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Post by Sealand Road Veteran on Feb 2, 2018 15:51:16 GMT
whats with all the foreign threads, can everyone else see them or is it just me 😳
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Post by bing on Feb 2, 2018 16:04:43 GMT
Me too. They'll soon be blocked.
TBF - speaks more sense then some on here!
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Post by sixnil on Feb 2, 2018 16:05:08 GMT
They're on there for all to see. Hop the mods can block them soon.
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Post by canadianexile on Feb 2, 2018 16:06:15 GMT
mods will be along soon to fix
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Post by Lobster on Feb 2, 2018 16:06:53 GMT
It's happened a few times recently. It's just spam, probably created by an autobot rather than a real person.
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Post by canadianexile on Feb 2, 2018 16:08:24 GMT
It seems if you block the user, their threads still appear, just empty
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Post by Rio Doherty on Feb 2, 2018 16:23:28 GMT
All of these threads are on here because so many people are reading and posting on this forum at the same time. Don’t forget, this forum is FREE and doesn’t cost any money which results in sad Russian people hacking and spamming threads being made. Someone will soon delete these threads though, like last week.
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Post by Matt on Feb 2, 2018 16:31:36 GMT
At first I thought it was someone on a wind up but it seems they detect traffic so they spam away.. as soon as it’s spotted their accounts are suspended until 2100 so unless someone repleaces us when we’re all dead this site even Arnie won’t be able to save. The bots will win!!
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Post by Malcolm Tucker on Feb 5, 2018 7:11:07 GMT
Loads more on here this morning.
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Post by Lobster on Feb 5, 2018 7:31:58 GMT
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Post by Wortleyblue on Feb 5, 2018 7:54:41 GMT
They need to do something had to go through 2 pages of threads from this arsehole to get to our threads
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Post by westway on Feb 5, 2018 9:05:28 GMT
The site is unreadable at the moment.
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Post by hackett on Feb 5, 2018 9:28:33 GMT
Brexit means Brexit.
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Post by Matt on Feb 5, 2018 10:03:12 GMT
The site is unreadable at the moment. Over 75 threads of downloading Shaun the dead in french! No thanks Putin! |
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Post by Si on Feb 5, 2018 11:44:03 GMT
Good idea. Will look into sorting this tonight. |
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Post by Matt on Feb 5, 2018 11:54:04 GMT
Good idea. Will look into sorting this tonight. Noticed they all have a .RU E-Mail account so they'll be easy to spot |
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Post by eyeswideopen on Feb 5, 2018 12:05:02 GMT
Only just been able to get on here today, glad I missed the clean up:)
Cheers Si/Matt
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Post by Si on Feb 5, 2018 13:55:00 GMT
Have changed the settings now so that new members will need to be approved first. It's not ideal but it will be the best way of ensuring that rogue accounts like that slip through and spam the board.
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Post by uptheseals on Feb 5, 2018 13:56:54 GMT
Have changed the settings now so that new members will need to be approved first. It's not ideal but it will be the best way of ensuring that rogue accounts like that slip through and spam the board. Wasn't that one the main problems with the older DC though? |
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Post by Matt on Feb 5, 2018 14:19:55 GMT
Have changed the settings now so that new members will need to be approved first. It's not ideal but it will be the best way of ensuring that rogue accounts like that slip through and spam the board. Wasn't that one the main problems with the older DC though? They were being ignored, not sure if it's Just Big Si who can approve them but if me and EWO can do them too we'll be on it as well  |
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Post by Si on Feb 5, 2018 14:34:01 GMT
Have changed the settings now so that new members will need to be approved first. It's not ideal but it will be the best way of ensuring that rogue accounts like that slip through and spam the board. Wasn't that one the main problems with the older DC though? As Matt said, the problem was that they got ignored. Between 3 of us then nobody should be waiting more than a few hours to get fully signed up 👍 |
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Post by Derry Blue on Feb 5, 2018 21:20:00 GMT
Wasn't that one the main problems with the older DC though? As Matt said, the problem was that they got ignored. Between 3 of us then nobody should be waiting more than a few hours to get fully signed up 👍 Good man. |
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Post by Oaks Blue on Feb 5, 2018 21:57:04 GMT
Can't we just beef up the security rather than having to approve new members? Most sites have a 'am I a robot' test where you have to select the squares where there is a road sign in them or some sort of manual check to ensure people can't run scripts and spam forums.
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Post by Si on Feb 5, 2018 21:59:30 GMT
Can't we just beef up the security rather than having to approve new members? Most sites have a 'am I a robot' test where you have to select the squares where there is a road sign in them or some sort of manual check to ensure people can run scripts and spam forums. Them robot things tend to be more annoying I find! When I’ve got a bit of time I will look into the options but as a short term fix this will do. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2018 22:08:41 GMT
Problem is without the approve new members then the spammers will still be able to get on here as they find ways like using proxy servers vpn's etc so ip will change
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Post by Si on Feb 5, 2018 22:10:48 GMT
Problem is without the approve new members then the spammers will still be able to get on here as they find ways like using proxy servers vpn's etc so ip will change I haven’t got the technological knowledge but you think approving new members is the best way to go? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2018 22:13:57 GMT
If it's to stop flooding crap like they have done over the last week then yes
Not like new approved members will be trying for a year to sign on i'm pretty certain other mods can accept new members to so roughly an hour wait at best
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Post by Oaks Blue on Feb 5, 2018 22:20:58 GMT
Thing is how do you tell the difference between a football fan and a spammer just by looking at their email address?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2018 22:31:31 GMT
Just had a read up Mods should be able to accept new members so apart from overnight unless you lads are awake 24/7 then activating new members should be fine for the 3 of you
Oaks Blue mainly there email addys i'll give you an example 40144634@china.com is classed as spam and likely to be a bot there are hundreds they use to gain forum access
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Post by Lobster on Feb 5, 2018 22:32:47 GMT
Thing is how do you tell the difference between a football fan and a spammer just by looking at their email address? I won't pretend to know how these bots work, but I suspect there's a good chance that if they have to wait for registration to clear, they won't even bother. They probably target high-traffic forums where registration is quick and easy. |
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