Comments on: GooglePray http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/27/googlepray/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:00:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: JazzcatSEO » SEOFest Update http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/27/googlepray/#comment-80108 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:05:34 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/27/googlepray/#comment-80108 [...] Interestingly, we’re still buried in Ask, MSN, and Yahoo!. I guess it’s because I’ve been using the GooglePray tag, but have neglected to do my Ask devotions, MSN processionals, and Yahoo! incense. [...] […] Interestingly, we’re still buried in Ask, MSN, and Yahoo!. I guess it’s because I’ve been using the GooglePray tag, but have neglected to do my Ask devotions, MSN processionals, and Yahoo! incense. […]

]]> by: David Kolb http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/27/googlepray/#comment-64800 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 14:14:46 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/27/googlepray/#comment-64800 I found a way to block guestbook spammers and bite back at the same time. I plant a trap field that I tell real users to not use. The submit button checks this field to see if anything has been entered and cancels the submit if there is anything. Another defense is to force javascript in order to display the submit button. The last defense is a javascript for the javascript enabled bots that looks for the [/URL=] ... [/URL] tags that they use in order to get Google to recognize their link. If they are present in any of the fields the submit is cancelled and the bot is thrown into an infinite loop that pops up an alert message. Spammers are unable to directly access my cgi script so they are only able to submit spam by acting like a real user. The bots have gotten smarter lately and I have found that this seems to work against them. I found a way to block guestbook spammers and bite back at the same time. I plant a trap field that I tell real users to not use. The submit button checks this field to see if anything has been entered and cancels the submit if there is anything. Another defense is to force javascript in order to display the submit button. The last defense is a javascript for the javascript enabled bots that looks for the [/URL=] … [/URL] tags that they use in order to get Google to recognize their link. If they are present in any of the fields the submit is cancelled and the bot is thrown into an infinite loop that pops up an alert message. Spammers are unable to directly access my cgi script so they are only able to submit spam by acting like a real user. The bots have gotten smarter lately and I have found that this seems to work against them.

]]> by: surfing Life http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/27/googlepray/#comment-47890 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:47:03 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/27/googlepray/#comment-47890 [...] Or may be you should pray to the Google Gods for their blessings like this guy did in his codes!! [...] […] Or may be you should pray to the Google Gods for their blessings like this guy did in his codes!! […]

]]> by: Wanna-be » » Z?y Matt Cutts http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/27/googlepray/#comment-46100 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 06:56:32 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/27/googlepray/#comment-46100 [...] Blog z?ego brata bli?niaka jest, jak nie trudno si? domy?li?, parodi? orgina?u. Tak wi?c na?laduje pewne schematy. Z?y Matt odpowiada wi?c na pytania webmasterów takie jak np. “Jak zidentyfikowa? Googlebota, zabi? go i upiec?”. Lub rozwija stary w?tek GooglePray: [...] […] Blog z?ego brata bli?niaka jest, jak nie trudno si? domy?li?, parodi? orgina?u. Tak wi?c na?laduje pewne schematy. Z?y Matt odpowiada wi?c na pytania webmasterów takie jak np. “Jak zidentyfikowa? Googlebota, zabi? go i upiec?”. Lub rozwija stary w?tek GooglePray: […]

]]> by: Rene http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/27/googlepray/#comment-45177 Tue, 26 Sep 2006 17:26:42 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/27/googlepray/#comment-45177 The phone number is located in Cologne. Lots of IT-Companies are there as well... The phone number is located in Cologne. Lots of IT-Companies are there as well…

]]> by: Bayan - the accordeon http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/27/googlepray/#comment-30302 Mon, 07 Aug 2006 21:30:34 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/27/googlepray/#comment-30302 Fuck You, Anonymous cowards like you, that prefer to hide behind idiotic nick names and threaten people with legal actions based on very vague if not shaky grounds are unwillingly funny. In case you have something like a brain, try using it for a minute and think about the question why it is a good thing to post open proxy servers. Right, because spammers will use more or less the same proxies. So just by blocking a recent collection of proxies you can make your life easier. Regarding your threads: Where did anyone say the people running these servers are the actual spammers? No one did and therefore your "slander" fantasies are toast. On another note: Normally I wouldn't bother, but your multilation of the word <i>address</i> really hurts my eyes. The plural of address is address<b>es</b>, even over in Canada. Perhaps a dictionary would help if you struggle that much with English grammar. Fuck You,
Anonymous cowards like you, that prefer to hide behind idiotic nick names and threaten people with legal actions based on very vague if not shaky grounds are unwillingly funny.

In case you have something like a brain, try using it for a minute and think about the question why it is a good thing to post open proxy servers. Right, because spammers will use more or less the same proxies. So just by blocking a recent collection of proxies you can make your life easier.

Regarding your threads: Where did anyone say the people running these servers are the actual spammers? No one did and therefore your “slander” fantasies are toast.

On another note: Normally I wouldn’t bother, but your multilation of the word address really hurts my eyes. The plural of address is addresses, even over in Canada. Perhaps a dictionary would help if you struggle that much with English grammar.

