is this site get hacked? an invalid thread and user appears in Sourcemod - General
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the user named "validhack"
I think this site is very old, should improve the security. |
Re: is this site get hacked? an invalid thread and user appears in Sourcemod - Genera
are spambot
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Both when you see stuff like this, but also if there are other posts that you feel may be in violation with the AlliedModders Rules. Quote:
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I once saw something that looked like a spam bot, so therefore I triggered an infraction causing a ban, with a reason like "Spam bot? - Appeal via Contact Us, if you're real.". I was surprised to see that potential spam bot return and spam again, but it appeared that it had been appealing about the ban, and due to the appeal, it was apparently considered real by someone else. Quote:
Changing to another kind of forum isn't going to help, or magically fix the problem either. Spam bots are learning your layers of defence, which means to be pro-active, it requires you to be constantly on guard, and be adapting to new things. That rarely works that well, together with things driven by volunteers. There is simply no permanent fix to the problem, regardless what you do (or don't do). |
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a simple captcha in the login or in the comment boxes would be enough, I bet these bots are so noob that they couldn't overcome the challenge.
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https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=341302 Most of the spam accounts are hijacked accounts with legit post history etc. This forum needs to reset everyone's password if they want to stop this. Of course a year past almost and nothing has been done. |
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fixed :idea:
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This thread is about new spam bot registrations. Account 355909 (literally named "validhack") was created on 2023-12-18, and posted it's junk on on 2023-12-18 06:54 (CET, +0100). Quote:
It does happen like that, but it definitely isn't the most of it that has an existing legit post history and/or old account creditability, in the way as you say. Quote:
Having a mandatory password reset, such as if you've been gone from the forums for e.g. 3 months, or 12 months, before you can access the forums again, could be a way of reducing the impact of that specific issue. But again, a such thing won't prevent the kind of junk that this specific thread is targetting. Quote:
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But two questions comes up again and again, in regards to that:
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Very simple solution:
In order to sign-up at AlliedModders.net, please send $3 to the following address..." |
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That would stop them all at once. But to be fair to users out of not so rich countries, it should be any currency and a low number. |
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