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Title: Russian Bots
Post by: TingThing on May 27, 2018, 08:38:43 PM
Hi everyone,


You may have noticed that there have occasionally been Russian bots posting stuff on our walls. Recently, the New York Times and other news sources have been talking about a massive Russian hack and malware that have been put on home routers (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/27/technology/router-fbi-reboot-malware.html). I suspect that these odd messages are related.


Please let me know as soon as you see them so that I can do my weeding before it gets out of control. Thanks!
Title: Re: Russian Bots
Post by: CGM on May 27, 2018, 09:24:26 PM
Thanks! We saw one earlier today. Tapatalk updated something that I think has to do with this.
Title: Re: Russian Bots
Post by: CGM on May 27, 2018, 09:27:27 PM
I hope there is a "permanent" fix for these bots! I wonder how they found this little forum community that doesn't pop up in search engines! Much... :o
Title: Re: Russian Bots
Post by: Setap on May 28, 2018, 08:10:49 AM
Hi everyone,


You may have noticed that there have occasionally been Russian bots posting stuff on our walls. Recently, the New York Times and other news sources have been talking about a massive Russian hack and malware that have been put on home routers (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/27/technology/router-fbi-reboot-malware.html). I suspect that these odd messages are related.


Please let me know as soon as you see them so that I can do my weeding before it gets out of control. Thanks!
After i readed this i wanted to report that i iven traslated in my league but anyway you giv report
Title: Re: Russian Bots
Post by: Setap on May 28, 2018, 08:13:40 AM

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Title: Re: Russian Bots
Post by: CGM on June 02, 2018, 03:53:39 PM
Russian Bot alert! Our latest member looks suspicious. The first 4 letters are the same as another bot. And the location is Russia itself! Here's the member name Maximayzov (https://theplatformbuilder.com/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=27)
Title: Re: Russian Bots
Post by: Setap on June 05, 2018, 06:38:27 PM
Russian Bot alert! Our latest member looks suspicious. The first 4 letters are the same as another bot. And the location is Russia itself! Here's the member name Maximayzov (https://theplatformbuilder.com/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=27)
Lol I gived Him A Message (In RUssian)
Here Is:
Deleting Your Account
Hello. Your Account Will be Deleted In few Days.
Abuses:
-Random Posts Or Messages
Title: Re: Russian Bots
Post by: CGM on June 05, 2018, 07:02:03 PM
I didn't see any posts by this "member". I just want to be cautious.
Title: Re: Russian Bots
Post by: TingThing on June 08, 2018, 01:29:11 AM
There's a few suspicious members, but I don't take action unless I see them posting stuff.
Title: Re: Russian Bots
Post by: CGM on June 08, 2018, 01:45:40 AM
Thank you for clearing Ting Thing!
Title: Re: Russian Bots
Post by: TingThing on June 08, 2018, 07:05:24 PM
A number of new fake accounts were coming in. Because of this I made it so that you need to confirm registration from your email account. Hopefully this will slow down the spamming and keep these forums in working order for everyone.
Title: Re: Russian Bots
Post by: CGM on June 08, 2018, 07:06:17 PM
Good!
Title: Re: Russian Bots
Post by: Setap on June 09, 2018, 08:24:22 AM
A number of new fake accounts were coming in. Because of this I made it so that you need to confirm registration from your email account. Hopefully this will slow down the spamming and keep these forums in working order for everyone.
You Cant But A Capctha
Title: Re: Russian Bots
Post by: CGM on June 09, 2018, 03:32:35 PM

When I joined these new forums, I thought I had to enter one of those spam proof things. Those are fun! I don't see how a robot could get passed those!
Title: Re: Russian Bots
Post by: Mechasaur on June 11, 2018, 12:29:39 PM
I noticed more of them pop up
Title: Re: Russian Bots
Post by: CGM on June 11, 2018, 02:47:26 PM
Me too. I'm getting tired of it! They are obviously bots too. Almost all of them mention their fake hobbies and stuff. And why would a bunch of 40-60 year olds want to use Platform Builder anyway? I do see people of that age using it. It's just that a bunch of similar sounding ones seems quite weird. These are truly bot's.
Title: Re: Russian Bots
Post by: TingThing on June 16, 2018, 01:48:41 AM
The fact that so many spam bots are finding their way here is both flattering and annoying.


Thankfully, I'm able to keep up with it all.
Title: Re: Russian Bots
Post by: CGM on June 16, 2018, 06:37:55 PM
Thanks!