Comment spam has been up on the EnMart blogs too by a lot. Most of it is getting caught before I ever have to deal with it, but I'm surprised at how much is coming in. Guess the spammers are working overtime.
Comment spam has been up on the EnMart blogs too by a lot. Most of it is getting caught before I ever have to deal with it, but I'm surprised at how much is coming in. Guess the spammers are working overtime.
Yeah, none of the comment spam is getting through on my site either, but it's crazy how much of it is coming. If the forum gets slow at any point in the near future, it's probably because my blog is getting overwhelmed with spam. Early today I cleared out the spam and before the page could reload a few dozen more spam comments had arrived.
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That's a whopping amount of comment spam for sure, vangogh. It's good your Askimet is preventing it from appearing on your sites, but I'm curious if you've implemented blocking their access to your site instead of just the spam. It seems this past year has gone from lots of spam to hyperdrive spam as if some new incentives have been offered. I've also noticed the spammers aren't content to just drop a pickup load any more, they show up with freight trains instead. I've done well with identifying the repeat offenders and blocking their access so they have no ability to submit anything. For WP sites the WP Better Security plugin has a great Ban Users feature.
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