Forum bots
Started by Chilliwack on May 17, 2006 · 14 posts in thread
Chilliwack (#1)
is there any way to stop forum bots here permanently? like, how do they target the forums. is one of the (possibly former?) players here spamming us with these bots? if so, is there an ip that theyre all from, or is it like a static ip so it can't be banned?
Zeraphin (#2)
Unrelated to DL. Just spammers.
They love phpbb. I'm banning their normal email domains to stop registration. Not an incredible amount I can do to stop them. I switched gamehavoc.com from phpbb to vbb to get rid of them. (Not a single bot registered since)
vbb costs $160 for a license though.
They love phpbb. I'm banning their normal email domains to stop registration. Not an incredible amount I can do to stop them. I switched gamehavoc.com from phpbb to vbb to get rid of them. (Not a single bot registered since)
vbb costs $160 for a license though.
Chilliwack (#3)
so what... you shelled out 166?
Zeraphin (#4)
Actually, no. Members of gamehavoc.com donated the $160
weems (#5)
Yes thats right, we rule.Zeraphin wrote:Actually, no. Members of gamehavoc.com donated the $160
Chilliwack (#6)
woo for devoted members
i wish people would donate $160 to me... i'd buy a pony
i wish people would donate $160 to me... i'd buy a pony
Snowflayke (#7)
what Are forum bots?
Chilliwack (#8)
they're programs that come onto forums (such as this one), and spam random stuff. sometimes they use context from other posts to make their posts seem relevant, but they rarely, if ever, work, and it's good that they've been stopped/locked very quickly after seeing (yay zeraphin)
Zidane (#9)
zeraphin is the man!!
i took the first letter of his name. and add dan in it. to make your truly
down with bots!!!
i took the first letter of his name. and add dan in it. to make your truly
down with bots!!!
Chilliwack (#10)
when you said "dan" were you referring to celeborn? if so, it's Celeborn...
Kiasyn (#11)
he means thats how he made 'zidane'
Chilliwack (#12)
ahh, i see
Zidane (#13)
kiasyn is right on the money 
Deliomir (#14)
I have them on my forums too... There are some things you can do about them, but it's not easy...
I'd have to look it up...
I'd have to look it up...