]]> by: Weasel5i2 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/27/googlepray/#comment-14872 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 07:23:28 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/27/googlepray/#comment-14872 Hello, I've found that the best way to stay ahead of the spammers is to write your own custom scripts instead of using off-the-shelf guestbooks/wikis/etc.. I just finished writing my own blog! But even so, I still have to fight referral and guestbook spammers constantly. I even sometimes get spam submitted as feedback! I have a few anti-spammer rant pages of my own: http://www.weasel.net/refspammer and http://www.weasel.net/?page=blacklist (emptied recently so I can work on forensic/counteroffensive PHP script experiments). I run my own custom version of "Spam Vampire" written in VB.NET, and it's designed to leverage the very same open proxies the idiot spammers use. I've found it to be somewhat effective; I can suck 10+ gigs per day from the spamvertised sites. Fun! (NOTE: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME. I DO THIS UNDER THE FULL UNDERSTANDING THAT IT OF QUESTIONABLE LEGALITY AND IS THEREFORE DONE AT MY OWN RISK!) It should also be stated, for the record, that I am in no way DOS/DDOSing the sites. Simply downloading.. and downloading.. and downloading.. Hey, I'm simply using the HTTP service which they freely provide to the public! ;-) Keep up the good work, SpamHuntress, TaupeHat, Preacher and everyone else! Someday these spammers will go and get a REAL job, like the rest of us. :P --Adrian, Austin, Texas USA Hello,

I’ve found that the best way to stay ahead of the spammers is to write your own custom scripts instead of using off-the-shelf guestbooks/wikis/etc.. I just finished writing my own blog! But even so, I still have to fight referral and guestbook spammers constantly. I even sometimes get spam submitted as feedback! I have a few anti-spammer rant pages of my own: http://www.weasel.net/refspammer and http://www.weasel.net/?page=blacklist (emptied recently so I can work on forensic/counteroffensive PHP script experiments).

I run my own custom version of “Spam Vampire” written in VB.NET, and it’s designed to leverage the very same open proxies the idiot spammers use. I’ve found it to be somewhat effective; I can suck 10+ gigs per day from the spamvertised sites. Fun! (NOTE: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME. I DO THIS UNDER THE FULL UNDERSTANDING THAT IT OF QUESTIONABLE LEGALITY AND IS THEREFORE DONE AT MY OWN RISK!) It should also be stated, for the record, that I am in no way DOS/DDOSing the sites. Simply downloading.. and downloading.. and downloading.. Hey, I’m simply using the HTTP service which they freely provide to the public! ;-)

Keep up the good work, SpamHuntress, TaupeHat, Preacher and everyone else! Someday these spammers will go and get a REAL job, like the rest of us. :P

–Adrian, Austin, Texas USA

]]> by: Beetljooz http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/27/googlepray/#comment-10085 Wed, 17 May 2006 00:47:22 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/27/googlepray/#comment-10085 My guestbook was being spammed. I use Advanced Guestbook...of course after researching a little I will be upgrading it to Lazarus when I get the time. I also ran across this blog and found it an interesting read...so looked at the wiki etc. The main reason I want to keep my guestbook (because it was noted above somewhere...why even have a guestbook anymore..?) is rather than give in to the spammers and spambots and let them stop me from having a guestbook I would rather fight back a little. Nothing grand. I did add the code for http://www.auditmypc.com/freescan/antispam.html loop to the bottom of my guestbook. I was just curious if this actually works in gumming up a database with bad e-mail addys? Anyway I enjoyed reading about your dealings with some idjots. My guestbook was being spammed. I use Advanced Guestbook…of course after researching a little I will be upgrading it to Lazarus when I get the time. I also ran across this blog and found it an interesting read…so looked at the wiki etc. The main reason I want to keep my guestbook (because it was noted above somewhere…why even have a guestbook anymore..?) is rather than give in to the spammers and spambots and let them stop me from having a guestbook I would rather fight back a little. Nothing grand. I did add the code for http://www.auditmypc.com/freescan/antispam.html loop to the bottom of my guestbook. I was just curious if this actually works in gumming up a database with bad e-mail addys? Anyway I enjoyed reading about your dealings with some idjots.

]]> by: Michael Pollitt http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/27/googlepray/#comment-8773 Mon, 08 May 2006 19:50:34 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/27/googlepray/#comment-8773 I've also been suffering from some guestbook spammers lately (understatement of the year...) and have no qualms about posting any IP addresses involved. Firstly, people with compromised/abused systems want to know so they can clean them up. We all realise that spammers will take advantage of any vulnerable IP they can. Secondly, there are some hosts out there that, sadly, seem to host spammers and ignore complaints. Thirdly, many people like to block such addresses, at least until the problem goes away. And as for using that particular phrase, coarse language never helps your case. I’ve also been suffering from some guestbook spammers lately (understatement of the year…) and have no qualms about posting any IP addresses involved. Firstly, people with compromised/abused systems want to know so they can clean them up. We all realise that spammers will take advantage of any vulnerable IP they can. Secondly, there are some hosts out there that, sadly, seem to host spammers and ignore complaints. Thirdly, many people like to block such addresses, at least until the problem goes away. And as for using that particular phrase, coarse language never helps your case.

]]> by: Administrator http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/27/googlepray/#comment-8734 Mon, 08 May 2006 10:44:42 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/27/googlepray/#comment-8734 For those who are curious - he's on shawcable. Unusually enough. Usually those who start off with that particular phrase are from Eastern Europe. For those who are curious - he’s on shawcable. Unusually enough. Usually those who start off with that particular phrase are from Eastern Europe.

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