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SPAM messages are by little bots and spiders that go around the net and just post random stuff. Some bots and spiders are getting smarter and know how to by pass CAPTCHA while others can't.

Also this board allows guest posting in some forums so that doesn't help.

But anyway, you cant really control spiders and bots unless you get really good software that can filter bad spiders/bots from the good.
 
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SPAM messages are by little bots and spiders that go around the net and just post random stuff. Some bots and spiders are getting smarter and know how to by pass CAPTCHA while others can't.

Also this board allows guest posting in some forums so that doesn't help.

But anyway, you cant really control spiders and bots unless you get really good software that can filter bad spiders/bots from the good.

Softwares like adaware? What I mean is that, that thread was so full of them.
 
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What...? Are you talking about adware?

Adware is what you download unknowingly on your system. That is mostly caused by advertisements. That is with the ads themselves and HJU would need to reevaluate where they getting their ad revenue sources from... or something.

Or block them from your system.

Nothing can be done.

Besides there's already a thread on this somewhere else. Why didn't you just ask that question in that thread then start a new one? Seems redundant.
 
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What...? Are you talking about adware?

Adware is what you download unknowingly on your system. That is mostly caused by advertisements. That is with the ads themselves and HJU would need to reevaluate where they getting their ad revenue sources from... or something.

Or block them from your system.

Nothing can be done.

Besides there's already a thread on this somewhere else. Why didn't you just ask that question in that thread then start a new one? Seems redundant.

Sounds good. I think I'll do that tomorrow.
 
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SPAM messages are by little bots and spiders that go around the net and just post random stuff. Some bots and spiders are getting smarter and know how to by pass CAPTCHA while others can't.

Also this board allows guest posting in some forums so that doesn't help.

But anyway, you cant really control spiders and bots unless you get really good software that can filter bad spiders/bots from the good.

Speaking of Spiders, what's with these Yahoo! Slurp Spider and Google Spider?
 
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Is this still a problem?

Not at all, but what happened 2 or 3 years ago was so dangerous here in HJU. So many spams and spambots all over and made many heroes lose their HJU acounts because of those spams (not those who were banned but those who deleted their accounts for the spam attack).
 
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If it's not happeing now, then it's not a big deal. It really depends on the host & what they can afford to do for the site to keep out the spy/adware things. So in other words.....Keith's fault. :p
 
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