Title: Spam attack!
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Spam attack!

 *  [ronchicago](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronchicago/)
 * (@ronchicago)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-attack-2/)
 * my site has suddenly been hit ( hundreds of comments ) by spam the past two days.
   it all looks like it comes from the same source = all comments are gobbly-d-gook(
   xejejec.com, [rztmblt@mrotgmg.net](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-attack-2/rztmblt@mrotgmg.net?output_format=md))
   the attacks are coming from mostly 10 posts.
 * any idea where i should look for culprit(s)

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 *  [bethsoc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bethsoc/)
 * (@bethsoc)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-attack-2/#post-880099)
 * This week alone I’ve had OVER 5000 posts to my site, the majority are porn. How
   can I quickly delete (unapprove) and then add something to prevent this in the
   future. A friend mentioned requiring an image confirmation when someone registers,
   but I couldn’t find anywhere to do that. (I’m not a techie…but have access to
   several) Any help would be appreciated!
 *  [Jeremy Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeremyclark13/)
 * (@jeremyclark13)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-attack-2/#post-880100)
 * Why not use askimet that is included with wordpress.
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Combating_Comment_Spam](http://codex.wordpress.org/Combating_Comment_Spam)
 *  [macsoft3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macsoft3/)
 * (@macsoft3)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-attack-2/#post-880106)
 * Use manual moderation. Akismet is not going to stop all spam posts.
 *  [Jeremy Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeremyclark13/)
 * (@jeremyclark13)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-attack-2/#post-880107)
 * No but it will stop alot and if it’s used with another spam plugin such as spam
   karma or bad behavior then most of the spam will never even make it to askimet.
 *  Thread Starter [ronchicago](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronchicago/)
 * (@ronchicago)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-attack-2/#post-880110)
 * after reading the link jeremy gave us i have edited my discussion options as 
   follows to see what happens.
 * 1) i had a ton of ip addresses and words in the blacklist. i have taken all the
   words out and put them in the moderation panel.
 * 2) only ip addresses in blacklist for now.
 * going to hold off on plugins for awhile.
 * i did try the htaccess last january when my site was hacked for the third time
   but that was too restrictive. i have added sabre several months ago to gatekeep
   registration and that has helped a lot. [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sabre/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sabre/)
 *  Thread Starter [ronchicago](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronchicago/)
 * (@ronchicago)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-attack-2/#post-880111)
 * it seems i am repeating myself for emphasis…the biggest pain at the moment are
   comments where the email address, url, and comments are only random letter/number
   comments that are coming in on select older posts = impossible to put in blacklist/
   moderation box but when in the mood i paste the ip address in the blacklist. 
   not sure how to jury-rig this issue.

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 * Last reply from: [ronchicago](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronchicago/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-attack-2/#post-880111)
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