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Spam bots and the Windows Programming Forum

Apr 20, 2022 at 3:27pm
Why is the Windows forum so attractive to the bastards?

I really don't care, but it is rather amusingly weird watching them swarm like flies on a fresh turd.
Apr 20, 2022 at 3:34pm
But of course the Windows forum isn't the only one where the swarming happens. 2nd the UNIX/Linux, though every one does get spammed on occasion.

Even Jobs gets hit.
Apr 20, 2022 at 3:55pm
Maybe it's just that the Windows forum get less visits and therefore less chance of getting reported/removed immediately?
Apr 20, 2022 at 4:12pm
I see less visits to UNIX/Linux than to Windows.

All I know is when I see the <new> flag on the main forum list I go look and stomp on the bots as needed.

Being medically retired and bored enough to hang around here frequently at cplusplus doesn't hurt either.
Apr 20, 2022 at 5:31pm
I often see Linux or Windows in the titles of the bot posts. I think it's some attempt at SEO.
Apr 21, 2022 at 9:02pm
> I see less visits to UNIX/Linux than to Windows.
¿how do you access that information?
Apr 21, 2022 at 9:11pm
¿how do you access that information?

I access that info by using my eyeballs. Nothing more or less precise. Guesstimation.

I see less spam posts in UNIX/Linux than I do Windows during my time here. Whether that is the actual case, since I very likely don't see every spam post done 24/7/365.
Apr 26, 2022 at 3:53am
Squash them damned spam bots!
Apr 30, 2022 at 11:13am
I just removed a spam post in the General C++ Programming forum.

EDIT: 16 minutes later I removed another one from the same forum.

George P wrote:
All I know is when I see the <new> flag on the main forum list I go look and stomp on the bots as needed.

Personally I don't go to the http://cplusplus.com/forum/ page very often. Instead I mostly jump between the Beginners and the General C++ Programming forums. Of course I check the other forums too from time to time (except the Jobs forum) but much less frequently.
Last edited on Apr 30, 2022 at 11:31am
May 9, 2022 at 1:02pm
Two Windows forum spam posts squashed, from a single spam bot.

Adios, M'Fer.
May 10, 2022 at 12:04pm
Spam bot, Windows, eradicated.
May 17, 2022 at 7:18am
One spam post in General C++ Programming was removed.

EDIT:
* And one in Beginners.
* And another one in General C++ Programming.
Last edited on May 17, 2022 at 7:50am
May 18, 2022 at 12:45pm
Squashed a spam bot in General.
May 18, 2022 at 1:17pm
Two posts in Windows by a single spam bot went *squish!*
May 18, 2022 at 5:20pm
Smashed a spam bot that piggy-backed onto someone's post in Beginners.
May 18, 2022 at 6:07pm
Is there a reason you're suddenly announcing every spam post you report? Who do you think needs to know about them?
May 18, 2022 at 8:51pm
The reason I did it was so that people could see it was not only in the Windows forum and perhaps be able to draw some conclusions about the spam bots' choice of forum. But it's pretty meaningless so I guess I should stop.
Last edited on May 18, 2022 at 8:53pm
Jun 3, 2022 at 2:20pm
I was cogitating on why the spammers appear to prefer spamming the Windows forum....do they think Win users are dumb enough (as opposed to *nix users) to click their toxic sewage links?
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