SPAM alert
 

http://eab.abime.net/member.php?u=5874 in visitor messages.

I always thought EAB was very well spam-protected by now, but seems they found another hole to squeeze through their ad crap...

Thanks for the alert, andreas. Well spotted! :great

I've deleted that message.

Everybody please follow andreas' example and report anything similar for the moderators to deal with.

Thanks.

Thanks andreas, well spotted - 'member' now banned :)

We've had quite a lot of spammers again recently but a lot of them are caught at signing-up stage (dodgy signatures and websites are a dead giveaway). May I remind everybody to never reply to spammers and use the report button whether that's a forum post or a visitor message. We always deal with them as a priority.

I just checked members list, the letter "J". Seems like about 1 per 10 users is a spambot, well maybe its not very accurate but there are many of them... just as if it was hot summer ;)

I suggest DELETING them instead of banning.

You'd ban human users who you see a chance that they might behave after the banning period, but this makes no sense for these automated pseudo-users, apparently using random "nicknames." probably created by vicious scripting code.

For what I can see, they only post their crap ONCE and the second time, they are in with another script-generated nickname. So you do not have to be afraid of them ever "reusing" their pseudo-nick to do their mischief again.

I'm searching through all 0 posting members since Jan 1st 2010 to today (11 pages worth) and hell, there are a flippin' load of them. All will be added into the Mods forum as spam and promptly deleted...

Please keep your eyes open guys, the more help the more we can eliminate :)

Yes, do delete it. Avoid to have the database get cluttered even more with stuff like that...

A total of 253 0 posting spam members have been reported out of a total of 402. It's up to the GM's now to permanently ban and remove them.

Great job, DH! :great

Yeah luckily I have a spare lifetime to use up so I'll get round to doing all that now... ;)

Seriously, great work and patience digging all that up DH!

Thanks chaps :)

Well, someone really should think about digging around at least once a week to prevent the build up. In the long run, it'll save time and effort.

good work :great you do live up to your name :) (born to RAISE HELL [especially and free of charge for spamming dudes])

great song btw, consider it your own personal anthem :p

yay pro active mods :great


seriously thanks for looking out for us all and makeing this place er the place that it is

thanks

Can I eat them and will they support my intestinal flora?
Er... good job there DH :D Keeping EAB clean since 2009 :spin :lol

Serendipity http://eab.abime.net/member.php?u=17062 PM'd me spam today :mad Another 0 post spammer perhaps?

Quite surely... Mind to forward the PM to me? Banned him for now.

Done :)

Thanks and confirmed :)

...and now banned permanently ;)

Nice work chaps.