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Russian spam?
Posted: December 2nd, 2023, 6:14 pm
by cmp
Looks like the forum has had a Russian invasion of spam.
Re: Russian spam?
Posted: December 3rd, 2023, 6:34 am
by Nylon macs
What's going on here .lots of it being posted ????
Re: Russian spam?
Posted: December 3rd, 2023, 7:53 am
by Rainworshipper
Whatever do these types get out of bombarding sites with spam? I cannot see what they gain from it.
Re: Russian spam?
Posted: December 3rd, 2023, 9:10 am
by cmp
This & the second lot has been reported to admin.
Re: Russian spam?
Posted: December 3rd, 2023, 9:15 am
by mason
I have just noticed it, and I am absolutely furious.
This absolute cunt dumped everything and ran, so I can't even ban him & delete everything in one go.
It'll have to be done manually. I am so angry.
Re: Russian spam?
Posted: December 3rd, 2023, 3:00 pm
by Rainworshipper
mason wrote: ↑December 3rd, 2023, 9:15 am
I have just noticed it, and I am absolutely furious.
This absolute cunt dumped everything and ran, so I can't even ban him & delete everything in one go.
It'll have to be done manually. I am so angry.
Thanks for taking the trouble.
Re: Russian spam?
Posted: December 3rd, 2023, 3:00 pm
by Rainworshipper
mason wrote: ↑December 3rd, 2023, 9:15 am
I have just noticed it, and I am absolutely furious.
This absolute cunt dumped everything and ran, so I can't even ban him & delete everything in one go.
It'll have to be done manually. I am so angry.
Thanks for taking the trouble.
Re: Russian spam?
Posted: December 3rd, 2023, 3:50 pm
by pvc_pete
They are such a bunch of F£$%wits. It's the same on Facebook groups all these spammers posting links to solar panels, job adverts etc. It costs them nothing and even if they get 0.1% of the audience click on the link it's a win for them.
Thanks for clearing it out promptly. Better than a lot of admins on other groups and sites.
Pete
Re: Russian spam?
Posted: December 3rd, 2023, 4:00 pm
by Rainwearboy
I made a change to limit new account to the newly registered users sub forum - however this was after some spammers already registered accounts.
Let's see if any new ones get through (accounts created after 2 December). If so then I will have to go back to the manual approvals that I have been doing for years - however I am hoping this change works because it has become a lot of work the last few months.
Re: Russian spam?
Posted: December 3rd, 2023, 4:51 pm
by cmp
Thanks to Rainwearboy & Mason for clearing it out. I hope the changes will reduce the spammers.