Whois FuntKlakow

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ruffles
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Re: Whois FuntKlakow

Post by ruffles »

Hello,

Just so you know, chello.pl (quite popular ISP in Poland) isn't very quick when it comes to replying to emails about abuse.
I have also checked a few phpbb forums (in Poland) and there is no sign of user funtklakow.
There are quite a few zombies in this network :(

tejas
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Re: Whois FuntKlakow

Post by tejas »

Maybe I have become paranoid. On or about Feb. 24 a user named Cepelin , same MO as Funt is running the same script. Even the same words in the few posts it has left behind.

One person or a group . google Cepelin and see the same patterns.

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add:

funt is pushing mybigproxy
cepelin is pushing trafficgorilla in their sigs

like they are trying to draw hits by their harassment of phpbb

dylan
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Re: Whois FuntKlakow

Post by dylan »

I think it's just being used to spam!!

http://www.psprimed.com/forum/viewtopic ... hlight=#59" target="_blank

Have a look at its signature.

spywarewarrior
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Re: Whois FuntKlakow

Post by spywarewarrior »

I did some checking on this FuntKlakow, too, and I think it's most likely a board spammer. I looked at quite a few posts on different forums and they all had links -- looked to me like he/she/it is posting to get their links in. The posts contain phrases similar to phrases used by blog comment spamming bots. Stuff like "Couldn't have said that better", "Wow, that is cool!", "Oh, how nice."

To those of you with forums where FuntKlakow registered -- I wondered -- do you have visual confirmation enabled? Would a bot be able to bypass visual confirmation?

And do you have user confimation, or admin confirmation for new registrations?

FuntKlakow hasn't hit my forum, but I banned the username and email address just in case it tries.

I don't think it's a planned mass attack, at least I hope not. I think it's a board spammer. At my forum, we used to have a lot of bot registrations with spammy homepage links - links to porn sites, funky search sites, and so on. Once we got visual confirmation set up, no more bots.

At any rate, everyone would be advised to make sure their board software is updated, patched, and that your hosting company is using the latest php version and is using good security practices. I've seen a lot of compromised sites recently, some on php forums/sites, some not, where hackers used an sql injection to insert iframe links to sites running exploits, like the WMF exploit, or hacked the site to set up a phishing site. Sorry to go a litte OT, but it's truly alarming to see so many normal, good sites being hacked and used for nefarious purposes.
Suzi
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nastynotch00
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Re: Whois FuntKlakow

Post by nastynotch00 »

The main thing i'm wondering is whether or not any of you who have had this person register at your forum have visual confirmation running?
This seems to be a bot that is registering, but if that is the case how is he bypassing the visual confirmation?

BTW I have VC enabled on my forum and havent had this person reg yet, but then again i dont have a huge forum either.

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rsrikanth05
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Re: Whois FuntKlakow

Post by rsrikanth05 »

same thing happened at my forums...
have you guys read this-http://blogs.forumer.com/entry.php?w=Pe ... e_id=31848

littleozzy
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Re: Whois FuntKlakow

Post by littleozzy »

8) well....g'day g'day..seems our buddy here is making a nuisance of him/herself

landed on one of my sites I manage:
http://www.stephensutton.com" target="_blank

and it's forum:
http://www.stephensutton.com/ssforum" target="_blank

so the general consensus is to delete the existance of this dood hmm..

email i got for reg was:funtklakow@socialinfohub.com

bye all
phill-littleozzy
http://www.fairbloodydinkum.com" target="_blank
http://www.littleozzybloke.com" target="_blank

tejas
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Re: Whois FuntKlakow

Post by tejas »

spefenprof.org Forum Index
Author Message
Topic: A tua participação é indispensável. Contamos contigo!
Cepelin

Replies: 1
Views: 258
PostForum: Quadro de Referência da Língua Portuguesa Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 4:22 pm Subject: A tua participação é indispensável. Contamos contigo!
I agree with you completely.
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[url=http://www.trafficgorilla.net/]Webmasters, click here for more traffic!

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At least we know the bots do not read Portuguese. :D

littleozzy
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Re: Whois FuntKlakow

Post by littleozzy »

:? neither do i mate :D but thats cool...i get the drift of it all..
us orstralyans might be a bit slow..but we catch on eventually..
take care,
littleozzy 8)

tZork
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Re: Whois FuntKlakow

Post by tZork »

Like most of you here im a concernd phpbb admin. (http://www.alientrap.org/forum" target="_blank)
I have not yet had this FuntKlakow register, and want to trow out a lil question: Do you ppl that have had this FuntKlakow reigister at yer forums use the Visual Confirmation option? I have it enabled and no FuntKlakow sofar. From what i have read here it looks like we are dealing with somekinda bot with purpose still unknown, so unless it is very advanced, or reaylay unsucsessfull regitrations for human proccessing, i think the visual confirmation can stop it.

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