Wow that is one serious spam bot in the Campaign Updates forum, like 68 individual posts filled with random words with webpage links. Guess the 'improved' security that makes me have to log in every time just to post isn't doing so hot. https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?6,74739,74739#msg-74739 Thu, 16 May 2024 14:37:32 -0600 Phorum 5.2.22 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?6,74739,74965#msg-74965 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?6,74739,74965#msg-74965 think, not certain but think that the user's ID of the spambot was 'mlp']]> Nightmask Web Site/Forum Revamp Sat, 09 Jan 2016 06:20:19 -0700 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?6,74739,74926#msg-74926 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?6,74739,74926#msg-74926 -------------------------------------------------------
> Because I didn't get to see any of the posts, can
> anyone describe the type of content/links in the
> post, and what user name was posting that stuff?
>
> It could be that someone's account got hacked,
> though that's unlikely. It could also be a spambot
> that is able to legitimately log in and solve the
> antispam tests. It could even be that a blackhat
> SEO company hired a bunch of "mechanical turks" at
> $1.00 per hour to manually log in and create posts
> with backlinks to different products/web pages.
>
> I can't know without having some more details,
> though, so if anyone can provide me some
> information in that regard, it would be very
> helpful.
>
> Thanks! And of course I'm very sorry for the
> inconvenience.

The most I remember is that the name was three letters (all consonants I think) and the body of test was probably several pages at least of words that had hyper-links associated with small (two to four word) blocks of text to a wide range of web pages that while I never looked were either for sites like Nike or were virus sites using URL that were similar to but not actual official sites for the products in question.

I don't remember ever seeing the name before and don't remember it having more posts to it than the hyper-link posts.]]> Nightmask Web Site/Forum Revamp Tue, 05 Jan 2016 05:04:33 -0700 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?6,74739,74923#msg-74923 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?6,74739,74923#msg-74923 Thrudjelmer Web Site/Forum Revamp Mon, 04 Jan 2016 16:43:02 -0700 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?6,74739,74917#msg-74917 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?6,74739,74917#msg-74917
It could be that someone's account got hacked, though that's unlikely. It could also be a spambot that is able to legitimately log in and solve the antispam tests. It could even be that a blackhat SEO company hired a bunch of "mechanical turks" at $1.00 per hour to manually log in and create posts with backlinks to different products/web pages.

I can't know without having some more details, though, so if anyone can provide me some information in that regard, it would be very helpful.

Thanks! And of course I'm very sorry for the inconvenience.]]> Kevin Web Site/Forum Revamp Mon, 04 Jan 2016 12:26:11 -0700 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?6,74739,74787#msg-74787 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?6,74739,74787#msg-74787 MajorSteel Web Site/Forum Revamp Mon, 28 Dec 2015 17:18:04 -0700 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?6,74739,74745#msg-74745 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?6,74739,74745#msg-74745
Who left the door open and let the bot in here??]]> Thrudjelmer Web Site/Forum Revamp Sat, 26 Dec 2015 01:01:27 -0700 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?6,74739,74744#msg-74744 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?6,74739,74744#msg-74744 Thrudjelmer Web Site/Forum Revamp Sat, 26 Dec 2015 00:44:17 -0700 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?6,74739,74739#msg-74739 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?6,74739,74739#msg-74739 Nightmask Web Site/Forum Revamp Fri, 25 Dec 2015 23:19:52 -0700