Bear with me everyone

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

We are being inundated with spam users and posts. I have deleted about six threads this morning and banned over a dozen user accounts. I literally got done with that to find two more threads that were completely spam.

I am trying to get in contact with the site owner and will keep you guys up to date.

[0212353]

spammers...........rock.

There's not a LOT that can be done other than to kill it, ban, etc. They always find a way back in.....

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

I figured that. I'm just hoping this recent flood will stop if I stay on top of it.

[DoubleTakeDodge]

Thanks for the effort Dave!

[myoung84]

Gotta love spammers. I've also gotten several emails from my old Central Mopars account notifying me of log in attempts from someone else. I haven't been over there in a LONG time.

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Gotta love spammers. I've also gotten several emails from my old Central Mopars account notifying me of log in attempts from someone else. I haven't been over there in a LONG time.

Me too.

[DoubleTakeDodge]

Even Jerrod has, he thought I was trying to log into his acct.

[0212353]

I asked Shaggy to take it down.....

[ramthis9501]

I've deleted about 7 or so myself since the weekend. We're trying to do everything we can.

[Okiespaniels]

UGGGHH! The farking spam roaches are everywhere this morning! Time to gun up boys!

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Well, the spammers were busy last night....

[Okiespaniels]

Kill them...kill them with fire! :)

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

I'm literally wiping them out as more register....

[Okiespaniels]

Spammers go home!

[0212353]

damn, they have 9 new threads of spam this morning.....

Might be time to lock down some of the new user registrations....

[myoung84]

There's got to be a better way of keeping them from registering.

[916Timmy]

I am just trying to sell my stolen Fendi purses!!! Sorry guys...

[ramthis9501]

Cleaned up.. Once again

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Yeah, I'm getting tired of this shit very quickly. Now we've moved on to the spammers that just copy and paste old posts.

[DoubleTakeDodge]

Yeah, is there any way to suspend registration for awhile and ban all the spam accounts?

[myoung84]

Do they not have to type in a cryptic code or jump through any other hoops to register?

[ramthis9501]

We tried to get something like that set up but obviously whatever the admin setup hasn't worked.

[swirvin21]

do you guys ban any IP strings? On another site we ban whole strings of IPs based on country of origin...just best to go ahead and ban anything within a few thousand miles of China.

[HonkEwitDaJeep]

Or set it up to where the person has to be approved by a moderator or admin before they can post.

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

I am working on a couple of things but, to be honest I have no support from the owner/other admin and am trying to figure out a couple of things on Vbulletin. I will be banning all the Russian, Chinese, etc IP addresses. If we continue to have problems, I will move it to Admin permission required to register.

I apologize for all of the problems. Between work, school, and home, this is falling further and further down my list of priorities. That is not to say I am leaving you guys to deal with it, just that I am trying to find time to fix this.

[0212353]

David, a few spammer posts aren't going to kill our enthusiasm for the site. We can read around the bullshit! :D

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

I am more irritated now than when I posted that...apparently the owner has not given me "SuperAdmin" permissions so I cannot access the necessary options to ban IP strings or limit user registrations....and now I play the waiting game.

[myoung84]

David, a few spammer posts aren't going to kill our enthusiasm for the site. We can read around the bullshit! :D

Agreed...

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Well, now that I've had higher authority as far as site administration for a week or so, it looks like we are finally getting a handle on the spam. I love being able to ban entire IP strings.

[HonkEwitDaJeep]

Damn I was trying to buy some jerseys and handbags....

[(S.M.R) 101]

Yay, Super Dave!

:chewie:

[Ramrod]

And I thought a SPAMMER was someone that eats SPAM.

[Lhemi]

Span is only good fried with cheese and mustard. Uhhhuuuummmm mustard...