Questions tagged [spam]
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Vandalism from these 2 accounts
There are several posts from these 2 accounts - https://superuser.com/users/238676/doland and https://superuser.com/users/238678/tyrone, in this question:
How to retrieve data from Firefox sync ...
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How should we handle spammers who recreate accounts after deletion?
I've got a spammer by the name of Jesse who just keeps coming, even after several account deletions:
https://superuser.com/users/162151/jesse
https://superuser.com/users/162150/jesse
https://...
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Really cool spambot behaviour
We have a series of spambot questions
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/42353/automate-mac-app-store-installs-upgrades legit question off apple.se
https://superuser.com/questions/435721/...
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Circumventing spam filters (and deceiving reviewers) by taking part of a legitimate post and adding a spam link--possible solutions?
Users have found a way to circumvent spam filters and deceive reviewers with less-than-keen eyes for spam, by copying part of a legitimate post and adding a spam link. Can we better control this kind ...
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Can the spamming user Victor be dealt with?
Victor seems to keep posting links to Groupdocs.com on every question even remotely related to PDFs or document management. Some recent examples:
https://superuser.com/questions/43321/document-...
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Can we block [bigasoft.com] from spamming our site?
I'm sure I've flagged at least five answers from spam users trying to promote bigasoft.com. They post nothing useful per se, but include links that look like tutorials, but in the end they always tell ...
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Can we please blacklist the computersight.com Spam (if possible)?
As most of you will have noticed, the last two days brought us enormous amounts of spam from computersight.com – more specifically the following link:
computersight.com / communication-networks / ...
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Spam from Webupon
We seem to be getting an increasing amount of answers linking to the following page:
http://webupon.com/web-talk/yahoo-messenger-problem-solution-to-the-blank-im-screen/
The actual link appears to ...
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Possible spam user "myopic.bones"
A large number of posts from myopic.bones seem to be spam. They include answers to the following questions:
Does e-mail address obfuscation actually work?
Limit Chrome's bandwidth
how to limit ...
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Suspected spam on remote support software question
2 user accounts have been created and all they have done collectively is redundantly suggest TeamViewer here, which is only a half valid answer given the full scope of the question:
OS X: What remote ...
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Request: make spam flagging more descriptive (optional)
I've recently been on a bit of an anti-spam rampage on Super User. Have you posted a plug for a product you work on but haven't been clear about that relationship? Flagged! Are you linking to spammy ...
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Recommending own products
What's our stance on relevant product recommendations? The paragraph in the FAQ is clearly not enough in this case.
As a recent example, a developer of an Outlook plug-in/addon started answering ...
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I found a 3-day-old spammer
He answered one of my questions and then I browsed his answers only to find out that he is a spammer. All answers are the same and are commending a shareware. I demand deletion of his account.
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Request: cleaning Super User from a particular spam for password recovery tools
This morning came an advertising user for some password recovery products for Windows. It was obvious spam, and was reported as such, and deleted.
However, searching for their "product" shows that ...
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