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June 30, 2011 - 00:58 — PhotoComiX

We are doing our best to eliminate spam, you may help by reporting here the links
of any spam you may have noticed
(also offensive, racist or totally out of topic messages may be considered spam)

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July 18, 2011 - 17:16 — schumaml

I think it would be good to provide a list of search links to typical spam keyword. Some of the most prominent I remember:

http://registry.gimp.org/search/node/loft (as in loft rental)
http://registry.gimp.org/search/node/handbag (as in "$brand name handbags for less")
http://registry.gimp.org/search/node/wedding (as in wedding gowns)
http://registry.gimp.org/search/node/loan (loans of any sort)
http://registry.gimp.org/search/node/SEO (popular SEO linking)
http://registry.gimp.org/search/node/sunglasses (fake handbags $somebrand)
http://registry.gimp.org/search/node/essay (scammers take money to write your essay^w^w^wfor nothing)
http://registry.gimp.org/search/node/jersey
http://registry.gimp.org/search/node/jordan

There have been others, but not that many different ones - the majority of spammers seem to be rather unimaginative and/or fixed to the more lucrative businesses. The idea is that anyone with the required privileges can use these links to check for new spam without too much effort.

August 7, 2011 - 21:16 — schumaml

I'm going to remove comments with links to spam that has been dealt with (without declaring those comments as spam, of course).

August 15, 2012 - 11:36 — gerard82

Could we please have an easier way to report spam?
Something like a button for instance.
There are several posts today promoting shoes.
Gerard.

August 24, 2012 - 13:36 — StarNamer

Also I think you need to increase the checks on registering. E.g. insist on a full name which isn't the same as the username.

Also, adding restrictions on the number of comments which can be posted might help, e.g. insist that users can only post 1 or 2 comments per day for every week/month they've been a member. While this won't stop spam, at least it would slow it down.

August 25, 2012 - 11:07 — mahvin

I don't think normal users should be able to create Forum Topic categories, as was the case with "Timberland Shoes". I've deleted it, but I think the Registry is like an unlocked bathroom and the spam is being splattered even more than ever before.

September 18, 2012 - 13:57 — rummykhan

Thanks for the note, should be gone

September 18, 2012 - 14:08 — PhotoComiX

yes but remain in the summary at right

September 18, 2012 - 14:30 — rummykhan

Again, I can't seem to find the reason, but blocks are still cached for some minutes. They are gone now, though.

October 31, 2012 - 12:21 — Gino D

As you can see, there is a plenty of annoying entries in the forum section that I think it is appropriate to get rid of:

http://registry.gimp.org/forum

November 1, 2012 - 05:46 — mahvin

These entries are difficult to remove quickly, requiring each forum to be deleted one at a time. Fighting spam has gotten harder to do with the updates. SPAM has appeared to increase since the updates.

November 21, 2012 - 19:00 — schumaml

Removing spam would be a bit easier if the delete buttons was available to moderators without having to first edit content :)

It is possible to do this from the admin views, but there are cases where reading the post first is necessary.

February 15, 2013 - 20:18 — froGgy factory

I read this topic on panorama: http://registry.gimp.org/node/27910

when I click on the link "Related Content: Make gradient from panoramics photographs" (don't click!), it goes to this page:
DO NOT CLICK => "http://registry.gimp.org/node/17282" <=DO NOT CLICK!

but my antivirus blocks another page called jump.html
VIRUS?=> "http://xoom.virgilio.it/jump.html" <=VIRUS?

February 16, 2013 - 11:44 — schumaml

Does your software tell you what sort of threat it claims to have found?

The correct procedure would be to submit this as a potential false positive to the developers of that anti-virus software package and ask for their assessment.

February 16, 2013 - 16:42 — froGgy factory

No, F-Secure detects this site as dangerous but I don't know why.

March 12, 2014 - 21:38 — johnlak

Everyone please forgive me for possibly posting to the wrong place, but it seems to me that I am no longer in a position to update my plugin Color Grading, descriptions and/or code updates and links due to the new engine rejecting my every try. Though I am not very frequent editor just once every few months... Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

March 17, 2014 - 13:07 — schumaml

The Anti-Spam system being used is Mollom - and it adjusts to the nature of the spam that is caught; the last ones a few weeks ago were pretty heavy on links, so I assume anything containing links is going to be a problem now.

I've manually adjusted your bonus points to 10 (spam posts deduct those), please try again.

March 18, 2014 - 20:54 — johnlak

I removed all links, everything worked fine! Thanks a lot! Greatly Appreciated!

February 13, 2015 - 16:45 — E. Sullock Enzlin

http://registry.gimp.org/node/28802

March 18, 2015 - 21:03 — E. Sullock Enzlin

What is this?? http://registry.gimp.org/node/32346

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