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    porno spamer on vB sites

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    Im not sure that user is related but I need to show you an example.

    Recently a user has been registering acounts that start with '!!!' on vBulletintemplates.com, infact ive seen the username I linked on that site aswell.

    Anyway this user will register as many names that start with !! as they can and link a porn site as their homepage. Ive already removed 30+ acounts at vBt for this, all coming from the same ip range.

    edit-

    The '!!' is used so the acount apper first on the memberlist, which is how I found out about this member.
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    • LeeCHeSSS
      Senior Member
      • Jan 2002
      • 321
      #2
      I always hate people who start their nicknames with non-alphanumeric characters.

      I guess I'm just suffering from a mild OCD...

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        • _| () R | Z
          Senior Member
          • Oct 2002
          • 641
          #3
          Warning: Silent Spamming of vBulletins - vBulletin Community Forum
          http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=94740
          Hi there - I wanted to post this on the "Hints and Tips" board, but I don't appear to have permission to start a new thread there. So I'll post it here, so that the vBulletin staff can decide as to whether it is suitable or not... Anyway - the sad fact is that a lot of forums are being spammed without the forum
          Originally Posted by Zachery
          John originally presented vBulletin to Infopop, they didn't take it, so he took it and sold it

          Originally Posted by Martin
          We had to do a lot of arm twisting to get him to do it, though. I would imagine he still hates us.

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            • filburt1
              Senior Member
              • Feb 2002
              • 6606
              #4
              I recently denied using some random characters in usernames at my site (although I've never had this problem) because nobody needs to have them.
              --filburt1, vBulletin.org/vBulletinTemplates.com moderator
              Web Design Forums.net: vB Board of the Month
              vBulletin Mail System (vBMS): webmail for your forum users

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                • Floris
                  Senior Member
                  • Dec 2001
                  • 37767
                  #5
                  Does this mean the image verification was turned off? Or that this is a user and not a bot? Or that they have a bot that can read image verification.

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                    • Zachery
                      Former vBulletin Support
                      • Jul 2002
                      • 59097
                      #6
                      Probally a real user with noting better to do.

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                        • Xenon
                          Senior Member
                          • Feb 2001
                          • 598
                          #7
                          it's a real use which manually enters his sites to that members list...

                          i've disabled nonnumeric usernamestarts on my sites
                          The price of freedom is eternal vigilance!
                          - Thomas Jefferson

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