Comments on: Creating “Fake” Signatures http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2008/07/05/creating-fake-signatures/ Your premium source for custom modification services for phpBB Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:09:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Everett http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2008/07/05/creating-fake-signatures/comment-page-1/#comment-2689 Everett Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:34:08 +0000 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/?p=206#comment-2689 A follow up on my earlier post. I noticed all of the people I warned stopped posting and visiting the site altogether. A number of the accounts I suspected were duplicates never read my warning PM. I guess they figured their cover had been blown. I decided to ban all of them as a precaution against future spam. A follow up on my earlier post. I noticed all of the people I warned stopped posting and visiting the site altogether. A number of the accounts I suspected were duplicates never read my warning PM. I guess they figured their cover had been blown. I decided to ban all of them as a precaution against future spam.

]]> By: Dog Cow http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2008/07/05/creating-fake-signatures/comment-page-1/#comment-2667 Dog Cow Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:56:51 +0000 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/?p=206#comment-2667 That's pretty amusing, I think, to make a legit post with a fake spam sig! Unfortunately, I haven't had any spam posts since I installed your Checkbox Challenge, so I have no personal experience with this matter. Oh yeah, and I am glad that there are new blog entries here, I had stopped coming for awhile because nothing new was posted after the Subforums entry. :) That’s pretty amusing, I think, to make a legit post with a fake spam sig!

Unfortunately, I haven’t had any spam posts since I installed your Checkbox Challenge, so I have no personal experience with this matter.

Oh yeah, and I am glad that there are new blog entries here, I had stopped coming for awhile because nothing new was posted after the Subforums entry. :)

]]> By: Dogs and things http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2008/07/05/creating-fake-signatures/comment-page-1/#comment-2665 Dogs and things Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:36:58 +0000 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/?p=206#comment-2665 Hi Dave, I too have seen two or three of those posts on my board. No big deal as I gladly remove those. If numbers were bigger I'd get bothered though. I haven´t tried this, but can´t you simply make _____________ a banned word with the ban word tool in the ACP, or would this ban single underscores too? Greetings, Willy. Hi Dave,

I too have seen two or three of those posts on my board. No big deal as I gladly remove those. If numbers were bigger I’d get bothered though.

I haven´t tried this, but can´t you simply make _____________ a banned word with the ban word tool in the ACP, or would this ban single underscores too?

Greetings,

Willy.

]]> By: Dave Rathbun http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2008/07/05/creating-fake-signatures/comment-page-1/#comment-2664 Dave Rathbun Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:38:24 +0000 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/?p=206#comment-2664 Hi, Everett, and welcome to my blog. Thanks for your comment. On the board in question, I did the same (sending PM's). Not only did they not stop, they went back and edited some of their posts to include the fake signature once again. That earned them a quick whack from the ban hammer. :) Hi, Everett, and welcome to my blog. Thanks for your comment.

On the board in question, I did the same (sending PM’s). Not only did they not stop, they went back and edited some of their posts to include the fake signature once again. That earned them a quick whack from the ban hammer. :)

]]> By: Everett http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2008/07/05/creating-fake-signatures/comment-page-1/#comment-2663 Everett Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:17:50 +0000 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/?p=206#comment-2663 I've had this problem as well. People joining up, all from the same IP, in order start strange generic topics and include either these fake signatures in their postings or embedded links like they are cut & pasting ready-made text. A lot of them had links to the same web site, which I added as a forbidden phrase. They are real people as before I realized it was widespread, I would send them a PM asking them to stop using spam-type links in their postings. They all read the PMs. They did not respond but they stopped. I’ve had this problem as well. People joining up, all from the same IP, in order start strange generic topics and include either these fake signatures in their postings or embedded links like they are cut & pasting ready-made text. A lot of them had links to the same web site, which I added as a forbidden phrase.

They are real people as before I realized it was widespread, I would send them a PM asking them to stop using spam-type links in their postings. They all read the PMs. They did not respond but they stopped.

]]> By: Dave Rathbun http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2008/07/05/creating-fake-signatures/comment-page-1/#comment-2662 Dave Rathbun Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:22:24 +0000 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/?p=206#comment-2662 On a whim I searched for the text in one of the posts above. I found the exact same post on a phpBB3 board <code>computer-forums.net/viewtopic.php?t=3167</code> and on a vBulletin board <code>forums.dealofday.com/general-chit-chat/205605-terrible-signal-reception.html</code> and another vB board <code>forums.clantemplates.com/showthread.php?p=1317393</code> and an IPB board <code>microsupport.4.forumer.com/index.php?showtopic=853</code> and... well, you get the idea. :) On a whim I searched for the text in one of the posts above. I found the exact same post on a phpBB3 board

computer-forums.net/viewtopic.php?t=3167

and on a vBulletin board

forums.dealofday.com/general-chit-chat/205605-terrible-signal-reception.html

and another vB board

forums.clantemplates.com/showthread.php?p=1317393

and an IPB board

microsupport.4.forumer.com/index.php?showtopic=853

and… well, you get the idea. :)

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