1. Welcome to Planet Cyrene Forum!

    You appear to be browsing cyreneforum.com as a guest user. Did you know that if you sign up with an account, you get access to all kinds of additional privileges, and are then able to join the discussions?

    Already a member? Login Now!

We are under spam bot attack!

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by TunerS, May 10, 2014.

  1. TunerS
    • Cyrene Pioneer

    TunerS Travelling through time...
    Curious

    Joined:
    May 31, 2012
    Messages:
    637
    Likes Received:
    359
    Trophy Points:
    63
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Latvia
    Society:
    Brainstormers
    Just look at all of those threads! What is going on? Can't even see the latest posts anymore (from actual people). :HellNo:
     
    TunerS, May 10, 2014
    #1
    Master Chief likes this.
  2. Master Chief
    • Cyrene Pioneer

    Master Chief Smuggler - Hibernation
    Angelic

    Joined:
    Jan 5, 2012
    Messages:
    512
    Likes Received:
    338
    Trophy Points:
    63
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    CSR
    Location:
    Texas - USA
    Society:
    Irken Invaders
    Master Chief, May 10, 2014
    #2
  3. Kris | Cyrene
    • Administrator
    • Moderator
    • Cyrene Staff
    • Cyrene Pioneer

    Kris | Cyrene Lo and Behold, the Fixer of Bugs Staff Member
    Cool

    Joined:
    Nov 14, 2011
    Messages:
    1,901
    Likes Received:
    2,103
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    A man of many hats and talents.
    Location:
    Chiang Mai, Thailand // Orange County, CA
    Home Page:
    Hey guys,

    This was very strange but it's currently resolved for now.

    I've notified Lykke to see what we can do about this in the future.

    Cheers,
    Kris
     
    Kris | Cyrene, May 11, 2014
    #3
  4. TunerS
    • Cyrene Pioneer

    TunerS Travelling through time...
    Curious

    Joined:
    May 31, 2012
    Messages:
    637
    Likes Received:
    359
    Trophy Points:
    63
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Latvia
    Society:
    Brainstormers
    Again!:HellNo:
     
    TunerS, May 11, 2014
    #4
  5. Lykke TheNun
    • Administrator
    • Cyrene Pioneer

    Lykke TheNun Well-Known Member
    Roflmao

    Joined:
    Nov 10, 2011
    Messages:
    918
    Likes Received:
    546
    Trophy Points:
    93
    Gender:
    Female
    Location:
    Cyrene
    I'm on it !!

    Unfortunately there are people creating spam bots for a living. They try and exploit forum software all the time. Whenever they find a new 'hole' we have to find a way to close it again. Often these attacks appear in steams - and they attack either one type of tool / software or a bunch of different once at a time.

    I'll see what I can do asap =)
     
    Lykke TheNun, May 12, 2014
    #5
  6. Cutter
    • Cyrene Pioneer

    Cutter Yeah, I did it. So what?
    Amused

    Joined:
    Dec 30, 2013
    Messages:
    140
    Likes Received:
    40
    Trophy Points:
    28
    Gender:
    Male
    Society:
    Dragon Shadow Society
    You know, im just curious. I know that most people are smart enough to stay away from spam threads.. does it really pay enough for them to create so many ways to say absolutely nothing?? lol
     
    Cutter, May 12, 2014
    #6
  7. Lykke TheNun
    • Administrator
    • Cyrene Pioneer

    Lykke TheNun Well-Known Member
    Roflmao

    Joined:
    Nov 10, 2011
    Messages:
    918
    Likes Received:
    546
    Trophy Points:
    93
    Gender:
    Female
    Location:
    Cyrene
    Unfortunately ... yes. There are whole organizations being paid by companies to spread out links to get better google positions. The thing is, not only do we get 'spammed' but the companies also get 'punished' by Google (but the companies often doesn't know better). The spam bots only need to place a link on the site - in one post or a signature. Often you don't detect it before you look closer to the profile - other times they have a bunch of text where the link is hidden in a word.

    I have set the spam filter warning flags to be even higher now and adjusted some settings, and I hope this will help - otherwise shout up again =)
     
    Lykke TheNun, May 12, 2014
    #7
  8. Karmic
    • Cyrene Pioneer

    Karmic Member
    Mischievious

    Joined:
    Jan 1, 2012
    Messages:
    52
    Likes Received:
    23
    Trophy Points:
    8
    Gender:
    Male
    Do they drop anything good?
     
    Karmic, May 13, 2014
    #8
    Cutter likes this.
  9. Lykke TheNun
    • Administrator
    • Cyrene Pioneer

    Lykke TheNun Well-Known Member
    Roflmao

    Joined:
    Nov 10, 2011
    Messages:
    918
    Likes Received:
    546
    Trophy Points:
    93
    Gender:
    Female
    Location:
    Cyrene
    I wish ... Would have held a huge bot-event here on the forum if that was the case :shoot::shock1:
     
    Lykke TheNun, May 13, 2014
    #9

Share This Page