I feel like a janitor!!!
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- Advanced Levergunner
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I feel like a janitor!!!
I just got done deleting 19 spam posts. It seems we are being targeted by someone.
I wish there was a way to block them from re posting. What do you think guys???
I bet I spend 15-20 minutes a day sweeping out the trash. It sure takes a lot of the fun out of our forum for me.
I wish there was a way to block them from re posting. What do you think guys???
I bet I spend 15-20 minutes a day sweeping out the trash. It sure takes a lot of the fun out of our forum for me.
Re: I feel like a janitor!!!
I am getting a lot of pop ups, someone told of a way to turn that off, but I have forgotten.
Re: I feel like a janitor!!!
I do not get very much spam, but pop-ups are becoming a problem.
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Re: I feel like a janitor!!!
I use Internet Explorer (which I don't like) on a Windows 8 (which I despise) machine, with McAfee (which I grudgingly accept), but haven't had ANY 'popups' when on Leverguns. I don't get any 'spam' related to the forum (I do on my email), but I'm not a Green-Letter-Guy, so maybe they are getting stuff and clearing it out so the rest of us don't have to bother with it.
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Re: I feel like a janitor!!!
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I don't get eyether here, either.............. but I have both Norton & McAf-free anti-virus programs installed.
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I don't get eyether here, either.............. but I have both Norton & McAf-free anti-virus programs installed.
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- Advanced Levergunner
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Re: I feel like a janitor!!!
Guy`s , the trash I talk about is not pop up`s. Those are controlled by your own firewall or pop up blocker.
The ones I and others have been cleaning out are regular posts that are for sex and Viagra and other sales oriented crud,and links to other trash. These come on the forum looking like a regular post but have an icon showing that they have not been approved.
I wish they would just go away.
The ones I and others have been cleaning out are regular posts that are for sex and Viagra and other sales oriented crud,and links to other trash. These come on the forum looking like a regular post but have an icon showing that they have not been approved.
I wish they would just go away.
Re: I feel like a janitor!!!
No,
I am not getting any of that.
I am getting pop-ups from Christian Mingle?
Where did they get me from?
I am not getting any of that.
I am getting pop-ups from Christian Mingle?
Where did they get me from?
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Re: I feel like a janitor!!!
If you're using internet explorer go into "tools" and click on "Manage add-ons", then scroll down thru the list and disable any that appear to be "ad related"... I had one on there called "better-surf", and a couple of others...
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There is a fine line between hobby & obsession!
AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!
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Re: I feel like a janitor!!!
Chuck, don't think for a minute that we don't appreciate it. It just happens in the bacground, so most of us don't think of it very much.
Griff,
SASS/CMSA #93
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GUSA #93
There is a fine line between hobby & obsession!
AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!
SASS/CMSA #93
NRA Patron
GUSA #93
There is a fine line between hobby & obsession!
AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!
Re: I feel like a janitor!!!
Viagra?? Well, let's not be too hasty
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Re: I feel like a janitor!!!
People that are getting popups,
I have never, ever gotten a popup on any of the Leverguns forums, except for the "new message" notifications. How can you be getting any popups? Am I supposed to be seeing some ads?
Shawn
I have never, ever gotten a popup on any of the Leverguns forums, except for the "new message" notifications. How can you be getting any popups? Am I supposed to be seeing some ads?
Shawn
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Re: I feel like a janitor!!!
Does this forum software allow you to ban IP addresses and ranges? I think that is how some of the other ones handle it.
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- Advanced Levergunner
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Re: I feel like a janitor!!!
92&94 , I imagine it does but that is above my pay grade (which is zero).
Kinda like being a board member of the gun club.
Kinda like being a board member of the gun club.
Re: I feel like a janitor!!!
We are banning IP addresses as they come across. Ranges of them, not sure.
Mike Johnson,
"Only those who will risk going too far, can possibly find out how far one can go." T.S. Eliot
"Only those who will risk going too far, can possibly find out how far one can go." T.S. Eliot
Re: I feel like a janitor!!!
Viagra... Pop-ups...
Yeah, it could happen.
Yeah, it could happen.
Government office attracts the power-mad, yet it's people who just want to be left alone to live life on their own terms who are considered dangerous.
History teaches that it's a small window in which people can fight back before it is too dangerous to fight back.
History teaches that it's a small window in which people can fight back before it is too dangerous to fight back.
Re: I feel like a janitor!!!
Think of it as shoveling out the horse stall, although with out the opportunity for fertilizing the tomatoes next spring. (grin)
Considered banning the entire IP range from China? Know one guy, said that helped a lot.
Or you could for membership create a quick four or five question pop quiz with some easy but obvious lever questions. Unless the application answers (few spammers will), that's an easy way of weeding them out.
ex.
What is a year used as a model number for a very popular lever action rifle?
A. 1855
B. 1894
C. 1937
What is a very popular caliber in lever action rifles?
A. .41-98
B. .223-06
C. .30-30
Considered banning the entire IP range from China? Know one guy, said that helped a lot.
Or you could for membership create a quick four or five question pop quiz with some easy but obvious lever questions. Unless the application answers (few spammers will), that's an easy way of weeding them out.
ex.
What is a year used as a model number for a very popular lever action rifle?
A. 1855
B. 1894
C. 1937
What is a very popular caliber in lever action rifles?
A. .41-98
B. .223-06
C. .30-30
Re: I feel like a janitor!!!
Possible solution: Use the little squiggly line numbers that you have to type in before you post to block the "bots". (I do hate those stupid things)
I've been a member so long I can't remember if the forum already does this, but require all posters to join the forum and be screened before being allowed to post. Or are they finding a way around this?
Ya'll must be doing a good job of deleting the spam because I haven't noticed any in a long time.
If the forum has to spend money for software to stop this problem, sign me up for a donation to help out.
Being a forum moderator is a thankless job, I know. So THANKS!
I've been a member so long I can't remember if the forum already does this, but require all posters to join the forum and be screened before being allowed to post. Or are they finding a way around this?
Ya'll must be doing a good job of deleting the spam because I haven't noticed any in a long time.
If the forum has to spend money for software to stop this problem, sign me up for a donation to help out.
Being a forum moderator is a thankless job, I know. So THANKS!
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Re: I feel like a janitor!!!
Captchas (those squiggly lines) have been broken. Either by software or by having some third-world kid in an internet cafe solve them for fraction of a cent each.
Some kid in Romania or Nigeria won't bother with or couldn't handle a lever specific quiz.
Some kid in Romania or Nigeria won't bother with or couldn't handle a lever specific quiz.
Re: I feel like a janitor!!!
Mescalero wrote:No,
I am not getting any of that.
I am getting pop-ups from Christian Mingle?
Where did they get me from?
Havin' blackouts again, Mesc ? .
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Re: I feel like a janitor!!!
Been on for a couple hours and deleted a dozen of them. This is getting bad!
Re: I feel like a janitor!!!
I haven't received any spam or any popups from here. Thanks for all the work that all of you moderaters and helpers do. I will chip in for a donation if something is needed for a software upgrade. This is a good place to be and we all seem to want to keep it that way.
D. Brian Casady
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Quid Llatine Dictum Sit, Altum Viditur.
Advanced is being able to do the basics while your leg is on fire---Bill Jeans
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up---Robert Frost