Comments on: More Spam http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2004/08/03/more-spam/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:59:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Christopher http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2004/08/03/more-spam/#comment-2733 Christopher Fri, 06 Aug 2004 02:10:32 +0000 http://ss75.shared.server-system.net/~benedictionblogson.com/?p=909#comment-2733 I am using blacklist and I have been very successful. I would guess that is has blocked over 1,000 spam across four different blogs since I installed it. The attack that I had would have been horrible if I didn't have blacklist. With it I was able to delete and rebuild all those entries within two minutes. There really isn't anything other than that that you could do, however Jonathan's idea might work and it wouldn't be all that difficult to implement. I am using blacklist and I have been very successful. I would guess that is has blocked over 1,000 spam across four different blogs since I installed it.

The attack that I had would have been horrible if I didn’t have blacklist. With it I was able to delete and rebuild all those entries within two minutes.

There really isn’t anything other than that that you could do, however Jonathan’s idea might work and it wouldn’t be all that difficult to implement.

]]> By: jamie http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2004/08/03/more-spam/#comment-2732 jamie Fri, 06 Aug 2004 00:39:52 +0000 http://ss75.shared.server-system.net/~benedictionblogson.com/?p=909#comment-2732 the MT blacklist plugin is great. I have been using it for just over a week and it stopped the spam almost dead. One or two messages get through ever now and then, but Blacklist makes it a breeze to get rid of them. You can download the plugin here http://www.jayallen.org/projects/mt-blacklist/ Since most spammers are just looking to up their google rating the blacklist plugin blocks links to the website that the spammers are advertizing rather than blocking IP adresses. It works really well and it is super easy to install. If you are using MT give it a shot. So far I have gone from 300 spams a day to 2 this week... and it only took me 2 seconds to delete them. Blacklist allows you to delete comments with the plugin instead of having to edit each individual entry. This makes dealing with a huge spam attack that gets through the blacklist really easy. You just get the plugin to dinf the sites that the attack links to, then get it to delete all messages from those sites, then block those sites from ever commenting again. Very quick and easy! the MT blacklist plugin is great. I have been using it for just over a week and it stopped the spam almost dead. One or two messages get through ever now and then, but Blacklist makes it a breeze to get rid of them.

You can download the plugin here

http://www.jayallen.org/projects/mt-blacklist/

Since most spammers are just looking to up their google rating the blacklist plugin blocks links to the website that the spammers are advertizing rather than blocking IP adresses. It works really well and it is super easy to install.

If you are using MT give it a shot. So far I have gone from 300 spams a day to 2 this week… and it only took me 2 seconds to delete them.

Blacklist allows you to delete comments with the plugin instead of having to edit each individual entry. This makes dealing with a huge spam attack that gets through the blacklist really easy. You just get the plugin to dinf the sites that the attack links to, then get it to delete all messages from those sites, then block those sites from ever commenting again. Very quick and easy!

]]> By: Resurgere http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2004/08/03/more-spam/#comment-2731 Resurgere Thu, 05 Aug 2004 06:28:35 +0000 http://ss75.shared.server-system.net/~benedictionblogson.com/?p=909#comment-2731 If you're using MT, this plug-in helps: http://mt-plugins.org/archives/entry/closecomments.php It closes comments on entries automatically when they age. If you’re using MT, this plug-in helps:

http://mt-plugins.org/archives/entry/closecomments.php

It closes comments on entries automatically when they age.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2004/08/03/more-spam/#comment-2730 Jonathan Wed, 04 Aug 2004 17:42:02 +0000 http://ss75.shared.server-system.net/~benedictionblogson.com/?p=909#comment-2730 I've noticed a few people (like The Green Man) have been removing the "Post" button from the first comment screen, forcing everyone to "Preview" first, the theory being that the extra layer will thwart the robots. I don't know if it's been effective or not, however. I’ve noticed a few people (like The Green Man) have been removing the “Post” button from the first comment screen, forcing everyone to “Preview” first, the theory being that the extra layer will thwart the robots. I don’t know if it’s been effective or not, however.

]]> By: alicia http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2004/08/03/more-spam/#comment-2729 alicia Wed, 04 Aug 2004 16:50:31 +0000 http://ss75.shared.server-system.net/~benedictionblogson.com/?p=909#comment-2729 i got hit hard the other day too. it has been especially hard to handle since I have been on vacation for a week now and 3000 miles from home. i got hit hard the other day too. it has been especially hard to handle since I have been on vacation for a week now and 3000 miles from home.

