Banned user on online users list?

10metreh · 2009-03-20, 11:50

I spotted user klmn159, whose colour shows he is banned, on the online users list. What happened here?

akruppa · 2009-03-20, 12:08

They can read the forum, but they can't post.

Alex

henryzz · 2009-03-20, 17:10

why banned?

akruppa · 2009-03-20, 17:37

The info page shows no reason for his ban. He has no postings left, so I'd guess he was a spammer.

Alex

10metreh · 2009-03-20, 18:16

I also notice that a lot of recently registered users have usernames in the pattern aaaaXXX where aaaa is 4 consecutive letters and XXX is 3 digits. Quite a few of them have been banned. Do you think they are working as a team?

Mr. P-1 · 2009-03-20, 19:44

It's possible that they're spambot registrations.

Batalov · 2009-03-21, 00:28

Interestingly, the more I visit specialized forums, like Patriot memory forum, memtest forums (don't ask, just trying to tune my new Phenom box), the more I find vBulletin, and they are not afraid to post "Members lists". But I am sure Mike has good reasons for hiding it, as well as spambot protection.

...Errhm, I meant Gerbils and ze Snake.

Batalov · 2009-03-21, 04:05

P.S. Just went to a pretty random thread in Patriot - and the same spambot users do the same damage there!

vwxy011
Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 3
...and they post some commercial crap, like hair straighteners. Gaah!
Ban the crap out of them, Gerbils!

10metreh · 2009-03-21, 18:53

Apart from those spammers, there seem to be quite a few other users without a username pattern getting banned. Could they be accomplices?

10metreh · 2009-03-22, 12:21

Personally, I think the spammers are being stupid by choosing similar usernames. Now a lot have been banned, the rest are almost certain to be spammers too.

2009-03-20, 11:50	#1
10metreh Nov 2008 2×3³×43 Posts	Banned user on online users list? I spotted user klmn159, whose colour shows he is banned, on the online users list. What happened here?

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2009-03-20, 12:08	#2
akruppa "Nancy" Aug 2002 Alexandria 2,467 Posts	They can read the forum, but they can't post. Alex

2009-03-20, 17:10	#3
henryzz Just call me Henry "David" Sep 2007 Cambridge (GMT/BST) 2³·3·5·7² Posts	why banned?

2009-03-20, 17:37	#4
akruppa "Nancy" Aug 2002 Alexandria 2,467 Posts	The info page shows no reason for his ban. He has no postings left, so I'd guess he was a spammer. Alex

2009-03-20, 18:16	#5
10metreh Nov 2008 2·3³·43 Posts	I also notice that a lot of recently registered users have usernames in the pattern aaaaXXX where aaaa is 4 consecutive letters and XXX is 3 digits. Quite a few of them have been banned. Do you think they are working as a team?

2009-03-20, 19:44	#6
Mr. P-1 Jun 2003 7×167 Posts	It's possible that they're spambot registrations.

2009-03-21, 00:28	#7
Batalov "Serge" Mar 2008 Phi(4,2^7658614+1)/2 2×7×677 Posts	Interestingly, the more I visit specialized forums, like Patriot memory forum, memtest forums (don't ask, just trying to tune my new Phenom box), the more I find vBulletin, and they are not afraid to post "Members lists". But I am sure Mike has good reasons for hiding it, as well as spambot protection. ...Errhm, I meant Gerbils and ze Snake.

2009-03-21, 04:05	#8
Batalov "Serge" Mar 2008 Phi(4,2^7658614+1)/2 2×7×677 Posts	P.S. Just went to a pretty random thread in Patriot - and the same spambot users do the same damage there! vwxy011 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 3 ...and they post some commercial crap, like hair straighteners. Gaah! Ban the crap out of them, Gerbils!

2009-03-21, 18:53	#9
10metreh Nov 2008 2·3³·43 Posts	Apart from those spammers, there seem to be quite a few other users without a username pattern getting banned. Could they be accomplices?

2009-03-22, 12:21	#10
10metreh Nov 2008 2×3³×43 Posts	Personally, I think the spammers are being stupid by choosing similar usernames. Now a lot have been banned, the rest are almost certain to be spammers too.