Infopop Message Board Spammers - 11/04/06 03:25 AM
As I'm the admin of a popular Infopop message board but not a techie, I have a question about the new generation of Spammers who are making my life hell. ( I also understand that many message boards are suffering the same fate )
For the last year, we've been Spammed 5 or 6 times a day from (mostly Asia and Russia) Either Bots or humans are registering on our board simply to shill their websites. We DID have a live link in our members Profile area and the Spammers really took advantage of it.. so I removed that option. But the Spammers dont seem to care. I'm assuming that Bots are involved in many of the sign-ups because the repeat themselves in some of the personal info forms. The reason I wound-up here is because your link appears on the Infopop main page for some reason.
Does anyone know how to somehow slow down the onslaught of message board Spammers?
Thanks!
For the last year, we've been Spammed 5 or 6 times a day from (mostly Asia and Russia) Either Bots or humans are registering on our board simply to shill their websites. We DID have a live link in our members Profile area and the Spammers really took advantage of it.. so I removed that option. But the Spammers dont seem to care. I'm assuming that Bots are involved in many of the sign-ups because the repeat themselves in some of the personal info forms. The reason I wound-up here is because your link appears on the Infopop main page for some reason.
Does anyone know how to somehow slow down the onslaught of message board Spammers?
Thanks!