PlaneShift
Support => Forum and Website Discussions => Topic started by: neko kyouran on October 04, 2006, 07:36:17 am
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Since I see that almost eveyone else online right now is recieving the spam message from this user, I've passed the info onto the forum admins. Feel free to just delete the message. So far i've recieved the message 3 times now. I'm going to conclude that it's either a bot, or someone asking for a beating. The only thing I can't do right now is get to IRC to see if either of the admins are curently online, so if someone would like to do that, feel free to.
Thanks
--your local unofficial forums sanatation department.
:)
Edit: In case anyone was wondering how I knew: http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?action=who
(almost everyone logged in at the time I was refreshing the page showed that they were checking thier PM box)Forum features are your friend.
Edit Edit: List of user names to be added to your ignore lists:
1) Dean Kelly
2) AmySimpson
3) Long Duc Dong
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Zanzibar suggested a how-to on ignoring PMs from problem users like this, thus:
Go into your profile and click on the Personal Message Options in the menu sidebar. From there type the member name into your Ignorelist, and hit "Change profile." You don't need to use quotation marks around the name if it has two or more words, just type away.
Don't bother doing anything but deleting PM spam - a forum admin will wave the Banninating Stick of Bannination ASAP.
(http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/2613/0003wi6.gif)
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Just found 4 from this sicko in my PMs, its your forums do something, going to check wife's account, and delete this smut.
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yes please...im sure there are younger kids on this site that REALLY dont need to be exposed to that filth...
i delted mine and blocked him
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Venge is on the forums now. Issue should be rectified shortly. :)
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its your forums do something
If I could snap my fingers and automatically fix everything that's ever wrong, I would definitely do it. Unfortunately sometimes you're going to have to be patient.
Thanks Venge!
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*hug karyuu*
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I receied 2 from 'Dean Kelly',
Now its 'AmySimpson' sending them. Looks like you are under Bot attack :thumbdown: :ban:
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jepp i've got also from dean and amysimpson this spam messages, a bot attack is mostlikely :ban:
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AUGH
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I just got three as well
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:ban: :ban: :ban: That thing should be IP banned X-/
It has all the characterristics of a godamned spam bot. I would kill those who see spam as a way to advertise crap. Literally...
/me calmes down and goes do something usefull
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i got 3 of them and instantly felt sick...
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Likewise. I'm going to delete this as you have no use of them for informal purposes.
Good luck, admins :]
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It might help if the admins install this mod http://mods.simplemachines.org/index.php?mod=277 to help keep bots away.
Illori
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and i thought someone actually had something to say to me for once :/
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ban his ip... i hate these kind of bots -_-
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I agree witht he ip thing, but hes probally on a dynamic ip which will result in someone else being banned when his dhcp lease expires. If you block on higher level say that subnet your running into the same problem but on a larger scale. Ban the username and email address(es) maybe add a feature where a user has to post at least 10 times before they are allowed to make a private message(very easy, if you need help let me know). Also why not use a SQL statement to kill all private messages from the two users, this way anyone who has had the please of not opening it while at their job wont have to see it and our children will be safe.
Other than that, thanks for the directions on how to block the users, good luck admins!
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Doh, I spammed Karyuu with PM's about that guy, before I noticed there already was a thread :-X
Don't ban me :'(
:whistling:
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I have just banned the new IP that AmySimpson has been coming from. If neccessary I will ban the entire IP range. Please let me know via IRC if you get any more and I will monitor this situation.
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Captcha (http://mods.simplemachines.org/index.php?mod=277) is added by Acraig \o/
Take that you damn bots! :devil:
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THANKS, ADMIN!! \\o// \\o// \\o//
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Good thing i didn't click on them, b/c i'm at school, and when i saw 3 new messages, i was like WOW i got poplular!
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I was wondering if I should post under "wish list".... ;D
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:thumbdown: Well done for taking the necessary steps, shame it was not done before any harm was done.
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That doesn't make any sense, Janner :] We can't do "preemptive bans" on people.
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meh. the forums were here for what ~5 years or something like that and this is the first instance. doing well i think.
mind you it may be the mark of just how popular ps has gotten.
