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Message started by Kebb on Apr 29th, 2010 at 2:21pm

Title: Did the board get hacked or hit by a bot?
Post by Kebb on Apr 29th, 2010 at 2:21pm
So are all these random posts by qazbabys the work of a hack or a bot?  they all are completely random bits from books or something with links to world of warcraft powerleveling or gold buying sights

Title: Re: Did the board get hacked or hit by a bot?
Post by yle-kay on Apr 29th, 2010 at 2:38pm
To me it looked like high school essays.  I bet it was a bot, since it commented on the first 5 available links down the line in the General Board.

Title: Re: Did the board get hacked or hit by a bot?
Post by Admin account on Apr 29th, 2010 at 6:25pm
I used to get over 1000 bots a month on the forum but I played with the code and now even 1 hit is rare.  When they do get in, they post 5-10 random messages.   Following the links will get you attacked by a virus.

To get past my changes a person has to look at why the bot is failing and then try to work around what I did.  It takes them time to do it so generally its not worth it.  If someone changes what the bot does to get around my hack I can change my hack faster... at least, that's the plan.

So if you see anything about WOW power gaming or ED pharma products, just ignore it.  I will clean it up.  I check the forum at least once a day unless something unusual is going on.

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