I believe the only way to solve the spamming is to use a captcha image. Most boards are using those today.
Then again, not sure how much this forum is used these days, except for spammers.
... not sure how much this forum is used these days, except for spammers.
I keep checking in to see if the admins have done anything about the spammers, only to be greeted by multiple pages of new spam every day. This is the first time, in weeks, that I found legitimate posts buried in the mudpile.... (I recently used this forum as an example of what happens if you let it get out of control).
Have the owner and administrators given up?
I've only recently been cleaning up the spam. It has been years since I posted here, but thought I would give it some help, starting to think it's fruitless.
vBulletin is fairly sophisticated forum software.
There are lots of modifications and add-ons available that will stop over 90% of the bots.
New members could be screened before being permitted to post. Most of these bots will have IP addresses that resolve to non-english speaking countries. The majority will be in the stopforumspam.com database.
Hello people,im back again,not been on much for a while,had major problems with the joints and the shoulders have been horrendous,hopefully will be able to help clean the spam a little,it does get disheartening though,good to see you here locustfurnace hope you are keeping well mate.
There was NO REASON to put this on here when what was here WAS MUCH BETTER..
Quite sad that people have lost that good sense they once had of WHATS GOOD!
Last edited by The Dude; 03-19-2011 at 01:09 AM.