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Re: Spam bots
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 1:56 pm
by ts-soft
luis wrote:Seems originating from here (the picture, not the spam):
and the spam logo from "Hormel Foods Corp. in Austin"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_%28food%29
Nothing is free in this world, only my pants
Re: Spam bots
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 2:42 pm
by Demivec
davido wrote:PB wrote:> Seems like someone has declared all out war against the PB forums
I've noticed the forums take longer to load lately, or time out often.
There definitely is some sort of DOS attack going on. Started a bit
after SpiderBasic was announced.
I've noticed this, too.
I think the delays may also have to do with internet traffic generated by a big event around this same time (a.k.a. the Olympics).
Re: Spam bots
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 2:49 pm
by PB
> I think the delays may also have to do with internet traffic generated
> by a big event around this same time (a.k.a. the Olympics)
Nope, because it's only these forums that are slow for me. Every other
international website that I visit are still fast and don't time out. Just
this one. Since SpiderBasic's announcement. I've been monitoring.
Re: Spam bots
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:10 pm
by TI-994A
ts-soft wrote:luis wrote:Seems originating from here (the picture, not the spam)
and the spam logo from "Hormel Foods Corp. in Austin"
I may have identified the culprit:
