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June 10, 2004
Even SATAN can't beat the SPAMMERS!
I am being subjected to serious amounts of comment SPAM. Last night there were 205 of them from a single author in India, who is selling "Cialis." The spammer's IP address -- 61.247.228.224 -- is in New Delhi. As a public service I am also providing the contact information (obtained from APNIC) for the registrant of the company name listed in each of the 205 loathsome comments: Registrant:What is it about this damned "Cialis"? Why is it everywhere? I entered the word in Google, which yielded 3,240,000 hits. Naturally, such a large Google figure over a very stupid word aroused more than my hackles; the data aroused my curiosity. I decided to do a poll, and see how "Cialis" stacked up against some well-known entries. The results, ranked by size, contain a number of surprises (remember, the following are all out-ranked by CIALIS): Satan 3,130,000 I am amazed that all of the above were beaten by "Cialis." What, you may be asking, is more popular than "Cialis"? I'm not about to spend all day on this, but I found six examples: God 58,200,000 What does this mean to me? At the rate I'm going, I may have to turn off all comments, because MT-Blacklist just isn't stopping the SPAM. But I don't want to do that, because I enjoy getting serious comments. Maybe I should pray.... UPDATE: My prayers may have been answered. Dean Esmay points out that there's a new version of MT-Blacklist. Hmmmmm..... (And I am in the middle of upgrading this blog....) MORE: I notice in today's news that art museums are now getting gratuitous penis spam -- in the form of exhibits! (Maybe I shouldn't take it so personally.) posted by Eric on 06.10.04 at 08:38 AM
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Thanks for pointing that out; I fixed the link! Eric Scheie · June 10, 2004 09:50 AM One more thing: Did you compare Cialis to the related Viagra? Or rather, did you compare SEARCHES for Viagra? brykMantra · June 10, 2004 09:53 AM VIAGRA yields 12 million Google hits. But everyone has heard of Viagra, which is not only a SPAMMER item, but also a common public topic. What bothers me is that this annoyance -- Cialis -- is insignificant and unknown to most people, yet takes up so much Internet bandwidth. Eric Scheie · June 10, 2004 10:05 AM If you need help with your upgrade or with Blacklist give me a holler. Dean Esmay · June 10, 2004 10:30 AM Homosexuality - 1,380,000 I thought homosexuals were a minority. Somebody better warn Jerry Falwell about this menace. Steven Malcolm Anderson the Lesbian-worshipping gun-loving selfish aesthete · June 10, 2004 09:19 PM Funny to see Dean Esmay here. I just came from Dean's World, and right away I see a link back to him and I see him commenting here. It really is Dean's World! Steven Malcolm Anderson the Lesbian-worshipping gun-loving selfish aesthete · June 10, 2004 09:23 PM Conspiracy - 3,800,000 (Hey! You changed the look of your site!) Steven Malcolm Anderson the Lesbian-worshipping gun-loving selfish aesthete · June 11, 2004 02:42 AM It's a conspiracy -- headed by Robyn at Sekimori -- and I hope you like it! Eric Scheie · June 11, 2004 06:32 AM That's WHY they spam our comments, Eric--for the google hits! Obviously this creep is a great spammer... Susie · June 16, 2004 02:17 AM What has Cialis got to do with a Dental site. And what is this damn Cialis? Mate, I checked this site and has no word as Cialis on it. And the registrant is also someone else. Remember, before you post any information, make sure you are correct. Since this domain is not owned by anyone by that name and has no Cialis on it. What are you trying to interpert? Roger · June 29, 2004 02:31 AM "Roger" is in New Delhi himself, and clearly is either on the side of the spammer or is the spammer himself. The world would be a better place without SPAMMERS. Here's Roger's current location: 203.101.16.0 - 203.101.31.255 person: Network Administrator And here's the last SPAMMER: 61.247.224.0 - 61.247.239.0 person: Network Administrator As to dentalclinicsindia.com. the registration has been changed. My information is not only correct, but I suspect "Roger" knows more than he allows. Hiding behind bonanzatech.com is pretty lame. Wanna fess up "Mate"? Eric Scheie · June 29, 2004 06:25 AM |
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Okay, maybe I'm missing something ... but why does your link for "Moon God" turn up a google search to James Madison??
Just curious ...