SMF spambot flooding

Blacklord · November 14, 2008, 07:51 PM

Currently many SMF forums are being flooded by porn spambots. This is not a security issue for any SMF forum, rather some spam herder has decided to search out & attack SMF 1.1.x based forums.

Of the four SMF based forums I run, only the Commodore PET Alive! forum has so far been a victim (though somewhat less than when it was running PunBB). I've tightened up the registration method on that board & can go a few steps further if required.

Any spam that does appear I delete ASAP (if a new member posts on their first visit on any of the sites I get notified by email).

Commodore 128 Alive!, Ferries of Sydney & Knights of Avalon are (so far) unaffected.

Please be assured that no member details are exposed to the spammers.

Lance

airship · November 20, 2008, 01:42 AM

Lance, I can't believe you're actively interfering with our porn spam supply.

Blacklord · November 20, 2008, 05:20 AM

Quote from: airship on November 20, 2008, 01:42 AM
Lance, I can't believe you're actively interfering with our porn spam supply.

Sad isn't it ?

BigDumbDinosaur · November 20, 2008, 08:44 AM

QuoteFerries of Sydney

Maybe someone is trying to change Ferries of Sydney into Fairies of San Francisco.

Andrew Wiskow · November 20, 2008, 09:00 AM

Quote from: BigDumbDinosaur on November 20, 2008, 08:44 AMMaybe someone is trying to change Ferries of Sydney into Fairies of San Francisco.

It could just as easily be Fairies of Sydney... I was there... I saw it.

Sydney is to Australia as San Francisco is to the U.S. Hmm... What Canadian city is considered to be the "gay capital"?

Golan Klinger · November 20, 2008, 10:41 AM

Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on November 20, 2008, 09:00 AM
What Canadian city is considered to be the "gay capital"?

That would be Toronto. From what I've read Toronto has a larger gay population than San Francisco but because of our overall population, the percentage is smaller. I've also heard that Toronto has one of, if not the, largest gay community of any city. Yay us. We're very "festive" (Simpsons fans will get that).

It's interesting to watch the city be painted pink every year for Pride Week. Think what you will about homosexuals, those folks know how to organize a parade.

Andrew Wiskow · November 20, 2008, 12:11 PM

I was going to guess it was Toronto... But since I wasn't sure, I thought I'd rather hear it from a Canadian.

Golan Klinger · November 20, 2008, 01:00 PM

I wouldn't have been surprised if you thought it was Montreal. They're not so much gay as ghey.

Andrew Wiskow · November 20, 2008, 01:42 PM

I only would've guessed it was Toronto because it's the biggest... But hell, I'm certainly no expert on Canadian cities... It could've been Whitehorse for all I know!

Golan Klinger · November 20, 2008, 02:30 PM

Vivre la difference.