Topic: punbb official forum keeps getting spam attacks

It doesn't really give a good impression when this official forum which is using the latest release keeps suffering spam attacks.

Re: punbb official forum keeps getting spam attacks

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Re: punbb official forum keeps getting spam attacks

mmm i think those are manual spam, not spam bots. which can be done in any forum software.

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Re: punbb official forum keeps getting spam attacks

they looked like bots to me. but maybe not.

Re: punbb official forum keeps getting spam attacks

maybe they should use an antispam plugin....

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Re: punbb official forum keeps getting spam attacks

Rich Pedley wrote:

maybe they should use an antispam plugin....

Maybe they should try to keep active admins around the clock.

Re: punbb official forum keeps getting spam attacks

The last spam attack was manual spam, not with the use of bots. And we removed it rapidly.

Rich Pedley wrote:

maybe they should use an antispam plugin....

pun_antispam protects now from these attacks, not from posting identical topics.

Re: punbb official forum keeps getting spam attacks

captcha hasn't been a solution for some time, they are easily broken.

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Re: punbb official forum keeps getting spam attacks

You're welcome to suppose your solution smile

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if you have stopped the spam bots, then manual spam problems can only be fixed by (manual people) = hahahaha

kidding.

you dont need to make extra server load, by add 10 anti spam plugins, i know some people have obsessions over that. there is no need, if you have made some experienced people in forum moderators.

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Re: punbb official forum keeps getting spam attacks

If we are talking about automatic spam protection, here is one idea: when a user posts some links, the forum will ask an easy question. If the user answers it correctly, his post will be saved and the forum will rememeber that he is not a bot by setting a cookie. This method will protect from some quantity of spam bot attacks.

Re: punbb official forum keeps getting spam attacks

is a fire hot or cold?

don't like them myself, but others are using them.

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