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I agree with Steuben. That asian guy certainly looked excited about Planeshift :P
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:'( MYYYYYYYYYYY EYE'S!!! They hurt from cry laughing so hard at this guy. He so wishes. My eyes also hurt because I saw red after thiking about all the young eyes this filth would fall on. I would say "doesn't anyone have any repsect anymore these days", but the pm pretty much answers that question. So with that said I am going to scrub my eyes out with soap and hope Long John Silver stays outta my pm box. Park your horse some where else Long John Silver! >.>
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That doesn't make any sense, Janner :] We can't do "preemptive bans" on people.
I am referring to this, it should have been added a long time ago, or something similar. Captcha is added by Acraig \o/
We had trouble in game with a sicko, that was the warning.
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Yeah I got 3 of em too. X-/
Jeeze thats disgusting, also a bit embarrasing as I also spammed Kary with pms :( Sorry Kary!
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The reason because Captcha wasn't added before is because we're using the latest version of SMF, which is 1.0.8
And 1.0.8 doesn't have Captcha, where you have to recognize a code in a picture while registering.
Captcha will be integrated in SMF 1.1 though, that's about what we were waiting for. There's no need to mod your SMF when a soon to be released version will have that feature you need. But then this bot came by and illori pointed out that there is a mod for SMF which adds Captcha, so I forwarded that to Acraig.
It wasn't added before because it's not usual to install a new forum and immediately start modding it, for most people.
When SMF 1.1 is released it will have Captcha standard, and there's already a mod for 1.1 which enhances the built-in Captcha even more :)
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Yeah I got 3 of em too.
Jeeze thats disgusting, also a bit embarrasing as I also spammed Kary with pms Sorry Kary!
I got five >.> wonder why .... actually I don't wanna know.
I also spammed kayuu. I also apologize. :flowers:
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It's okay (http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/4929/usedusedusedvi7.gif) But if you think that 3-5 PMs like that is bad, try receiving 20-something from everyone forwarding theirs to you and going "WTF???" (http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/6632/grinby0.gif)
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What's worse is that email notifications are sent out when you get a PM. So people are getting this stuff in their inbox from acraig@planeshift.it now. I've updated the forums so it sends from noreply@hyldaa.com now but still I expect to see several emails now wondering why they are getting this from acraig@planeshift.it
I also did a mass replace on some instant messages based on a couple of keywords.
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I might send an email to acraig@planeshift.it :|
an email filled with hugs :|
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What's worse is that email notifications are sent out when you get a PM. So people are getting this stuff in their inbox from acraig@planeshift.it now. I've updated the forums so it sends from noreply@hyldaa.com now but still I expect to see several emails now wondering why they are getting this from acraig@planeshift.it
I also did a mass replace on some instant messages based on a couple of keywords.
Yeah, thats worse :P
Why would someone forward it to you Karyuu :P lol I never forwarded! I thought Karyuu wouldent want to see this unholy abomination!
:thumbdown:
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an email filled with hugs :|
:love: Awww's can you feel the love on these here forums .....
Eeeeeep! Except for you AMYSimpson as we all know thats what you want. :-\ (sorry couldn't resist. *hangs head*)
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an email filled with hugs :|
:love: Awww's can you feel the love on these here forums .....
Eeeeeep! Except for you AMYSimpson as we all know thats what you want. :-\ (sorry couldn't resist. *hangs head*)
Tut tut. Naughty Akaye. Mean :devil:
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/me kisses Akaye on the forehead "There, there. Everything's gonna be all right."
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Hi,
As some one that is using smf 1.1 i just want to let you know that the latest version Does have a captcha added to it but it is a lot worse then the mod and a lot of people are using this mod instead of what comes with SMF so we will just have wait till they fix the captcha that comes with SMF 1.1 before it is usable.
Illori
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I never saw what was in the pm's they were already deleted by an admin lol. I guess from everyone elses posts that they were really bad? What was it? free porn? ah well eiter way, good job for stayin on top of it guys.
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I want to thank the moderators for dealing with this so quickly.
