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Posted by:
Art Parramoure
(---.252.148.76.Dial1.Chicago1.Level3.net)
Date: April 09, 2006 05:11AM
What is with the buy/sell site??? Viagra ??????? Re: Tom
Posted by:
John Blair
(---.rgv.res.rr.com)
Date: April 09, 2006 05:47AM
Art,
These $%%^^&%$%$ tap ;into the site ever so often. Tom and the other moderators will fix it quickly once they wake up. Not all of us are night owls like you, me and Raymond......smile..........It really makes me angry to Art.........Doesn't seem like we can do or go anywhere anymore without being bombed with this crap............Have a good Sunday........... Big John Rio Hondo, Texas Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting Re: Tom
Posted by:
Simon Oakley
(---.qld.veridas.net)
Date: April 09, 2006 08:41AM
Tom
they have the same crap in the buy/sell pages as well Re: Tom
Posted by:
Anonymous User
(Moderator)
Date: April 09, 2006 09:20AM
This forum has been under attack since the day it went online. It takes many forms, some are very simplistic and some are quite elaborate. There are many systems now that use automated scripts to seek and find places to put these various advertisements. I had to shut down the RodMaker guestbook because of the abuse it received.
There is never any reason to respond to any such posts - there is no one there that is going to read what you have to say. It's a computer script. A human has to initiate the program but there is no one behind any such post looking back in to see what you might have to say. Part of this is just a sign of the times and part of it is a bit more underhanded. We are working on a solution but in the meantime we'll just have to put up with it and remove such posts as we're able to do so. ....... MS Windows
Posted by:
Anonymous User
(Moderator)
Date: April 09, 2006 10:10AM
One other thing - many of these scripts are installed in the operating systems of those of you who run Windows operating software. That's right - your computer is a spam machine without you knowing about it. When you access a forum such as this one, the script that the spammers have installed in your Windows software will log this site (or others) and then spam the board/s from your computer while you're online.
As I ban the spammers' IP addresses, I have guys contacting me wanting to know why they can't post all of a sudden. Turns out, the spam was coming from their computer and their own IP address. We're going to be trying some tests in the next rew days, with mandatory registration and captchka systems to see if they help reduce the amount of spamming that goes on here. ................. Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 04/09/2006 10:20AM by Tom Kirkman. Re: Tom
Posted by:
Danny Bundy
(---.69-93-60.reverse.theplanet.com)
Date: April 09, 2006 04:29PM
Is there any way to find out if our own computers are doing the spamming? Man I'd hate think that I'm spamming sites when I visit them but how would you find out for sure? Re: Tom
Posted by:
John Blair
(---.rgv.res.rr.com)
Date: April 09, 2006 05:31PM
Me too Danny............. Big John Rio Hondo, Texas Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting Re: Tom
Posted by:
Anonymous User
(Moderator)
Date: April 09, 2006 06:20PM
I'm not sure how to tell from your own end, but I do know that about half the spam we've been getting here appears to be coming from users' own computers. I'll see what I can find out for you.
........ Re: Tom
Posted by:
Raymond Adams
(---.hsd1.ca.comcast.net)
Date: April 09, 2006 10:22PM
Keep your anti-virus software updated weekly or sooner and
run a anti-spyware program like AdAware or Spybot frequently and most potential threats will be handled. Raymond Adams Eventually, all things merge, and a river runs through it.. Re: Tom
Posted by:
Mike Barkley
(---.nap.wideopenwest.com)
Date: April 09, 2006 10:42PM
Do as Raymond suggested and CONTROL your cookies!!!!! Re: Tom
Posted by:
Scott Throop
(---.ventca.adelphia.net)
Date: April 10, 2006 02:08AM
Ditto the ad/ spyware advice...Adaware from LavaSoft as a good one as well as Spy Bot. Both are free. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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