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Thread ID: 72681 2006-09-22 02:12:00 My guestbook is getting spammed.. lazydog (148) Press F1
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486559 2006-09-22 02:12:00 I'm getting alot of entries in my guestbook which looks to me to be spam.
(they are polite and nice entries though:) )

I've checked the email address for the site and theres no spam in the inbox or bulk mail folder so what are they after?
lazydog (148)
486560 2006-09-22 02:27:00 Search Engine ranking, as the more back links to there website they have the higher up in Google & other search engines results & more traffic for them.

See if there is an upgrade for your guestbook to see if they have any sort of Image Verification

If not then you may need to find better guestbook software which does have some sort of Image Verification.

I Hope this helps :)

PS: a lot of forums on the in internet have the same problem as well :(
stu161204 (123)
486561 2006-09-22 02:28:00 heaps of spam bots doing the rounds. i've noticed it on some forums which don't have logins or admin ! ! ! tweak'e (69)
486562 2006-09-22 02:37:00 The spam got so bad with mine I just had to close my guestbook account. Pancake (6359)
486563 2006-09-22 02:48:00 The spam got so bad with mine I just had to close my guestbook account.

Yeah, I'm thinking of doing the samething:annoyed:
lazydog (148)
486564 2006-09-22 03:14:00 I did colse mine... :( The_End_Of_Reality (334)
486565 2006-09-22 11:56:00 It's a common issue. The stinking spammers buy and use spambot software which invade forums and guestbooks. At least you're aware of the filthy dogs, but in most cases the only cure is to keep a daily watch and manually delete their entries. Greg (193)
486566 2006-09-22 22:40:00 It's a common issue. The stinking spammers buy and use spambot software which invade forums and guestbooks. At least you're aware of the filthy dogs, but in most cases the only cure is to keep a daily watch and manually delete their entries.

Ok, I'll try removing them for a week and see if it slows down if not I'll have to remove the guestbook.
Pity cause I've never been praised so much in my life:D

Stu161204, I'd try your way but since I'm new at this i don't know how to go about it so it's easier for me to remove it if it comes to it. Thanks anyway.
lazydog (148)
486567 2006-09-23 00:06:00 Stu161204, I'd try your way but since I'm new at this i don't know how to go about it so it's easier for me to remove it if it comes to it. Thanks anyway.

If you need a hand with upgrading it PM me, I will be happy to help :)
stu161204 (123)
486568 2006-09-23 01:37:00 Search Engine ranking, as the more back links to there website they have the higher up in Google & other search engines results & more traffic for them.

See if there is an upgrade for your guestbook to see if they have any sort of Image Verification

If not then you may need to find better guestbook software which does have some sort of Image Verification.

I Hope this helps :)

PS: a lot of forums on the in internet have the same problem as well :(

I've tried image verification before, however these new spammers have got OCR which can detect the characters in teh image
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