You may have experienced the porn attack this evening (complete with pictures!). There were over 85 posts to all of the forum threads posted between 7:24 and 7:31 pm. I have blocked the sender and deleted all the posts I could find.
I have also increased the time between additional posts from the same IP address so that it will not be so easy to spam so quickly. Normal posting to several threads should not be a problem.
Maybe Glenn or others will have some additional ideas about spam controls.
I am very sorry if you were one of the viewers of this and thanks to Paul Gerrard for informing me quickly.
Here is my phone number in case you need to call me and leave a message on another attack:
360-221-5535. John Raabe
I think we're making them mad.
There is also a pre-registration step I did not activate -- not sure what all it does.
He was back -- used my name again--- he really loves me-----
26 postings with pictures of him. Little fellow --- I'd be ashamed.
I blocked all of the ranges he is in as Hawaii Telecom won't do anything about him.
Thanks Glenn: I just sent you an email asking about the stuff you just posted here.
The little bugger seems to have too much time (and other things) on his hands!
I'm wondering if Chuck or any of the other members with forum software experience have used vBulletin -
http://www.vbulletin.com/?
It was the other software I was considering before selecting YABB. I wonder if they are open to such attacks as well. I have contacted them about what would be involved in a conversion.
We use Invision Power Board http://www.invisionpower.com/ip.dynamic/products/board/index.html
I woke up a little early today so I thought I'd check out the forums and enjoy my coffee before work. You gotta wonder what would make some looser go out of thier way and post crap like that. This is a benign place with laid back folks who don't seem to want to offend anyone. Just baffling.
QuoteYou gotta wonder what would make some looser go out of thier way and post crap like that.
My theory is that they figure if a bunch of people see it, maybe a few will go look at the link.
Thanks for all the suggestions and thanks especially to Glenn for his wisdom and unfailing help - even denying himself the luxury of SLEEP!
There is now a 30 second time delay between making separate posts to a topic... That will give us all time to contemplate :D and, more importantly, discourage a twitchy hacker.
Thanks for the support, John and everybody. I may have got the worst one. While I screen all new members now note that I am not online all the time so an occasional one will slip past but they will only get one chance to post.
It's a shame such people cannot find a more constructive use of their allotted time.
It also seems strange that Hawaii Telecom shows no interest, since §711-1106 of the Hawaii statutes specifically prohibits harassment via the telephone system, which of course today includes most internet traffic.
Ah, well, I guess it requires someone to give a hoot.
Anyway, semper custodii gratias! [smiley=laugh.gif]
In reading more of the information posted in support I found that they did take him down for a few hours after other complaints were called in by phone. I didn't try that but seem to have the a few avenues blocked for him.
De nada, Billy Bob. (I'm getting in practice) :)
I wonder if Seth , John's kid , is blocked ? He's in hawaii isn't he :-/
Glenn said he checked & Seth isn't blocked. :)
Not even if he posts under the name Maui Waui again?
;D
I think we have his number now. He'll just have to come back as himself. :D
In spammer news, I added a modification to the forum software that will help us prevent some spammers from even getting a membership. It will save me about 30 miinutes a day at this time checking out new members who register only to spam, blocking and deleting them. New members from certain domains used almost completely by spammers can no longer register.
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I think we have his number now. He'll just have to come back as himself. :D
Seth's :-/ :-/ Just kidding ::)
Guess I didn't make that clear but yes -- Seth's --- I don't think we need the Asian man back. :o
Oh so Maui Wowie is blocked :-/ :-/
No - I checked --He's not blocked ---he can come back as Maui Wowee or Seth. We'll know who it is either way---- I don't think John will though. ;D
Asain man is blocked. I didn't think he was big enough to hang out with us. :-/
Note that you will more often now, notice a new member then see that they are gone.
This is because I am throwing out the trash.
New members who register with a false e-mail address are usually spammers and will not get their password to post here anyway.
That tells me they are too dumb to be here so I remove them. If their email brings up a pill or porn reference they will be removed also.
I wasted my time writing this because they wasted their time registering.
