I have also been getting these same stupid user accounts lately on www.teampedia.netI have ConfirmEdit installed with the SimpleCaptcha.... please let me know how the blacklists work! -Seth
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 5:48 AM, Jake Ford <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have been getting an average of 5 or 6 spam user accounts created per day > on my site of the "buy Viagra type. I just installed two extensions in the > hope of blocking future attacks. > > 1. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Title_Blacklist > 2. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist > > I will let you guys know if it worked. > > Jake4d > www.debatrix.org > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jake Ford [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 2:51 AM > To: [email protected]; 'MediaWiki announcements and site admin list' > Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] more spam issues > > I recently started getting the same spam. I am going to install the > SpamBlacklist extension tonight or tomorrow and will let you know how it > works. > > Jake4d using v1.14 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 3:53 PM > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list > Subject: [Mediawiki-l] more spam issues > > > Is anybody else getting tons of user registrations that have spam in the > user pages and the usernames are soemthing like "180 buy Viagra"? > > I haven't had a chance to test it but doesn't the keyword blacklist block > the usage of those words in usernames and userpages? > > Also is there a better captcha available.. this bot is getting around the > math question > > AD > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
