Guests on site

Proud Pies · Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Location: Knox-ish

Not modding from a backseat or anything, I just thought that if you were a guest, you couldn't post on here unless you were logged on.

In the Supporter Group Forums, the following type posts keep appearing.
The person doesn't have profile details etc, so i'm guessing they are not members of the site. How can they post if this is the case?

The SA Forum and the Geelong forum have currently been attacked by it.

Eunos · Joined: 07 Feb 2004

May be a bot attacking the site PP.
I know that there has been problems with them before, though this would be the first successful one to my knowledge.

Proud Pies · Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Location: Knox-ish

ahhhh well that makes sense Eunos and would explain the intelligence of the posting.

I always wonder why people would even bother to do that.

Eunos · Joined: 07 Feb 2004

These automated bots are a hassle.
Have a look at VPT, there is always "guests". Yet log out and then look at the forum list and there is no VPT!

Mike may be able to tell you why they bother. I suppose they are trawling for e-mail addresses etc.

Joel · Joined: 23 Mar 1999 Location: Mornington Peninsula

Yeah, I reckon it'd be a bot. They are always around, and always registering on the site (although most are quickly deleted by the mods). Most a from 'adult' sites.

I guess the bots can find their way around the system (so they can post as guests), but as Eunos said, Mike would have to say whether that is possible or not.

Eunos · Joined: 07 Feb 2004

Ok, no doubt now that the bots have infiltrated hte geelong Magpies section.
This has been posted

Eunos · Joined: 07 Feb 2004

Ok, now they are in the SA supporters forum as well.

This looks bad.

Proud Pies · Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Location: Knox-ish

They started in the SA Forum around midnight last night Eunos and I reported it via the blue button. Then this morning I noticed it in the Geelong forum, hence this thread.

I've reported the Chemist Shop spam to the mods via the blue button Eunos.

Eunos · Joined: 07 Feb 2004

I did that also PP.
We must be driving the mods insane..!

MagpieMad · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:45 pm

Dan 3:16 · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:07 pm

I deleted some wierd post before and just now too!! i dont know where/who it came from!

Eunos · Joined: 07 Feb 2004

London Dave · Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 12:41 am

A couple of the forums were set to allow anyone to post, by default, I guess, when they were created. I'm in the process of making them post for registered users only.
Cheers.

Eunos · Joined: 07 Feb 2004

Thank you oh lord of the mods.

Eunos · Joined: 07 Feb 2004

Lord (Darth) Dave, yes.