I don't want our membership list to reflect a false sense of popularity. Only real members with a real interest in our forum are wanted here.
If you are a guest with a true interest in this forum, please register and comment. The above actions are being taken just so you will be assured of having a nice place to communicate and learn without the trash the spammers post. :)
If for some reason there is a misunderstanding and you are accidently removed please e-mail me at *glenn-k@msn.com* (remove asterisks) and and I will review the situation.
Glenn:
A month has gone by since this post... have you had to do much spam work? I haven't.
Even if so, I doubt we should post a sign - :) "Mission Accomplished!" :)
You just did ;D ;D ;D Stand by :o :o
I have not had to remove any spam although I am now screening new members as much as possible and removing and blocking those with a history of posting spam that is identifiable.
The last improvement helped- blocking trash e-mail domains-- I remove a couple of potential spammer members a week. Just pre-emptive strikes -- not "Mission Accomplished" but I'd say , much improved. :) Dang it-- I think I missed the photo op there somewhere. :-/
Note -- I'm on dial up tonight and working late so my visit is a bit abbreviated. :-/
Looks like we've been hit again!!
Judy
Under control for now - thx, Glenn
These guys ought to learn that they are wasting their time. None of them are too bright though. :)
these spam attacks...Give me an example...You must remove them quick I have yet to see one
This one put lots of adds for telephones in several forums. I first block their e-mail - block their user name then remove all postings then delete them from membership.
I sometimes block the whole domain they spam from if I get a lot from it.
i guess I havee never seen the spam because you are so efficient at protecting us glenn...
wow you are awesome ;)
in all seriousness... one of my old car sites there is this spammer....they tried to block the guy... which made the spammer mad and he has gone to incredible lengths to disrupt our classic car site....Posting porn...Mass posts.. emails attacks....It has been terrible.....Might even cause them to shut our board down :'(
I think I know who it is -- PEG's Asian friend. I have some addresses they can block if they have a way to do it. He was here too. He uses Yahoo e-mail addresses fairly exclusively. He is the one who was posting in slightly changed versions of my name. I made him very mad --- he wanted to do several interesting things to me.
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Note - no problem here but I broke the end of this thread off and gave you a topic in the off topics. Feel free to carry on as you were.
:P
Glenn always interfering... ;)
Just flexing my administrative muscle. :-/ :)
I sense that you take great pleasure in flexing... too much pleasure...
Are you becomming like Dubbya Glenn?
PEG has accused me of that -
What this cannot be right...
Peg and I agree on something ::)
I call Glenn the "NSA" :D
C'mon sassy
You must have a racier nickname for him than that...*LOL* ::)
My mother in law this morning over coffee asked me if I was anti government... ;D
Local news story came on the radio about a guy that shot 2 cops last year...They beat the door in on his home to serve him or arrest him...And he had no trespassing signs posted...When the cop came through the door he shot the cop...
Then about 50 cops showed up and they all opened fire on his home...Like a mini waco....They were just trying to kill the guy....Somehow he lived and is in court.
My mother in law heard me say that he is kind of a hero...She nearly choked to death
Not a hero for Shooting a cop exactly...
But, Someone somewhere needs to draw a line in the sand and say....This is my land....You shall not enter...I do not care if you are a cop... the IRS..FBI.... I do not cede permission for you to enter....Court orders, county ordinances be damned
What is interesting is that the Cops have not been stating why they went to serve the guy...Meaning he was not a violent sex offender or anything like that..
Yeah the guy went rambo...And maybe he has a problem with that....But this was a guy that was not on America's most wanted....And they forced the issue with this guy until it got some cops killed...
This is the same thing as cops itching to get into high speed persuits with kids who steal cars or whatever.....Why escalate the situation and chase the offender into a heavy populated area where people can get killed....Why not try to snap pictures call the black helicopters let the kid go...Maybe they slow down and nobody dies...
We all see the violent terrible crashes on those TV specials from the high speed chases....The police are endangering the public when they escalate the tension with someone that has lost the ability to think rationally.
Sorry I hijacked this...
oops
NSA.... Yeah good one