Comments on: WordPress 2.5 and link spam http://squio.nl/blog/2008/04/03/wordpress-25-and-link-spam/ Creative internet development Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:04:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Joe http://squio.nl/blog/2008/04/03/wordpress-25-and-link-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-3552 Joe Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:21:50 +0000 http://squio.nl/blog/?p=150#comment-3552 @Lorelle: I already thought that the upgrade to 2.5 was sheer coincidence, so I'm glad that this is not the cause. The Bad Behavior plugin does block the new spammer pretty effectively (not a single one went through last 24 hours), but I feel almost guilty not being able to mark these comments as spam anymore. Be sure I contributed my deal already by getting rid of some 50 of them through akismet before! @Lorelle: I already thought that the upgrade to 2.5 was sheer coincidence, so I’m glad that this is not the cause.

The Bad Behavior plugin does block the new spammer pretty effectively (not a single one went through last 24 hours), but I feel almost guilty not being able to mark these comments as spam anymore.

Be sure I contributed my deal already by getting rid of some 50 of them through akismet before!

]]> By: Lorelle http://squio.nl/blog/2008/04/03/wordpress-25-and-link-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-3551 Lorelle Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:12:38 +0000 http://squio.nl/blog/?p=150#comment-3551 You are not alone and it has nothing to do with WordPress 2.5 as some of my blogs not upgraded, including WordPress.com, were slammed over the last couple of days. It's a new comment spammer on the loose. Since their information is not in the Akismet database yet, it's up to us in the community of Akismet users to help each other and mark all of these comment spam so the information will get into that database. New comment spammers get through because they have changed how they work and it's up to us to teach Akismet to recognize them. There will always be new monsters lurking in the corner spending way too much time trying to waste our time. The fact that it happened a few days after the release of WordPress 2.5 is just a coincidence. Just start marking them and we all win! You are not alone and it has nothing to do with WordPress 2.5 as some of my blogs not upgraded, including WordPress.com, were slammed over the last couple of days. It’s a new comment spammer on the loose. Since their information is not in the Akismet database yet, it’s up to us in the community of Akismet users to help each other and mark all of these comment spam so the information will get into that database.

New comment spammers get through because they have changed how they work and it’s up to us to teach Akismet to recognize them. There will always be new monsters lurking in the corner spending way too much time trying to waste our time. The fact that it happened a few days after the release of WordPress 2.5 is just a coincidence.

Just start marking them and we all win!

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