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Porn on a Childs forum!

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I am so discusted that I had to go ahead and close my forum today. I get an average of 200 porn post a day on my forum that is for kids! I am sick of spending all my time deleting them! I cant spend 2 to 3 hours a day on stupid porn =(
Dose anyone know where I can report the ip addresses to the cyber cops?

I am not interested in adding a mod to make visual verification on sign up because the kids sign up for my forum somewhere els.....

I just think whoever does these nasty things should be punished! If there is not a law against trying to force porn on a child there should be!

I have not actually clicked on any of the links, but I assume they r making money off this?
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Yes I agree, it is a pain and something which should not be allowed, but there is not alot can be done about it, not sure what ranting here is going to achieve, if you are not prepared to take steps to block spam you can not then complain about it. As a forum admin and web master it is your responsibility to look after your site and prevent such things.
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You can complain - but it takes a lot of work for you - AND - the people you will catch will NOT be the actual people who are 'earning' from this - but owners of infected machines being used as proxies.

It is still benificial - but do remember that the machines being used are owned by victims too - not the xxxxx who are actively doing this.

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That said - you need to get the IP code of the posting machine (which might be a proper proxy too).

Then use DNS Stuff (or similar) to look up the complaint email address - the one marked for abuse will do.

Then send them details including any log files (NOT as attachments) as par of the email and suggest that the machine making those posts might be breaking that ISP's terms and conditions.
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I run a web site for those ages 13 to 21, and had the same problem as you for a while. Whether or not you have the visual verification up and running though doesn't really matter; the bots still get around it.

Like others have said, report the IP addresses of the bots to the cops. Unfortunately, this will probably achieve little as the IP addresses are frequently in places like Russia, Algeria, Belarus, etc.

But there are steps you can take to protect your forum. First, enable user or admin verification. Second, make it such that only registered users can post. And third, download the humanizer mod. The mod will add a "Are you human?" question to the registration process. Since I've installed it, I have not had one spam bot post on my web site. Just remember to change the value of the "Are you human" field. I think the default is "ruhuman," or something like that. But since the spam bots are programmed to recognize that, you should change it to something else.
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True protect your forum with what ever you can just have to make it harder for people to sting you?
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You can try disallowing the url and img BBcodes and/or add certain URLs and file formats to your forum's word censor, like if you blocked ".exe", you can probably prevent a lot of links that would bring users to a possible virus or something.
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yes I have seen many links to porn/adult video sites from many forums I visit. These forums have been running phpBB and and there are no bid admins to clear up the spam all the time. Hope they used the filter toll to it maximum extent. In some less trafficked forums I see more spam adult affiliate posts than real post
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Its just terrible that we cant have freaking forums without these weirdos ruining it.
My two christian forums are getting new members about every day with porn of one sort or another in their WWW's.

Its sad that we either have to spend so much effort to remove it, or lock our forums down like Fort Knox trying to prevent it.
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This thread may be helpful in stopping the bot issues.
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Wow that is pretty bad... Freakin pervs.
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Please stay on topic.
I have removed the last post that was pointing to an anti spambot mod. This topic is not an anti spam one. We have 3 of those already and need no more.
Any more posts linking to mods to stop spambots will also be removed. iWisdom has already posted a link to those topics - please no more.

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Post by سيف العرب »

thats bad
i think theres a solution i dont remember where i see it but its working for me --no more registration spam--
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Jim_UK wrote:Please stay on topic.
Any more posts linking to mods to stop spambots will also be removed.

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and if they back again change the word again..hope that help you

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These people make me sick!
I think we all have this problem to deal with, day in day out.
I do take the time every day to clear my forums of these perverted creatures, also the ones selling drugs such as Viagra.
I have set my forums, so that people have to register and I have to activate their accounts before they can post. It is the only sensible thing to do.
I know it’s time consuming, but I have a couple of friends who help me out.
Why not try to find a couple of friends who are on line at different times of the day to yourself?
I wish you all the best, don’t let them get you down!
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Nothing can be done. Well i am a high schooler and i know ppl who do this. Yes yes yes. I did hack into the school network (its true). I shut down my teachers computer by hacking into admin. I got out of maths using excel by going to BIOS and entering a master password (still there :? ). I put a Trojan in the school network. I know friends who tap into there neighbor's wireless network (not me this time, MY neighbors are grannies that don't know how to work a mouse let alone set up a wireless network). I did screw up computers at my school. I know friends that crack games. I do have program to crack games. There. A little inside and out of a teenagers life in hacking etc. If your on about porn then don't bother. So called 'kiddies' (13-21) have been show mobile porn. Hey? Who can resist by shutting there eyes? If they did that then they might as well keep it closed for the whole day. That is how much mobile porn there is sadly. Turn on your bluetooth and pretty much you have free porn. Hey, its life. Live with it. We did.
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Well phpbb 3 doesn't seem to have spambots yet, might want to try that. Also for phpbb 2 as many people have said there's tons of anti spambot mods.
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