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me too \\o//
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I just got a message from Long Duc Dong, a user that needs to be banned now. A way to fix this would have a minimum of posts required to send a PM, maybe 5 or 10. I don't think that is unreasonable and would help curb this crap since admins don't see to have great response time... :(
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Same hear, this is sick.
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It takes around 3 seconds to see that the private message was sent in duplicate or triplicate. It takes another 3 seconds to delete the messages without reading them and to add the new name to your ignore list.
My advice is to not let it upset you. Ultimately, it doesn't mean anything. Is this person sick? Yes, but that makes him worthy of our pity and not our anger. The biggest problem is with very young people seeing the messages, but that's an inherent risk to using the internet.
Perhaps this thread should be locked? If there are any major developements, forum members should contact a moderator, and moderators can update this thread if they feel it to be necessary?
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Wow, a new low. And I'll bet anything that I'm going to get a huge speech from my mom if she sees this in my private messages.
EDIT: I forgot to mention, I wuvvs Karyuu, and Venge, and acraig, and others that are fighting this porn-bot attack. Wooo, show em who's boss!!!!
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Wow, another person/bot is doing it. Long Duc Dong.
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Why wow? After the first one, I expected more to follow. It's unfortunate, but not remarkable.
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I'm using the wonderful art of sarcasm.
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From observations of the user's actions, I'd say its not a bot, just someone with too much free time on their hands, that enjoys playing "practical jokes" on others for kicks. They feed off of attention, so the more they get it, the more they do it.
Simply add the new user name to your ignore lists, and let the devs ban as appropriate. I'll just update the first post with new names to keep everyone informed. We really don't need to do more than that. Y es, you may find that this is distestable, but there really isn't any good for you getting upset about it as all the appropriate steps are being taken to fix the problem. If someone would like to hop into IRC and see if either Venge or ACraig is awake, that would be helpful. Until they get a chance to ban the user's IP, simply delete the unwanted PMs from your inbox and try to go about your normal forum habits. Thanks.
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From observations of the user's actions, I'd say its not a bot, just someone with too much free time on their hands, that enjoys playing "practical jokes" on others for kicks. They feed off of attention, so the more they get it, the more they do it.
Simply add the new user name to your ignore lists, and let the devs ban as appropriate. I'll just update the first post with new names to keep everyone informed. We really don't need to do more than that. Y es, you may find that this is distestable, but there really isn't any good for you getting upset about it as all the appropriate steps are being taken to fix the problem. If someone would like to hop into IRC and see if either Venge or ACraig is awake, that would be helpful. Until they get a chance to ban the user's IP, simply delete the unwanted PMs from your inbox and try to go about your normal forum habits. Thanks.
You're right, this new user has posted once, so it isn't a bot.
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I also went in and banned the entire ISP of the one bot, and banned Long Duc Dong's nickname since his ISP was ipt.aol.com, which is quite widespread and dynamic.
Janner, I'm disappointed in your reaction here. WTF do you want us to do? This is a thing called the "Internet"... shit happens.
- Venge
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You tell ME. cane you track then to a country ? cane you info the local police there? IF yes to both, do it set the law on them.
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Internet is autonomous zone, belive me there is only small chance to track back to real person :P even you hack NSA they have small chance to track you.
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Ban his arse >:l
Got one too....
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(Got two more too)
Janner, you're really asking the impossible now.
And to stop this person and others from sending more porn PM's the policy should probably be changed.
I suggest you must be registered a week and must've posted two times to be able to send PM's.
Captcha will stop the bots, and the policy will stop the persons.
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got it too :(
/me runs after Long Duc Dong with a Knife
Long Duc Dong -----|--o
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(Got two more too)
Janner, you're really asking the impossible now.
And to stop this person and others from sending more porn PM's the policy should probably be changed.
I suggest you must be registered a week and must've posted two times to be able to send PM's.
Captcha will stop the bots, and the policy will stop the persons.
Thom, i'm afraid he might be watching this thread because he, apparently was the cause to it. If this goes through, he'll send 10 spam posts and wait a week to get to action again. We'll have to figure out a way for him/her to disappear as swiftly as possible.
