Comments on: Supremely stupid http://spamhuntress.com/2005/10/05/supremely-stupid/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:17:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Adam Atkins http://spamhuntress.com/2005/10/05/supremely-stupid/#comment-1860 Sun, 20 Nov 2005 14:23:58 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/10/05/supremely-stupid/#comment-1860 There was spamming detected by me on the website "www.criticalfiles.com"...it was a whole bunch of random letters on the software reviews. There was spamming detected by me on the website “www.criticalfiles.com”…it was a whole bunch of random letters on the software reviews.

]]> by: Fred http://spamhuntress.com/2005/10/05/supremely-stupid/#comment-1559 Mon, 10 Oct 2005 22:55:25 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/10/05/supremely-stupid/#comment-1559 Here's an interesting idea on stopping comment spam, posted on John C. Dvorak's web site. Note - I haven't tried it yet myself, because we're not currently having a problem with comment spam. ------------------------------------------------------------- Most people who run blogs have issues with comment spam in their blogs and there are all sorts of fixes. Marc Perkel at ctyme.com - my host - was floored, he said, when he realized a simple command to the Apache software would kill most of it - and it does indeed work! Here is the short code running on the ctyme server for my dvorak.org using WordPress-based blogging software. Altering it for other b log software and other blogs should be simple for anyone running Apache. RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^.*dvorak.org/.* RewriteRule ^.* http://www.ctyme.com/comment-spam.html Essentially it makes the basic condition for any post rigid: it has to be coming from a link within the blog itself, the "comment" li nk. Most spam does not. My spam count on the blog has dropped from 50-100 to 2 per day without any other tricks. [from dvorak.org/blog - search on comment spam] Here’s an interesting idea on stopping comment spam, posted on John C. Dvorak’s web site. Note - I haven’t tried it yet myself, because we’re not currently having a problem with comment spam.

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Most people who run blogs have issues with comment spam in their blogs
and there are all sorts of fixes. Marc Perkel at ctyme.com - my host -
was floored, he said, when he realized a simple command to the Apache
software would kill most of it - and it does indeed work!

Here is the short code running on the ctyme server for my dvorak.org using WordPress-based blogging software. Altering it for other b
log software and other blogs should be simple for anyone running Apache.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^.*dvorak.org/.*
RewriteRule ^.* http://www.ctyme.com/comment-spam.html

Essentially it makes the basic condition for any post rigid: it has to be coming from a link within the blog itself, the “comment” li
nk. Most spam does not.

My spam count on the blog has dropped from 50-100 to 2 per day without
any other tricks.

[from dvorak.org/blog - search on comment spam]

]]> by: Bryan Villarin http://spamhuntress.com/2005/10/05/supremely-stupid/#comment-1535 Fri, 07 Oct 2005 14:55:01 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/10/05/supremely-stupid/#comment-1535 FYI: Just finished an email conversation with Michael, and he said all the comments posted by this particular spammer was manually. So if he's hitting you, he probably just doesn't like you. ;) So, he's banned for now. Does Ann have an update for this spammer? :D FYI: Just finished an email conversation with Michael, and he said all the comments posted by this particular spammer was manually. So if he’s hitting you, he probably just doesn’t like you. ;)

So, he’s banned for now. Does Ann have an update for this spammer? :D

]]> by: Bryan Villarin http://spamhuntress.com/2005/10/05/supremely-stupid/#comment-1528 Thu, 06 Oct 2005 16:57:52 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/10/05/supremely-stupid/#comment-1528 @Fred: Bad Behavior (1.2.2) isn't stopping this one as of now. It's gotten through it on my install. http://blogged.btvillarin.com/2005/10/06/bad-behavior-not-100/ If there was a way WordPress can stop one character comments, perhaps? I don't know what else to do, but that IP has been banned in .htaccess for now. @Ann: Best of luck finding this idiot! @Fred: Bad Behavior (1.2.2) isn’t stopping this one as of now. It’s gotten through it on my install.

http://blogged.btvillarin.com/2005/10/06/bad-behavior-not-100/

If there was a way WordPress can stop one character comments, perhaps? I don’t know what else to do, but that IP has been banned in .htaccess for now.

@Ann: Best of luck finding this idiot!

]]> by: Fred http://spamhuntress.com/2005/10/05/supremely-stupid/#comment-1523 Wed, 05 Oct 2005 20:46:05 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/10/05/supremely-stupid/#comment-1523 If you haven't already tried it, check out the Bad Behaviour plugin for WordPress. We've had success with it stopping comment spam, at least on some little used blogs. One that has no comment spam (now) had 700+ comment spam entries before the plugin. You can find it here: http://www.ioerror.us/software/bad-behavior/ If you haven’t already tried it, check out the Bad Behaviour plugin for WordPress. We’ve had success with it stopping comment spam, at least on some little used blogs. One that has no comment spam (now) had 700+ comment spam entries before the plugin.

You can find it here:

http://www.ioerror.us/software/bad-behavior/

]]> by: Etanisla http://spamhuntress.com/2005/10/05/supremely-stupid/#comment-1522 Wed, 05 Oct 2005 14:13:16 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/10/05/supremely-stupid/#comment-1522 Speaking of that rat at 71.57.133.162, the comments themselves are usually a single letter, the domains are left in the comment author's website box. I had IP-banned 70.84.49.34 some time ago, and may do the same to the first. 24.4.74.216 is following in their wake, with comment spam leaving domains that will trigger many bad-word filters, as well as bad memories for me. Speaking of that rat at 71.57.133.162, the comments themselves are usually a single letter, the domains are left in the comment author’s website box.

I had IP-banned 70.84.49.34 some time ago, and may do the same to the first.

24.4.74.216 is following in their wake, with comment spam leaving domains that will trigger many bad-word filters, as well as bad memories for me.

]]> by: Michael Pollitt http://spamhuntress.com/2005/10/05/supremely-stupid/#comment-1521 Wed, 05 Oct 2005 13:45:49 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/10/05/supremely-stupid/#comment-1521 71.57.133.162 has been comment spamming me for the last couple of days but leaving just single letters like c, b, or z as well as 'awesome' and 'I disagree with your opinion'. No links to any spamvertised sites. 70.84.49.34 left links for smalldebt.com and mortgagemavericksonline.com earlier today. This may be the same spammer as 71.57.133.162 as the e-mail address in the attempted comment was identical. 71.57.133.162 has been comment spamming me for the last couple of days but leaving just single letters like c, b, or z as well as ‘awesome’ and ‘I disagree with your opinion’. No links to any spamvertised sites.

70.84.49.34 left links for smalldebt.com and mortgagemavericksonline.com earlier today. This may be the same spammer as 71.57.133.162 as the e-mail address in the attempted comment was identical.

]]> by: Tom Raftery’s I.T. views » Blog Archive » Comment spam run last night http://spamhuntress.com/2005/10/05/supremely-stupid/#comment-1520 Wed, 05 Oct 2005 13:35:02 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/10/05/supremely-stupid/#comment-1520 [...] ll be another year before this happens again! UPDATE: I see this spammer also visited the Spamhuntress - what a twit! Go get him Ann! Technorati Tags: [...] […] ll be another year before this happens again! UPDATE: I see this spammer also visited the Spamhuntress - what a twit! Go get him Ann! Technorati Tags: […]

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