The Energon Pub

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:12 am

OK doesn't it annoy you when on-line shops register and open up threads to advertise there products?
It isn't enough that they open one thread but the same thread in 3 ore 4 different Forums, and then they never post again.
So what do you think?

News Credits: 1 · by **Venomous Prime** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:19 am

They aren't real people registering

They are spam bots

The same thing is on myspace, but there is porno spam bots.

It's highly irritating.

and thanks to those assholes, in order to do damn near anything on myspace you have to enter a CAPTCHA CODE.

and half the time it doesn't register that you got it right even though you typed it EXACTLY like it is.

It makes practicing HTML on there a pain in the ass :-x

News Credits: 26 · by **Wheeljack35** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:24 am

The same thing was happening on TNI until JayC the admin fixed it though spambots don't get through

Now he has an annoying newsbot to post his news there which is more of a pain in the but then the spambot was :-x

News Credits: 5 · by **Sledge** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 11:21 am

Happens on most forums. Never seen what the big deal is, personally. They register, post and advert and leave. Who cares? Same as any other advert: if you're not interested, don't click. I don't find those posts any more intrusive than the actionhq.com ad flickering on the right hand side of the monitor.

News Credits: 26 · by **Wheeljack35** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 11:43 am

Some of the advertisments are for porn with pictures

Its not acceptable on boards that you know children will look at

News Credits: 5 · by **Sledge** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 11:55 am

Meh, if a kid is already here, he's probably about three mouse clicks away from a slash story involving Megatron, Arcee and the seekers. At least spambots post normal porn.

News Credits: 26 · by **Wheeljack35** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:12 pm

Sledge wrote:Meh, if a kid is already here, he's probably about three mouse clicks away from a slash story involving Megatron, Arcee and the seekers. At least spambots post normal porn.

Hell I want to find that story myself

News Credits: 104 · by **Cyber Bishop** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:17 pm

I deal with them as they come around.
You can change things with registering but they still manage to break through. We had them under control once and now they have been breaking through.

If you see one simply report it.

by **fuzzd0rk** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:55 pm

Cyber Bishop wrote:I deal with them as they come around.
You can change things with registering but they still manage to break through. We had them under control once and now they have been breaking through.

If you see one simply report it.

There is a really good phpBB forum mod called Textual Confirmation. It requires a person to answer a simple question, or questions, when registering. Obviously, a spambot will never know the correct answer(s). I've installed this mod on my phpBB forum a few months ago and have not had one spambot registration since. It's so effective, I don't even need to use the captcha code, anymore. On my forum, I simply ask the person to type in "I am human" when registering. If they get it wrong, registration fails and I get an email automatically about it. It's really a good mod. I've given it to others, and they love it.

I can give it to you. It's very easy to install.

News Credits: 104 · by **Cyber Bishop** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:08 pm

fuzzd0rk wrote:
Cyber Bishop wrote:I deal with them as they come around.
You can change things with registering but they still manage to break through. We had them under control once and now they have been breaking through.

If you see one simply report it.

There is a really good phpBB forum mod called Textual Confirmation. It requires a person to answer a simple question, or questions, when registering. Obviously, a spambot will never know the correct answer(s). I've installed this mod on my phpBB forum a few months ago and have not had one spambot registration since. It's so effective, I don't even need to use the captcha code, anymore. On my forum, I simply ask the person to type in "I am human" when registering. If they get it wrong, registration fails and I get an email automatically about it. It's really a good mod. I've given it to others, and they love it.

I can give it to you. It's very easy to install.

I wonder if Ryan knows about this.. Shoot me a PM with the info if you don't mind.

News Credits: 6 · by **City Commander** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:30 pm

Cyber Bishop wrote:
fuzzd0rk wrote:
Cyber Bishop wrote:I deal with them as they come around.
You can change things with registering but they still manage to break through. We had them under control once and now they have been breaking through.

If you see one simply report it.

There is a really good phpBB forum mod called Textual Confirmation. It requires a person to answer a simple question, or questions, when registering. Obviously, a spambot will never know the correct answer(s). I've installed this mod on my phpBB forum a few months ago and have not had one spambot registration since. It's so effective, I don't even need to use the captcha code, anymore. On my forum, I simply ask the person to type in "I am human" when registering. If they get it wrong, registration fails and I get an email automatically about it. It's really a good mod. I've given it to others, and they love it.

I can give it to you. It's very easy to install.

I wonder if Ryan knows about this.. Shoot me a PM with the info if you don't mind.

Yay for advancing the safety of the forums! ;)^

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:37 pm

Bots eh?
Bloody hell who invented them should be shot.

by **fuzzd0rk** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:16 pm

Cyber Bishop wrote:
fuzzd0rk wrote:
Cyber Bishop wrote:I deal with them as they come around.
You can change things with registering but they still manage to break through. We had them under control once and now they have been breaking through.

If you see one simply report it.

There is a really good phpBB forum mod called Textual Confirmation. It requires a person to answer a simple question, or questions, when registering. Obviously, a spambot will never know the correct answer(s). I've installed this mod on my phpBB forum a few months ago and have not had one spambot registration since. It's so effective, I don't even need to use the captcha code, anymore. On my forum, I simply ask the person to type in "I am human" when registering. If they get it wrong, registration fails and I get an email automatically about it. It's really a good mod. I've given it to others, and they love it.

I can give it to you. It's very easy to install.

I wonder if Ryan knows about this.. Shoot me a PM with the info if you don't mind.

Just PM'd you a link to download the mod.

News Credits: 3 · by **Damolisher** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:53 pm

Heh, recognise, they should be shot. Honestly, IMO, they drive away business, rather than bring it in.

News Credits: 3 · by **DISCHARGE** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 2:58 pm

Pure slander, I love logging in for the day and
then I notice I can get an awesome Nokia 2723y49284
for dirt cheap. Those guys are awesome.

News Credits: 75 · by **Devastator** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:18 am

The bots do suck, but I also dislike the individuals that only stop by a forum to whore out their customs. "Here's a custom I made. If you want it stop by ebay and bid on it!" It's fine once in a while especially if it's an active member in a community, but it really bothers me when that's all someone posts.