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HyperHacker

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Since: 11-18-05
From: Canada, w00t!
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STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^(

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Posted on 09-15-06 01:57 AM Link | Quote

Was there a spambot convention here recently? That's a lot of bots.
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Since: 11-17-05
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Posted on 09-15-06 01:58 AM Link | Quote
You, of all people, should know this...

... and yes.


(edited by Xkunabot on 09-15-06 12:58 AM)
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Since: 07-18-06

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Posted on 09-15-06 01:58 AM Link | Quote
Combine that with the amount of people for the party. And it still doesn't make sense. o_0
Milly

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mrew~
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Since: 11-17-05
From: Mirabel, Québec, Canada

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Posted on 09-15-06 01:59 AM Link | Quote
If you mean the top posts within a hour during the spree, I've actually seen 723, and that was already a few minutes after the spree ended
Prince Kassad

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Since: 06-30-06
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Posted on 09-15-06 01:59 AM Link | Quote
Yeah, I noticed a sudden jump in spambot count on some days. It's normal and you won't have to care. (last month it was only at 100, so it isn't a big increase).
Ailure

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Since: 11-17-05
From: Sweden

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Posted on 09-15-06 02:04 AM Link | Quote
...seems like message board spambots are getting popular. Or they just happen to find us better now.



Well, I saw them on alot of guestbooks (though that concept got old in 1998 already). Intresting to note that we don't use captcha, and yet the spambots can't get through our protection.
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Since: 11-19-05

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Posted on 09-15-06 02:06 AM Link | Quote
All I know is that we've also killed Fireboard accounts
Milly

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mrew~
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Since: 11-17-05
From: Mirabel, Québec, Canada

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Posted on 09-15-06 02:25 AM Link | Quote
Just looked at the URL now ... that's definitely a big jump since the last time I saw it, those bots sure are obsessed

... now let's just hope they'll never figure out what's blocking them
windwaker

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Since: 12-27-05

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Posted on 09-15-06 02:26 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Acmlm
Just looked at the URL now ... that's definitely a big jump since the last time I saw it, those bots sure are obsessed

... now let's just hope they'll never figure out what's blocking them

How do they even work? They can't possibly have unique code in them for Acmlm's, can they?
Milly

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mrew~
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Since: 11-17-05
From: Mirabel, Québec, Canada

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Posted on 09-15-06 02:29 AM Link | Quote
They have to know the URL and field names for registering and posting, which would be different on other board systems, so I'd say they do run a specialized code for here ... of course, they'd only check once and never bother to update, just like email spammers will still send crap to old emails you don't use anymore (or might not even exist)
Prince Kassad

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Since: 06-30-06
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Posted on 09-15-06 02:30 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by windwaker
How do they even work?

They look around the internet for message boards (from a list probably), register, and spam. The spambots always filling in a home page is what gets them automatically banned.
Originally posted by windwaker
They can't possibly have unique code in them for Acmlm's, can they?

Sure they can, but most programmers don't care about one board when there are tons of other ones around.
HyperHacker

Star Mario
Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_<
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Since: 11-18-05
From: Canada, w00t!
My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn.
STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^(

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Posted on 09-15-06 01:57 PM Link | Quote
I think most of the time they look for commonly-used field names like title, post, etc and fill things in automatically. That's why you see a lot of bots doing dumb things like putting their subject in the Custom Thread Icon field or using BBcode that doesn't work here.
Bloodstar

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Posted on 09-15-06 02:01 PM Link | Quote
Zcf was attacked by spambots a month ago. About 100 accounts had been registered.

Fortunately, a simple query wiped every single one of them.
Ailure

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Since: 11-17-05
From: Sweden

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Posted on 09-15-06 04:13 PM Link | Quote
We could make some additional check that bans a user if their first post contains BBcode. True it might cause some false positives, but I yet have to see a serious member whoose first post contains BBcode... that we don't use. :/
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Since: 02-25-06
From: Newfoundland

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Posted on 09-15-06 04:16 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Ailure
We could make some additional check that bans a user if their first post contains BBcode. True it might cause some false positives, but I yet have to see a serious member whoose first post contains BBcode... that we don't use. :/

I agree In so many ways I agree.
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Since: 11-22-05

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Posted on 09-15-06 06:10 PM Link | Quote
Forgive me if tohis is a n00b question but why do people do that?

Do they get paid to say Come play my free online poker?

Cuz I could think of 1000000000000000 more things to care about other than some lame ass poker game.

Well. anyways, Glad to see they arn't here.

Keep up the supurb work guys
windwaker

Ninji
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Posted on 09-15-06 07:42 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Prince Kassad
Originally posted by windwaker
How do they even work?

They look around the internet for message boards (from a list probably), register, and spam. The spambots always filling in a home page is what gets them automatically banned.
Originally posted by windwaker
They can't possibly have unique code in them for Acmlm's, can they?

Sure they can, but most programmers don't care about one board when there are tons of other ones around.


Yeah, but I was unaware that the Acmlmboard was popular enough to even warrant a programmers time to build into a spambot.
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Since: 11-17-05
From: Salem, Connecticut

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Posted on 09-15-06 11:19 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by windwaker
Yeah, but I was unaware that the Acmlmboard was popular enough to even warrant a programmers time to build into a spambot.
We aren't really. Most of them (bots) are generic enough that you can just change a few variables and they work with any random board.
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Since: 11-19-05

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Posted on 09-15-06 11:31 PM Link | Quote
Wouldn't it be fun to go to an online gambling site, register, and say "Hey! I just got a shot at playing this new hack of Super Mario World on the latest version of ZSNES for Windows!!!! If you wanna try this out yourself, you can come here and play as long as you want for FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"?
Milly

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mrew~
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Since: 11-17-05
From: Mirabel, Québec, Canada

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Posted on 09-16-06 12:19 AM Link | Quote
I guess the bots can figure it out by looking for input fields and textarea boxes, and common input names ... but they still have to find the page for posting, trying every link wouldn't work too well

I wonder if there's a way to confuse them by using random meaningless names or switching them around ... or maybe if you use the invisible field trick for posting too, in case they don't get fooled when registering ... I also noticed they've posted polls that don't make much sense
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