Amsterdam spammers!

[biggeorge]

I'm banning all of The Netherlands from my forum... I'm sick of the Amsterdam spammers. They make me sick to my stomach and I can't take it anymore. Sure, I may loose a couple decent folks, but it is what it is.

With that said, I'm going to use the built-in VB User Banning Options. I've found every IP possible for The Netherlands. The list took a little time to clean up, so I thought I'd share the text file with anyone who is having a similar problem and doesn't mind banning an entire country.

Bye bye Netherlands! I feel better already.

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[Videx]

FWIW, It probably would have been a lot easier to use the timezone banning mod.

[biggeorge]

I tried it; they got through like the sneaky slime they are.

[TSHNOFX]

Ban their IP ranges hostside via cpanel(Assuming you have it).

Ex, if their IP is 44.444.44.444 you'd enter 44.444.44.

Since the range is entirely that amsterdam bot's thing, it blocks a ton of bots.

Here's a mini-list of a bunch of bots' IP's.

http://pastebin.com/f4e6529c5

Also wise that you set to where you approve members first, then do a whois on the ip. If it's bad, block the range.

[as7apcool]

i hate spammers

[ekantnl]

Originally Posted by biggeorge

Bye bye Netherlands! I feel better already.

if you are talking about the link in your sig, please double check your ban settings.

I am from the Netherlands and still able to walk in.

[Symbian.info]

I'm also from the Netherlands and tried to register at your site (username Arjen). I still think it's a bit drastic to ban all of Holland for some Amsterdam spammers - there must be a better way - we're not banning all of Russia for a couple of Russian spammers either. I noticed that you're now using new account moderation and if you're not registered you can't even see the threads. If this is for Dutch IP's only I can understand (did I mention already that I think this is a bit drastic?), but if this is for everybody, I would expect the number of new registrations to go down and your Google ranking to drop tremendously.

[biggeorge]

Originally Posted by ekantnl

if you are talking about the link in your sig, please double check your ban settings.

I am from the Netherlands and still able to walk in.

I went from 20-25 Amsterdam registrations per day to 2 in 2 days. I don't know why you were able to come in, but I'm okay with the ratio.

Originally Posted by Symbian.info

I'm also from the Netherlands and tried to register at your site (username Arjen). I still think it's a bit drastic to ban all of Holland for some Amsterdam spammers - there must be a better way - we're not banning all of Russia for a couple of Russian spammers either. I noticed that you're now using new account moderation and if you're not registered you can't even see the threads. If this is for Dutch IP's only I can understand (did I mention already that I think this is a bit drastic?), but if this is for everybody, I would expect the number of new registrations to go down and your Google ranking to drop tremendously.

If I have the same problem with Russia, I'll ban the entire country. There aren't all that many Hayabusa's in Russia. And if you own a Hayabusa, you'll be the only member on my forum from the Netherlands that actually does.

I have to weigh the options of either banning an entire country that has proved to be one of the biggest breeding grounds for spammers, or worrying that a scumbag spammer will join my community and post Hentia porn in a random thread. I run one of the very few motorcycle forums that doesn't allow members use profanity, never mind porn.

Don't get me wrong, I love porn but not on my forum.

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Originally Posted by TSHNOFX

Ban their IP ranges hostside via cpanel(Assuming you have it).

Ex, if their IP is 44.444.44.444 you'd enter 44.444.44.

Since the range is entirely that amsterdam bot's thing, it blocks a ton of bots.

Here's a mini-list of a bunch of bots' IP's.

http://pastebin.com/f4e6529c5

Also wise that you set to where you approve members first, then do a whois on the ip. If it's bad, block the range.

Do you think banning the IP in cpanel is more effective than banning the IP in cpanel?

Members have to be approved first. But I was spending waaaaay to much time going through Arin checks only to see a 90% ratio of Amsterdam spammers.

Thanks!

[Swampfox]

The bots are using proxies, they could be anywhere in the world

banning IP and email addresses will keep you behind the curve on them, they get a new IP and email address every time they are deployed

I recommend you use the question/answer human verification option that comes with vBulletin now, If they cant register they cant spam

[Videx]

Ya, the question is all I use now. Well, in addition to the timezone mod. Seems like there should be an easy question for people you could use like "What controls the speed of a bike (starts with t)?" throttle. "What fuel do Hayabusas burn?" Gas/gasoline.