Jannak Posted January 16, 2011 Has Doomworld ever had a spambot attack? Since there's alot of forums that have these problems (maybe mostly newer forums?). 0 Share this post Link to post
Quasar Posted January 16, 2011 There are occasional posts in the moderator's forum about spambots getting through and making some weird posts, but as far as "attacks" go in the normal sense, where the forums start getting flooded with gibberish, porn, or MB's worth of links to sites that want to install friendly viruses on your system, I can't recall that ever happening. 0 Share this post Link to post
Technician Posted January 16, 2011 We kept getting span accounts claiming to be 40oz groupies. 0 Share this post Link to post
Craigs Posted January 16, 2011 Technician said:We kept getting span accounts claiming to be 40oz groupies. formerly creaphis groupies if I remember correctly. 0 Share this post Link to post
Technician Posted January 16, 2011 Craigs said:formerly creaphis groupies if I remember correctly. Ah, ok, Creaphis groupies I can understand. 40oz is like, ewww. 0 Share this post Link to post
printz Posted January 16, 2011 I guess the spambots are blocked by that white screen asking if you're registering just to ask about running Doom in XP. 0 Share this post Link to post
Maes Posted January 16, 2011 Wasn't there a spambot/hacker attack some years ago that replaced all of the forums' avatars with a blue skull and every nickname with some "Nickhacker" or somesuch handle? 0 Share this post Link to post
Quasar Posted January 17, 2011 Maes said:Wasn't there a spambot/hacker attack some years ago that replaced all of the forums' avatars with a blue skull and every nickname with some "Nickhacker" or somesuch handle? Wasn't that on NewDoom? 0 Share this post Link to post
Technician Posted January 17, 2011 Quasar said:Wasn't that on NewDoom? If so, I'd consider it a public service. 0 Share this post Link to post
Planky Posted January 17, 2011 Maes said:Wasn't there a spambot/hacker attack some years ago that replaced all of the forums' avatars with a blue skull and every nickname with some "Nickhacker" or somesuch handle? You mean NickBakerWorld? All the forums were renamed, avatars replaced, etc. Originated from Nightmares post: http://www.doomworld.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32982 0 Share this post Link to post
GreyGhost Posted January 17, 2011 I'd heard about NickBakerWorld but hadn't seen it - looks like an inside job to me. :D 0 Share this post Link to post
Snakes Posted January 17, 2011 Planky said:You mean NickBakerWorld? All the forums were renamed, avatars replaced, etc. That's pretty damn hilarious. Nick Baker Moderated World seems like a helluva place to be. 0 Share this post Link to post
printz Posted January 17, 2011 Technician said:If so, I'd consider it a public service. Why? Wasn't it the cause of NewDoom owner's mental shutdown against any member? Or what do I know... EDIT: That "blue skull" is actually a little blue guy skiing or something like that. 0 Share this post Link to post