Due to a spam account, disable signatures and webpages on a banned user

I sent a message to Alan, but I might as well post in public while I get a chance.

Since there was a recent spambot who spammed today with a malicious link on the signature, can signatures and homepages be disabled if the user gets banned?

Spammed post (locked by Pie)

Banned Spam Account (signatures still show as of now)

I don't want this trend to hit like bots spamming PIU PRO forums and ITG/PIU PRO in Bemanistyle.

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I have an idea: change the password to the banned account.

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I wonder what it is about Pump It Up PRO that attracts bots

From what I've heard, the word "PRO" is the spambot magnet a couple of months ago.


Don't bots get IP blocked? Changing the password to a spam account would be unnecessary if this is true.

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The thing is, IP address blocking means nearly bugger-all in this day and age, when home connections use dynamic IPs and spammers can access botnets and proxies (and in the case of email spam, open SMTP relays).

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Also, one user's signature is very offensive and I quote.


A suggestion would be to use "Signature disabled" on the signature when banned or something similar.

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Yes, that is very offensive, especially to nerds like me.

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This. Even though I'm not really a "nerd" in those sorts, I actually have a fear of nudity.

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Howie's avatar's of the past must have given you nightmares

>implying nerds don't look at porn

ack... don't remind me... he and I had a grudge because of it. I don't want to get in a fight again.

...This is starting to get off-topic, I know.

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