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SPAMBOTS ARE HERE
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September 6th, 2015 at 4:34:01 AM permalink
Makes me wish I was still an administrator, so I could nuke those threads.

Even I wouldn't suggest hitting Flag on each one of them....
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September 6th, 2015 at 7:03:15 AM permalink
All better.
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September 6th, 2015 at 7:29:33 AM permalink
Wow! Scroll down to the list of members who have visited today. That's 110 names in red that shouldn't even be anywhere on this site but, hey, they boost the membership figures.
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September 6th, 2015 at 7:38:18 AM permalink
How do these bots get past the capcha? It's been like 6 years since i signed up, but I assume this site has that?


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September 6th, 2015 at 7:42:30 AM permalink
The part I don't get is, what's the point?

What was the intended message? I mean, just looking at the various thread headings, which were just random characters, some in an Asian languages, it was just weird.

Did anybody look at any of the posts? I looked at one it was just a bunch of nonsense characters, repeated a couple dozen times.

WTF!
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September 6th, 2015 at 8:28:21 AM permalink
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September 6th, 2015 at 8:31:22 AM permalink
Better add them to the "list" before some people complain about transparency :-)
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September 6th, 2015 at 8:33:48 AM permalink
spam bots can easily bypass captcha these days. we are currently working on improving the Anti-bot registration form
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September 6th, 2015 at 8:47:50 AM permalink
Quote: Zuga

spam bots can easily bypass captcha these days. we are currently working on improving the Anti-bot registration form



I've seen newer versions where you have to answer a question. Seems like that might be tougher for a bot to do.


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September 6th, 2015 at 11:44:07 AM permalink
There seem to be a few more of them out there still not in Red...does that mean they may come back or is this particular spam attack over?
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September 6th, 2015 at 12:33:39 PM permalink
I personally didn't check for all possible bots. There were 100+ spam posts greeting me this morn, so I just focused on cleaning up the forum.

If there's some bots I didn't get, I'm not worried. They seem to be disposable, that is, each bot posts once or twice and then goes quiet. The real fix is preventing them from entering in the first place, which Zuga is currently working on
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September 6th, 2015 at 1:52:53 PM permalink
Quote: RonC

There seem to be a few more of them out there still not in Red...does that mean they may come back or is this particular spam attack over?



I have blocked their IPs so there should be no more spam attacks ( at least from those users ). However these spammers often change their IPs / proxies, so will see what happens. In the mean time , and as stated already, we are working on preventing this scum from registering in future..

Also ill ask our techs to delete all these spam/bot accts.
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September 6th, 2015 at 2:21:25 PM permalink
Quote: 1BB

That's 110 names in red that shouldn't even be anywhere on this site but, hey, they boost the membership figures.



Its almost like you imply that we welcomed these spam bots just for the sake of membership figures?? We did have to ban these accts first, hence why they were all in red.

Anyways all those spam accts are now deleted.
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September 6th, 2015 at 2:32:18 PM permalink
Quote: Zuga

Its almost like you imply that we welcomed these spam bots just for the sake of membership figures?? We did have to ban these accts first, hence why they were all in red.

Anyways all those spam accts are now deleted.



Nah. Sorry you took it that way. I think the forum would be much tidier without all the red. On the other hand the red could show other spammers that you mean business when it comes to that type of nonsense.
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September 6th, 2015 at 9:21:51 PM permalink
They're back....
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September 6th, 2015 at 9:33:31 PM permalink
I thought I misclicked changed the language somehow then realized what it was as I scrolled down farther and saw some English thread titles.
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September 6th, 2015 at 9:37:39 PM permalink
I suggest that the post limit for new members be set to zero until approved by a moderator for the time being.
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September 6th, 2015 at 9:41:57 PM permalink
Quote: Dalex64

I suggest that the post limit for new members be set to zero until approved by a moderator for the time being.



Or... unable to start new threads, or unable to post for the first 24 hours after registering, or...
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September 6th, 2015 at 9:47:16 PM permalink
Everyone else should use the flag post button. It does work when enough people use it, or at least it used to.
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September 6th, 2015 at 10:27:28 PM permalink
Quote: Zcore13

I've seen newer versions where you have to answer a question. Seems like that might be tougher for a bot to do.


ZCore13



Wonder if a bot could figure out the following:

Quote:

Your initial password will be sent to you by email in the following format(1).
Carefully note that your actual working password must be reinterpreted by you in the second format(2), as that WILL NOT be sent in the email.

EXAMPLE
1. ABCD1234
2. BCDE2345

After signing in with this password you may change it if you wish.



