Unwanted activity/content that is usually of a promotional nature.
2
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1answer
107 views
Effective combatting of 100's of spam links in Google Results
I have recently been the victim of this hacking exploit (blog post is for reference only and is not my site. I'm in the process of following it and cleaning up after the attack).
Note the exploit at ...
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1answer
187 views
joomla - automatically delete/hide comments with links [closed]
we have a joomla based website. the admins did not pay attention, and site has been spammed with thousands of spam commments.
is there a way to automatically hide/remove those which have "links" in ...
3
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1answer
307 views
Block images on Russian domain .ru via htaccess?
I have a WordPress website which accepts anonymous comments and images. We are receiving spam in the form of Russian porn, with images hotlinked from websites on the Russian domain .ru
As we are ...
1
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1answer
629 views
is there any way to check if an email sent landed in a spam folder?
In email marketing it's useful to provide a statistic about messages that got across as spam to the people that want to send an email campaign.
From what I know so far, it isn't possible to check if ...
0
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1answer
410 views
How to keep an email out of a recipient's spam folder? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How could I prevent my mail from being recognized as spam?
When I user completes a form the information is sent to a specific email address which varies (and is not ...
3
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3answers
305 views
Getting google to reindex faster
We run a high-traffic site for a large organization and it was compromised through an editor account. The attacker was able to poison the google cache, and the visible result to us is that if you ...
6
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3answers
337 views
Comment spammer IP list?
Is there a public list anywhere on the web of IP addresses that have been identified as comment spammers?
1
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0answers
44 views
IP Addresses of Known Spammers [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Comment spammer IP list?
Is there a list out there that has IP addresses of known spammers? I wish to know so I can block them in my forum.
4
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3answers
472 views
How to tell whether spammers are bots or humans?
How can you tell if the people that are spamming your forum or website are in fact bots or human spammers?
Please note that the question is not about preventing spammers. It is to determine if the ...
1
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3answers
105 views
What are some internet trends that you've noticed over the past ~10 years? [closed]
I'll give an example of one that I've noticed: the number of web sites that ask for your email address (GOOG ID, YAHOO! ID, etc.) has skyrocketed.
I can come up with no legitimate reason for this ...
3
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1answer
328 views
Google spam report, have they ever punished a bad site you reported?
You have reported a bad site on Google Webmaster Tools SPAM report.
Assuming you are sure it was a bad site, did you see Google punishing it or doing something after your report?
Thanks
1
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2answers
96 views
general questions about link spam
A CMS-based site I manage is suffering from a small but ominously growing number of almost certainly bot-emplaced, invisible spam links placed in registered-user-only shoutboxes and user forums. "Link ...
1
vote
4answers
181 views
Recommended Spam Best Practices [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I prevent spam on sites which I control?
Are there any recommended admin tools or interfaces for reviewing and moderating spam on a community-driven UGC site?
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1answer
5k views
How to get ip-address out of SPAMHAUS blacklist?
I frequently read that it is possible to remove individual ip-addresses from SPAMHAUS blacklisting.
OK. Here is 91.205.43.252 (91.205.43.251 - 91.205.43.253) used by back3.stopspamers.com ...
19
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4answers
5k views
How to avoid Hotmail/Live rejections for (legit) large volume eMailing?
While qualifying eMail for Spam, Hotmail/Live checks the historical records of numbers of eMails sent by a sender (FROM, eMail Server, IP, etc.). Some times, perfectly valid bulk eMails that are not ...
3
votes
3answers
64 views
How to display a directory without looking like spam
I need to list every city in a state (for instance, California), along with a huge list of automotive dealers per city. How do I do this on one page without looking like a link farm/spam page to end ...
1
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1answer
36 views
Getting on mediawiki spammers list?
I am setting up a test site which I WANT to get spammed by WIKI spammers, ie those spambots that run rampant on a wiki site filling it up with junk data... How do i get on one of those lists?
0
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0answers
194 views
What is the aim of this email? Is this a ping/sping? [closed]
I received this spam in my catch-all.
As a webmaster of the domain it was sent to, I am really curious what the reason for this mail is. It was sent to a non-existent user "tania" on my domain - here ...
7
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3answers
179 views
Free spam blocker service [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I prevent spam on sites which I control?
Is it possible to get a free and good spam blocker for your website?
I would really like to avoid having to serve ...
3
votes
2answers
234 views
Localized CAPTCHA
What are effective CAPTCHA solutions that can have localized description, and CAPTCHA text itself is either language-neutral, or can be localized (for Polish language)? It is to be used to protect a ...
6
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4answers
224 views
Is it positive or negative for the average website to allow search engines to index user comments?
I've been trying to answer this question myself by researching and searching on google but I haven't been able to come with a final answer.
I have some hypothesis I would like share anyway:
The ...
3
votes
3answers
706 views
Tons of spam on phpBB even with recapcha enabled [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I prevent spam on sites which I control?
I am running a phpBB forum where the requirements were that users shouldn't have to sign up in order to post. They ...
1
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2answers
407 views
How are spambots registering on my website?
I have a forum that's getting a bunch of spam bot registrations.
Here's what's happened:
lots of spambots
added static logic question (as a picture), static math question, honeypot field
still lots ...
3
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1answer
128 views
How to configure comment notification such that no emails are sent in case of spam?
I have a drupal 6 site running with blogs on it. I use the comment notify module to implement wordpress-like notification of new comments and the antispam module for keeping the spam off the site.
...
10
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4answers
185 views
Emailing all site users
I'm going to be emailing all of my site users to update them on recent developments and remind them to come back to the site. Are there any special precautions I should take. I was going to do this ...
2
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1answer
76 views
Are there other “approval” services for other email providers, like SenderID for Hotmail?
This question comes from: http://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/695/how-to-avoid-hotmail-live-rejections-for-legit-large-volume-emailing
I never knew about this for Hotmail and I'm wondering ...
6
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1answer
115 views
Anywhere to get a list of referrer spammers?
I do my own log processing using my own self-written analyzer. That means I have to deal with the continual nuisance of referrer spammers. Is there anywhere I can get an up-to-date list of referrer ...
