Minutiae: OpalCat Minute by Minute ([info]opalcat) wrote,
@ 2008-04-24 14:42:00
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Very weird comment spam
My website is set up so that I have to approve comments before they appear. This is because there are so many bots out there that find sites with guestbooks or comment forms that use them to post spam. Gah. Anyway, recently I've been getting a flurry of these attempted comments, but they're absolutely pointless. Here is an example of one:

vNVyLb frkjozbmqvom, [url=http: //mgacejcihurx.com/]mgacejcihurx[/url],[link=http: //fqgfisgzqjyr.com/]fqgfisgzqjyr[/link],http: //uhctnwzihgvy.com/

First off, it's all jumbled gobbledygook. It doesn't mention any product names and the websites don't exist. Further, the "links" are done in message board syntax, not HTML, so they don't even make links.

What is the point in running a bot that posts this? Is it SOLELY to be disruptive and annoying? Why??


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[info]jrthro
2008-04-24 07:55 pm UTC (link)
I don't know what they are, but they might contain text strings that are actually malicious code that could do something bad.

Wow, how was *that* for a description of what they might be for?

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[info]danceswithcats1
2008-04-24 11:34 pm UTC (link)
What he said. Some install malware that can be keystroke loggers, data miners, and other forms of shite.

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