ATTN MODS!: Enough of the SPAM!!!

[team3six]

OK, mods. I think its safe to say that these guys

(Assidsquiviah (http://www.rc411.com/forum/member.php?u=27496), QuabturaTer (http://www.rc411.com/forum/member.php?u=27497), soodyCync (http://www.rc411.com/forum/member.php?u=27495), Vouyhrcj (http://www.rc411.com/forum/member.php?u=27494))
and more are not member here to talk about RC only judging by the name involved. I eliminated a couple today after checking them out and finding that they are posted on other websites doing the Jordan shoes and wow gold stuff. So I guess this problem is something that will take a little more time and effort.

So I guess what I am asking and I think that Derek also can add his 2 cents to the pond, but do you guys think that it would be jumping the gun if we are to asume that one a new member signs up with some oddball name that we just remove it. I am asking because what my thoughts are is if we can eliminate the member before they even post, perhaps this would deter them from continuing the spam if they cant even get past modifying their accounts.

So this is what I have so far of posts I had to clean up in the mod system so the post was'nt still visable. By the way, Collecting of IP addresses dont really work. Its a network DHCP which means that those (The Spammers) running on their network which can be as little as 10 computers can access the SPL/IP and change the IP address or actually get re assigned one that is not in use. So the point is as you can see below, It make no differance collecting the IP addresses as their is validity to it. So any thoughts?

Stop Forum spam website:
http://www.stopforumspam.com/

BANNED LIST:
Vouyhrcj - 194.8.75.163 Origin: Switzerland
soodyCync (http://www.rc411.com/forum/member.php?u=27495) - 211.239.124.90 Origin: Korea
QuabturaTer (http://www.rc411.com/forum/member.php?u=27497) - 87.118.98.53 Origin: Germany
Assidsquiviah (http://www.rc411.com/forum/member.php?u=27496) - 212.117.162.228 Origin:
wewet0786147 - 121.230.8.203 Origin: China
qrst736 - 122.234.54.227 Origin: Unknown
16ni40ge13 - 121.230.30.18 Origin: China
yj1tm2pl3 - 218.9.173.221 Origin: China
44da43vh87 - 121.230.1.156 Origin: China
Kfbezhcb - 194.8.75.149 Origin: Switzerland
Zkflzzur (http://www.rc411.com/forum/member.php?u=27501) - 194.8.75.149 Origin: Switzerland
TopCheapTramadol - 78.29.72.229 Origin: Unknown
arommance - 211.239.124.90 Origin: Korea
Culxamrd - 194.8.75.149 Origin: Switzerland
Oylrohxo - 194.8.75.163 Origin: Switzerland
Juqoweof (http://www.rc411.com/forum/member.php?u=27506) - 194.8.75.163 Origin: Switzerland
fapRogelio - 91.124.198.60 Origin: Ukrain
Bzqfyujw - 194.8.75.149 Origin: Switzerland
Dallara - 91.6.27.107 Origin: Germany
Dbuojoir - 194.8.75.163 Origin: Switzerland
Dpnrxfzs - 194.8.75.149 Origin: Switzerland
Dviioqwt (http://www.rc411.com/forum/member.php?u=27511) - 194.8.75.163 Origin: Switzerland
EduttyBonnano - 87.118.126.58 Origin: Germany
gualkcaum - 65.39.172.203 Origin: Canada
Ewsifnrj - 194.8.75.149 Origin: Switzerland
Cdflhskv - 194.8.75.149 Origin: Switzerland
Ewsifnrj - 194.8.75.149 Origin: Switzerland
Qjismnux - 194.8.75.163 Origin: Switzerland
allexiaunlige (http://www.rc411.com/forum/member.php?u=27431) - 91.121.21.190 Origin: France
saicionnefs (http://www.rc411.com/forum/member.php?u=27516) - 196.25.52.36 Origin: South Africa
Gnizqoyt - 194.8.75.163 Origin: Switzerland
Evwgpefb - 194.8.75.149 Origin: Switzerland
Ehcscxhf (http://www.rc411.com/forum/member.php?u=27519) - 194.8.75.149 Origin: Switzerland
Cqgcsdpa - 194.8.75.163 Origin: Switzerland
erupdesezoore (http://www.rc411.com/forum/member.php?u=27095) - 69.245.75.57 Origin: United States
Wwvwtfcz - 194.8.75.149 Origin: Switzerland
GerekTJS - 89.191.110.110 Origin: Latvia
Rojwiugf - 194.8.75.163 Origin: Switzerland
FreeNorton - 212.45.231.166 Origin: Russian Federation
Mljunhij (http://www.rc411.com/forum/member.php?u=27528) - 194.8.75.149 Origin: Switzerland
Mwkskqsf - 194.8.75.163 Origin: Switzerland
BymnarouromaT - 87.118.118.109 Origin: Germany
Racmwtmx - 194.8.75.163 Origin: Switzerland
Kwtpuvpa (http://www.rc411.com/forum/member.php?u=27531) - 194.8.75.149 Origin: Switzerland
Gluharevik (http://www.rc411.com/forum/member.php?u=27532) - 194.8.75.157 Origin: Switzerland
AnryMorano - 87.70.35.168 Origin: China,Great Britian, Russian federation, Germany
DimaMos - 78.157.140.2 Origin: China,Great Britian, Russian federation, Germany
estaroneuntee - 87.118.106.56 Origin: Germany
Nemwaytf (http://www.rc411.com/forum/member.php?u=27628) - 194.8.75.163 Origin: Switzerland
Rkmlnxds (http://www.rc411.com/forum/member.php?u=27620) - 194.8.75.149 Origin: Switzerland
Snddgdxs (http://www.rc411.com/forum/member.php?u=27629) - 194.8.75.149 Origin: Switzerland
madinglowers (http://www.rc411.com/forum/member.php?u=27630) - 91.121.51.106 Origin: France (but with a Russian domain)

