tomgates Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 OK Moderators, lets get all this s#$t cleaned up. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomgates Posted April 28 Author Report Share Posted April 28 Come on Mod's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moderator-2 Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 Working on it. Just started this morning. Worst I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moderator-2 Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 I think I got it all. Was painting this morning and didn't do my usual morning check in. A very impressive spam attack. I can't figure out what these people think they gain form this. one would have to be really stupid to respond to such crudely done crap in any way. Gringal emailed me just about the time I first sat down to the computer today. Thank you very much Gringal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyBee Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 for the past 2 weeks or so I seem to get a spam message on my phone every day ( of course I never click on the link). Each time, I block the number used but it seems like they have an endless supply of phone numbers, any advice of how to put and end 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moderator-2 Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 Beginning to think this is some sort of machine generated attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moderator5 Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 Tthey are back at it again. I have been deleting one after another. at the same time as some one else MOD2? is doing the same 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moderator-2 Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 Yeah, that's me. It sure looks machine generated. I sure don't get the point. Thanks for the help, Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natasha Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 can't reply to anything asks for my email address (HUH?) plus wants me to say "not a robot then it says email belong to another person NOT can't send PM's to either Mod 2 or Mod 5 either and yet it just accepted this ????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moderator-2 Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 Might be some sort of larger attack the board operators are trying to clean up and block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moderator-2 Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 30 minutes ago, moderator5 said: Tthey are back at it again. I have been deleting one after another. at the same time as some one else MOD2? is doing the same Pete i gotta go work out. Just got two more. Can you watch this for an hour, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timjwilson Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 Coming from a bot farm? Anyone angry at the forum?😌 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moderator-2 Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 1 hour ago, timjwilson said: Coming from a bot farm? Anyone angry at the forum?😌 Probably half of Lakeside. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou Quillio Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 9 hours ago, moderator-2 said: Beginning to think this is some sort of machine generated attack. Umm, all spam is automated. Unregistered users can post, or can self-register and post immediately? A CAPTCHA should fix that. In any case, other users of the same (somewhat dated) forum software will be seeing the same spam, so see what they're doing about it. LQ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostlylost Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 Yes a CAPTCHA needs to be added to the system for signups or posts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibarra Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 Thank you Moderator 2 and 5 for all of your hard work to remedy this situation. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whipstock Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moderator-2 Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 Was out erasing graffiti for 2.5 hours, just got back and got rid of some more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lardca Posted April 30 Report Share Posted April 30 Is it fixed? I've been deleting several hundred of these emails. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moderator5 Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 Well the spam was back again this Sunday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou Quillio Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 Deleting spam is not a solution. https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/topic/473650-the-spammers-are-coming-fast-and-furious/ LQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lardca Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 21 hours ago, lardca said: Is it fixed? I've been deleting several hundred of these. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water... Happy Monday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moderator-2 Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 8 hours ago, Lou Quillio said: Deleting spam is not a solution. https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/topic/473650-the-spammers-are-coming-fast-and-furious/ LQ Sent this to Admin, thanks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moderator-2 Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 Got a bunch more just now. I hope everyone understands I can't sit here all day and wait for these SOBs. Still wondering why anyone goes to this trouble. They may as well put SPAM in all caps in their title lines, it is so obvious. No one in this group would be dumb enough to click on this crap so what is the point? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timjwilson Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 One can pay a small fee to a bot farm to harass/attack a forum website, if they wish to cause turmoil. It will likely require a CAPTCHA or software to stop it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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