Soooooo much spam !!

This forum is extremely slowwwwwwww, I am assuming it's because of all the spam. I have noticed that there are scripts written into the titles of some of these spam posts also, my anti-virus program popped up a few times while I was attempting to delete some of the spam. I just can't keep up with it, I delete one and 100 more spam has been posted.

I haven't been here answering questions because of the bad scripts being used by these spammers, it's causing the website to move slowly as well as infecting my laptop with unknown virus's.

Isn't there a way to stop the spam?

My computer is too slow and after being sick for 2 weeks, I haven't the patience right now. I've answered a few, but I do tend to try to do some on my break/lunch at work, which is now almost impossible with all this spam.

Is this a concerted effort to bring this site down???

I don't know Aubrey but I have been here for over 4 years now and this is the worst it has ever been! I've never had so many problems trying to delete spam! It takes for-ever. Even when I try to delete it from the control panel it still takes a very long time.

I just deleted more spam. I was trying to reply to some of the threads but, again, it is taking far too long and I don't have a lot of time to wait around for so long. So, I do hope they will get this forum in good working order soon.

i here yaz.when i came on this morning it showed 535 posts.when i got done clearing out the crap.it showed 105.it is getting tiresome to wade through garbage before helping the peeps.

I've deleted at least 300 spam posts today some caught in moderation and some not. It is getting to be a bit overwhelming. Do you think it's just the time of year (tax return time)?

The spam block plug in system is not working properly, as a result we are unable to stop the flow of spams. We will soon find a solution. Please bear with us for the time being. Inconvenience regretted.

Thanks for your cooperation.

Jason

Thanks for the explanation Jason. I really have tried to post but it takes such a long time to reply to one single post. Keep us informed.

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I, too, have not answered posts because of the spam/loading problem. It seems to be better now.

yep much better,and the spam seems to have subsided for now.

Its back and more than ever. I came here tonite and it is more than I can deal with!

Hmm...hopefully we will be able to control them when we shift to social answer format.

I don't know about anyone else, but it's getting tiresome flipping through all the spam. I can't understand why it cannot be blocked. There's a spammer "BikeGessy" - why can that be blocked. There are lots of spam from that person.

Both the spam and the change in crediting us for our hard work. Sometimes it takes me 15 minutes or more to research information for a poster. A poster's vote or one point isn't really incentive enough to spend this amount of time to give a "quality" answer.

I am getting discouraged with this form.

I have seen this format in some craft forums....and quite frankly it sucks. One forum switched back after 2 months. Biggest problem with questions and answers, the voting took stuff out of order....it was a nightmare to wade thru. None of the major credit forums use this format...plus they require everyone to register. They dont have this problem with spam and are quite busy.

I am also very discouraged and frustrated ....this forum has a great bunch of moderators who work hard keeping this forum running. The idiot posters are the ones kicking up the biggest fusses....

Playing Farmville will be so much more hassle free.....

Hello

As you know V Bulletin has inbuilt spam filter plugin which is unfortunately not working properly. We tried to fix that but couldn't. Now we are working on ways to secure the forum from spammer in a different way. So please don't get discouraged.We will soon come out with a solution.
Please bear with us for the time being.

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Hello Mods

We have installed a captcha feature for Unregistered Posters to restrict the increased number of spam posts in our community.

Hope it will bring some relief now :)

Jason

I just deleted all the "moderated" threads and posts. In 15 minutes there were twenty more of them. Its crazy I tell you! What is going to done?

Yup...I dont see any change.

It is really getting bad Soap Lady! When I log on I see all of them and its like going to your favorite swimming or fishing spot and its all green with algae. Yuk! You just want to leave.

Same old dilemma :) whether to keep the captcha feature on or not because we noticed a reduction in posts as soon as the captcha feature was turned on. Also any unregistered member wanting to reply was denied posting.This bug prompted us to turn off the captcha feature.

Please note that the spams that you are seeing from the moderation control panel section is not visible to Guest posters/registered members. So even though you moderators are seeing those spams, this site is more or less spam free to them. As you all will know that inorder to reduce the number of spams in our forums, we had installed the moderation panel and this is working fine. However we are worried about spams which don't go to the mod panel and get posted directly in forums. Our tech team is working on it to find a solution.

Like I say always it is very difficult to get a full proof spam free forum and if we be very strict with them, we will have to compromise with registrations :)

Jason