May 8, 2009
Spam Fail
Been getting a lot of the new kind of spam recently -- someone will hijack an online forum, post a PPC (mostly pills these days) and then other bots will link to it.
Talk about a dead-on easy signature to recognize!
FOOLS!
So far, I have been having about ten attempts each evening and none of them have been successful. Last night, seven were nixed and four were put into moderation. Four mouse clicks later and four more will be permanently nixed.
And yes, their IP addresses get automatically added to the ban list so moderating them will never be an issue again...
These idiots think that they are clever with new spam techniques.
You need to realize that they are not dealing with a ninja programmer. I am barely able to program my way out of a paper bag -- my fu is hardware. Still, I am able to beat their ass to the ground and steal their lunch money with about 120 lines of PERL and some regex.
Repeat along with me:
LOOSER!
Posted by DaveH at May 8, 2009 11:40 AM
Movable Type already checks incoming IP addresses against zen.spamhaus.org.
I look for the tracking numbers that show up on some spams, key words (of course) and a couple other things that I'll email you if you are interested. Simple stuff actually but it really knocks them dead.
Just curious... Are you using DNSBLs in addition to your own regex signatures?
I've never had to moderate comment spam before, but have spent many hours canning spam with sendmail.