Spammers Gone Wild

BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 6:21 am

Looks like someone had fun last night!!

Can I get a clean-up on aisle 3? Clean-up on aisle 3!

tpollauf · Post by **tpollauf** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 7:10 am

You ain't a kidding

We never had this problem on the old forum platform. Hope it doesn't become a regular thing here.

BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:03 am

And the fun is continuing...

beemerphile1 · Post by **beemerphile1** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:09 am

Don't ya wish you were a moderator some days. POOF! YOU'RE GONE!

Seems our moderator is at work earning a living or something.

A Psycho Martyr · Post by **A Psycho Martyr** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:10 am

dude, good lord!

I guess the spammers are gearing up for black friday, huh?

BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:46 am

The even spammed this thread!!! HAHAHA!!!

thebarber · Post by **thebarber** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 1:06 pm

lol @ irony

*goes and buys a watch online*

millster · Post by **millster** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 2:26 pm

Due to the sheer number of spammers, it took me a while to get them rounded up but I have and have proceeded with cleaning up the threads they spammed. I'm going solo at the moment so it's taking a while but either I'll hopefully be joined with some help soon or I'll get through it eventually.

SeattleJeremy · Post by **SeattleJeremy** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 2:29 pm

Maybe some more moderators are in order?

beemerphile1 · Post by **beemerphile1** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 2:36 pm

millster wrote:...it's taking a while but either I'll hopefully be joined with some help soon or I'll get through it eventually.

Thank you for taking care of it.

A Psycho Martyr · Post by **A Psycho Martyr** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 2:38 pm

They froze new member registration over on MO.

I suppose that's one temporary way of handling it

millster · Post by **millster** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 2:45 pm

That would be my suggestion at this point. Either freeze it or moderate it. The only other fully effective option is moderating posts but I really don't want to go down that route.
Unfortunately, I can't implement either option so I'll see if I can get a hold of Mike over the weekend and get something worked out. Thankfully I needed the brain-break today but I also had work to be getting done.

SeattleJeremy · Post by **SeattleJeremy** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 3:27 pm

Stuff is still coming.

millster · Post by **millster** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 3:39 pm

Indeed it is and it will probably continue to. They're registering about as fast as I can remove them. I'll try to keep a close eye on things and make sure it doesn't get too bad.

SeattleJeremy · Post by **SeattleJeremy** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 4:07 pm

Out of habit I've been making spam reports.
Does that help you on days like today? If not I can cut it out

millster · Post by **millster** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 4:25 pm

By all means please keep making the reports. It helped on a couple of posts today that might have been overlooked if not for the red highlighting the report tags them with. It also gives me a report I can look at to make sure I got everything removed that a member has noticed. It certainly doesn't make things harder or clutter anything up, if that's your concern.

Thanks for all your help today and thanks for your patience! I'll get a hold of Mike and see what we can do to get this resolved.

SeattleJeremy · Post by **SeattleJeremy** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:15 pm

millster wrote:By all means please keep making the reports. It helped on a couple of posts today that might have been overlooked if not for the red highlighting the report tags them with. It also gives me a report I can look at to make sure I got everything removed that a member has noticed. It certainly doesn't make things harder or clutter anything up, if that's your concern.
Thanks for all your help today and thanks for your patience! I'll get a hold of Mike and see what we can do to get this resolved.

Yes, that was my concern. Thanks again for all your help!

millster · Post by **millster** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:36 pm

I bring good news! I was able to reach Mike very quickly by email and he made a change to the registration process which should at least slow our attackers down significantly.
So once again, a HUGE thank you to MKowdley, our ever-helpful admin for not only keeping this site running for so many years but also for saving us from the evil spam hoard!

Roxtar · Post by **Roxtar** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 7:00 pm

A Psycho Martyr wrote:They froze new member registration over on MO.

I suppose that's one temporary way of handling it

I'm hoping to have registration turned back on soon. it would figure that this massive wave of spam would come along when I'm getting slammed with work at my full-time job, so i can't focus on writing a solution to the spam issue.
I've been manually approving all new members for the past 6+ months. When it's 20-30 per day, it's not a big deal... 200 is another matter unless I can automate it some.

vibenvy · Post by **vibenvy** » Sun Nov 18, 2012 4:38 pm

SeattleJeremy wrote:Maybe some more moderators are in order?

I agree.

I am more than willing to become a moderator as I typically check in here at least once a day...

I just reported a spam post. It is re-assuring to hear that reporting does not cause any further workload or anything for the mods. I will definitely continue to keep an eye out and report anything suspicious I see.

Huge thanks to millster, mkowdley and the rest of the mods for continuing to do an awesome job for us

!

Salsa Guy · Post by **Salsa Guy** » Sun Nov 18, 2012 8:10 pm

Yea MO has been hit hard I guess. It's been down the last 2 nights.

KITT222 · Post by **KITT222** » Sun Nov 18, 2012 8:36 pm

vibenvy wrote:
SeattleJeremy wrote:Maybe some more moderators are in order?
I agree.

I am more than willing to become a moderator as I typically check in here at least once a day...

I just reported a spam post. It is re-assuring to hear that reporting does not cause any further workload or anything for the mods. I will definitely continue to keep an eye out and report anything suspicious I see.

