Some loser is currently spamming the forums with obscene posts and has now moved on to private messaging everyone currently online, if you have recieved a PM from him delete it immediately (especially if you are at work) and do not indulge his ego. Thanks.
To prevent receiving any more PMs, please go to Profile, then Personal Message Options. Then add the name of the offender to the Ignore List.
Just unstickied the regular stickies so folks can see this a little better.
Whatever this guy may say, I'll leave the truth for President Hirohito to explain:
(http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/images/sppenis.gif)
I have 15 messages, 7 were new, but there are only 8 in there...
As a result of the spam, I did a mass delete of all PM's sent by the perpetrator; however, unfortunately this has not updated the total messages count of your inbox, so it'll read too high. I'm looking into how to fix it.
Nice one Pumaman... whew, scared me for a bit, thought the site was gettin hacked or something... :'(
Ok, this should now be fixed. Please let me know if your message count is still wrong.
Mines ok. Thanks alot. 8)
I got pictures Gilbot! Oh BOY!
Wow, what an asshole.
I was coming here to start a topic, but it would seem that it's already been handled. I'm still getting messages though... *off to update ignore list.
Isn't it great this issues like this get addressed so quickly though?
It's very simple to delete all posts from a user, so the forum spamming isn't a problem, but you'll have to police your own pm inboxes.
Don Henry. The new Andy Penis?
Can't you delete the user and block his IP?
Give Andy some credit! This thing is just some forum spamming script that's making the rounds: http://irca.org.au/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1122456539
Scotch, i just took a look at that link. Damn, I wish i were the pic Don Henry posted. Then my girlfriend drought would be over forever. :)
Penis. Pump.
Honestly, it's not mine!
Quote from: scotch on Fri 30/06/2006 01:24:18
Give Andy some credit!
My apologies, but after that seeing that picture, it was the only name that came to mind.
:'(
This happened while I was asleep, so I don't know what happened, and I don't want to see them either.
Quote from: Evil on Thu 29/06/2006 22:46:22
I got pictures Gilbot! Oh BOY!
Now, I'm interested in seeing them!
Edit: Damn! I see it now!
Eh, I mis-spaced "pictures" and "of", and when I went to change it, I deleted "of"... I guess...
I totally ruined the joke.
I never got any spam. I feel left out. :'(
I'm sure someone can forward you some over the top porn pictures if you'd like.
We have to blame DGMacphee, as is customary on these occasions...
Of course.
When in doubt, blame the trout!
Wait...
It is curious, but I was thinking in Os à šltimo Quâo Queijo the other day... ;D
I don't think Don Henry is the fake account of any AGSers. I doubt nobody here would do such an extreme thing like posting spam pr0n.
Quote from: Farlander on Fri 30/06/2006 07:12:08
It is curious, but I was thinking in Os à šltimo Quâo Queijo the other day...Ã, ;D
Heh. He might hold a grudge, but he's not that immature. He wouldn't do this. Your suspicions are decentralized.
If I was that man, I'd would be fitted for a tux everyday.
But for all you know this man's tools might be teeny weeny tiny when not standing tall.
Ermmm.... Photoshop. Now let's stop talking about a silly thing like this and continue with our lifes.
Quote from: Krysis on Fri 30/06/2006 10:28:48
Ermmm.... Photoshop. Now let's stop talking about a silly thing like this and continue with our lifes.
But don't you see, a silly thing like this is some people's life. Or so it would appear... :=
I'd just like to emphasise to future spammers that it is very easy for us moderators to rapidly delete your posts. The effort on our part is minimal compared to the effort of writing these posts, so you're just wasting your time. And probably some of your dignity.
'Some' is quite a mild term there, I think.
Those posts from 'Adamski.' were deleted extremely quickly. Bravo!
But is there any way of deleting the new PMs in my inbox (which I presume are spam) without me actually having to read them?
iIf you have a few pms, or a small window, you can check them off on the pms list at the top and press delete without scrolling down.
In any case it's just the same old post we've seen 50 times each.
I turned off images in my browser and deleted them, but i imagine CJ can get rid of them again.
Just when you see your inbox, if anything is from Adamski delete it from there?
I just got 3 new messages from this guy. The same message. Of some very insecure Japanese dude trying to look cool.
[EDIT:] Two posts while I was typing...nice to see the forum is active at least. ;)
Should be gone now.
I really don't know why people bother doing this sort of thing, surely they've got better things to do with their life than spam random forums with photoshopped porn. Ah well.
