Please stop this idiot named AaaFooksRegree

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Please stop this idiot named AaaFooksRegree

Post by *Horst.Epp »

There must be an way to stop posting from this spammer AaaFooksRegree.
Analysing his post shows that all contain some URL starting with buy...
So a script should be able to find such posts and remove them.
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It is much easier just to ban him. :)
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MVV wrote:It is much easier just to ban him. :)
Then he will come back with a new name.
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With spammers, you have to ban the IP address. There are ways around that too, but it does slow them down.
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Hi, guys.

I guess asking to "stop this idiot named AaaFooksRegree" will not have too much effect at the moment.

Reason for my assumption:
Only the forum moderators can ececute the required steps.
If they read this thread they would certainly do so.
If they read this thread they would very likely have detected and removed the spam threads already without being asked to do so.

Conclusion:
None of the moderators has been available since the spamming activities started. Else they would have removed the spam threads. Hence this thread will not have any effect either.
We will have to be patient and ignore the spam threads till a moderator will come to the rescue.

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It's about time they updated to the latest phpbb and upgrade the captcha plugins.
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Re: Please stop this idiot named AaaFooksRegree

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Horst.Epp wrote:There must be an way to stop posting from this spammer AaaFooksRegree.
Analysing his post shows that all contain some URL starting with buy...
So a script should be able to find such posts and remove them.
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I'm actually using the latest recaptcha - but this does not help agains human spammers!

Now I have deleted all the spam messages manually. Are there any regular forum users who would like to get the priviledge to ban users? You couldn't delete the spam, but you could at least stop the spammer from posting more...
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ghisler(Author) wrote:Are there any regular forum users who would like to get the priviledge to ban users? You couldn't delete the spam, but you could at least stop the spammer from posting more...
I like!
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ghisler(Author) wrote:I'm actually using the latest recaptcha - but this does not help agains human spammers!

Now I have deleted all the spam messages manually. Are there any regular forum users who would like to get the priviledge to ban users? You couldn't delete the spam, but you could at least stop the spammer from posting more...
Yes, I would like to do that.
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ts4242 wrote:
ghisler(Author) wrote:Are there any regular forum users who would like to get the priviledge to ban users? You couldn't delete the spam, but you could at least stop the spammer from posting more...
I like!
Me too!!
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ghisler(Author) wrote:Are there any regular forum users who would like to get the priviledge to ban users?
I am willing to help.
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ghisler(Author) wrote:Now I have deleted all the spam messages manually.
Manually? In pphbb 3.x you can select one author and delete all of his postings.
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Post by *Lefteous »

2ghisler(Author)
I'm actually using the latest recaptcha
If you delete or disable (as a test) the anti-spam forum you'll see if using this recaptcha is actually effective.
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Post by *ghisler(Author) »

The recaptcha is effective against bots, but not against humans...

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Thanks for helping! I have given you access to the "moderators" hidden forum now, which also gives you the privilege to ban users.
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