Roger, Spam Threads to delete
 

To Help out, here are some spam threads for your deleting enjoyment Roger, not sure how much time you have to read every thread on the PPB, so this may help with the housekeeping.

Not trying to get into your business, if this bothers you just ban me like you did GotRoad. :D


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/bmw-r1100s-r1200s-tech-forum/515254-prompted-concern.html

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/bmw-r1100s-r1200s-tech-forum/515160-1053-1072-1096-1084-1091-1079-1099-1082-1072-1083-1100-1085-a.html

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/bmw-r1100s-r1200s-tech-forum/514428-work-home-opportunity.html


The Jury is out on these, but they look suspicious to me, what do you guys think?

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/bmw-r1100s-r1200s-tech-forum/515121-hi-complete-board.html

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/bmw-r1100s-r1200s-tech-forum/515187-bonjour.html

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/bmw-r1100s-r1200s-tech-forum/514730-bula-everyone.html

http://www.deodorantshop.com/images/ban.jpg

http://store.officeworld.com/Product...300040_1_1.JPG
tick, tick, tick...

Yet another


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/bmw-r1100s-r1200s-tech-forum/515266-grand-forum.html

The problem with deleting this one is Brads response is so funny! So what to do? Ban Brad when he makes us laugh? :p

Bob, I agree, Brad is very funny, and I play in these threads as much as anyone, but they still house links that most likely contain spyware that someone could click on and get infected. I say, trash the threads.

Yer right of course Rob. I was just sayin'....hate to lose a brad funny.

IIRC, Roger tends to leave the funky threads on here when we respond to them. What I do is click on the red triangle with the "!" in it (below the signature line) to report the spam.

I thought that meant I was low on fuel. :)

Honestly, I had never seen that before, will use it from now on. Thanks Steve.

Historically true. Lately, I"m just trying to chuck them, but I can't seem to keep up. Ugh.

it's not roger's fault.
many of these types of intrusions are done using "bots" or robots, which scour the web for vulnerabilities.
not sure how many people are unsavvy enough to actually click on some of the links, but most folks know better by now.
i always suggest the following scenario if you're unsure:
make believe you're a wanted felon, hiding in an unoccupied house.
there's a knock on the door. "UPS special delivery for you!"
do you open the door?
nope.

in a lot of cases, if you DO follow through, there's a chance you can actually invite and house a "bot" on your own computer, which goes out and looks for forums like this one to continue the bizarre postings.

fortunately, the software for this board is a whole bunch better than some others. i've shut down two bulletin boards completely in the past, because they were so totally infested and we couldn't plug the holes.

roger does a pretty good impression of the little dutch boy, but keep in mind, he also has a job on the side.

I agree 100% Brad, it is a game of whack a mole!

Thanks Brad. I still hate to lose those few lucid moments I have when I laugh out loud at one of your funnies. Loved the reading in a mirror upside down...cookies!

bob~
sometimes i reply to them as a way for others to realize it's all a bunch of crap. other times it's just to get a giggle and warm up the fingers. i know i'm responding to a post that the original poster won't come back to visit, which makes it extra fun to try and get something posted before roger comes by to vacuum the thread off.
i watched a complete melt-down on one bbs where a bot infection was posted. the thread went on for pages of comments like "i clicked it, nothing happened to me, you guys are paranoid".
a few weeks after the thread was pulled, there was a new post from a known member, with a link & instructions on how to kill the virus. almost as many people posted with "yea, i got it too" as did the original nay-sayers who claimed we were just being paranoid.a most of those links come from "code kittens". they're beginning hackers without much knowledge, preying on computer owners who click on anything.
wanna fight some big battles? i've been at war with sql server injections for the past two years. those things are exceptionally nasty and a lot more sophisticated.

Oh man... he deleted the "Work from home" opportunity...

I was going to get rich... QUICK!

not to worry ralf.
Top 10 Work At Home and Home Based Business Scams

and you're in good company too!
"In the 18th century, for example, well-known celebrities of their day, including Napoleon Bonaparte and Benjamin Franklin, were tricked into playing against what was purported to be the world's first chess-playing machine. They lost.

In reality, a chess grand master was cunningly concealed in a cabinet beneath the board, manipulating the pieces into what looked like automated moves. "

Ralf,

I thought you had pretty strict rules about now working on week days, and not surfing on the weekend.:D Plus that stone age barter system seems to be working well for you. Did you get your buddy's internet working at his restaurant?

I've added more words to the spam filter that applies to new members, hopefully that will help make a difference. I'm not sure why these guys tend to target one forum and not others - it used to be the 928 forum, now it's here. I think there's some type of automated robot program that has a site profile built-in or something like that. I need to change the questions that are asked on the registration process.

-Wayne

Looks like most of it is gone now. A few remaining:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/bmw-r1100s-r1200s-tech-forum/516129-limewire-download.html
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/bmw-r1100s-r1200s-tech-forum/515895-adobe-acrobat-9-student.html
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/bmw-r1100s-r1200s-tech-forum/514428-work-home-opportunity.html

got'em

Roger could spend the evening deleting the SPAM but moving the responses to an OT thread entitled "Funny BANNED thread responses". Of course he'd have to sell off his business -all play anyhow- apply for welfare and let the bank repossess the house and put the kids up for adoption. Forgot to ask Roger, do you have children? Other than Ralf, Jim, Bubba and a few others.:D

No, 5 nieces and nephews, and and an S.O. with a 16 year old daughter. And sometimes this place. That's quite enough thankyouverymuch

wayne~
yes it is and yes you do. i've chased those before, and various variants. i have one now by the tail that uses "tell a friend" or a dealer locator to gain entry.

do you have a character capture function on sign-up? ya know, that thing that tells you to type in what the squiggly letters actually say?
if not, that's probably where they're getting into your site.

here's more vbulletin specific info: How To Make My Forums More Secure

can't help much more because i don't do php.

Merry Christmas Wayne and thanks for hosting the BMW Motorcycle Tech Forums! Good luck with the spammers, I work in IA and stuff like this can be a never ending battle.

you work in Iowa?
isn't that a bit of a commute?
man, some of you bmw guys are serious!

Yep, and I commute on the bike. Thank goodness I got a set of them Dunlop D220STs. I get 19K miles out of a set, the Gold Wing guys wish they had it so good.:)

Jeezes Rob, how many threads do I have to look at to see all the places you are dissing me? It was a tech question, sort of. :rolleyes:

:)
All of them?
Tough crowd
ok, back to the shop
benches to be built

The spam is still g(r)owing strong...

Are you kidding? By my screen, it's taken greater than a 10x drop. Sweet.