Sneaky Spammers

[PAR_WIG1350]

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This spammer's profile is fairly new, it's been active as recently as today
once again, there are links in the signature that seem 'bad', but no posts have been made from the account, so it is probably linked to from elsewhere. Google search turned up nothing but a scary picture of just how many different spammers link to a CD profile page.

[synth3tk]

There are plenty of ways to stop this spam, or at least decrease the amount. I'm sure it's just a matter of Brandon having the time to implement it.

[Billfred]

I'm going to bump this thread a bit, since the problem seems to be returning a bit.

A bit of Googling yielded this mod for the version of vBulletin that CD is running that can block links in signatures of users with under X posts:

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=123002

I don't know if it's something that's worth pursuing, but fixes (other than playing whack-a-mole) are out there.

[Molten]

I'll be interested if someone posts a helpful solution to preventing spam and then turns out to be spam. At the rate the spammers are evolving, it won't be long until this becomes a reality.

Jason

[Brandon Martus]

Originally Posted by Billfred

I'm going to bump this thread a bit, since the problem seems to be returning a bit.

A bit of Googling yielded this mod for the version of vBulletin that CD is running that can block links in signatures of users with under X posts:

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=123002

I don't know if it's something that's worth pursuing, but fixes (other than playing whack-a-mole) are out there.

There is built-in functionality to prevent links in signatures in certain user groups -- I've added it to the usergroup promotion that moves people from new users to trusted non-spam users.

Originally Posted by Brandon Martus

There is built-in functionality to prevent links in signatures in certain user groups -- I've added it to the usergroup promotion that moves people from new users to trusted non-spam users.

Oohhh! Fancy!

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by SuperNerd256

Oohhh! Fancy!

And much appreciated!