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http://radified.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl Rad Community Non-Technical Discussion Boards >> YaBB Forum Software + Rad Web Site >> Pre-Registered Members http://radified.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1323877950 Message started by NightOwl on Dec 14^th, 2011 at 9:52am

Title: Pre-Registered Members
Post by NightOwl on Dec 14^th, 2011 at 9:52am

Rad

What the heck is going on?! Every day there is a *huge* number of *Pre-Registered Members*!

This morning there are 102!

This appears to be a regular occurrence lately!

No where near that number are actually completing their registration. Are these automated bots that are trolling the internet for forums to register on--and they just keep doing it?

Title: Re: Pre-Registered Members
Post by Rad on Dec 17^th, 2011 at 6:10pm

Yeah, I am deleting their asses fast as they can register. [smiley=smiley.gif]

http://www.yabbforum.com/community/YaBB.pl?num=1322705982

Title: Re: Pre-Registered Members
Post by Rad on Dec 24^th, 2011 at 9:58am

i have started banning ip's and email addys.

a new email addy will be ez to get, a new ip takes a little more sophistication.

just banning a few at a time. i delete maybe a hundred a day.

out of curiosity, i traced a few of the bans to see where they were from.

1. poland
2. southern russia
3. china near shanghai

Title: Re: Pre-Registered Members
Post by NightOwl on Dec 24^th, 2011 at 3:35pm

@ Rad

Rad wrote on Dec 24^th, 2011 at 9:58am:

a new email addy will be ez to get, a new ip takes a little more sophistication.

That was my thought too, and I've been banning the ip's for every spammer I catch.

We probably should go back once in awhile and un-ban the ip's that have been banned for over 6 months--but, I'm not sure how to track that.