Need Help! how to block Auto Pligg submission from Syndk8

**pingskie** · 07-26-2008, 10:16 PM

Hi Guys,

Need Help, how to block Auto Pligg submission from Syndk8? This tool is for sale at syndk8 and I want to block this tool from submitting links to my pligg sites.

Is there a mod for this tool?

Thanks,

pingskie

**il0veyou** · 07-28-2008, 03:24 AM

I just happened to be browsing the forum and came across this unanswered and seemingly being shown very little attention thread, there is a post over at Social CMS Buzz with more details on this tool

things don't look good for pligg spam. Pligg itself was attack only last week by the AutoPligg tool which kinda goes to prove there really is no defence against this Auto Pligg tool.

**onlinebisnes** · 07-28-2008, 03:34 AM

same issue here,
hope pligg will came up with a quick and effective solution.

**PliggNZ** · 07-28-2008, 06:56 AM

Can it bypass reCAPTCHA? If not, then why not use it?

I've seen in the video that they can only bypass the Pligg default captcha and the Math question. Why not try the WhiteHat method and reCAPTCHA?

**PliggNZ** · 07-28-2008, 07:06 AM

From The Official CAPTCHA Site

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**Yankidank** · 07-28-2008, 07:47 AM

We believe that Recaptcha may be one method to avoid being attacked. We are working diligently on this issue and will have a patch very soon. It's recommended that you do a full file and mysql backup in case you are the victim of this spam attack and need to revert to earlier settings.

**blaze** · 07-28-2008, 08:13 AM

In the mean time, wouldn't this solution work?

http://forums.pligg.com/core-develop...submitted.html

I realize it's a pain to approve each and every story, but it's better than nothing.

**davemackey** · 07-28-2008, 08:30 AM

Yankidank - You may want to file a complain with the Internet Crime Complaint Center (run in part by the FBI): Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) | Home. I think it is legal to create these sort of crap programs, but I bet this guy ran it on the Pligg site himself in order to demonstrate its power...and that I think is illegal.
David.

**swese44** · 07-28-2008, 10:26 AM

I cannot verify that this would stop AutoPligg, but here's a quick solution to make the math question less bot readable:

Code:

{if isset($register_captcha_error)}<br /><span class="error">{$register_captcha_error}</span><br /><br />{/if}
<br />Answer the following: What is 
{if $number1 eq 0}zero{elseif $number1 eq 1}one{elseif $number1 eq 2}two{elseif $number1 eq 3}three{elseif $number1 eq 4}four{elseif $number1 eq 5}five{elseif $number1 eq 6}six{elseif $number1 eq 7}seven{elseif $number1 eq 8}eight{elseif $number1 eq 9}nine{/if}
 plus 
{if $number2 eq 0}zero{elseif $number2 eq 1}one{elseif $number2 eq 2}two{elseif $number2 eq 3}three{elseif $number2 eq 4}four{elseif $number2 eq 5}five{elseif $number2 eq 6}six{elseif $number2 eq 7}seven{elseif $number2 eq 8}eight{elseif $number2 eq 9}nine{/if}
? <input type="text" size="2" name="answer" /><br /><br />

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