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SMF Development => Bug Reports => Fixed or Bogus Bugs => Topic started by: PureKaoz on January 31, 2012, 11:28:11 PM

Title: Bots able to spam Personal Text
Post by: PureKaoz on January 31, 2012, 11:28:11 PM
So as of recently, i have found that even with reCaptcha and security questions i have been having bots get through to my website and spam lots of random links in the personal text option of their profile. I would've never noticed if i didnt start clicking on user's names in the online list.

Here are some examples:
http://purekaoz.com/index.php?action=profile;u=6074
http://purekaoz.com/index.php?action=profile;u=6072

Any idea?
Title: Re: Bots able to spam Personal Text
Post by: Oldiesmann on February 01, 2012, 12:40:10 AM
Are you sure they're not regular old human spammers?
Title: Re: Bots able to spam Personal Text
Post by: Illori on February 01, 2012, 06:30:39 AM
please dont post the same issue in multiple places, i have deleted your other thread.
Title: Re: Bots able to spam Personal Text
Post by: IchBin™ on February 01, 2012, 07:55:38 PM
Turn off the option for newbies to be able to edit their profile. Then after your allowed amount of posts that you specify, they have proven they aren't a spammer. Sounds like human spammers to me too.
Title: Re: Bots able to spam Personal Text
Post by: Illori on February 01, 2012, 08:12:04 PM
http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=3237 might be helpful as well
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