]]> By: Bene Diction http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2004/08/03/more-spam/#comment-2728 Bene Diction Wed, 04 Aug 2004 07:34:02 +0000 http://ss75.shared.server-system.net/~benedictionblogson.com/?p=909#comment-2728 Warren...I don't think it's about flying below any radar. I don't think it's about blogs with xxx number of visitors either. I've been told it's the MT platform, it's random, it's the price for being online... I don't know what to believe. I hope you are never hit. It is not only oppressive and discouraging, it's tedious and annoying. Christopher...you are the tech whiz...a code in FTP, tightening spam filters closing off archives...tightening html(?) I hope you have better success than I've had, and I'm sorry you are getting whalloped too. Hey, blog on! Warren…I don’t think it’s about flying below any radar.
I don’t think it’s about blogs with xxx number of visitors either.
I’ve been told it’s the MT platform, it’s random, it’s the price for being online…
I don’t know what to believe.
I hope you are never hit.
It is not only oppressive and discouraging, it’s tedious and annoying.

Christopher…you are the tech whiz…a code in FTP, tightening spam filters closing off archives…tightening html(?) I hope you have better success than I’ve had, and I’m sorry you are getting whalloped too. Hey, blog on!

]]> By: Warren http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2004/08/03/more-spam/#comment-2727 Warren Wed, 04 Aug 2004 07:03:03 +0000 http://ss75.shared.server-system.net/~benedictionblogson.com/?p=909#comment-2727 I'm not sure if I should be happy or offended. I haven't been hit by comment spammers at all -- yet. Maybe I'm flying below the radar. I’m not sure if I should be happy or offended. I haven’t been hit by comment spammers at all — yet. Maybe I’m flying below the radar.

]]> By: Christopher http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2004/08/03/more-spam/#comment-2726 Christopher Wed, 04 Aug 2004 06:45:05 +0000 http://ss75.shared.server-system.net/~benedictionblogson.com/?p=909#comment-2726 I got hit by 400 blogspams the other night. That was the first time it happened in that volume. I got hit by 400 blogspams the other night. That was the first time it happened in that volume.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2004/08/03/more-spam/#comment-2725 Jonathan Wed, 04 Aug 2004 04:21:25 +0000 http://ss75.shared.server-system.net/~benedictionblogson.com/?p=909#comment-2725 It's totally automated. Spambots look for blogs and posts that have a decent Google ranking, then spam heck out of them. The idea is that getting linked from a high-ranking blog will pull up your own Google rank. In any case, it's rarely if ever a deliberate attack on the part of an individual; instead, they just "unleash the hounds" and let the bot pick the targets and do the work. Knowing that it's not a personal attack can be comforting on one level, but immensely frustrating on another; after all, you might have dozens of different spambots trolling your site at once, just because you have a decent ranking in a search engine. I haven't posted to my blog in a month, and I still get hit. Hope you find a solution that works for you! It’s totally automated. Spambots look for blogs and posts that have a
decent Google ranking, then spam heck out of them. The idea is that getting
linked from a high-ranking blog will pull up your own Google rank. In any
case, it’s rarely if ever a deliberate attack on the part of an individual;
instead, they just “unleash the hounds” and let the bot pick the targets
and do the work.

Knowing that it’s not a personal attack can be comforting on one level, but
immensely frustrating on another; after all, you might have dozens of
different spambots trolling your site at once, just because you have a
decent ranking in a search engine. I haven’t posted to my blog in a month,
and I still get hit.

Hope you find a solution that works for you!

]]> By: Jesse http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2004/08/03/more-spam/#comment-2724 Jesse Tue, 03 Aug 2004 12:28:41 +0000 http://ss75.shared.server-system.net/~benedictionblogson.com/?p=909#comment-2724 Are you pinging weblogs.com or blo.gs? I would guess that most spambots fetch a list of active blogs from there. Sorry about the trouble you're having, and best of luck. Are you pinging weblogs.com or blo.gs? I would guess that most spambots fetch a list of active blogs from there.

Sorry about the trouble you’re having, and best of luck.

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