Adobe Community: Spam report thread [5]

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Spam report thread [5]

Apr 12, 2011 11:32 AM

Latest reply: Pat Willener, Jul 15, 2011 9:03 PM

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150. Claudio González,

May 1, 2011 4:00 PM in reply to Claudio González

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Same but changing names:

http://forums.adobe.com/people/higantinamarie
http://forums.adobe.com/people/hbemraedszrd

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151. Claudio González,

May 1, 2011 4:33 PM in reply to Claudio González

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(my mistake)

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152. Claudio González,

May 1, 2011 4:37 PM in reply to Claudio González

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Spam in the Reader forum hasn't been removed for more than 8 hours. As it keeps coming, this is making the forum unusable.

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153. Pat Willener,

May 1, 2011 6:08 PM in reply to Claudio González

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As I've said earlier, the best way to discourage spammers is to remove their droppings quickly.

If their posts are left standing for hours, even after being reported multiple times, this makes the spammers very welcome and comfortable in these forums.

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154. Claudio González,

May 1, 2011 6:11 PM in reply to Pat Willener

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pwillener wrote:

As I've said earlier, the best way to discourage spammers is to remove their droppings quickly.

If their posts are left standing for hours, even after being reported multiple times, this makes the spammers very welcome and comfortable in these forums.
And, in my opinion, they discourage people reporting them.

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155. ~graffiti,

May 1, 2011 6:15 PM in reply to Claudio González

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At this point, you can probably delete the whole 1st page in the Reader forum...

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156. mytaxsite.co.uk,

May 1, 2011 7:42 PM in reply to Pat Willener

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I think registration has to be tightened up. All new users should be required to verify their email address before they can post anything. Also, there should be a limit of only 10 messages on any one day for new users for about a month.

I think, when I registered, I was not required to verify my email. I have 2 different accounts that I know of but I think I have used other accounts in the past if I didn't remember my login details.

hth

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157. Noel Carboni,

May 1, 2011 8:12 PM in reply to Claudio González

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Looks like spam, quacks like spam...

http://forums.adobe.com/people/AndiPb

-Noel

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158. Claudio González,

May 2, 2011 2:49 AM in reply to Claudio González

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They seem to like the Reader forum...

http://forums.adobe.com/people/ronok4rttnxxxz

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159. dave milbut,

May 2, 2011 7:32 AM in reply to Claudio González

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2 hours ago by nullifygirls

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160. Pat Willener,

May 2, 2011 8:13 PM in reply to Claudio González

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Only one spam post (so far) by
http://forums.adobe.com/people/zhangseng

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161. Claudio González,

May 3, 2011 3:05 AM in reply to Claudio González

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Here we go again:

http://forums.adobe.com/people/hasinabanu

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162. Claudio González,

May 3, 2011 3:22 AM in reply to Claudio González

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Same person continues posting, now a different message, and previous messages are still there...

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163. Claudio González,

May 3, 2011 6:03 AM in reply to Claudio González

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Spam messages keep on piling up in the Reader forum, now with a new poster:

http://forums.adobe.com/people/poly1215

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164. Claudio González,

May 3, 2011 6:21 AM in reply to Claudio González

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Now a new user is adding spam messages to existing threads opened by other spammers:

http://forums.adobe.com/people/mabcd

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165. Noel Carboni,

May 3, 2011 7:13 AM in reply to Claudio González

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Russian spammer, apparently just trying to drive traffic to his site:

http://forums.adobe.com/people/kwafoto

-Noel

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166. ~graffiti,

May 3, 2011 8:21 AM in reply to Claudio González

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Firs time I've ever seen spam in the Contribute forum.

http://forums.adobe.com/people/livesports0

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167. Claudio González,

May 3, 2011 9:46 AM in reply to Claudio González

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New one in action:

http://forums.adobe.com/people/dreamland003

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168. Claudio González,

May 3, 2011 10:45 AM in reply to Claudio González

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They keep coming faster than they are erased (which to me doesn't look all thatl fast).

http://forums.adobe.com/people/ronokasdasdnxxxz
http://forums.adobe.com/people/ronuefaoknxxxz

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169. Claudio González,

May 3, 2011 11:04 AM in reply to Claudio González

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New poster in the same series:

http://forums.adobe.com/people/dreamland003

and the posts continue piling up in spite of efforts to delete some of them: the oldest oner was posted more than 4 hours ago...

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170. Claudio González,

May 3, 2011 11:20 AM in reply to Claudio González

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Additional posters:

http://forums.adobe.com/people/ronouefaaknxxxz
http://forums.adobe.com/people/ronoknxxsssssssssssxz

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171. eidnolb,

May 3, 2011 12:18 PM in reply to Claudio González

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WOW Admin, Thanks!!!!!!

eidnolb

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172. Pat Willener,

May 3, 2011 5:36 PM in reply to Claudio González

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One spam post (so far): http://forums.adobe.com/people/bdrobinhood

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173. Noel Carboni,

May 3, 2011 10:24 PM in reply to Pat Willener

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Spammer spammer, bo bammer, banana pana po pammer, ....

