Mini Mods - VSpam Scan (RC2) - Block Comment Spam From Your Board. [Archive]

Cole2026

07-24-2005, 05:03 PM

very cool. I will check it out when I am playing with 3.5

Hmm, maybe a feature to change the url based on the url they type in.

Like for

freeipods.com/?r=spammersreferrerid

freeipods.com/?r=admin'sreferrerid

But, this looks nice, very glad it's a plugin, will try later. ;)

Christine

07-24-2005, 06:42 PM

Very nice!

*Bookmarking this in the ToDos*

tamarian

07-24-2005, 10:50 PM

Awsome idea. :up:

I especially like the idea that it will post a copy in mod's forum.

Clciks install

chanhlinh

07-25-2005, 01:20 AM

Thanks a lot :)

Michael Morris

07-28-2005, 02:08 AM

No, thank you all. Let me know if there are any problems.

dream0r

07-30-2005, 02:44 AM

great mate :) working like a charm thanks

Neal-UK

07-30-2005, 02:47 AM

great mate :) working like a charm thanks

I have been plagued with this recently so just blocked ip's but this could effect others. Will this work on vb 3.5.0 rc1?

dream0r

07-30-2005, 02:49 AM

I have been plagued with this recently so just blocked ip's but this could effect others. Will this work on vb 3.5.0 rc1?

I have this installed on vB 3.5.0 RC1 and it works fine :)

Neal-UK

07-30-2005, 02:52 AM

I have this installed on vB 3.5.0 RC1 and it works fine :)

'luvly' installing now, great hack. Every day placing 'Win a free i-pod' ads all over. Do people get paid just to do that because I had about 20 of them?

dream0r

07-30-2005, 02:54 AM

'luvly' installing now, great hack. Every day placing 'Win a free i-pod' ads all over. Do people get paid just to do that because I had about 20 of them?

they'll probs get payed like 1p per 100 visits or something or maybe if people sign up using there REF number.

Total scam imo tho.

Neal-UK

07-30-2005, 02:59 AM

they'll probs get payed like 1p per 100 visits or something or maybe if people sign up using there REF number.

Total scam imo tho.

installed ok, but the settings are showing in admincp > vboptions

Neal-UK

07-30-2005, 03:12 AM

installed ok, but the settings are showing in admincp > vboptions

sorry, numb, didn't do admin/installspamscan.php

Michael Morris

07-31-2005, 07:01 PM

The options are supposed to show up in vboptions since once set they shouldn't need to much tinkering, so why clog up the navpanel with another group :)

Anyway, let me know if there's any problem. I'm going to try to move this thing to using the products system introduced in RC1, but it that change won't affect any existing installations.

Michael Morris

08-02-2005, 01:33 PM

For those with this on their to do list, I'm going to work on the next beta of this using the RC1 products system and I expect I'll get done today - so hold off if you was planning on an install today.

Neal-UK

08-02-2005, 02:02 PM

Michael Morris

08-02-2005, 03:23 PM

If you've already got it installed then yes, it's just a simple overwrite. The settings have more elaborate and detailed descriptions as to what they do, and one bug will be fixed, that's it.

Neal-UK

08-02-2005, 04:33 PM

If you've already got it installed then yes, it's just a simple overwrite. The settings have more elaborate and detailed descriptions as to what they do, and one bug will be fixed, that's it.

excellent, very nice mod too btw!

Michael Morris

08-02-2005, 06:07 PM

Ok folks, it's now at Release Candidate 1.

Michael Morris

08-02-2005, 06:08 PM

excellent, very nice mod too btw!

Thanks.

kall

08-02-2005, 07:58 PM

Bigtime sql error on install .. settings group were already there.

(removing them, then running the installer worked fine tho.) :)

Neal-UK

08-02-2005, 08:12 PM

Bigtime sql error on install .. settings group were already there.

(removing them, then running the installer worked fine tho.) :)

Is there an unistaller then so I can remove the db changes, errors too on re-install clicking overwrite

EDIT: Deleted each one, installed fine...thankyou :classic:

Asterik

08-03-2005, 09:17 AM

Great job on this! :D

Michael Morris

08-03-2005, 12:18 PM

Bigtime sql error on install .. settings group were already there.

(removing them, then running the installer worked fine tho.) :)

Weird. I figured when the product manager said overwrite it meant overwrite. Hmm.. Not many folk are registered as having installed the first beta - so I'm not sure writing an uninstaller is justified, especially since the settings can be dropped using phpmysql

If anyone needs any help transferring over let me know.

Marco van Herwaarden

08-03-2005, 03:47 PM

Weird. I figured when the product manager said overwrite it meant overwrite.
It will only overwrite things that are placed by the same product. Since the beta's are not installed as a product, they have productid empty, hence not the same and they will not be overwritten.

