Posted by Susan Fischer on 4/27/09 2:53pm
Msg #286477

OK. Getting kerfuffled - spam to "GuestBook" on my

website.

I don't go to my site often, haven't paid much attention to it. All of a sudden, I'm getting dozens of msgs in my email that I've got a new entry in site Guest Book - checked it out - they're all a long string of stuff I don't understand.

Anybody have some info on this? Guess I'll have to dump the Guest book...

Whatever it is, I sure hope it's harmless...

Grrr.

Reply by Stamper_WI on 4/27/09 3:10pm
Msg #286480

I looked. That is weird.

Reply by OR on 4/27/09 3:44pm
Msg #286485

Re: Maybe is it the link in the "GuestBook" that is

messed up. I would call the server and ask them. Just a thought, good luck.

Reply by Marian_in_CA on 4/27/09 4:38pm
Msg #286490

It's more than likely a "bot" spamming your guestbook. It happens all the time with guestbooks and contact forms. Depending on the script used for your guestbook, there might be a patch of code that will prevent this from happening, or you might consider a new guestbook... or getting rid of it completely. In these days of social media, guestbooks like that are a bit out-dated and are often the target of these types of attacks. They're also not well developed anymore so finding a patch might be difficult.

Reply by OR on 4/27/09 7:29pm
Msg #286502

Re: Wow that makes you think that some one just came here

and starte using the Not Rot links to spam. I took my web down in January.

Reply by OR on 4/27/09 7:29pm
Msg #286503

Re: Wow that makes you think that some one just came here

I miss a d in my last message sorry :o(

Reply by Glenn Strickler on 4/27/09 10:29pm
Msg #286504

Re: Wow that makes you think that some one just came here

I got a bunch of junk like that when I had a contact form on my site. I deleted the form and figured they would just use the phone...

Reply by PAW on 4/28/09 7:17am
Msg #286512

Use 'Captcha' on all forms

Using the 'captcha' mechanism (I use Snaphosts free implementation http://www.snaphost.com/captcha/) on your forms stops bots from entering information. With a captcha security block, a randomly generated code (presented as a graphic image instead of text) must be entered before the 'submit' button is pressed.

Reply by Susan Fischer on 4/28/09 12:35pm
Msg #286544

Thanks, everybody. Paul, is that the little box that we

type in the squirrely letters/numbers? (Now I see, said the blind woman...)

So, I printed off the technical posts, and will let my guru guy handle it - I'm not confident enough to try a fix.

Thanks again, all.

Reply by PAW on 4/28/09 1:16pm
Msg #286553

Yes, that's the squirrely letters/numbers on a form n/m