Some people have a hollow head!
It's better not to have one, insted of not using your brain!
seriusly thanks CJ you rule
Now relevent once more.
Got one from "Harrison Ford"? Deleted, account slammed to ignore.
Looks like Sslaxx beat me to it, I was about to mention Harrison Ford.
What's with this? It's a pity since SMF is generally very safe from bots... not anymore I guess. :(
Looks like we'll have to switch to Vanilla.
dammit, I'm getting sick of this.
Why...doesn't...someone...just...IP ban this person? It's all coming from the same IP address, isn't it? Or a range of IP addresses? I haven't even been an active member of these forums, and I'm getting these things! What the crap?!
If you can't tell, I'm confused, and therefore, also angry, yes.
It's a dynamic IP. We can't just up and ban everyone in Hawaii (or everybody there using this particular ISP).
I got this message with the subject/title"WHATS UP MOTHERF*UCKER"
If you have some time check out this COOL website:
http://www.hotornot.com/r/?eid=AYSEARG&key=BYV
Rest-assured this is great entertainment!!!
Also, check out the following website I came across:
http://www.asian-man.com/asianmannew/main.htm
It will knock your socks off!
http://pix2.hotornot.com/pics/HU/HQ/HR/NS/AYSEAUHSYXBM.jpg
Who is this guy and why did he insulted me!?
P.S:I haven't been posting on the forum for a long time but I got this with email notification.
A bot.
No inslut intended.. Everybody's getting these. :(
Go to your profile
find the ignore list
add his name in there and you're fine
until the next time a bot comes this way thayt is...
And there are at least another one thread about this thing.
Well, this is the 2nd time this has happened in a short amount of time.
Just an idea, can this forum utilize those strange pictures of messed up letters and numbers in order to PM? This might prevent this in the future.
Do not feed the trolls.
Who is this guy and why did he insulted me!?
P.S:I haven't been posting on the forum for a long time but I got this with email notification.
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I got it too, the HBO (halo.bungie.org) forums have gotten a large influx of spam over the last 2 weeks too.
Come on, just ignore him (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=27183). He will be dealt with.
Sorry, Harrison Ford was me, I was trying some massive message features and making some tests, it won't happen again...
SMF forums have some suggested solutions...
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=92301.msg625768
another idea is "I've now disallowed members with 0 messages to start threads." and maybe from sending PMs, too...
Are you serious, Farlander?
/me gives Farl a good slap
Let's ban Hawaii!Ã, ;D
EDIT: This would look soo good on a t-shirt!
OK I'l ignore him then.
I opened mine up, just out of curiosity...
... I really did not need to see that.
Just got one of these.
Quote from: Nikolas on Tue 04/07/2006 10:03:25
No inslut intended.. Everybody's getting these. :(
I'm hoping that was a mistake. Or I'm out of the lingo loop.
We're fighting a war against the spam bots, and Hawaii is collateral damage.
Hawaii dosen't need the internet anyway. It's frigging Hawaii...And apparently Mr. Harrison Ford has developed some new interests in his old age...
I got a PM too.
I guess he picked the users who have the dirtiest sound names. ;)
What an idiot.
BTW, my count is fine.
Anyone know how to block email spam? 90% of our emails are from losers selling 'h00dia'.
You don't have a filter on your email?
The sad thing is that it's not just a SMF spam bot, because it has to complete our registration quiz. Therefore, someone is actually going through the trouble of registering new accounts just to spam us with asian porn. All I'd like to ask you, Don Henry / Harrison Ford / whoever, is why?
ALRIGHT I ADMIT IT. IT WAS ME. I DO THIS BECAUSE ASIAN PORN NEEDS MORE RECOGNITION
Most funny is.. the one whos sending it is a vip.. Harisson Ford, I think you guys who are making the Indiana Jones game are the cause of this, Harisson is angry now cause you didnt buy the rights ;D
Quote from: DonB on Tue 04/07/2006 18:43:28
Most funny is.. the one whos sending it is a vip.. Harisson Ford, I think you guys who are making the Indiana Jones game are the cause of this, Harisson is angry now cause you didnt buy the rightsÃ, ;D
I think you could be onto something here. Great Detective work. 100/10 points. Top Notche! Well Done!
Thanks, well Roxy did most of the work tho.
Or maybe it's YOU, DonB! Just look at your avatar, it's clearly a shot of someone's crotch! Which always puts me at ill-ease whenever you say something.
