Tuesday, March 29, 2011

When Spambots Strike


There's a good reason for comment moderation on your blog.

We're so glad we have that option.

You won't find links to off-shore gambling sites in the comments of various posts. No, they've all been deleted before appearing in public.

Sorry, spambot.

You're locked out.

It wasn't the inane, five or six word comment that you tried to post. It was the fact that the poster's name screamed SCAM before I even read the rest.

Of course, spambots like this are counting on open forums where there is no moderator to screen their posts. The geniuses behind the sites are hoping that a positive-sounding comment would lead some unsuspecting reader to click on the link and that's all they need.

Maybe you won't be able to get out of the site without shutting down your computer.

Maybe you'll be asked for personal information in a backhanded phishing scheme.

Doesn't matter.

It won't happen here.

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