[blindingspeed]

Whattabout this dude?

TopCheapTramadol


You would be surprised if you google searched "rc411.com", the second listing is usually a profile veiw of a spammer on this forum.

[team3six]

Well it still shows up on goolge for some reason, but this account and signature doesnt anymore!

[rclugnut10]

okay good to know, so no more waiting for them to be a problem, good something for me to do when i get board...

the lug

[DirtRacinFool]

Sunday was like spammer hell, everytime I checked the site there was a new spammer posting viagra, levitra and cialis. I banned this bonehead 5 different times!! One thing I did notice was they used the same e-mail address each time.
My thought, and yes I know it's a pain for people who want to be true members, but maybe it's time to set it up so that users have to be approved by a moderator.
Just a thought.

[rclugnut10]

Sunday was like spammer hell, everytime I checked the site there was a new spammer posting viagra, levitra and cialis. I banned this bonehead 5 different times!! One thing I did notice was they used the same e-mail address each time.
My thought, and yes I know it's a pain for people who want to be true members, but maybe it's time to set it up so that users have to be approved by a moderator.
Just a thought.

that'ld be a pain but i think it may work i think there are enough of us,

the lug

[Roketmini]

I look for the oddball ones, and if I deem it bad I usually have put down the banstick. We need a stronger way of blocking them out during the sign up process. Cathpas aren't working, so maybe if we had some sort of RC related question in the sign up portion it would slow down spammers.

[team3six]

Well if you have been paying attention to the list. I just went through about 20 new sign up since my last post. And still going strong. Looks like Switzerland is the winner.lol

It seems like they sign up and, modify their profile, and then leave for a few days and wait it out.

[DirtRacinFool]

Well if you have been paying attention to the list. I just went through about 20 new sign up since my last post. And still going strong. Looks like Switzerland is the winner.lol

It seems like they sign up and, modify their profile, and then leave for a few days and wait it out.
Yeah some of them do. I think it's time to take a tough stance on this. Roket's idea of a RC related question might slow them down, but I doubt it would stop them.
I don't know, I still think moderator approval is the best way to go. A new member may have to wait a couple hours for an approval, but overall it would make the forums much better for everyone.

[team3six]

I agree on the moderator approval, It would make this easier and less hassle. I have 2 on the list (AnryMorano & DimaMos)that I have not yet deleted, Even though the email used matches a query check. I cant be positive and dont want to delete the accont unless I am positive it is spam related. Which honestly I think it is.

By the way, What seems to work best for me is to go into the mod area, and when you see a name post it in the search, then copy the IP addy and paste it in the (Stop Forum Spam) website. if it comes up, BINGO! then put the name and info here like I did and move on. If nothing comes up, Just check the info they place in their Account like blogs, or links, stuff like that. if it looks to be spam (Tremadol, SEX, ect.) Then you know they are spamming, Final way of checking is look at their email addy and use that is the search at (Stop Forum Spam) website. Youll be suprised what you might find. The info for the Stop forum Spam website is in the start of this thread.



Yeah some of them do. I think it's time to take a tough stance on this. Roket's idea of a RC related question might slow them down, but I doubt it would stop them.
I don't know, I still think moderator approval is the best way to go. A new member may have to wait a couple hours for an approval, but overall it would make the forums much better for everyone.