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Spam posts? Not on my watch :3
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From this team yes, they do not have the resources to do it, but what they do have is a lead to give to the police, the police do have the resources, in my country, it is slow but we are tracking these sickos down, and charging them.
AS for my reaction, see how you fell about it, my niece at 7 fell pray to a pedophile.
So yes this makes me mad, sick and discusseded.
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i sorrys
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Sorry about your niece, but as Acraig said, this is the internet, it's very easy to become anonymous.
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Ban his arse >:l
Got one too....
Just ban his dong, that will do fine.
You got one of those too??? Lucky bastard.. lol
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Ya, ban the I.P, and you will be good.
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Gah. When will those sickos give up. Now pretending to be a GM. >:(
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Better ignore this person.
He is wanting to get some attention and this posts are feeding him to continue.
It's better to report him to the forum-mods and not make posts about it.
His account will be banned then and he will not get any joy, to see responses to his actions.
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I wasn't even around when the PM's were first sent. Can someone tell me (in pm's if you want, if it's like...hugely innapropriate) what they were about?
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...Porn? :P Slow, slow Suno.
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sent in PM.
and as me trying to be funny.....he got the huge part right. X-/
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everyones thinking it, im just saying it, maybe someone hacked the forums and everyones info has been compromised
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And maybe giant weasels from outer space are reading our spleen DNAs (http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/6632/grinby0.gif)
Hacking isn't impossible, but it's highly unlikely and there's nothing to point to such a paranoid conclusion at this time. The member groups have been changed a bit and such "drive-by-PM-spam" should no longer be possible.
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think about it, a spammer hacks a forum because of the high number of emails available, logs all the emails then sends smut spam
i too have recieved many emails by this so called bot
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You have received emails, PMs, or email notifications of PMs?
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I have recieved emails and pm's
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From the same individual and with the same content? You have your email address in your profile for everyone to see. No one needs to hack anything for that.
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pretty much, dean kelly, amy simspon and long duc dong
also my spam count has jumped from 5 an hour to 50 an hour
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As Karyuu said, you have your email public, as in, I just went to your profile and its stated right there. There isn't any hacking involved in that. That's the risk you take having your email public.
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I know, but all it really takes, is someone to create something to get all those emails, and if your email is not public, either phishing it or hacking it out of th esystem
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just to send you another picture of a wang? be a waste of effort in their eyes I'm sure
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long duc dong pmed me this:
(http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/8400/wtfpissesmeoffplzbanthisidiotmj6.png) (http://imageshack.us)
wtf.. i dunno bout you but im offended by it.. seeing as im a guy.
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The user Long Duc Dong did not send you that.
That email is an auto generated email from the forums sent to you per your request to have the forums send you an email everytime someone PMs you. If you do not wish to recieve such email, you'll need to change your account settings to reflect it.
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The user Long Duc Dong did not send you that.
That email is an auto generated email from the forums sent to you per your request to have the forums send you an email everytime someone PMs you. If you do not wish to recieve such email, you'll need to change your account settings to reflect it.
I think whats he is saying (or what he said) Was that is what Luc duc Dong or whoever that guy is PM'ed him. Just without the picture showing.
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I agree with Steuben. That asian guy certainly looked excited about Planeshift :P
That he did xD
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While it might be true that "The Internet is for Porn", in this case, I agree with Kate monster.
~Verrliit~
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While it might be true that "The Internet is for Porn", in this case, I agree with Kate monster.
~Verrliit~
Thats one of the best videos ever. :P
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uhm...why are we still complaining? :whistling:
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Ughe, I'm one of the "younger kids" (If you consider 11 young) and I found the idiotic spam, luckily the mods erased the body of the PM. Merf, I'm guessing those links there are porn? Gross, desgustic, augh (Immaturity showing.) Yup, if thats porn, this creep is a dusgusting ass who needs to be reported to the police, end of story, OFF WITH HIS HEAD.
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Yes, it was porn. Nasty horrible porn. But hes not doing it anymore so can we just let this die? or a mod lock it or something?
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That disgusting bastard!
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Might wanna cut out with the swaring.
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The only thing left to be said is, thread closed.