# Massive spam bot attack **URL:** \ **Category:** Meta\ **Created:** [June 15, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/massive-spam-bot-attack/1902 "2011-06-15T02:50:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![D4rw1N](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/user_avatar/forums.sourceruns.org/d4rw1n/32/15_2.png) [@D4rw1N](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/D4rw1N)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/massive-spam-bot-attack/1902/1 "2011-06-15T02:50:47Z")
What’s up with the sudden invasion of bots on the forum? Maybe it didn’t require it’s own thread but hey… Why the hell not! ---
**Author:** ![TYPICAL](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@TYPICAL](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/TYPICAL)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 6:56am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/massive-spam-bot-attack/1902/2 "2011-06-15T06:56:36Z")
Dunno. Was hoping that google had bumped us up a bit due to portal 2 video’s from Demon. Wishful thinking I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Cameron\_D](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/user_avatar/forums.sourceruns.org/cameron_d/32/251_2.png) [@Cameron\_D](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/Cameron_D)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/massive-spam-bot-attack/1902/3 "2011-06-15T09:12:21Z")
Changed some stuff, if it doesn’t help we can just enable email validation ---
**Author:** ![TYPICAL](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@TYPICAL](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/TYPICAL)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/massive-spam-bot-attack/1902/4 "2011-06-15T11:37:23Z")
But I like the bots! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Centaurium](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/user_avatar/forums.sourceruns.org/centaurium/32/206_2.png) [@Centaurium](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/Centaurium)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/massive-spam-bot-attack/1902/5 "2011-06-15T11:45:57Z")
Thanks, Cameron! ---
**Author:** ![D4rw1N](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/user_avatar/forums.sourceruns.org/d4rw1n/32/15_2.png) [@D4rw1N](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/D4rw1N)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/massive-spam-bot-attack/1902/6 "2011-06-16T01:42:28Z")
> [@TYPICAL](#): > > But I like the bots! 😃 Me too, they’re like… My only friends… ![](https://forum-content.sourceruns.org/original/2X/4/43451ac15cdd088f879218a4668375e8fc05d1b4.png) ---
**Author:** ![Cameron\_D](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/user_avatar/forums.sourceruns.org/cameron_d/32/251_2.png) [@Cameron\_D](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/Cameron_D)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/massive-spam-bot-attack/1902/7 "2011-06-17T13:27:51Z")
So I just checked, turned out there was some large influx of spam bots hitting the site, and by large I mean 15-20x larger than the normal: [![](http://i.imgur.com/Vr881l.jpg)](http://i.imgur.com/Vr881.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![TYPICAL](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@TYPICAL](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/TYPICAL)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/massive-spam-bot-attack/1902/8 "2011-06-17T13:34:12Z")
What do the green and red lines mean? All I know is that about 1800 of one thing happened and 3500 of another thing happened. ---
**Author:** ![Cameron\_D](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/user_avatar/forums.sourceruns.org/cameron_d/32/251_2.png) [@Cameron\_D](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/Cameron_D)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/massive-spam-bot-attack/1902/9 "2011-06-17T13:38:59Z")
Green is total page views, red is page views from known/suspect spammer IPs (labelled ‘threats’) ---
**Author:** ![quadrazid](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/f6c823/32.png) [@quadrazid](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/quadrazid)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/massive-spam-bot-attack/1902/10 "2011-06-18T14:13:24Z")
we need the bots for better forum activity ---
**Author:** ![Cameron\_D](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/user_avatar/forums.sourceruns.org/cameron_d/32/251_2.png) [@Cameron\_D](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/Cameron_D)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/massive-spam-bot-attack/1902/11 "2011-06-20T11:31:35Z")
[me=Cameron:D]goes on an IP range blocking spree[/me] EDIT: Also installed reCAPTCHA for registration, that _might_ help. ---
**Author:** ![TYPICAL](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@TYPICAL](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/TYPICAL)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/massive-spam-bot-attack/1902/12 "2011-06-21T02:14:59Z")
Cameron is so beast! EDIT: kinda… We’re still getting spam. :-[ ---
**Author:** ![TYPICAL](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@TYPICAL](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/TYPICAL)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/massive-spam-bot-attack/1902/13 "2011-07-25T00:46:03Z")
Oh the irony. EDIT: I’m leaving this for Jared. ---
**Author:** ![Centaurium](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/user_avatar/forums.sourceruns.org/centaurium/32/206_2.png) [@Centaurium](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/Centaurium)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/massive-spam-bot-attack/1902/14 "2011-07-25T14:01:28Z")
Confound this spambots, they lead me to drink. ---
**Author:** ![TYPICAL](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@TYPICAL](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/TYPICAL)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/massive-spam-bot-attack/1902/15 "2011-07-25T17:39:46Z")
Can we get a feature that if we delete an account it deletes all their posts? I’m sick of having to hit remove post 8 times to clean shit up. EDIT: OMG IT ALREADY EXISTS! ;D ---
**Author:** ![cRZYFST](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@cRZYFST](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/cRZYFST)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/massive-spam-bot-attack/1902/16 "2011-07-28T12:04:13Z")
So what’s the status on this? The issue doesn’t seem to be resolved. You said something about email verification, Cameron, is this precaution active now? ---
**Author:** ![Cameron\_D](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/user_avatar/forums.sourceruns.org/cameron_d/32/251_2.png) [@Cameron\_D](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/Cameron_D)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/massive-spam-bot-attack/1902/17 "2011-07-28T14:05:56Z")
Yes, and has been for a while .\_. ---
**Author:** ![S11](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@S11](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/S11)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/massive-spam-bot-attack/1902/18 "2011-07-28T15:30:00Z")
The only thing that makes this real safe is account verification by moderator. But obviously, that isn’t an option. ---
**Author:** ![D4rw1N](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/user_avatar/forums.sourceruns.org/d4rw1n/32/15_2.png) [@D4rw1N](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/D4rw1N)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/massive-spam-bot-attack/1902/19 "2011-07-28T15:45:10Z")
I could volunteer as a moderator if necessary. If not for confirming new accounts at least I could delete all the constant incoming spam threads and posts. I’m lonely enough to take the time to delete every single one as soon as I see them. :’( ---
**Author:** ![igge](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/3d9bf3/32.png) [@igge](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/igge)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/massive-spam-bot-attack/1902/20 "2011-07-28T16:01:51Z")
> [@D4rw1N](#): > > I’m lonely enough to take the time to delete every single one as soon as I see them. 😢 I think everyone is. This is a forum for speedrunners after all. [Next page](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/massive-spam-bot-attack/1902.md?page=2)