[Reyzo14]

I strongly agree T36, if we could devise some type of system like this, there would be virtually no spam. I also think that fro now, that website will help much too. But a mod approval will make everything cleaner.(since we usually can tell spammers from members)

Schwenzo

[team3six]

Well here is the problem right now.

When I first set this post up I had 10 to start, So I stayed on the website and kept refreshing the browser and everytime I deleted 4 or 5 after checking them I would get another 2 or so new bots. As you can see by the list its a bit lengthy now and I can keep going and going.I came online this morning and noticed 4 or 5 more new accounts. The problem is I simply cant do this all by myself.

I added the list to see what similarities there were in the new member list and come to realize that allot of it is from Switzerland using 2 of the same IP addresses and I can delete the spam member by name, but I cant delete them by IP address which would stop a big group of it.

But at this moment, It would only seem like a better thing to have either a Mod approval setup or change the mod abilities to delete by IP addresses. I would rather have the mod approval myself.

As for now, I am not going to continue everyday, day and night, going through until all is settled. At first I was hoping that the system would stop trying to create new accounts after it realized that everytime a new account was made it was being banned. That isnt the case and I simply dont have the means or time to stay on this at a constant rate.

With that in mind, I would have to say something needs to be done as even now I notice there has been 15+ new accounts made that are spam accounts.

[DerekB]

Just spoke with Norm, I banned a couple of IPs, I don't want to do that because it will block real people, but he explained that 2 of them had lots of spam coming. I'm going to look into what options we have in reducing it, but for every fix there is a spam bot designed to get around it.

[team3six]

Well I have banned this member, but I am sure this wont stop it since this guy thinks he is being smart. Funny thing is these where in this thread this morning, now isnt that a slap in the face which I am poitive that these are not spam bots that posted this here. areas in red that were linked have been deleted.

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[DirtRacinFool]

I have banned quite a few spammers who think they are being smart by sending spam out via private messages. I honestly believe that most of these spammers are people and not bots. It's frustrating because the forum is being over run by spammers. :mad:

[team3six]

lol, 2 YEARS Since getting my last email addy I have now. 2 YEARS!!! Not once have I recieved any spam or garbage emails like that ever. Now all of a sudden I am getting them in floods. Not saying that it is coming from here unless there is a way to read someones email addy but holy man, Looks like I am going to have to register a new addy. Thyen again it could be because I have yahoo for an email carrier.

[davecnitrors4]

Norm,

Your email addy is on your website. Spammers harvest emails from an site they can see.

[savagejim]

Just a suggestion: Is is possible to write a code such that when a new member creates a name with 4 or more consonants in a row are in the user nename, the account is immediately blocked? That Swiss bastard and many spammers like to do that so they will make jibberish names like RTRVGGHAR ot Vwvwvwvwvwjm123 etc.

[team3six]

Well, the plan is that XRC is going to update the site soon in the future, The site is opperating on an older version. The second thing that may happen depending on how bad it gets is either mod approval which is based on if it will go to us and or questions that are related for access.



Just a suggestion: Is is possible to write a code such that when a new member creates a name with 4 or more consonants in a row are in the user nename, the account is immediately blocked? That Swiss bastard and many spammers like to do that so they will make jibberish names like RTRVGGHAR ot Vwvwvwvwvwjm123 etc.

[savagejim]

Sounds fair enough. And actually, I'm glad you guys are taking such actions and are actively banning people like this. I have not posted in XRC since earlier last year, and as soon as I logged in, I found a PM from a mamber named "Jeannette", definitely with links to prohibited sites. I was going to report this user, but fortunately, when I clicked on that user acct info, you guys were on the ball nad had already banned her! (I doubt this user is really a girl, most likely some punk bastard who wants to sound like a girl to promote his prohibited porn site :mad: )

[rookie042]

you are gonna be hit by spam bots any time that you begin to grow as a forum, Do you use the Mod or Admin approve new member queues? this can help cut down on some of the spamming as the new members are not allow to post until they are approved by one or the other. as well by setting you mandatory posting limit up as you have done this will kill some as well, only draw back to upping your post limit before you can start a thread is it can deter new users that are coming in when they can not post up a new thread when they get registered.

[rclugnut10]

uhh yeah i think its time for an update on the site log in...
i've seen some other forums with V bulliten and they don't really have a spam problem because they ask an easy question to log in, i think its time for that because i read some where they can't read the forms they fill out...
see the pic... :mad:

they all had this somerandomname@rvusvktopyblya.com for an email, just the @ blah.com

the lug

[team3six]

Derek, realizes that! he explained that RC411 is running on an older version of V bullitins and they will change over eventually so they can eliminate that problem. Im sure the magazine takes presidence over the website. I havent been recieving very much spam at all since a few I.P. addresses were blocked from coming on. I think I had one spammer last week and thats about it. but other than that I havent recieved anything else.

