Hi there,
Does anyone have experience with entries being bombarded by comments? No doubt it is some sort of program sending nonsense to those entries on my website for which I allow comments (at least, I can't imagine people actually typing all these messages just to annoy me (although the writer(s) of the program no doubt choses to annoy people)).
This is the kind of reactions I get:
- This info is the cat's pajamas!
- One or two to reembmer, that is.
- hlSijt iaxhkxpahpbu
Fortunately nothing abusive.
The senders:
Gebruiker Naam: Chartric
Gebruiker E-mail: q.qouklouf@nic.info
Gebruiker Homepage: [http://www.]yahoo.com
Gebruiker Naam: Gildas
Gebruiker E-mail: tvermilya@neo.rr.com
Gebruiker Homepage: [http://www.]bing.com
Gebruiker Naam: tsmvvdygnw
Gebruiker E-mail: ptvtbc@dtjvcw.com
Gebruiker Homepage: [http://www.]riprlvqqeuqu.com
*I placed the [] myself here, since I don't seem to be able to place more than 4 URLs.
The entries have been published months ago. Suddenly this weekend I received some 30 odd of these comments.
Does anyone know what this is and what I can do to stop it?
Cheers,
Rogier.
http://www.woordvoorwoord.com
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Re: Entries being bombarded by unwanted comments
It is comment/trackback spam. Install the spamblock plugin, add the spamblock bayes plugin and configure them properly. Delete spam comments.kingofsicily wrote:Does anyone know what this is and what I can do to stop it?
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Re: Entries being bombarded by unwanted comments
Thanks,
I'll look into it. I already had installed Spam Protector plugin (is that what you mean by the 'spamblock plugin'?), but now I've added Spamblock (Bayes). Let's see what happens.
Rogier.
I'll look into it. I already had installed Spam Protector plugin (is that what you mean by the 'spamblock plugin'?), but now I've added Spamblock (Bayes). Let's see what happens.
Rogier.
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Re: Entries being bombarded by unwanted comments
Also add an akismet API key to the spamblock plugin... you can get one free from either wordpress or typepad.
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Re: Entries being bombarded by unwanted comments
I have been wondering for a long time: What advantage does a spammer have from having comments linking to yahoo, google and facebook from my blog?yellowled wrote:It is comment/trackback spam. Install the spamblock plugin, add the spamblock bayes plugin and configure them properly. Delete spam comments.kingofsicily wrote:Does anyone know what this is and what I can do to stop it?
Greetings
Marc
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Marc Haber, St. Ilgen, Germany
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Re: Entries being bombarded by unwanted comments
None, unless they own said domains, which is unlikely. Might be someone testing a spam bot, might be someone speculating these URLs will be reported to spam databases like Akismet etc. by a lot of blogs … I have given up trying to understand why spammers do what they do.Zugschlus wrote:What advantage does a spammer have from having comments linking to yahoo, google and facebook from my blog?
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Good Idea. I wouldn't have wondered if I didn't get that kind of blog spam literally by the hundred.yellowled wrote:None, unless they own said domains, which is unlikely. Might be someone testing a spam bot, might be someone speculating these URLs will be reported to spam databases like Akismet etc. by a lot of blogs … I have given up trying to understand why spammers do what they do.Zugschlus wrote:What advantage does a spammer have from having comments linking to yahoo, google and facebook from my blog?
Greetings
Marc
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Re: Entries being bombarded by unwanted comments
They are testing your site's spam protection. When they notice a spam comment stays up they bring in the big guns and start spamming you for real. They've gotten real clever now and it's no longer a case of straightforward spamming.
Abdussamad
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