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New Spam Frontier: Referer Logs

Posted by timothy on from the die-spammers-die dept.

geoffsmith writes "Wired News is reporting that spammers are using referer logs as a cheap new way to spam small sites. Anyone running a website has probably already seen this phenomenon; I'm thinking of writing a script to remove these entries from my access_log by looking for hits that don't grab my images. (sorry lynx users!)"

4 of 252 comments (clear)

  1. The worst case by Alejo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Is this damn pr0n referer.

  2. Re:They will never stop. by cscx · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Remote exploits and virus appear everyday and patches are generated quickly for the more quality OS's and virus updates are required daily for Micro$oft OS's. Infiltration.
    Wow, you are so full of shit!

    I smell Linux hippy.

  3. Re:They will never stop. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Whoever the fuck modded this 'Interesting' is an ass-felching cum-dumpster.

  4. I said it before and I'll say it again... by BurKaZoiD · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...I could give a good g*dd*mn about a "blog".

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    Spread the RC luvin'