profile comments (since that is a common form of spam on networks like Myspace) and then limited PM's to 5 at a time to try and keep the problem down.

We still encountered a recent signup that sent out PM's from a "girl" trying to get guys to "contact" her through another site though. It's a never-ending battle against the spammers.