Huge thanks to millister, mkowdley and the rest of the mods for continuing to do an awesome job for us !

I'll throw my hat into the ring as a potential moderator as well.

808 Vibes · Post by **808 Vibes** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 4:10 am

They're baaaaaaack....

millster · Post by **millster** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 5:15 am

808 Vibes wrote:They're baaaaaaack....

...but they didn't last long. Still just weeding out the last of the ones who registered on the 16th, thankfully. No new registrations except legit members.

star_deceiver · Post by **star_deceiver** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 6:11 am

KITT222 wrote:
vibenvy wrote:
SeattleJeremy wrote:Maybe some more moderators are in order?
I agree.

I am more than willing to become a moderator as I typically check in here at least once a day...

I just reported a spam post. It is re-assuring to hear that reporting does not cause any further workload or anything for the mods. I will definitely continue to keep an eye out and report anything suspicious I see.

Huge thanks to millister, mkowdley and the rest of the mods for continuing to do an awesome job for us !
I'll throw my hat into the ring as a potential moderator as well.

Another volunteer here as well. I'm on here most everyday as well!

joatmon · Post by **joatmon** » Tue Nov 20, 2012 12:55 pm

I say keep the spammers coming. I'm saving up all the bounty I've collected from reporting spammers that I'll soon be able to retire and live off my vast wealth of genvibe dollars.

Edit - oh wait, just found the currency exchange calculator to convert genvibe dollars to US dollars. Nevermind, guess I'll be around for a while

SeattleJeremy · Post by **SeattleJeremy** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 7:34 pm

The gall.
They are currently spamming us with an ad saying we can spam other people. F-ing ridiculous.

star_deceiver · Post by **star_deceiver** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 8:25 pm

Cleanup in aisle 4..... bring the big mop!

jake75 · Post by **jake75** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 10:04 pm

"The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming!"

Post by **NSimkins** » Mon Nov 26, 2012 11:58 am

I see millster removed most of them, I found one remaining post, looks OK now.

ArcsVibe · Post by **ArcsVibe** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 1:47 pm

Got rid of a few today. All under control

boss!

vibenvy · Post by **vibenvy** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 6:23 pm

THEY'RE BAAAAAAAAAAAACK!

2 in Off Topic, 1 in Engine & Transmission and 1 in Tech Info & Do-It-Yourself Info

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ArcsVibe · Post by **ArcsVibe** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 7:35 pm

Working on it

vibenvy · Post by **vibenvy** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 4:25 pm

ArcsVibe wrote:Working on it

A huge thank you once again to you and all the other mods for cleaning up the spam and keeping GenVibe running smoothly for us all to enjoy

!

vibenvy · Post by **vibenvy** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 6:32 am

Looks like sells101 was busy early this morning

...

ColonelPanic · Post by **ColonelPanic** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 7:15 am

vibenvy wrote:Looks like sells101 was busy early this morning ...

I was busy this morning myself, reporting that crap...

Cleanup on aisle whatever..

vibenvy · Post by **vibenvy** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 3:19 pm

ColonelPanic wrote:I was busy this morning myself, reporting that (removed)...

Cleanup on aisle whatever..

Thanks for reporting the posts CP! I always click on "Report This Post" just to make sure and I was happy to see that they had all been reported already. Keep up the good work mods and GenVibers

!

Doug14 · Post by **Doug14** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:05 am

Spammers back again in "The Vibe Lounge".

Post by **NSimkins** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:18 am

Doug14 wrote:Spammers back again in "The Vibe Lounge".

Looks like we're good to go, thanks for reporting.

808 Vibes · Post by **808 Vibes** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 1:54 pm

Yowza...they've been busy in the off topic section!

Post by **NSimkins** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 2:07 pm

Thanks, they're gone, appreciate the reports!

808 Vibes · Post by **808 Vibes** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 8:48 pm

Thanks for cleaning house!

808 Vibes · Post by **808 Vibes** » Sun Apr 07, 2013 1:22 am

Post by **NSimkins** » Sun Apr 07, 2013 4:48 am

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Thanks

808 Vibes · Post by **808 Vibes** » Thu Jul 04, 2013 9:52 am

Would adding a Captcha feature to the registration/post process eliminate the spam?

Post by **NSimkins** » Fri Jul 05, 2013 5:07 am

808 Vibes wrote:Would adding a Captcha feature to the registration/post process eliminate the spam?

I just cleaned them up, I was out for a couple days, thanks for reporting.

I know there is a registration confirmation section (asks a question a human can only answer) but I think the problem is that the spam is coming from actual humans (!!), not spambots. I will look to see if there is a way to turn on Captcha... Thanks.

808 Vibes · Post by **808 Vibes** » Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:32 pm

Maybe they're the same phonies that are on craigslost

ArcsVibe · Post by **ArcsVibe** » Sun Jul 07, 2013 6:38 pm

Cleaned up a few more this evening! Thank you for (still) making this one of the best forums ever

808 Vibes · Post by **808 Vibes** » Sun Jul 07, 2013 9:22 pm

We try. You know how territorial we are, especially us females LOL

808 Vibes · Post by **808 Vibes** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 12:04 am

And apparently, I'm always on the same time as the foreign spammer scums.