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« on: June 05, 2007, 05:53:42 am »
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This is the worst spambot i've seen on this site for a long time.


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« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2007, 06:22:20 am »
Yep it sucks. *cleans this crap up*
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« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2007, 10:20:50 am »
Its back. I hate that shit.

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« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2007, 09:25:36 am »
The SPAMbots are back [again]  :lol:

http://forum.nessaholics.com/viewtopic.php?t=10443


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« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2007, 11:29:56 am »
They're here all the time. We generally catch them before you guys see them.
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« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2007, 03:04:19 pm »
Ever considered using "KittyAuth"?
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« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2007, 04:13:47 pm »
We haven't thought about fixing the problem because we had assumed we'd be on other forum software by now. Unfortunately, the migration hasn't gone as far as we had wished. Modding this forum isn't a trivial task anymore because it has been hacked to hell and back.
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« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2007, 04:32:53 pm »
And another:

http://forum.nessaholics.com/viewtopic.php?t=10448

You guys don't mind if we report them here do you? If you consider it somewhat of an annoyance, please tell me and i'll stop  :lol:


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« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2007, 08:22:58 pm »
hmm....i havent seen any of these things yet....what are they?? ads??

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« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2007, 05:49:09 am »
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hmm....i havent seen any of these things yet....what are they?? ads??


They're called spambots. Basically, companies receive royalty money if they help advertise for other sites. Webowners pay these companies money, who run scripts to create spambots. These spambots automatically sign onto forums - any forum to advertise. They can't repond back. On Ultimate-Guitar.com we have millions coming from Russia and Turkey which wholesales cell phones, musical instruments etc. There must be something on this forum which fuels the advertising of viagra  :lol:


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« Reply #10 on: July 07, 2007, 07:42:52 am »
There is report post to moderator/admin button on all posts.. I think clicking on that is enough to let the board admins know somethings up and remove the poster and the post.
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« Reply #11 on: July 07, 2007, 11:15:26 am »
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hmm....i havent seen any of these things yet....what are they?? ads??


They're called spambots. Basically, companies receive royalty money if they help advertise for other sites. Webowners pay these companies money, who run scripts to create spambots. These spambots automatically sign onto forums - any forum to advertise. They can't repond back. On Ultimate-Guitar.com we have millions coming from Russia and Turkey which wholesales cell phones, musical instruments etc. There must be something on this forum which fuels the advertising of viagra  :lol:


oooohahahaha ya now i know what it is...when i had my own forum i made, i always used to get ads for Viagra...lol

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« Reply #12 on: November 10, 2007, 04:37:27 pm »
oh snap they're back and advertising porn and shitt in the completely off-topic thread...  :evil:

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« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2007, 06:27:50 pm »
Their advertising porn in the completly off topic section
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