Hopefully all humans can see what they need to do and bots can't. Of course, each password sent would be random, but never have the letter Z or number 9. Leastwise, I don't see how a bot could figure that out -- there's no clue in the instructions it can pick up on. A person helping a bot could break it, but then someone could always do that with any system.

I suppose you could even make it a bit more complex, but it might confuse some of the humans. : )
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September 6th, 2015 at 10:45:51 PM permalink
Quote: rxwine

Wonder if a bot could figure out the following:

Quote:

Your initial password will be sent to you by email in the following format(1).
Carefully note that your actual working password must be reinterpreted by you in the second format(2), as that WILL NOT be sent in the email.

EXAMPLE
1. ABCD1234
2. BCDE2345

After signing in with this password you may change it if you wish.



Hopefully all humans can see what they need to do and bots can't. Of course, each password sent would be random, but never have the letter Z or number 9. Leastwise, I don't see how a bot could figure that out -- there's no clue in the instructions it can pick up on. A person helping a bot could break it, but then someone could always do that with any system.

I suppose you could even make it a bit more complex, but it might confuse some of the humans. : )



Here's a fitting one for this site. Definitely weed out the spammers and about 90% of new users. :)




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September 7th, 2015 at 3:23:41 AM permalink
Quote: Dalex64

I suggest that the post limit for new members be set to zero until approved by a moderator for the time being.



I don't have any figures but it seems that these things occur more often on weekends when things are a little quieter and there are less people around to notice. Perhaps a temporary fix would be to allow applications for membership on Monday to Friday only. Another thought would be to give a few trusted members some type of accelerated flagging power.

I just don't understand the motives of the people responsible for this. Most here don't speak the language in the posts so they most likely won't patronize the advertised sites. At least when our baccarat friend showed up we knew what we were dealing with.
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September 7th, 2015 at 3:48:27 AM permalink
Hiya WoV'ers.

We've introduced new anti spam measures upon registration. This will hopefully prevent new spam bots from registering an account with WoV. Unfortunately this was not in place to prevent the spam from just bit earlier and will not have an effect against potential other or dormant bots that registered prior this new anti-spam feature. We will have to deal with them manually.

We will keep monitoring the boards and keep tweaking things if needed be.

cheers
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September 7th, 2015 at 3:52:41 AM permalink
Auto-ban anyone who tries to post a non American character.
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September 7th, 2015 at 3:56:01 AM permalink
Quote: RS

Auto-ban anyone who tries to post a non American character.



These spammers can easily reprogramme and switch to English spam posts. So that would not really solve the problem.
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September 7th, 2015 at 3:56:52 AM permalink
OK.

Is it you or someone else (or the system) who keeps changing my avatar? He's not running anymore. :(

My avatar is supposed to be this:

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September 7th, 2015 at 4:12:07 AM permalink
we were tweaking something in the system avatar sizewize. ill Ask the tech to look into it
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September 7th, 2015 at 6:07:55 AM permalink
Quote: RS

OK.

Is it you or someone else (or the system) who keeps changing my avatar? He's not running anymore. :(



When I found a similar issue with mine, I re-created my avatar at 70x70 pixels (what they had resized it to).

Animated GIFs are obviously slightly more tricky to resize than still images.
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September 7th, 2015 at 6:16:51 AM permalink
Any idea where all of the SPAM is coming from?
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September 7th, 2015 at 7:37:41 AM permalink
Quote: RS

OK.

Is it you or someone else (or the system) who keeps changing my avatar? He's not running anymore. :(

My avatar is supposed to be this:



Is that half-cat half-pop-tart?

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September 7th, 2015 at 7:50:29 AM permalink
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SPAMBOTS ARE HERE

Bots: 1; kindergarten cat: 0.
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September 7th, 2015 at 9:10:30 AM permalink
Quote: Ibeatyouraces

Any idea where all of the SPAM is coming from?



From the look of it, a factory in Chuncheong.
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September 7th, 2015 at 10:25:11 AM permalink
Y'all hating on Nyan cat?
:(




Thanks Zuga
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September 7th, 2015 at 1:29:14 PM permalink
Quote: RS

Y'all hating on Nyan cat?
:(



I remember Nyan cat NOW. All this time I thought that was a "Hello Kitty". Neither to be confused with Keyboard Cat, and Grumpy Cat.
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September 7th, 2015 at 1:55:02 PM permalink
The new game we're showing at G2E is called "KAT."

https://www.facebook.com/NTGLKat
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September 7th, 2015 at 3:07:48 PM permalink
There were about 12 Korean Spambots on Saturday, which I killed in real time as they popped up, then blocked their IP's from several sources. I sat on the board for another few hours watching, but they did not return that day. However, I was not on here Sunday and missed the big attack. Thanks for the store-wide cleanup, Face. And thanks for the re-work on the signups, Zuga.
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September 7th, 2015 at 6:55:30 PM permalink
Quote: RS

OK.

