# Spam & Help Wanted Section **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 21, 2006, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spam-help-wanted-section/93074 "2006-02-21T07:19:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DarkForceJackal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@DarkForceJackal](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DarkForceJackal)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spam-help-wanted-section/93074/1 "2006-02-21T07:19:34Z")
Wow, this is really becoming a problem! The Help Wanted section seems to be plagued with random usernames trying to advertise their garbage…bumping threads and all. Wonder why it seems to only be in that section. Can anything be done about this, and/or is it being looked into? ---
**Author:** ![Doba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Doba](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Doba)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 7:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spam-help-wanted-section/93074/2 "2006-02-21T07:53:37Z")
yeah come on delete this shit, and these fucking idiots ---
**Author:** ![Axlerod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Axlerod](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Axlerod)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 8:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spam-help-wanted-section/93074/3 "2006-02-21T08:01:36Z")
I deleted it all manually last time and it was a giant pain in my ass. So I’m waiting for G to pull out some SQL magic so I don’t have to. The problem is being worked on, don’t worry. ---
**Author:** ![Jesse\_Jericho](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jesse_jericho/32/5533_2.png) [@Jesse\_Jericho](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jesse_Jericho)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 8:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spam-help-wanted-section/93074/4 "2006-02-21T08:01:44Z")
I’m pretty sure the forum is allowing anonymous posting, ie these morons don’t have to register to post… not sure why that option would be turned on :roll: ---
**Author:** ![Axlerod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Axlerod](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Axlerod)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spam-help-wanted-section/93074/5 "2006-02-21T08:02:21Z")
> [@Jesse Jericho](#): > > I’m pretty sure the forum is allowing anonymous posting, ie these morons don’t have to register to post… not sure why that option would be turned on :roll: Haha, don’t let Gonad hear you say that. His head might explode. ---
**Author:** ![big-byrd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big-byrd/32/3192_2.png) [@big-byrd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big-byrd)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spam-help-wanted-section/93074/6 "2006-02-21T12:09:01Z")
> [@Jesse Jericho](#): > > these morons don’t have to register to post… fyi: these are bots, not people. they do, however, make people money. annoying as hell, i’m also wondering why anon posting is enabled. bad idea G. ---
**Author:** ![Gonad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gonad/32/5481_2.png) [@Gonad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gonad)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spam-help-wanted-section/93074/7 "2006-02-21T14:18:35Z")
There’s no option in the phpBB configuration to disable Guest posting. My head will explode if I have to explain any further. I updated the board a couple days ago. We should see less SPAM user accounts. The rest I will clean up. ---
**Author:** ![iQuAGoD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@iQuAGoD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/iQuAGoD)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spam-help-wanted-section/93074/8 "2006-02-21T19:51:15Z")
There is an option to disable guest posting. It is set using the forum permissions in the Admin panel. I disabled guest posting for that section. It wasn’t turned off like it is for all the other sections… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 5:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spam-help-wanted-section/93074/9 "2006-02-22T05:58:15Z")
ok we are getting bombed at the moment with those retarted things why can non memebers still post? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spam-help-wanted-section/93074/10 "2006-02-22T06:50:29Z")
come one, someone stop non memebers from posting in the FAQ section, they are messing everything up ---
**Author:** ![Gonad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gonad/32/5481_2.png) [@Gonad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gonad)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spam-help-wanted-section/93074/11 "2006-02-22T10:15:44Z")
It already has permission on “REGISTERED USERS” :run: I’ll have to delete the users to prevent this. This is driving me nuts. ---
**Author:** ![GT1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5e925/32.png) [@GT1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GT1)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spam-help-wanted-section/93074/12 "2006-02-22T10:37:10Z")
there is a code or something being used because i deleated MANY of the posts and almost imidatly there were 10 more GT ---
**Author:** ![spd-dmn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spd-dmn/32/5513_2.png) [@spd-dmn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/spd-dmn)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spam-help-wanted-section/93074/13 "2006-02-22T10:40:44Z")
> [@GT](#): > > there is a code or something being used because i deleated MANY of the posts and almost imidatly there were 10 more > > GT ditto ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spam-help-wanted-section/93074/14 "2006-02-22T10:54:23Z")
that is messed, alright we need some Computer Geeks that are not Admin to also make some suggestions about how to kill these bots, it is going to ruin the board soon ---
**Author:** ![Theo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Theo23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Theo23)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spam-help-wanted-section/93074/15 "2006-02-22T13:56:01Z")
> [@Benson240sx](#): > > that is messed, > > alright we need some Computer Geeks that are not Admin to also make some suggestions about how to kill these bots, it is going to ruin the board soon Hey, Benson. You aren’t callnig our Mods/Admins geeks, are you? :noes: ---
**Author:** ![big-byrd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big-byrd/32/3192_2.png) [@big-byrd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big-byrd)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spam-help-wanted-section/93074/16 "2006-02-22T14:18:50Z")
> [@Benson240sx](#): > > that is messed, > > alright we need some Computer Geeks that are not Admin to also make some suggestions about how to kill these bots, it is going to ruin the board soon i’m sure gonad can handle it. :ugh2: :noes: ---
**Author:** ![Gonad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gonad/32/5481_2.png) [@Gonad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gonad)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spam-help-wanted-section/93074/17 "2006-02-22T17:56:54Z")
> [@Benson240sx](#): > > that is messed, > > alright we need some Computer Geeks that are not Admin to also make some suggestions about how to kill these bots, it is going to ruin the board soon I’m a computer geek by trade. :dunno: I’m already doing shit on the back end to clean up the junk. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 6:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spam-help-wanted-section/93074/18 "2006-02-23T06:18:18Z")
Hahahaha YAY Gonad, you da man ---
**Author:** ![iQuAGoD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@iQuAGoD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/iQuAGoD)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spam-help-wanted-section/93074/19 "2006-02-23T11:20:50Z")
It appears there is some hole in the code that allows non registered users to post. ---
**Author:** ![Axlerod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Axlerod](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Axlerod)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spam-help-wanted-section/93074/20 "2006-02-23T13:17:52Z")
I bet there isn’t one in vBulletin. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spam-help-wanted-section/93074.md?page=2)