Nonsese Posts

[Ringlet]

What are all these nonsense posts that have suddenly appeared in great numbers? Is it possible to report these to get them removed?

[Mamyalynne]

FF, these two links may be worth a read.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forum_spam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spamming

[fiction-factory]

Thanks Mamyalynne- but I can't see any links or any specific products in these. If the threads contain executables that are activated just by reading the thread we should be worried. I know a trace of the thread appears on Google but I am not sure why that would help the spammer

[fiction-factory]

We get quite a lot of spam each day on old posts
(see first two pages of Recent Posts - http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/?cftype=recently_answered) that slip under the radar because they don't appear on Latest Posts but still acheicve their aim I think because they stay on. I'm not sure whether it's worth someone checking for these and clearing these out each day.

[fiction-factory]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/?cftype=recently_answered