And right here in this little corner of the universe, too.

http://forums.adobe.com/people/aliva08

-Noel

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174. Claudio González,

May 4, 2011 2:43 AM in reply to Claudio González

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Link to own commercial site:

http://forums.adobe.com/people/tinacomb

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175. Marian Driscoll,

May 4, 2011 5:40 AM in reply to Claudio González

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http://forums.adobe.com/people/denpasar123

All trivial responses that promote the same URL.

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176. ~graffiti,

May 4, 2011 3:04 PM in reply to Claudio González

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Just getting started: http://forums.adobe.com/people/bon-paper

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177. Claudio González,

May 4, 2011 3:07 PM in reply to Claudio González

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And yet another...

http://forums.adobe.com/people/bon-paper

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178. adobe-admin,

May 4, 2011 3:22 PM in reply to Claudio González

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Leaving those online for a short while to pull IP addresses. If we delete the messages we can't grab the originating IP.

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179. adobe-admin,

May 4, 2011 3:32 PM in reply to Claudio González

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They should be gone now.

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180. Jochem van Dieten,

May 5, 2011 12:08 AM in reply to adobe-admin

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adobe-admin wrote on 11/05/05 00:22:
Leaving those online for a short while to pull IP addresses.

How long will we be leaving those online if I report something Friday 6PM?

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181. Claudio González,

May 5, 2011 3:19 AM in reply to adobe-admin

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adobe-admin wrote:

Leaving those online for a short while to pull IP addresses. If we delete the messages we can't grab the originating IP.
I don't think anyone would question any reasonable amout of time devoted to getting the spammers data and thus hopefully prevent them from registering again. It isn't however nice to see reported messages stay for hours and hours.

How long will we be leaving those online if I report something Friday 6PM?

Longer than those reported on a Tuesday? I reported on May 3rd spam messages that stayed there for several hours. And some people reporting the same messages using the Abuse button have complained of similar delays, with only the specific message reported removed...

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182. Claudio González,

May 5, 2011 4:39 AM in reply to Claudio González

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Link to commercial site:

http://forums.adobe.com/people/R1AD

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183. Noel Carboni,

May 5, 2011 9:17 AM in reply to Claudio González

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Maybe there's some context here I don't know about, but it strikes me as kind of wrong to be needling the admin over how quickly he responds to reports of spam... He IS actually doing so, after all.

What's the agenda? To make him feel bad for doing his job? How is that helpful in any way?

You guys want to zap the spam posts more quickly? Now we know that if 4 people hit the [Report Abuse] button and choose Reason: Spam the post will disappear on its own.

-Noel

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184. ~graffiti,

May 5, 2011 11:46 AM in reply to Claudio González

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http://forums.adobe.com/people/lark007

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185. ~graffiti,

May 5, 2011 11:47 AM in reply to Noel Carboni

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Maybe someone can start a "talk about the spam reporting thread" so that the reports do not get lost in the banter?

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186. mytaxsite.co.uk,

May 5, 2011 5:26 PM in reply to ~graffiti

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I have started sending spam links to:

<sas.abuse@sungard.com>

they are the ones who make and support Jive so the best thing is to let
them know how wonderful their software is.

hth

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187. Pat Willener,

May 5, 2011 5:54 PM in reply to Noel Carboni

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Noel Carboni wrote:

Maybe there's some context here I don't know about, but it strikes me as kind of wrong to be needling the admin over how quickly he responds to reports of spam... He IS actually doing so, after all.

What's the agenda? To make him feel bad for doing his job? How is that helpful in any way?
1. The Admin is not the only person who has the power to zap spam posts; there are a number of moderators around the world with the same power.

2. The longer spam posts remain visible, the more spammers are encouraged to continue. They still believe that search engines are picking up their droppings.

3. When a forum gets hit with 20-30 spam posts (not a rare thing over the last few weeks), then the handling of legitimate posts can become very difficult, as these are pushed to page 2 or even 3. Sometimes the forum does not react when clicking on the '2' or 'Next' link - the URL changes to http://forums.adobe.com/community/webplayers/flash_player#, but remains displaying page 1.

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188. eidnolb,

May 5, 2011 6:17 PM in reply to Claudio González

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     Spammer linking his site within this Flash Player Forum thread: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/847647?tstart=0

     http://forums.adobe.com/people/aabbcc-wei

     Thanks,

     eidnolb

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189. Claudio González,

May 6, 2011 2:34 AM in reply to Claudio González

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A new one:

http://forums.adobe.com/people/markghandy

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