Spam...

adsejam · 14th March 2010, 11:31 PM

Is it me, or is UnitedHosting getting hit with loads of spam lately on this forum?

red-defender · 15th March 2010, 07:46 AM

It has increased lately, with at least one spammer posting every weekday.

TygerTyger · 15th March 2010, 01:10 PM

Ban the spammers!

I'm sure about half the new posts are spam now. I've stopped reporting them because what I described there has not changed. Spammers are not banned so they just do it again and I have to report them again, I'll pass on that! I guess there weren't too many people doing it with me, because now the posts are not consistently deleted either.

UH-James · 15th March 2010, 01:43 PM

Hello,

There certainly has been a large amount of spam recently, and it is something we'll try and be a bit more pro-active on!

And I would encourage you to report any posts that appear as spam and we'll try and be a bit tougher with them...

knapper · 15th March 2010, 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UH-James

There certainly has been a large amount of spam recently, and it is something we'll try and be a bit more pro-active on!

And I would encourage you to report any posts that appear as spam and we'll try and be a bit tougher with them...

It would be nice. This thread:

SEO - URL Structure for Dynamic/Database Driven Websites

has a post by DENZEL which I reported earlier on today along with a post by another spammer and it's still there (I'm sure it was reported when it was first made). I know you have to be careful not to delete genuine users, but sometimes it appears I'm banging my head against a brick wall when reporting a spammer.

UH-James · 15th March 2010, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knapper

It would be nice. This thread:

SEO - URL Structure for Dynamic/Database Driven Websites

has a post by DENZEL which I reported earlier on today along with a post by another spammer and it's still there (I'm sure it was reported when it was first made). I know you have to be careful not to delete genuine users, but sometimes it appears I'm banging my head against a brick wall when reporting a spammer.

Thanks Knapper, It is appreciated

I've dealt with the posts and users.

red-defender · 15th March 2010, 06:02 PM

Also look at this daily link post - http://www.unitedforums.co.uk/vb/web...te-design.html

Vger · 15th March 2010, 06:27 PM

Yeah, link spammers are a problem. I always report them when I see it happening. Symptoms are:

Repeated nonsense posts, or posts which add nothing to the thread.

They're just racking up their post count and then drop their spam links into their signature at a later date.

Vger

TygerTyger · 15th March 2010, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vger

Yeah, link spammers are a problem. I always report them when I see it happening. Symptoms are:

Repeated nonsense posts, or posts which add nothing to the thread.

They're just racking up their post count and then drop their spam links into their signature at a later date.

Vger

Step one is definitely recognizing spam.

New Laptop? Friday funny..

adsejam · 15th March 2010, 06:51 PM

Ha ha! That one about that laptop on funny friday is a classic example!

UH-James · 15th March 2010, 08:55 PM

We'll take a look at some longer term solutions/modifications to stop this spam. In the mean team we'd be grateful if you report it!

adsejam · 15th March 2010, 09:00 PM

Yeah, it was just worth a mention

It's all in good humour