Is there any way to prevent these bots? - Qwertygiy - 04-12-2012
They don't post on the forums, they merely comment on just about EVERYONE's user profile with random junk about profiles, pictures, and an email address -- usually it's obviously an attempt at ODing.
Is there a way to "complexify" the commenting system a tiny bit so that whatever program[s] finds the text box / submit page can't find it anymore? Hopefully something "invisible" to players, because I don't think it would be worth it to throw in a CAPTCHA.
RE: Is there any way to prevent these bots? - Jacob__mybb_import1 - 04-12-2012
The registration form already has a CAPTCHA, a security question and anti-bot JavaScript, so either the bots are really advanced, using a CAPTCHA outsourcing service, or they're not bots at all, but people being paid minimum wage to write spam posts.
Can you link to some of the comments? I might be able to code some sort of spam blocker based on the keywords.
RE: Is there any way to prevent these bots? - Qwertygiy - 04-12-2012
I already deleted all of them via the admin page.
It's definitely not a person simply copy/pasting, it's about 1000 profiles at exactly the same moment.
I do know that they all include an email address when they do it, and I can't think of any other time someone would use the @ symbol in a comment. Maybe you could do something about that.
RE: Is there any way to prevent these bots? - Jacob__mybb_import1 - 04-12-2012
Comments with email addresses are now blocked.
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