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chirpa
Sep 30, 2012Luminary
Spam on the rise
I see spam posts are starting to get out of control. Moderators like mdgm already clean up 99% of it. I'm leaving the recent ones up, in hopes that NTGR will realize that cutting back on resources of ...
PapaBear1
Oct 07, 2012Apprentice
Viewing profile - NouttospitRor has 57 Spam posts spread through the forums. This has gotten serious. He started at 10 minutes before noon (EDT) and finished at 12:32 PM (EDT).
Meanwhile, Viewing profile - durosmoro, has 15 spam posts in Russian (cyrillic alphabet) spam posts still on from last night.
There are scattered others, Irrerewoofews, has one in Russian date stamped 6:14AM this morning (EDT).
I Pre-Sales, we have spammers replying to spammers!
How can someone register and post 57 spam posts in the first 40 minutes after they register? Most forums limit the number of posts of a new member for a few days or so. A spam post on this forum used to be very rare, and even on major forums 57 posts by one spammer is unusual.
Meanwhile, Viewing profile - durosmoro, has 15 spam posts in Russian (cyrillic alphabet) spam posts still on from last night.
There are scattered others, Irrerewoofews, has one in Russian date stamped 6:14AM this morning (EDT).
I Pre-Sales, we have spammers replying to spammers!
How can someone register and post 57 spam posts in the first 40 minutes after they register? Most forums limit the number of posts of a new member for a few days or so. A spam post on this forum used to be very rare, and even on major forums 57 posts by one spammer is unusual.
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