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General Category => The Living Room => Topic started by: taxed on June 16, 2011, 01:19:04 PM

Title: Spambots lately...
Post by: taxed on June 16, 2011, 01:19:04 PM
Solar and I added some extra questions to the new account registration process.  One of them, for instance, is "What color is a banana?".

It looks like that took care of the problem, but it will also make it difficult for a lib to register.
Title: Re: Spambots lately...
Post by: walkstall on June 16, 2011, 08:12:47 PM
ROTFLMAF  work for me. lol  ;D
Title: Re: Spambots lately...
Post by: Solar on June 16, 2011, 11:24:46 PM
It was all Taxed doing, he was the one that solved our troll problem, single handed.
Take a bow young man. 8)
Title: Re: Spambots lately...
Post by: Elfie on June 17, 2011, 07:11:48 AM
giggling at you guys,lol..... thats funny....
Title: Re: Spambots lately...
Post by: Solar on June 17, 2011, 07:30:41 AM
It has been pure Hell, I know I deleted more than 100, which took several hours.
I know Taxed was banning them, because while deleting accounts, I would come across them already banned.
Our member count shot up to somewhere above 700, but we got it back down to around 500 real members.
Title: Re: Spambots lately...
Post by: Elfie on June 17, 2011, 07:44:11 AM
Oh it has to be evil trying to keep those nasties away.... just cracked me up something so simple as a "what color Is" question, can and does block em.  I figured it would take something above and beyond my IT brain, some super kill it program.   Just made me giggle that it was that easy,,,,, it's pretty cool actually....  Alot of times I think it takes a heck of a lot more to fix this kinda thing then it really does...

Title: Re: Spambots lately...
Post by: Solar on June 17, 2011, 08:07:18 AM
I'm just glad it was such an easy fix, rather than another update to our program, those are a freakin headache. :o
Title: Re: Spambots lately...
Post by: Elfie on June 17, 2011, 08:28:53 AM
lol,,,, see now I thought they were all eyebrow stickers,lol...