Clubjazz - Honda Jazz & HR-V Forums
Welcome => Forum Rules & Announcements => Topic started by: RichardA on September 01, 2011, 09:21:54 PM
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Security improvements made to the site over the last month has significantly reduced attempted registrations by spammers and prevented them from posting offensive adverts in the forums. The numbers have dropped from around 50 attempted registrations per day to only two or three per week.
That said, please keep an eye out and report any dodgy adverts by clicking on the report to moderator icon in each post. We will work as quickly as possible to remove the content and will delete the spammers account immediately.
Thanks.
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Nice one Richard 8)
Keep up with the good work!
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And there I was earlier today thinking we haven't been spammed for while!!! ;D
Thanks to those who reported the posts.
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Hey Richard,
Are you the only adminstrator/ mod on the forum?
I'll be more than happy to help out if you need a hand ;D
Gary
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^ not the only one, id be happy to give a hand in the day to day running too...but as long as the spammers stay away thats the main thing :P
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Hi Richard
Is there anything that can be done, to stop the forum being overrun with these adverts for various drugs etc?
It would seem that we have suddenly been infiltrated by these spammers.
Best regards - Ken T.
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Firstly I'm sorry this has happened.
As for prevention we have the following procedures:
- The IP and email address of each new member are checked against stopforumspam.com*.
- Registrations are not accepted using disposable email addresses (email addresses that expire after a shot while).
- No registrations allowed using *.mail.ru email addresses (a known hotbed of spam)
*the problem of course is that one has to be identified as a spammer and added to this database before they can be blocked. Someone has to take the first hit!
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thank you richard, glad you got it sorted, such annoying, b sts.
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I also delete new registrations who clearly post garbage in the 'What Jazz do you own' registration field.
The Stop Forum Spam check has flagged 148 new members as spam in the last 24 hours! But all it takes is one to slip through and we had three... :(
New registrations are currently on Admin-approval.
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Well done Richard, its an uphill struggle :D
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Thanks for sorting the annoying adverts out and keeping Clubjazz going. The people who post these adverts and send out spam and viruses spoil the internet for other users it is a pity they can not be disconnected.
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Glad you got it sorted. ;)
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Today's outbreak used IPs and email domains from Ukraine.
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keep up the good work.
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My solution to filter out ********** pushers and undesirables on the forum I run was to put some very South African questions that needed to be answered before the new member could register. Almost impossible for a non-South African to answer.
example: What was Gauteng pre-1994?
That sorted it out immediately and instead of 20 dodgy people a day, we now get 0
It might be difficult to do on a English car forum. Have to put your mind to it...
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My solution to filter out ********** pushers and undesirables on the forum I run was to put some very South African questions that needed to be answered before the new member could register. Almost impossible for a non-South African to answer.
example: What was Gauteng pre-1994?
Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging, don't you love Google ;D
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My solution to filter out ********** pushers and undesirables on the forum I run was to put some very South African questions that needed to be answered before the new member could register. Almost impossible for a non-South African to answer.
example: What was Gauteng pre-1994?
That sorted it out immediately and instead of 20 dodgy people a day, we now get 0
It might be difficult to do on a English car forum. Have to put your mind to it...
We do have an anti-spam question but it appears to be foiled. :o
And for anyone who is concerned, the site has not been hacked - spammers register, activate the account and login into the forums by the same means as everyone else, albeit often using a software application.
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A new anti-spam question was added last Monday and we've had zero spam registrations since then, so new registrations no longer require Admin approval unless the IP or email address are flagged by Stopforumspam.
But the previous question was just as effective when introduced over a year ago.....
A number of other forums have also been hit. :o
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A registration question asking "what is the middle letter in Honda" will most likely stop the spambots. If it doesn't then changing "Honda" to the "the name of the Jazz manufacturer" will definitely slow them down.
John