spammers, extermination of

[rvpopeye]

Copywrite bots looking for penguin logo's too ?
They're devastating music free use.

I still haven't seen the skulls ,,(or the 'ooked fisk),,,oh next to Blacktank's icon ! and mine...., in a helmet ? COOL. might be a jolly roger..... my masterful powers of observation seem to be fading .........do you think any of the "others" are in jeopardy ?

I don't think the Grim Reaper is copywrited..... do we have any young and impressionable children here ???
Turn them around in their seats !

Crossed pirate swords ?

The YARC forum theme already looks "wicked decent" , oh ay-ARRRRRRRRR. Just make it everywhere ?


I guess it COULD go the "other way"........unicorns and rainbows ? ARRRRR , THAT mental image is just too scary fer meeeeeeeee !!!!!! DON"T DOOOO THAT !

Color Gold is just first obvious choice for the "PIE RATT" (thx GS , I kinda like it!),,, any color is good by me , (just as long as there's enough contrast on things that have 2 colors ..... )
(9 assorted smilies and an award pic of the cat-ass-trophy for Kaylee (seemingly inappropriate but it's my favorite))for her efforts here .

GARY can award himself a couple of skulls instead of just one ????

Some people have been rumored to actually regret asking my opinion ,,, can you BELIEVE that ?

[Kaylee]

Popeye, how about a penguin's ass for me?
It's nice to read someone's post who groks bots. Yes, the internet is constantly being crawled by bots that analyze data, including copyright infringements.

It should be no problem using Tux, since he's the mascot for an open source operating system:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tux_(mascot)
It should be easy to find a small sized version.

Gary: it would also be nice to change the cutoffs for the number of star-replacements. It feels like social promotion to get 4 stars/whatevers so quickly. Particularly here, with so many high posters (maybe a thousand posts for 4 stars/etc?).
Ditto on Popeye's point that you & he should have a row of skulls.

[Cammalu]

I found a few nice ones to choose from Kaylee

[Kaylee]

Gary, please post the IP that spammer "hancheng" used.
I'm intensely curious where it came from.
Currently at 8 threads, with an interesting pattern in that the payload URL does not show as a clickable link.

EDIT TO ADD:
Now 9.
Very annoying that its "licorice" spam had (apparently) nothing to do with licorice. One of my push buttons is spammers who evoke food, but fail to deliver.
Grrr!Argh!

[Queen]

Hancheng is a busy dood, damn!

[Blacktank]

Gary, please post the IP that spammer "hancheng" used.
I'm intensely curious where it came from.
Currently at 8 threads, with an interesting pattern in that the payload URL does not show as a clickable link.

EDIT TO ADD:
Now 9.
Very annoying that its "licorice" spam had (apparently) nothing to do with licorice. One of my push buttons is spammers who evoke food, but fail to deliver.
Grrr!Argh!

sorry didnt check,hit the purge spammer button

[Kaylee]

Khannnnnn!
But,but,but... it must have been logged, right?!?

[Blacktank]

Khannnnnn!
But,but,but... it must have been logged, right?!?

nope,the purge spammer is not logged,been brought up at mybb and should be fixed next update

only banned are logged right now

chinese spammer,dime a dozen

[Kaylee]

Ah, but you have "raw web access logs", do you not?!?
Those are pure gold.
Send me the entries for the hour-ish that it was letting loose, and I can figure it out.


EDIT TO ADD:
I've still got its profile page open, and here's some relevant time stamps:

Local Time: 05-07-2019 at 05:29 PM
Status: Online (Reading Thread China Stainless Steel Cold Coil factory @ 09:16 PM)
Time Spent Online: 39 Minutes, 35 Seconds

Shall we start a Country of origin pool?!? Prize is a can of Teriyaki SPAM.
Gary says China.
Any other guesses?

[Kaylee]

The "raw" web access logs are usually in a folder/subdir named something like "logs".

Questions:
- Are you hitting any limits with StopForumSpam? (apparently they have a daily max, which could explain why a late day spammer was so successful)
- Have you tried this add-on:
https://mods.mybb.com/view/limiturlposting
- Please post or PM me the "product" page of VD's hosting package at your webhost's site.
- What was the final total spams? I went offline at 10.