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spammers
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 5:06 pm
by Jose
a number of spammers are registering in the forum and posting spam messages . They are being banned from this site, their posts deleted and their IP's permanently blocked from accessing this website.
Do not click on any links in those postings since they usually lead to malicious sites or could exploit your own computer or phone with malicious software and could also infect the forum.
Cass and I are checking daily for these false registrations.
Thanks.
Re: spammers
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 7:43 pm
by Horse Power Junkie
Thanks and keep up the good work !
Re: spammers
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 9:17 pm
by NigelW
I don't think blocking the IP address will achieve a great deal as the spammers use VPN's to mask their activities. For example if the MOD's look at the posting IP address of this post it will show as originating in Russia as I'm using NORD VPN for this even though I'm in the UK.
Re: spammers
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 10:53 pm
by Jose
ok understood. But we are banning/blocking the users too if they post spam.
Re: spammers
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 5:42 am
by Tom Hoffman
In the past 30 days I've deleted 10 spammers and their posts from the forum. Thanks to Jose for catching the spammers early to minimize the damage. I've added a few features to the registration process to slow them down, but they are pretty good a keeping up with the new tools. We'll continue working at it and keep you informed. Thanks again Jose.
Re: spammers
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 9:29 am
by Jose
Thank you too Tom.