Comments on: Personal Spammers http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2009/04/15/personal-spammers/ Your premium source for custom modification services for phpBB Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:39:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dave Rathbun http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2009/04/15/personal-spammers/comment-page-1/#comment-2996 Dave Rathbun Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:35:26 +0000 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/?p=307#comment-2996 I checked one of the links, and it goes to a vBulletin 3.x board. The spammer has created a profile that is viewable by guests, and used tinyurl to create a number of spam-related links. So the theory is, I guess, they get a link from my blog to the compromised vB board, and from there get links to their own spam sites. Or they would, if I wasn't blocking / deleting them as they come in. The question is, have they solved the Checkbox Challenge with an automated system? Or are they manual spammers? Further investigation is required... I checked one of the links, and it goes to a vBulletin 3.x board. The spammer has created a profile that is viewable by guests, and used tinyurl to create a number of spam-related links. So the theory is, I guess, they get a link from my blog to the compromised vB board, and from there get links to their own spam sites.

Or they would, if I wasn’t blocking / deleting them as they come in.

The question is, have they solved the Checkbox Challenge with an automated system? Or are they manual spammers? Further investigation is required…

]]> By: Dave Rathbun http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2009/04/15/personal-spammers/comment-page-1/#comment-2995 Dave Rathbun Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:33:05 +0000 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/?p=307#comment-2995 Every one of these posts had a gmail address. I am wondering now if "linked in" has been compromised, and people are setting up spam pages there and then linking to them. What a pain. Every one of these posts had a gmail address. I am wondering now if “linked in” has been compromised, and people are setting up spam pages there and then linking to them.

What a pain.

]]> By: Dog Cow http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2009/04/15/personal-spammers/comment-page-1/#comment-2994 Dog Cow Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:00:27 +0000 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/?p=307#comment-2994 I've seen more in-depth comments as well which reference the blog's subject and follow up with a link for "further reading." ;) I’ve seen more in-depth comments as well which reference the blog’s subject and follow up with a link for “further reading.” ;)

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