Dedicated attack on server 13/10 04:30

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

torbrex wrote: »

Someone from MSE Towers needs to get out of bed and get in here to put a stop on new members joining the forum, virtually everyone that has joined since 4:30am has been spamming non stop.

Yes that would fix it.

Seems to be the same 30-40 user ID's across all boards so deleting the accounts and all posts would presumably remove all the spam.

tru

A lot of dedication is being shown by this person. If he put this amount of energy into honesty and customer service, he'd have a fab business with a wonderful reputation

torbrex

I like the way they have all gone to the trouble of selecting one of the cheery generic avatars when registering :rotfl:

JournalGirl

I just feel sorry for any poor users in need of advice this morning. They are the ones who will suffer as a result of this loser

moneyistooshorttomention

I'm just finding they are too illiterate to be able to make out just what their rant is about, other than it being something to do with kitchens and a particular board guide. Sort of semi-defeats their object that we can't tell what they are actually saying.

One consolation being they must have had a pretty sleepless night busily setting all this up, considering what time this morning they started their attack.

torbrex

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

I'm just finding they are too illiterate to be able to make out just what their rant is about, other than it being something to do with kitchens and a particular board guide. Sort of semi-defeats their object that we can't tell what they are actually saying.

One consolation being they must have had a pretty sleepless night busily setting all this up, considering what time this morning they started their attack.

It would not take much to set up, it is just a number of spambots that are designed to post every 30 seconds, all they need is one person to start them rolling and they will go on 24 hours a day.
That is why it is useless to respond to the posts as there is no-one at the other end to read them.

glentoran99

still going, not exactly sure what their goal is as no-one can find the thead they are talking about now

Wyre

My hand aches from reporting *sighs* I have read the thread a while back, it was a heads-up type thing.

Just found the thread I think the 'complaint' is about:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5068412

tru

Well he's obviously watching - he's realised there's a swear filter so has changed the message a bit to get round it.

Wyre

Is it hard to disable new sign ups for a while? Genuinely curious!