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The Media Bot is one I haven't noticed before.
MSN [Bot], MSNbot Media
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It's back!! :lol:

Giggle [Bot], Yahoo [Bot]
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Are these two bot-buddies?
They always hang out together, in here atm :wink:
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Oh no!! Look who's surrounded by bots!!
Registered users: Giggle [Bot], MSN [Bot], p2p-sharing-rules, Yahoo [Bot] :wink:
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:lol: :? l am not a bot. :o
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p2p-sharing-rules wrote::lol: :? l am not a bot. :o
Of course you are not!! If you were you would look like this - p2p-sharing-rules [Bot] :wink:

The 3 Botskateers are in...
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lmao Yep it would say that if I was a bot.
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Explain this!!
I swear I have just seen this: :shock:

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Oh noes, someone stole my name & is using it for a bot name. :o
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What's happening!! This is a blast from the past!! And here right now!!

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It's Bot-heaven in here atm!!
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I never did get round to installing a MOD that shows the Bots. Got "who has been online in past 24 hours" one. Bots go flipping nuts at my website a few days after it's been really busy (new posts, etc). I quick look in Admin CP overview once revealed a staggering 57 Google Bots, 9 Yahoo, and one... Windowa Live Bot.

btw, I'm still using phpBB2. Probably make the switch in January 2009. ;)

Actually, I don't mind the bots so much... it's the amount of spam users trying to register. Thank gawd for the Anti-Spam ACP MOD. On average get around 20 a day. Least this MOD stops them in there tracks! :D
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quahappy wrote: Actually, I don't mind the bots so much... it's the amount of spam users trying to register. Thank gawd for the Anti-Spam ACP MOD. On average get around 20 a day. Least this MOD stops them in there tracks! :D
It was the Spam-Bots Registering as users that started our "Spambuster Of The Week Award" :lol:
The annoying critters were eventually stopped in their tracks by something Battye did.
The Bots coming in now serve a purpose as "Crawlers" for topics on Google etc.

I just can't let go of this thread!! :wink:
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moongirl wrote:
quahappy wrote: Actually, I don't mind the bots so much... it's the amount of spam users trying to register. Thank gawd for the Anti-Spam ACP MOD. On average get around 20 a day. Least this MOD stops them in there tracks! :D
It was the Spam-Bots Registering as users that started our "Spambuster Of The Week Award" :lol:
The annoying critters were eventually stopped in their tracks by something Battye did.
The Bots coming in now serve a purpose as "Crawlers" for topics on Google etc.

I just can't let go of this thread!! :wink:
I made the Easy BotStopper MOD to stop MOD's.

In its heyday it was fantastic... this was late 2006 I think. Then the bots twigged to it and started to make workarounds to get passed my MOD :(

But I still laugh when I hear of some primitive bots which still succumb to my 2006-style technology :P
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What the!!

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