Michael Morris

08-03-2005, 04:33 PM

It will only overwrite things that are placed by the same product. Since the beta's are not installed as a product, they have productid empty, hence not the same and they will not be overwritten.

Makes sense. Well, should I go to the trouble then of getting the uninstaller to work or what?

Michael Morris

08-04-2005, 06:46 PM

Had no trouble upgrading the test install or installing to RC2.

CMilne

08-05-2005, 05:57 AM

*clicks install*

VERY Nice! I have been having issues like this for months, every once and a while someone will sign up and make two posts, both short, simple spam posts like "Win a free iPod!". Myself and my mods are getting annoyed as it is difficult to ban these people, always using different IP's / emails / nicks.

Michael Morris

08-06-2005, 09:42 PM

Ok folks, it's been out a few days now - any ideas for improvements?

These are the ones I'm considering.

- If a spammer gets past the system give the mods the ability to use the inline moderation tools to add spam to the local blacklist.

- Get with Jay Allen and figure out how to get the module to communicate it's findings back to the mt-blacklist main site. This could be tricky since MT-Blacklist itself is written in Perl.

- Maybe implement a harvester that will watch coventried spammers and see if they try to use domains not in the blacklist.

Any other ideas?

Michael Morris

08-09-2005, 01:25 PM

Anda bump! :)

Neal-UK

08-09-2005, 05:42 PM

Anda bump! :)

a proxy ip hack so you can see their true IP and ban the *ahem's*

Michael Morris

08-12-2005, 04:04 PM

RC2 added - this update allows users to store the blacklist in the template engine instead of leaving it in an external textfile. It also removes the need to use FTP during the install, though that option is still viable as well.

Neal-UK

08-12-2005, 06:33 PM

Snake

08-12-2005, 06:46 PM

Could you provide us with more than a screenshot please?

Michael Morris

08-12-2005, 08:43 PM

is it just a simple overwrite?

Yes, but unless you're intending to move your spam list into a template you don't need to upgrade.

Michael Morris

08-12-2005, 08:47 PM

Could you provide us with more than a screenshot please?

Huh? Like?? The download is on the server.

Bubble #5

08-14-2005, 02:42 AM

GREAT JOB Michael! It literally took less then 2 minutes to install :surprised: I think I'm getting spoiled :speechless:

wolfyman

08-17-2005, 02:57 AM

is this more effective than a hack that would disallow new users with less than x posts to submit a post using [url] tags, and is there such a hack yet?

Neal-UK

08-17-2005, 09:07 AM

When a message get's posted in the mods forum about an attack, it keeps saying a guest user and not their id for some reason. I don't allow guests to posts, what could I have done wrong?

Michael Morris

08-17-2005, 10:49 AM

is this more effective than a hack that would disallow new users with less than x posts to submit a post using [url] tags, and is there such a hack yet?

I would think so. Even if you disable url tags they can spam the board and post the link - disabling url tags for them just means they won't parse the link - but it will still be there.

Michael Morris

08-17-2005, 10:50 AM

When a message get's posted in the mods forum about an attack, it keeps saying a guest user and not their id for some reason. I don't allow guests to posts, what could I have done wrong?

Maybe nothing.
I'll look into this after Gencon (Tues probably).

Neal-UK

08-17-2005, 12:08 PM

Maybe nothing.
I'll look into this after Gencon (Tues probably).

no problem, great hack and it's dealing with those 'Games for $34' idiots nicely.

hydrostatic

08-22-2005, 05:03 PM

How do you remove someone from the Coventry list? I wanna make sure I know how to remove it before I enable it.

Great hack man. Gets rid of those stupid "HEY GET UR FREE PSP HERE!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111"

Biker_GA

08-22-2005, 06:03 PM

AdminCP -> vBulletin Options -> User Banning Options.

hydrostatic

08-23-2005, 12:46 AM

AdminCP -> vBulletin Options -> User Banning Options.

Ah.

Thanks, Biker.

Michael Morris

09-11-2005, 02:09 AM

bump. Any problems with w RC3?

wtrk

09-21-2005, 01:46 AM

can i make my own custom spam list?

Michael Morris

09-22-2005, 04:21 AM

Yes. You can enter words and domains on the local blacklist and use it in addition to the main blacklist -- you can also leave the blacklist pointer empty in which case only the local blacklist will be used.

kall

09-24-2005, 11:26 PM

bump. Any problems with w RC3?

Well .. vbspamscan just posted about the same post 8 times, all at the same time...

*edit* And... there's no link back to the post. :(

Michael Morris

09-25-2005, 11:22 PM

Well .. vbspamscan just posted about the same post 8 times, all at the same time...

*edit* And... there's no link back to the post. :(

Odd. What settings have you got it set to, or is it on the defaults?

kall

09-25-2005, 11:28 PM

Odd. What settings have you got it set to, or is it on the defaults?

