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And when they were banned, no one bothered to then run a basic query that takes 10 seconds to write on the database that would have instantly removed ALL the pm's sent to people BEFORE they opened them at work.
As the damage in that respect did NOT stop last night when they were banned.
If IB are going to be responsible service providers, this isnt acceptable IMHO when laziness on their part results in potentially thousands of their users opening hardcore porn at work, rather than IB running a simple query.
As the damage in that respect did NOT stop last night when they were banned.
If IB are going to be responsible service providers, this isnt acceptable IMHO when laziness on their part results in potentially thousands of their users opening hardcore porn at work, rather than IB running a simple query.
Well they didnt need to, as the (potentially as many as) hundreds of PM's they sent werent deleted, so their message still got across, just banning the user was like noticing your house is on fire, and going and removing the burning chip pan, but not putting the fire out that is spreading, ie totally pointless.
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A new email address and a new ip address, and delete their cookies, and straight back on, NOTHING in the admin panel that stops that, unless you start preventing new users from posting PM's and even then, the bot can just sit and wait, its not like they get bored, unless you start insisting on a certain postcount before you let PM's be sent (which isnt ideal but would do)
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Ask who ever has access to the "admin control panel" to run a SQL queiry to find the following
Usergroups who have a time zone as the following
(GMT - 12:00) Eniwetok Kwajalein
All your Bot spammers will be revealed
Then Mr Chip please put a reply on here saying oopps sorry RS2000CUSTOM isnt talking Rubbish !
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lol I immediately looked to see if I had a PM after reading this thread, as at work and its from an unknown sender and contains rude words I didn't open!
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RS2000Custom, you've grossly underestimated what bots are capable of, but yes what you are saying is a kind of half solution.
Not going to get into an internet geek-off about it, bottom line is IB need to implement a policy to prvent this, either just using some of the little hacks you are on about that kind of work, or actually implementing a decent solution, I dont much care how they do it, but they need to do something.
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Not going to get into an internet geek-off about it, bottom line is IB need to implement a policy to prvent this, either just using some of the little hacks you are on about that kind of work, or actually implementing a decent solution, I dont much care how they do it, but they need to do something.
Regards
Chip
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RS2000Custom, you've grossly underestimated what bots are capable of, but yes what you are saying is a kind of half solution.
Not going to get into an internet geek-off about it, bottom line is IB need to implement a policy to prvent this, either just using some of the little hacks you are on about that kind of work, or actually implementing a decent solution, I dont much care how they do it, but they need to do something.
Regards
Chip
Not going to get into an internet geek-off about it, bottom line is IB need to implement a policy to prvent this, either just using some of the little hacks you are on about that kind of work, or actually implementing a decent solution, I dont much care how they do it, but they need to do something.
Regards
Chip
Or you could just send them all to me..... I'll deal with them
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I have no understanding of a bots capability I work for myself as an MOT tester and mechanic and am self taught on computers
But what I do understand is the tweaks I have found or thought of have reduced bot attacks on my website to
NIL
yes thats correct
NIL
and I aint no geek - lol lol lol
Tweaks amongst others I carry out are
IP address monitoring
singular e-mail address registration (no multiple users on 1 e-mail)
aggressive IP address banning of know spammers
Moderation of all new members
plus others I have mentioned before (time zone, minimum post etc)
Big difference is I know I do not have as many members as PF BUT I do not charge either
But what I do understand is the tweaks I have found or thought of have reduced bot attacks on my website to
NIL
yes thats correct
NIL
and I aint no geek - lol lol lol
Tweaks amongst others I carry out are
IP address monitoring
singular e-mail address registration (no multiple users on 1 e-mail)
aggressive IP address banning of know spammers
Moderation of all new members
plus others I have mentioned before (time zone, minimum post etc)
Big difference is I know I do not have as many members as PF BUT I do not charge either
I have no understanding of a bots capability I work for myself as an MOT tester and mechanic and am self taught on computers
But what I do understand is the tweaks I have found or thought of have reduced bot attacks on my website to
NIL
yes thats correct
NIL
and I aint no geek - lol lol lol
Tweaks amongst others I carry out are
IP address monitoring
singular e-mail address registration (no multiple users on 1 e-mail)
aggressive IP address banning of know spammers
Moderation of all new members
plus others I have mentioned before (time zone, minimum post etc)
But what I do understand is the tweaks I have found or thought of have reduced bot attacks on my website to
NIL
yes thats correct
NIL
and I aint no geek - lol lol lol
Tweaks amongst others I carry out are
IP address monitoring
singular e-mail address registration (no multiple users on 1 e-mail)
aggressive IP address banning of know spammers
Moderation of all new members
plus others I have mentioned before (time zone, minimum post etc)
Indeed, that is the big difference. As some of what you have done isnt really scalable, although still possible if they could find enough users who cared enough to join in with the moderation.
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What I meant to say earlier about NIL attacks I meant I have NIL spamm bot activity on the BB - I still get attack attempts but my security levels stops them getting onto the BB
The person/s would have to have Admin status albeit a restricted level though but would have thought some on here would do it to ensure this doesnt happen again
What I meant to say earlier about NIL attacks I meant I have NIL spamm bot activity on the BB - I still get attack attempts but my security levels stops them getting onto the BB
What I meant to say earlier about NIL attacks I meant I have NIL spamm bot activity on the BB - I still get attack attempts but my security levels stops them getting onto the BB
But some of what you have done would work on some bots.
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Id be more interested in them doing it in the software for peanuts than requiring a continual manual effort to maintain it.
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