SPAM accounts

KenJ I thought it was just me. I'm glad you have seen them also. I haven't had any for this week but last week I was inundated with them.

Yup, the admins are aware!
Keeps me busy deleting all of them.

Yeah!! keeps me busy as well. As Mark said admin and Brad are aware of them.

I've noticed it too... I wish I could zap 'em off for ya! LOL Thanks for all your hard work!

We are indeed aware and work behind the scenes daily to delete what seems to be an increasing amount of spam hitting both our forum and comments on the articles. Brad is aware of the situation and has installed a couple of new codes recently, we just need to keep trying until we find the right one. I am in constant contact with Admin about the issue.

In the last couple of weeks I was thinking it must be a full-time job to just keep up with the spam! Thanks to all the mods for cleaning it up.

Now, if I could just shut off the paypal stuff that is clogging my inbox lately, I'd be a happy camper. No matter how many times I forward the stuff to paypal, (as they ask you to do) new ones pop up. What's funny is I don't have a paypal account.

From my observations, most of the spammers seem to appear during the afternoon hours in the USA. Perhaps they know that particular time period is where the users logged in is the fewest in terms of numbers and perhaps the perfect time to set off their spam.

Anyway, glad to know the problem is being addressed!

Here!Here! ...I also noticed a surge recently..Well done Mods...

Well done to the moderators! You have a tough job and I appreciate all you do.

Thank you for your hard work!!

Thank you to the Mod's

I wanted to ask- when I see the SPAM I always hit the "report post", assuming it flags it to the Mod's-
but now I'm wondering if that is just more annoying than leaving it alone? The Mod's are on here daily so I'm sure they see it too....

so Mod's ... to hit the report post button or not?

Keep up the good work mod's

We're not on a straight Drupal platform though, it has been customized so everything doesn't always work seamlessly. However I spoke with Admin on Friday and Brad was able to get in and put some secondary security into our registration process. Hopefully that will help stem the flow of spammers!

I do the same and I've often wondered the same.... Any mod wanna put us out of our misery? Should we keep reporting or not bother as you will be on soon enough to remove? Xxxxx

Don't worry about reporting the posts button. I believe that information gets sent to Brad & Admin, but it doesn't help the three of us see the spam any sooner.

That being said - if there is an offensive post (vs. random spam) the fastest way to have it seen is to send me a PM. That will send me an email and we can get the message taken care of asap.

Thank you Kristen!

Having just opened up wdwfg this morning all i can say is

I hear ya

Spam, eggs, bacon, spam and spam this morning

Captcha challenge has been added for new registration, however that only deals with one of the spam issues going on. Most of the spam is occurring during the overnight hours for the US, we are clearing it out at our first available opportunity. With the growth of our website a rise in spam traffic was expected and we are working to combat it the best that we can. We do not wish to discourage posting from Disney fans who come to our site looking for answers to questions, and we are working on creating a balance between security and friendliness. Please bear with us while we figure out the best solutions.

Just ignore it. The admins will make it go away as soon as they can.

You know what you need don't you? Someone who is awake before the USA and could get rid of all the spam

Or......someone in the US who is up all night !

( As they are back on days again and supposed to be zzzzz **ssslleeppingggg )

Just logged in again this morning and