Is it you or someone else (or the system) who keeps changing my avatar? He's not running anymore. :(

My avatar is supposed to be this:



I shot your Avatar, looked like wildlife to me and I couldn't find any gubment regulations against hunting it, State or Federal.
I apologize, was too easy a shot to be very sporting.....
2F
Youuuuuu MIGHT be a 'rascal' if.......(nevermind ;-)...2F
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September 7th, 2015 at 7:45:45 PM permalink
Nice work, Zuga & Face.

My apologies to all, I am almost never here from late Saturday night to early Monday night.
https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/off-topic/gripes/11182-pet-peeves/120/#post815219
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September 7th, 2015 at 8:43:38 PM permalink
They're back!
New thread just posted.
Good luck!
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September 7th, 2015 at 9:16:35 PM permalink
No, that's just the Election Thread, it's been there for awhile.

Oh, you meant that foreign language thread I just blasted. Sorry, my mistake.
https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/off-topic/gripes/11182-pet-peeves/120/#post815219
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September 7th, 2015 at 9:21:26 PM permalink
Apparently whatever new implementations were imposed aren't working.
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September 7th, 2015 at 9:21:35 PM permalink
Bring it on!!!

You Spammers want a piece of this!? You *&3$+:% with the wrong Admin!!!
https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/off-topic/gripes/11182-pet-peeves/120/#post815219
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September 7th, 2015 at 9:36:36 PM permalink
Is that all you got!!???

Cowards!!!!

Come back and engage me in armed and equal combat. Give me a brief respite in between challengers, or come at me all at once for it shall change not the outcome. Administrators before me have fought and died on these very sub-forums for the one Truth that makes a man a man and makes all of ye Spammers nothing more than organized sheeple!!!

That Truth, aye, that principle is freedom! And, if you dare disrupt the freedom to have an uncluttered list of the ten most recent threads with posts to more efficiently pursue our conversations, then ye shall find your blood dripping off of the tip of my pike.
https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/off-topic/gripes/11182-pet-peeves/120/#post815219
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September 7th, 2015 at 9:45:04 PM permalink
Okay, it's been quiet for a bit, but I'll check a few more times over the next three hours, or so.
https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/off-topic/gripes/11182-pet-peeves/120/#post815219
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September 7th, 2015 at 10:19:51 PM permalink
Quote: Mission146

Is that all you got!!???

Cowards!!!!

Come back and engage me in armed and equal combat. Give me a brief respite in between challengers, or come at me all at once for it shall change not the outcome. Administrators before me have fought and died on these very sub-forums for the one Truth that makes a man a man and makes all of ye Spammers nothing more than organized sheeple!!!

That Truth, aye, that principle is freedom! And, if you dare disrupt the freedom to have an uncluttered list of the ten most recent threads with posts to more efficiently pursue our conversations, then ye shall find your blood dripping off of the tip of my pike.



If spambots could read, this would be excellent spam-deterrent material.

Keep fighting the good fight, brave warrior.
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September 7th, 2015 at 10:31:28 PM permalink
I am sure the admins have considered this already.

But one effective anti-spam measure some boards use is restricting starting new threads until members have a certain number of participation posts in existing threads (For example users cannot start new threads until 20 posts and 48 hours of membership). This still allows some bots to spam existing threads, however it prevents the board from getting flooded with new spam threads and the individual posts can be picked apart in the threads easy enough.

An additional measure is requiring your profile to be filled out completely before allowing posting. Or require a verification with an admin (meaning before posting is authorized you have to PM an admin who verifies your account and approves you to post).

Or if you want to get really secure (though I am sure this would be highly unpopular with some on here) since this is a gambling site, you can require members be 21 and submit a copy of their ID before they get posting privileges. Obviously this is fairly easy to fake online, the main benefit is preventing spam bots from getting through since they would not be able to email photos of their IDs. However, the downside of this is it is a lot of work for the admins as they would have to manually look and verify each member's ID, and it can scare off new members with all of the work required to register. But this is a surefire way to prevent spammers from joining. It would also prevent trolls coming in with tons of accounts.
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September 8th, 2015 at 12:56:55 AM permalink
It's 4am EST and it's starting AGAIN.
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