Comments on: Forum profile spam http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/14/forum-profile-spam/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:37:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: JohnHays.net » The Spam Huntress on forum spam http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/14/forum-profile-spam/#comment-315 Sun, 17 Apr 2005 07:23:53 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/14/forum-profile-spam/#comment-315 [...] my various forums as well as outrageous comment spam on my blog. The Spam Huntress has a post about this issue. Trish Wilson gave me some info about MT-Blacklist, but I have Word [...] […] my various forums as well as outrageous comment spam on my blog. The Spam Huntress has a post about this issue. Trish Wilson gave me some info about MT-Blacklist, but I have Word […]

]]> by: Administrator http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/14/forum-profile-spam/#comment-311 Fri, 15 Apr 2005 19:23:03 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/14/forum-profile-spam/#comment-311 You have the IP address of the use anyway, it's just a bit of work to match it up from the raw logs. And with many signups on the same day, it could get more complicated. But don't expect the IP address to be real anyway. It's usually an open proxy, maybe half way around the world from the real location of the spammer. You have the IP address of the use anyway, it’s just a bit of work to match it up from the raw logs. And with many signups on the same day, it could get more complicated.

But don’t expect the IP address to be real anyway. It’s usually an open proxy, maybe half way around the world from the real location of the spammer.

]]> by: Randy http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/14/forum-profile-spam/#comment-310 Fri, 15 Apr 2005 19:13:42 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/14/forum-profile-spam/#comment-310 Another way to combat this problem from a webmasters position is to alter the SQL statement that gets the user list for display on your site. Have it only list users with >0 posts. Then if you have a link that shows your newest member, then just show only the username with no link to their profile. The idea here is that it will force the spammer to post and reveal an IP address before they get their links posted. Not a fix but perhaps a way to gain more info to combat this problem. Another way to combat this problem from a webmasters position is to alter the SQL statement that gets the user list for display on your site. Have it only list users with >0 posts. Then if you have a link that shows your newest member, then just show only the username with no link to their profile.
The idea here is that it will force the spammer to post and reveal an IP address before they get their links posted. Not a fix but perhaps a way to gain more info to combat this problem.

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