Quote from: ManicMatt on Tue 04/07/2006 19:16:28
Or maybe it's YOU, DonB! Just look at your avatar, it's clearly a shot of someone's crotch! Which always puts me at ill-ease whenever you say something.
DonB=Don Henry? :=
Wot, I just got an offer to play in the new Indy movie. Though having seen his movies I wouldn't wonder if he did spread porn images.
I like the idea of limiting someone's PM abilities, but that's only going to cause them to spam the boards. I think our best bet is to disable PMs for the time being until this can be worked out. Even if they need 1000 posts to send a PM someone will sit and post 1000 times.
Is is possible to limit PMs to users? I mean, how many new members do we get a day? And how many of those are from Hawaii? We could just approve those that aren't from Hawaii.
Also, what is a the probability that these bots can randomly guess the answers to the quiz? Maybe we need to institute a written section. Type out Yes or No in realivence to a question?
Quote from: Helm on Tue 04/07/2006 18:20:40
ALRIGHT I ADMIT IT. IT WAS ME. I DO THIS BECAUSE ASIAN PORN NEEDS MORE RECOGNITION
I watch enough asian porn for everyone. I don't think that is the issue.
So there is asian porn these days?
Yes, and just like Bollywood, it's called Born! Oh sorry, wrong Asians..
Goddamn those half-japanese girls... Do it to me everytime.
Scream and call the police?
Quote from: Andail on Tue 04/07/2006 22:00:05
So there is asian porn these days?
God damn outsourcing is taking away all the best jobs from Americans!
Who likes american pron anyway? ;D
Hey! Shut up, Aria is american... >:(
Go Indie P0rn!
[intopic] By the way, I think we should block the multiple PM'ing for a while; and put a delay of about 10 minutes between every sent PM's. I think this could stop the PM spammer guy for a while. [/intopic]
I just got this Email:
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AGS Forums
<xxx> to me
Jul 4 (1 day ago)
You have just been sent a personal message by Harrison Ford on AGS Forums.
IMPORTANT: Remember, this is just a notification. Please do not reply to this email.
The message they sent you was:
If you have some time check out this COOL website:
xxx
Rest-assured this is great entertainment!!!
Also, check out the following website I came across:
xxx
It will knock your socks off!
xxx
Reply to this Personal Message here: http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;f=inbox;pmsg=40694;quote;u=5821
The links are porn links.
However, I have no record of this private message in my AGS forums inbox. Also the Reply to Personal Message link at the end of the email brings me to a page that tells me that the personal message isn't mine or doesn't exist.
Huh.... ???
The private messages were deleted.
@piperhcombs: I think you should delete that links from your post.
Quote from: ManicMatt on Tue 04/07/2006 18:14:28
You don't have a filter on your email?
I have AVG but its email blocker sucks big time.
thunderbird and outlook have good spam filters. whatever client you're using, ditch it if it doesn't have a filter :)
No, AVG is an antivirus program. Without that, we'd have ten times the spam we get now. Still, most emails are from idiots.
*scratches head* your anti-virus program tries to filter spam???
My main email is with yahoo and I see about one spam mail every four months.
I don't visit the forum for a year and some odd days and then I get a picture of a photoshopped asian kid in my inbox.
What happens if I go for two years?
He shows up at your door.
I still feel left out. Ã, :'(
Now Hockeyboy is the spammer... ^_^ I guess someone THINKS is destroying our nerves or something with this... poor guy, it makes me feel a bit sad about him.
I just noticed this thread now, but I had gotten a few of these PM's yesterday. I was courteous and gracious in my replies and I think 'Hockeyboy' didn't like that as he apparently gave up.
what???
A new one?
And didn't get an pm... :(
Quote from: shbaz on Wed 05/07/2006 23:47:52
I don't visit the forum for a year and some odd days and then I get a picture of a photoshopped asian kid in my inbox.
If that's what it took to bring you back, I think it was worth it.
Glad to see you on the boards again!
Heh, the PM reminded me of the board as well. I used to lurk a lot and post to the critics lounge a fair bit.
Quote from: Nikolas on Thu 06/07/2006 14:13:02
what???
A new one?
And didn't get an pm... :(
Don't worry, I didn't get anything from "Hockeyboy" either... they probably just PM everyone on the "who's online" list and then leave.
Quote from: Penguinx on Thu 06/07/2006 14:06:19
I was courteous and gracious in my replies and I think 'Hockeyboy' didn't like that as he apparently gave up.
Hahahah!! ;D
Looks like he's moved on to email. :-\
Really? sure it wasn't the email notification?