Re: Double Spam - CodeProject

SoMad31-Aug-13 17:00

31-Aug-13 17:00

I have a few more. Their bag of tricks include pointing to a package on CodePlex, which just contains samples for their product, pointing to articles on CodeProject posted by other spammers and pointing to answers on another site that has sample code based on their product.

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These articles are at times trickier to brand as spam because they cover it up quite well and before you report them as spam, you should make sure you have no doubt about it:

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Soren Madsen

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

some more (they appear from under the stones :doh:)

Nelek1-Sep-13 0:10

Nelek

1-Sep-13 0:10

M.D.V.

If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

modified 1-Sep-13 8:34am.

Re: some more (they appear from under the stones :doh:)

SoMad1-Sep-13 9:30

SoMad

1-Sep-13 9:30

In a weird way I am a bit surprised you found more Spire spammers that I have not seen before (I actually have some additional links).

I am not sure about TracyLandy in your list. I am just not seeing any real spam in the 3 answers, but maybe that's because the spammy answers have already been removed.

Soren Madsen

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

Re: some more (they appear from under the stones :doh:)

Nelek1-Sep-13 10:24

Nelek

1-Sep-13 10:24

I was following the answers of the first link and I start to find the others, when you see the spammy answers in a row, you start seeing similitudes in the code snippets or things like that.
On the other hand, they somehow give clues, they changed the username, but the member ID is the same, so when you spot one commenting the answer of another one in such a positive way, you check the other nick and see that from 50+ answers in the list, 30+ were always in the same thema. Legitimate users usually answer in very different questions, not always the same thematic.

That's how I spot them

about TracyLandy, you are right. Only 3 messages: 2 with code, in one of them she says "I create it with a third party component", the other one I don't know if it is really a legitime Word-Automation and not part of that lib. The 3rd post is just junk non-answer in a message where 3 other spammers of the same group answered. If you think it is not enough, then don't report.

M.D.V.

Re: some more (they appear from under the stones :doh:)

SoMad1-Sep-13 10:53

SoMad

1-Sep-13 10:53

Yes, I do pretty much the same, but also by checking the posts to the spam articles and checking up on the members that only have positive things to say.
A while ago I spent a lot of time doing that and found 3 or 4 other Spire spammers (they are now down to zero answers, so I did not list them), but you still found 3 Spire spammers I had not encountered before. Thumbs Up | :thumbsup: