How YOU can help fight spam

[Melf]

No posts. Spambots don't confirm their emails or pass human verification, so they can only browse. It's LOLs to check their profiles and see them trying to reply to or start threads. Since they're stuck in moderation, they can't do anything, so don't worry if you see the member list at the bottom of the main page filled with them. I can nuke 'em easily.

[The Jackal]

One got through the net and has made a post: http://www.sega-16.com/forum/member....426-Beckingham Don't be fooled by the pic in the profile; he's clearly a spambot - he's got the classic "spam link" in his sig and he's post is pure gibberish. EDIT: Is it possible someone's signing up and then turning them over to a spambot? There's quite a few accounts like this, waiting dormant. Could be something to keep an eye out for.

[The Jackal]

Another one with possible posting capability:

http://www.sega-16.com/forum/member....icaSimpsonnude

[Melf]

That was a definite spammer. Account deleted and ISP banned. Thanks!

[MrMatthews]

Holy smokes, these are some damn, dirty spambots if I ever saw one!

assitoetler
bregreegoable
attemoerarbum
Bushnelodtpj
bxjajyyqyng
cdypvbpqcqt
chergealladex
DisiopsGuassy
ElizPlaumusia
endolaovadata
Erropsclarp
ErydaySat
Hatealkalmits
hootounse
IdeorGedO
kambMaiccax
KGufaass
Kigebribuby
maymmerce
mpbwcgkqra42

There's a bunch more, but my fingers are getting tired from all the copy and pasting. Plus, more keep popping up as the user list refreshes! There's... too many of them!

[QuickSciFi]

This one is a no-brainer:


CiallisVigra


[Edit]A second username just popped-up:

CilisVigra

Notice, they're two different names.

[The Jackal]

We've got a spambot:

It's also made a gibberish thread in Off Topic:

http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?21598-pdf-%E4%EE%EA%F3%EC%E5%ED%F2%E0%F0%ED

EDIT: Another spambot.

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EDIT 2: And some more, all of them seem to have the ability to post:

http://www.sega-16.com/forum/member.php?131757-wnnsjvsuvnra
http://www.sega-16.com/forum/member....-tretatmocriLa
http://www.sega-16.com/forum/member....-Nuffenuhroure
http://www.sega-16.com/forum/member.php?131802-guruorcq

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EDIT 3: New spambot has just made another gibberish thread:

http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthr...739#post506739

[Jax184]

And don't forget http://www.sega-16.com/forum/member....1848-walterfmj

[Melf]

... and that's what happens when you remove registration validation.

They shouldn't be able to create threads though. Let me check what's up.

[The Jackal]

Another spambot, another gibberish thread.

[Jax184]

I was just looking through the online users list. Half the names I clicked I was told I don't have permission to view. the other half contained the following spambots:

http://www.sega-16.com/forum/member....77-cocaagotoff
http://www.sega-16.com/forum/member....35-Milaimpaive
http://www.sega-16.com/forum/member....6574-roappetty
http://www.sega-16.com/forum/member....-Mumbrurgefege

You could filter out spambots from that round by deleting all users who entered "man" as their biography and "123456" as their PSN game tag.

[Jax184]

And some more:

http://www.sega-16.com/forum/member....4308-Zevaapacy
http://www.sega-16.com/forum/member....17-Sniseezoott
http://www.sega-16.com/forum/member....-emussyundunse

[Jax184]

Even more:

http://www.sega-16.com/forum/member....04-Availdinund
http://www.sega-16.com/forum/member....00-ereskslange
http://www.sega-16.com/forum/member....2302-Jegegoord

And though it's not the same pattern, Google confirms http://www.sega-16.com/forum/member....914-terostikus is a spam account too.

[Jax184]

Two more:

http://www.sega-16.com/forum/member....68-Falealcoppy
http://www.sega-16.com/forum/member....33-frorovorbed

I've told you guys about 13 spammers in 2 days now and they're still active. What's the big holdup?

[Melf]

10 pages of Russian spammers.

Also, they're not an immediate threat, since they haven't confirmed their registration. All they can do is browse. The ones who posted 200 spam threads in Off Topic were priority.

Don't worry though, they will all feel the might of my banstick!