A lot of spam users lately..

Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2019 12:17 pm

Since a couple of weeks a lot of spam users such as

are subscribing to my site. Which is the best way to avoid them to subscribe?

Thanks in advance

registered · Site Admin Joined: Aug 22, 2007 Posts: 1775

You are using already nukeSPAM?

Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 10:33 am

I'll check. Thanks!

Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 11:19 pm

It is an part of the current php7-ready build of RN. Otherwise you can grab it from nukeseo.com. Take care of the setting for the AHBL blocking.

http://nukeseo.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=180

I builded also a small single php-file for a cronjob, which compares the domains in the nukeSPAM database with the blocked domains in Your Account, to add missed domain into the list of the blocked domains.

registered · Site Admin Joined: Jun 04, 2004 Posts: 6437

In nukeSPAM, you can block subdomains (e.g. *.itbury.com will block @itbury.com, @scale.itbury.com, etc.).

If you get spammers using variations of @gmail.com accounts using periods (which are ignored by gmail), e.g. f.i.r.s.t.l.a.s.t@gmail.com and first.last@gmail.com), nukeSPAM will ignore the periods when checking for previously blocked accounts. It will automatically block accounts that have more than a specified number of periods (defaults to 2). This would block f.i.r.s.t.l.a.s.t@gmail.com without even checking to see if it's a known spammer domain.

Posted: Tue May 07, 2019 11:45 am

Thanks, kguske,

btw, I was searching on google the following keywords: "error: your registration has been blocked by our spam filters ravennuke" and, entering the page on NukeSeo, I have been blocked from entering the site.

Posted: Tue May 07, 2019 12:23 pm

NukeSPAM is already included in the latest php7-build. I tried also to download the package from nukeseo.com but it seems the 7zip-archive is damaged. I have a working copy of the nukeSPAM build 1.0.1 on my local files. Check you inbox elnegro...

Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 4:34 pm

neralex wrote:

... but it seems the 7zip-archive is damaged. I have a working copy of the nukeSPAM build 1.0.1 on my local files...

I too noticed this problem under Linux. Then, from a Windows machine, I was able to download and install NukeSPAM.

Yes, sometimes also Windows is useful Wink

Posted: Thu May 09, 2019 5:52 am

elnegro, PM your IP info and I'll remove the block on nukeSEO.com if needed.

I'll check the download on a Linux system - maybe the issue is with 7zip on Linux or creating it on Windows.

Posted: Thu May 09, 2019 11:13 am

kguske, I was not able to extract it without 7zip on Windows 7 and 10. WinRAR throws an error, that the archive is damaged.

Posted: Fri May 10, 2019 5:02 am

Very strange... When I FTP the file, it's fine. But downloading through Chrome, Firefox, IE, Opera it's smaller and can't open.

Posted: Fri May 10, 2019 5:07 am

Try it now. I changed the link from relative to fully qualified and was able to download it. Very strange...

Posted: Mon May 13, 2019 4:23 pm

kguske, it works now with WinRAR. Wink