Primus Pilus Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 Pertinax made me aware of an issue where 'guests' could spam the gallery comments section. I was able to turn it off. Hopefully members can delete spammed comments in their own galleries? If not let us know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 apologies PP , I had to sign off after last pm-I have no further "foreign objects " in my galleries but I urge other members to check "comments" -nothing particularly bad just pointless spam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantagathus Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 apologies PP , I had to sign off after last pm-I have no further "foreign objects " in my galleries but I urge other members to check "comments" -nothing particularly bad just pointless spam. It actually happened in TNOG recently too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost_Warrior Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 I haven't noticed anything, but then I don't go back to my galleries all that much, just the new images. I wasn't aware that this was a problem if I see any though I'll just delete them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 (edited) Everyone please check again-ive just seen a recurrence of spam on the "last 10 comments" in the gallery! Looks like may be hitting the "last 10" regardless of content Pantagathus -some on your pics! and mine. edit: Im going to delete an image affected and see if that gets rid of the junk.. nope it just pushes the spam onto other images... Triumvir please help! Edited April 12, 2006 by Pertinax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantagathus Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 (edited) Everyone please check again-ive just seen a recurrence of spam on the "last 10 comments" in the gallery! Looks like may be hitting the "last 10" regardless of content Pantagathus -some on your pics! and mine. edit: Im going to delete an image affected and see if that gets rid of the junk.. nope it just pushes the spam onto other images... Triumvir please help! Ouch I see!!!! Why me?!?!? I deleted my pic, now the spam is in one of Lacertus' Edited April 12, 2006 by Pantagathus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted April 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 Everyone please check again-ive just seen a recurrence of spam on the "last 10 comments" in the gallery! Looks like may be hitting the "last 10" regardless of content Pantagathus -some on your pics! and mine. edit: Im going to delete an image affected and see if that gets rid of the junk.. nope it just pushes the spam onto other images... Triumvir please help! Ouch I see!!!! Why me?!?!? I deleted my pic, now the spam is in one of Lacertus' Its a spam bot... Moonlapse is researching a solution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted April 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 I deleted my pic, now the spam is in one of Lacertus' Which one... I can't seem to find it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 (edited) just go to -last 10 comments ...and the junk is there to see also, dont delete your pics folks as this just fires the spam onto another set of images-unless the Triumvirate order otherwise. Edited April 12, 2006 by Pertinax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted April 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 just go to -last 10 comments ...and the junk is there to see also, dont delete your pics folks as this just fires the spam onto another set of images-unless the Triumvirate order otherwise. Yes don't delete your images as it will do nothing to stop it. I'm trying to block the offending IP addresses as they pop up but spam bots will be able to work around this without too much difficulty. Still it might offer temporary relief until we can get something more definitive from Invision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 (edited) well the spamtest image has quite a few random comments attached now..but doesnt seem to be taking the bait.. Edited April 12, 2006 by Pertinax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted April 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 well the spamtest image has quite a few random comments attached now..but doesnt seem to be taking the bait.. Could be set to randomly spam at a certain time of day as it doesnt seem to take effect with new image uploads or new comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 (edited) groan...crucifixions too good for them! :fish: if everyone is wandering why two tins of spam are in the gallery please scroll baclk on this thread! Edited April 12, 2006 by Pertinax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost_Warrior Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 I may jinx myself here, but as of last night my galleries had no new posts whatsoever. I'll check tonite when I get the time to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 I think PP might be right on target with a "time activated " spambot so please log times if you see anything weird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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