[rclugnut10]

okay cool, just thought i'd throw my thoughts out there...

the lug

[DirtRacinFool]

Derek, realizes that! he explained that RC411 is running on an older version of V bullitins and they will change over eventually so they can eliminate that problem. Im sure the magazine takes presidence over the website. I havent been recieving very much spam at all since a few I.P. addresses were blocked from coming on. I think I had one spammer last week and thats about it. but other than that I havent recieved anything else.
Check this forum out at 4:00am MST sometime, that's what time I'm up most mornings, and that's when I've deleted most spam posts and banned the spammers. Also check out the "members birthdays" at that time of the morning, there are a ton of porn, wow gold and other junk websites on those profiles. I go through those too, and ban them, we don't need kids who come here seeing that junk.

[rclugnut10]

Check this forum out at 4:00am MST sometime, that's what time I'm up most mornings, and that's when I've deleted most spam posts and banned the spammers. Also check out the "members birthdays" at that time of the morning, there are a ton of porn, wow gold and other junk websites on those profiles. I go through those too, and ban them, we don't need kids who come here seeing that junk.

A+ too you... i feel like a major slacker now, i ban most of the obvous spam accounts when i see um but never really go attacking spam...

the lug

[DirtRacinFool]

Any news on an upgrade? This forum is getting overrun, and I can't keep up with them all. Take a look at the members list sometime, I'd bet 70% of the members listed are spammers. :mad:

[DerekB]

I've made a request for a better question or spam question to be used...we'll see what happens.

We might be relaunching a new website shortly...but we're still trying to figure a few details out.

[DerekB]

I've just enabled the "approve new user function"

Those mods who know where to look can check out the member awaiting approval tab in the admin window.

[DerekB]

I just also purged anybody who has 0 posts in the last 30 days....so it removed all the spam accounts.

[Roketmini]

Is it only Admins who can approve members or can Mods help out?

[DirtRacinFool]

Is it only Admins who can approve members or can Mods help out?
I was wondering the same thing.

[PyroMike]

From what I seen in the Moderator Control Panel it doesn't look like a mod can do anything with that.

[DerekB]

I don't really know what you can access, I'm assuming you mods can go into the admin board. I haven't seen where the pending accounts go yet....still waiting.

[rclugnut10]

okay cuz i took a look ealier and couldn't find anywhere, to approve accounts and such...

the lug

[DerekB]

It took me a bit to find it if you do a "find a user" search it gives you a quick search for list of users awaiting moderation.

I've deleted about all of the spam accounts today and since i know where to look and what to do I can keep up with that...or get some of the people here to actually log on and do work on this POS :)

[PyroMike]

I have clicked on every thing I could in the mod panel, and didn't find it. I also couldn't find anything on main forum searches. Although I do know that mods have limited powers (i.e. move post or threads, ban users, delete posts or threads, stick or unstick threads, lock or unlock threads, and I think add announcements). For the most part mods only have control over the threads and some basic things over other member like being able to ban them change their sig, or even there avatar.

Also on a side note, when I was able to be a super mod (when I had an issue with being a standard mod at first) I had access over more things, although at the time I never really had a need to use that power.

[DerekB]

I'll adjust what is necessary. I think once I figure stuff out keeping too many people out of the control panel is a good idea, so I'll have in house people be more active. It's basically some neglect that let it go too far.

[Roketmini]

Sounds good to me. I'm at school right now, but I have a lunch and a class where I can sit at a computer if need be and do Mod stuff (I have before).

[blindingspeed]

Sounds good to me. I'm at school right now, but I have a lunch and a class where I can sit at a computer if need be and do Mod stuff (I have before).


...wow... That's some dedication dude! :eek: :D

[Roketmini]

Lol.

Computer aided design is an incredibly easy class. I punch out the assignments and have the rest of that day and the next one to do whatever I want.

[rclugnut10]

Lol.

Computer aided design is an incredibly easy class. I punch out the assignments and have the rest of that day and the next one to do whatever I want.

yeah CAD is super easy, once you learn what everything does... but until you do, its a PITA, then once you know, its super easy.... pitty this is the only RC forum thats blocked....

the lug

[Roketmini]

I can get to alot of stuff at my school. RC411, Scale4x4RC, Digg, Twitter.