Spammers on the loose in Quick answers.

AspDotNetDev

Richard MacCutchan wrote:

one of the profiles has been around for a couple of weeks

Wow, this is is terrorism. They're planning their assaults.

Sandeep Mewara

Not creating a new thread... adding to the list... looks like few escaped! http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=7137667[^] http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=7137684[^] http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=7137660[^] http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=7110178[^] http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=7137650[^] Just deleted the answers from them! P.S.: There are more... threads needs cleanup... couldn't clean them all for now!

thatraja

Still 10th answer[spam] is there for that question. |Tarakeshwar Reddy wrote |Looks like a 100 of them out there. May be, every one of them have 100 of ID's :)

thatraja

Tips/Tricks|Brainbench certifications

modified on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 2:27 AM

Tom Deketelaere

I really wish I had delete rights :( I'm reduced to editing them and placing a ' [EDIT: Spam content and links removed]' text in the message but that keeps the answer as a answer.

Arun Jacob

Spams are increasing rapidly in Quick Answers.Need to do something. I am tired of reporting that messages. This is a spammer, http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=7137945[^] Any Editors looking into that?:confused:

Arun Jacob http://codepronet.blogspot.com/

Lost User

I'm also confused as to why I am able to Delete some of these answers, but only Edit others, even within the same QA.

It's time for a new signature.

Tom Deketelaere

Do the answer you can't delete have edit's on them already? (that might explain it) I'd like to know what is needed to be able to delete answers (as in reputation needed) since I'm reduced to editing them with a '[EDIT]spam links removed ' text in it. Maybe I'd have to be platinum authority (and that's gonna take a while to get there ;P )

Sandeep Mewara

I am deleting the ones i see! :thumbsup:

Sandeep Mewara

Ankur m

This[^] and this[^]. These hamsters need a 3rd degree treatment.. :-D

..Go Green..

Ankur m

With more power comes more responsibility! :)

..Go Green..

Chris Maunder

I'm allowing delete rights for Gold+ members today.

cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

Chris Maunder

Morning has just broken here in Toronto and I'm on it. Looks like the spammers enjoy working while we're asleep.

cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

Tom Deketelaere

Whiiiiiiii :) (I hope you mean gold+ in authority and not editor or author reputations ;P )

Chris Maunder

I've removed around 300 this morning.

cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

Lost User

Tom Deketelaere wrote:

Do the answer you can't delete have edit's on them already?

Not all of them, which is why I'm confused.

It's time for a new signature.

Tom Deketelaere

Maybe minor edit's (although I fail to see why anyone would do a minor edit on one of these spam messages) Maybe bug, you'll have talk to Chris about that :)

Thiru Thirunavukarasu

Hi Richard. Please see How does editing content work[^] and How does deleting work[^]. We've simplified the rules considerably around editing and deleting questions and answers.

Lost User

Hi Thiru, yes I was aware of the rules. My query was that when I looked at these QA messages I was able to delete some of the spam entries, but for others (all in the same QA) I was only able to edit the content, even though I was (apparently) the first editor.

It's time for a new signature.

Sandeep Mewara

I just removed 4-5 answers from couple of questions [^] Spammer posted that in last hour or so... though i found the account no longer active. I thought all was handled 3-4 hours back... is nailing them down still in progress? Answer counts are high on page1... looks fishy... that lead me to this!