Microman 85 Report post Posted September 30, 2009 I received this PM today : What is that ? Spam or not ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saiyaman 0 Report post Posted September 30, 2009 It is a program that posts spam in a forum, the actually PM is probably spam. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike 214 Report post Posted September 30, 2009 Microman I must apologise for that, it was indeed a bot that signed up and then proceeded to PM everyone on the board. Both the member - Lyagushkka and their IP 94.142.128.140 have been banned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saiyaman 0 Report post Posted September 30, 2009 Microman I must apologise for that, it was indeed a bot that signed up and then proceeded to PM everyone on the board. Well, not everyone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dragon King 15 Report post Posted September 30, 2009 Probably didn't finish Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Microman 85 Report post Posted September 30, 2009 So I was not the only one Can you stop that ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daangelo29 5 Report post Posted September 30, 2009 Seconded, lol. The only way to keep bots from bay is to have some sort of a feature here in the forums where the admin himself would have to check the newly-made accounts one by one to determine whether to validate them or not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orgcon 11 Report post Posted September 30, 2009 So I was not the only one No, I got done too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike 214 Report post Posted September 30, 2009 Seconded, lol. The only way to keep bots from bay is to have some sort of a feature here in the forums where the admin himself would have to check the newly-made accounts one by one to determine whether to validate them or not. http://community.invisionpower.com/topic/2...toring-service/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daangelo29 5 Report post Posted September 30, 2009 Or that. Is it possible to implement that feature here in this version of the forums? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike 214 Report post Posted September 30, 2009 No, it is not compatable with Invision 2.x. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mini-Me 24 Report post Posted September 30, 2009 So an other reason to get converted to 3.x . IS here no one who has enough skills to make a skin for us? Hrmph. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike 214 Report post Posted September 30, 2009 I would upgrade it today if people could live with the default 3.x skin. I think I will need to end up paying to have someone make a skin for us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
♠Grim♂ Reaper 1666◙ 17 Report post Posted September 30, 2009 what about a captha code? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Statler 0 Report post Posted September 30, 2009 Yea but even that new feature goes so far. People are making bots more complicated everyday, so someone probably has already made a bot that can find it's way around that feature. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluespace88 9 Report post Posted September 30, 2009 we don't work in probability Its either they do or they don't. It might seem logical that there are captcha defeating bots, but do they exist yet? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mini-Me 24 Report post Posted September 30, 2009 They do, but not many. And most are too bad to completely read it . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
88milesperhour! 0 Report post Posted September 30, 2009 (edited) Microman I must apologise for that, it was indeed a bot that signed up and then proceeded to PM everyone on the board. Both the member - Lyagushkka and their IP 94.142.128.140 have been banned. I´ve received that message as well Edited September 30, 2009 by 88milesperhour! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
♠Grim♂ Reaper 1666◙ 17 Report post Posted September 30, 2009 if they can defeat capthas what if its made so mike has to approve accounts (or another admin) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluespace88 9 Report post Posted September 30, 2009 and how many bot attacks did we have WITHOUT capchas? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
♠Grim♂ Reaper 1666◙ 17 Report post Posted September 30, 2009 100 trillion? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluespace88 9 Report post Posted September 30, 2009 so its over 9000 huh? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
♠Grim♂ Reaper 1666◙ 17 Report post Posted October 1, 2009 i just signed out and looked at the register thing and it does have a captha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike 214 Report post Posted October 1, 2009 i just signed out and looked at the register thing and it does have a captha Must admit I haven't actually applied this patch since there were no manual editing instructions, and I believe the file in question has been edited for some of the mod's we have installed here. PM Flood Control Patch for Invision Power Board 2.3.6 Released We have received numerous reports from clients regarding spamming on the Personal Message (PM) system in IP.Board 2.3.6 and below. After consulting with reCaptcha (the provider of the captcha system in 2.3.6) we believe that humans are being used to bypass the captcha and then the newly created account is given to an automated script which sends PMs in huge quantities to your members. The patch we have released today introduces a flood control setting to the PM system in IP.Board 2.3.6. This will limit how fast a member can send PMs thereby giving you and your moderators time to ban the offending account. The download of 2.3.6 in the client area has been updated with this patch. If you already have 2.3.6 installed, you can download the patch along with instructions right in this topic. Applying the patch is quite easy but if you have questions feel free to contact support. If you would like support to apply the patch for you be sure to include your admin username and password, and if you are not an IPS hosting customer, your FTP details. Upcoming IP.Board 3.0.0 IP.Board 3.0.0 contains this update already and new spam mitigation tools such as timed user group promotion. We are also exploring new centralized spam identification and banning services which we hope to have updates for you very soon! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