Default as far as I know.

I can't actually find the post its talking about either. It was the first time it has ever done anything actually. :)

Michael Morris

09-25-2005, 11:31 PM

Default as far as I know.

I can't actually find the post its talking about either. It was the first time it has ever done anything actually. :)

Did you get an email notification? If so that's the section of the code I haven't been able to test as well as I like. Being unable to see the post in question is normal if the system coventried them since even admins don't see coventry posts by default in vb 3.5. That's one of the reasons why I had it set up to copy the body of the post to the post in the mod forum and make that post as a "guest" post to prevent tachying.

It's been awhile since I've looked at this code, is it copying the body of the post to the email? If not I need to add this feature.

kall

09-25-2005, 11:42 PM

Nup, no email. It is set to yes in the AdminCP tho.

POSSIBLE SPAM: fsdfdsfsd
The following message posted by a guest user generated a spam score of 2
Actions Taken: None.

fsdfdsf
Edit/Delete Message
Thats the post that vbspamscan made 8 times in my mod forums. :)

Michael Morris

09-25-2005, 11:45 PM

Nup, no email. It is set to yes in the AdminCP tho.

Thats the post that vbspamscan made 8 times in my mod forums. :)

Ok, I think I have enough info to look into and debug this. Thanks. I'll try to have a patch up by Friday :)

krohnathlonman

10-03-2005, 01:57 AM

hows this working on 3.5 gold?

Snake

10-03-2005, 02:33 PM

Nope it will not.

Bubble #5

10-05-2005, 12:11 AM

hows this working on 3.5 gold?
This was working fine on the other versions, but now that we upgraded to Gold we are getting this error:

Warning: file_get_contents(/forum/includes/blacklist.txt): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /includes/functions_newpost.php(333) : eval()'d code on line 50

Hopefully they can upgrade it to gold soon. It's a great hack :)

Bubble #5

10-05-2005, 12:29 AM

OK we fixed it. Somehow a file was deleted when we upgraded to 3.5.0 :ermm: So maybe it does work on Gold...

nso

10-05-2005, 10:05 AM

The MT-blacklist was shut down today:

http://www.jayallen.org/comment_spam/

kall

10-06-2005, 07:56 PM

It seems to be working ok on gold, except it is telling me that a guest user posted something, when it was in fact a new member.

Michael Morris

01-07-2006, 05:04 AM

The MT-blacklist was shut down today:

http://www.jayallen.org/comment_spam/

Well, poo. I guess I'll have to package it into the release when I get a chance to work with this somemore

I'm sorry for my absense, a lot going on.

Blackhat

01-07-2006, 01:47 PM

Sounds good, but will this help me with my problem.

I'm getting a lot of emails with the following subject:

Re: "XXXXX" update

Where the X's are the title of one of the threads at my forum.

Body contains:
Hey You got the wrong address but maybe you should check out http://www.GMAIL.COM.AU

Is there a fix for this as well ?

PS: dont check out that url, it suck!

Capt PPRuNe

01-07-2006, 11:55 PM

Have installed on 3.5.3 and works fine. Only problem is finding the original post. At the moment I'm waiting to rebuild the search indexes as the database is huge (many millions of posts) and with 50+ forums it's a pain trying to find the original. Once search is fully indexed shouldn't be a problem though. Just would be much quicker if there was a link back to the original post.

Zia

02-04-2006, 12:15 PM

does it works with vb3.5.3 ?

Snake

02-04-2006, 12:23 PM

Dunno does it?

Gutspiller

05-15-2006, 06:30 PM

Does this work with 3.0.7?

styleforum

06-06-2006, 03:32 AM

Any news on this? Did we get the blacklist included and does it work on 3.5.4?

jr1001

06-28-2006, 07:54 PM

Oh great... that's what I get for not doing the full research before installing a plugin - lol (grrrrr)

got it installed - looks great - except when you go to get an updated copy of the blacklist that this plugin is based on - you realize that the MT BLACKLIST project has been abandoned since last winter....

There are no active BLACKLIST's to download.

So unless there's a new backend for this plugin to reference, it's like installing an anti-virus program without the updated def files.

GG

shush

10-22-2006, 03:15 AM

I have a spammer join and post on my forum nearly every day. This is just what I was looking for.

Came onto vbulletin, did a search for a spam blocker and found this.

Thumbs up Michael Morris. Installing now.

I hate it when porn sites try to advertise on my forum, it is a definate no no. My forum is www.dogeplanet, not exactly a site you want porn on. Not to mention the advertisers for prescription drugs etc. Blehhh, a daily job just watching the new members.

Dragon Company

06-06-2007, 11:33 AM

Hello,

I've got a problem on my forum. A member got be censored by SpamScan ... But in fact it was it nickname the problem. I don't know where to cancel and display again all his message ...

Thanks for the help.