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conas
Hijacked Shoutbox

  • 2006/7/25 20:55

  • conas

  • Just popping in

  • Posts: 54

  • Since: 2005/9/5 2


Can tell anyone how to stop hijaking my shoutbox.
They are getting on my nervs and I don't know what to do.
Please help me!
I'm not crazy I'm a hungarian!
http://lsogor.com
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metropolis
Re: Hijacked Shoutbox

  • 2006/7/25 21:37

  • metropolis

  • Not too shy to talk

  • Posts: 159

  • Since: 2004/7/15


Could you explain what you mean with "hijacking" your shoutbox? You mean somebody writes shouts into it? It's the purpose of a shoutbox I think...
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davidl2
Re: Hijacked Shoutbox

  • 2006/7/25 21:49

  • davidl2

  • XOOPS is my life!

  • Posts: 4843

  • Since: 2003/5/26


Make it only available to subscribed members, and it will reduce the problem.
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Swain
Re: Hijacked Shoutbox

  • 2006/7/25 22:16

  • Swain

  • Not too shy to talk

  • Posts: 198

  • Since: 2006/6/27


"Hijacking" is when spammers start posting to your Shoutbox, forum, guestbook, comments, etc. for their own means and ends, and not those of your website. It can be quite a problem, and more than a little annoying as you watch things fill up with posts for sex sites, real estate scams, and other such nonsense.
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conas
Re: Hijacked Shoutbox

  • 2006/7/26 18:54

  • conas

  • Just popping in

  • Posts: 54

  • Since: 2005/9/5 2


Yes that what happened.Is there any solution for that or just forget the shoutbox modul?
I want visitors to be able to post in it not onlu subscribers.
Can I do something about it?

That is what I'm talk about!>>>> here check it out!
I'm not crazy I'm a hungarian!
http://lsogor.com
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Swain
Re: Hijacked Shoutbox

  • 2006/7/27 1:38

  • Swain

  • Not too shy to talk

  • Posts: 198

  • Since: 2006/6/27


Well, the best solution if you want guests to still post would be a captcha module. There is one for Xoops, and someone mentioned it recently in a post.I do not know if it would work with Shout though. I understand its creator has instructions on how to use it with several modules though so there is a chance. Here's the link: http://www.dugris.info

Most of this kind of stuff is done through bots, so captcha should work.
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metropolis
Re: Hijacked Shoutbox

  • 2006/7/27 4:50

  • metropolis

  • Not too shy to talk

  • Posts: 159

  • Since: 2004/7/15


A solution may be to temporarily set the write access for registered users only so the spambots can't access it anymore. Maybe they will then stop to access it. After a couple of weeks, set the access rights back so that anonymous users can use it as well.

Of course, a captcha field would be the better solution, but I don't think anyone takes care of the Shoutbox module anylonger.
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Swain
Re: Hijacked Shoutbox

  • 2006/7/27 6:08

  • Swain

  • Not too shy to talk

  • Posts: 198

  • Since: 2006/6/27


Well, that would stop the spam from appearing, but it will not stop the spammers. A year ago I deleted the guestbooks on two of the servers I do design for. Even today I see 404 errors where spam-bots are still trying to access them. I also service a search engine and directory that used to get spammed until I set up the htaccess from Hell. I still see 403 errors where the spam-bots are trying in a futile effort to post to the scripts. They will keep trying. I think captcha may be the only way to go unless he wants to make it permanently registered user only.

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