Gay Porn Spam Attack

[transio]

Hi everyone,

Got hit with a pretty massive spam attack today.

A bot (seemingly) posted 250 "gay porn" spam threads.

The links were all going to threads in other forums that got attacked, though.

I banned a wide range of IPs in Spain (Telefonica) to prevent any short-term follow-ups, but I'm wondering if any of you know of this type of attack?

Are there things I should generally do to prevent it? e.g. nofollow links, etc?

Thanks.

[TimberFloorAu]

Ask Brian or Mert over at VBSEO theres possibly a robots / htaccess way of handling this.

[archet1337]

I can reccomend the Stop Forum Spam mod
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=230921

Stops all known usernames (best not to filter by name though), IP addresses and email addresses listed at www.stopforumspam.com from registering.

Haven't had a single bot register after installing the mod. Blocks 3-5 bots every day.

[MrPHD]

Gays...gays...gays spam all cut off another words, Die.

[Videx]

Originally Posted by transio

Are there things I should generally do to prevent it?

If you aren't already using a simple Question and Answer for your registration, start immediately.

[ChopSuey]

Moderate user registrations. install numerous stop spam mods.

Or have a banner on your forum " No Gays Allowed " and they won't register

[GSbiker]

Originally Posted by archet1337

I can reccomend the Stop Forum Spam mod
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=230921

Stops all known usernames (best not to filter by name though), IP addresses and email addresses listed at www.stopforumspam.com from registering.

Haven't had a single bot register after installing the mod. Blocks 3-5 bots every day.

I installed this yesterday. Excellent. I would get 5-6 attempts each night that I would have to moderate in the morning. Last night the Stop Forum Spam mod blocked all. Excellent!!