The new wave of spambots is here!

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Just when you thought it was safe to go outside.....
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Just a heads up, also expect spambots that sign up but don't post; instead using their User Profiles as linkdumps they change their birthdays everyday.
 

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Well, that's one of the disadvantages of changing boards to one that has been out for a long time: the spambots already existed. In fact, they've probably been trying ever since the initial version of IPB3 was released. Just now the site is actually susceptible to these attacks.
 

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There are tons of spambots, and there always were. We should make a list of them so the accounts can get deleted (or at least the link within them)
 

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I suggest implementing ReCaptcha, it's done the job on other forums I frequent. As for status update, usually a regexp fixes them all.
Either that, or implement those question things. I did that on my forum and I have nearly no bots sign up anymore.

And o.o that was fast. And, bbcode fail.
 

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I'm not sure this is related to spam but I just got a notification saying the user 'aKardAvaibia' (who just joined) liked my 2 month old thread.

If it is a spambot, this could lead a member to their profiles and then to whatever links they have on their status/profile
If it isn't, sorry aKardAvaibia, I doubt you just joined to like my post.
 
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