misterk Posted July 17, 2017 Report Posted July 17, 2017 I know it's not new but all I get from the forum now is Spam. What is going on? I think I am going to have to unsubscribe cos this is rediculous Quote
Ronniebootwest Posted July 17, 2017 Report Posted July 17, 2017 I agree that there is far to much spam but, let's try to do something about before leaving an otherwise excellent forum! I am not an expert on preventing spam but there must be something we can do, surely. Quote
davegee Posted July 17, 2017 Report Posted July 17, 2017 Igor is updating anti-spam software today. DG Quote
Gérard de Lux Posted July 17, 2017 Report Posted July 17, 2017 According to my personal records, there have been 11 spams since July 7; thus, an average of 1 spam a day. It's certainly too much, but it's not that dramatic, is it? If there is a 100% reliable way of preventing spam, I'm sure that Igor will be happy to be informed by the experts. Quote
Igor Posted July 17, 2017 Report Posted July 17, 2017 I apologize for this problem. Today I'm reconfiguring anti-spam protection of this forum. It should solve this problem. I will write here when I finish. Quote
Igor Posted July 17, 2017 Report Posted July 17, 2017 I improved anti-spam protection on the forum. And I plan to watch for this situation to add necessary corrections. Quote
Ronniebootwest Posted July 17, 2017 Report Posted July 17, 2017 Great News Igor! I appreciate the work that you have put into trying to solve this problem. Quote
misterk Posted July 18, 2017 Author Report Posted July 18, 2017 You are Lucky Gerard, I get six to ten every day which I don't think is acceptable Quote
Igor Posted July 18, 2017 Report Posted July 18, 2017 Today and yesterday I had to ban 45 ranges (regions) of IP addresses to stop recent spam attacks from Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. The problem in a fact that now spammers use humans instead of bots and it's very difficult to stop such spammers. We use 4 stages of anti spam protection on the forum againts spam-bots: 1. Two anti spam questions/answers. 2. Google reCAPTCHA 2 for registration. 3. Anti spam database for all Invision Power Board forums for new registrations. And all this protection can't stop spammers-humans now. Probably the only solution is to totally block Pakistan, India, Bangladesh for our forum, if we will not find another solution. Quote
Igor Posted August 2, 2017 Report Posted August 2, 2017 I vastly improved anti-spam protection of the forum 5 days ago. The situation should be better now. Quote
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