Spammers hitting old forums

[kas]

Forums that have been dead for years and have had no activity show up in logs suddenly saw activity. Spammers have been coming by the truck load (figuratively speaking) trying to register on YaBB forums since Jan 4th / Jan 5th.

These are the ones we have caught so far doing this on the 2 YaBB forums that are sitting dormant but are still functional and all registrations needing to be approved:

**This post will be the med1 (YaBB 2.1) and 2nd post will be the gam1 (YaBB 2.3)**

Jan 5th, 2011, 5:19pm Guest
(79.142.66.56)
Error:
Sorry, you must register before using this feature!
YaBB.pl?board=&action=ml

(Trying to look at member's list .. so I am suspecting an email harvester there or else a comment spammer checking to see if profiles are visible to the public)

Jan 5th, 2011, 8:15pm
rootmeprore
(83.23.216.73)

Jan 5th, 2011, 8:17pm
Haphabibguamp
(91.201.66.97)

Jan 5th, 2011, 11:36pm
KaloHooniaCip
(213.5.71.191)

Yesterday at 12:29am
Guest
(67.195.115.152)
Error:
You are not allowed to access this section.
YaBB.pl?board=Technical_Abuse&action=post&num=1189923360

Also I didn't know that YaBB will actually state in the error log which ones are Proxy attempts! NOW THAT IS COOL! Wish other forums offered that!

Yesterday at 12:32am Guest
(187.108.223.202) Proxy Access to this forum is denied!

Yesterday at 12:33am Guest
(201.75.2.35) Proxy Access to this forum is denied!

Yesterday at 12:33am Guest
(125.162.232.84) Proxy Access to this forum is denied!

Yesterday at 12:34am Guest
(202.72.221.126) Proxy Access to this forum is denied!

Yesterday at 3:28am Guest
(218.186.12.226) Proxy Access to this forum is denied!

Yesterday at 8:49pm Guest
(78.182.70.188) Proxy Access to this forum is denied!

Yesterday at 8:49pm Guest
(109.95.210.147) Proxy Access to this forum is denied!

Yesterday at 8:49pm Guest
(184.82.19.34) Proxy Access to this forum is denied!

Yesterday at 8:50pm Guest
(201.48.210.62) Proxy Access to this forum is denied!

Yesterday at 8:50pm Guest
(201.48.210.62) Proxy Access to this forum is denied!

Yesterday at 8:50pm Guest
(200.148.28.92) Proxy Access to this forum is denied!

Yesterday at 8:50pm Guest
(200.51.203.200) Proxy Access to this forum is denied!

Yesterday at 8:50pm Guest
(195.22.87.61) Proxy Access to this forum is denied!

Yesterday at 8:50pm Guest
(184.82.19.34) Proxy Access to this forum is denied!

Yesterday at 8:50pm Guest
(91.211.16.54) Proxy Access to this forum is denied!

Yesterday at 8:50pm Guest
(80.13.161.210) Proxy Access to this forum is denied!

Yesterday at 8:50pm Guest
(118.97.234.228) Proxy Access to this forum is denied!

Yesterday at 8:50pm Guest
(187.102.203.119) Proxy Access to this forum is denied!

And then back to more spammer attempted registrations:

Yesterday at 1:08am
dudidudadidu
(217.132.99.177)

Yesterday at 3:28am
Haphabibguamp
(91.201.66.97)

Yesterday at 6:46am
refeByptoto
(81.107.89.64)

Yesterday at 8:00am
mikepangowwddzz
(109.230.217.105)
Error:
Username / Password mismatch.
The Username you specified does not exist or you entered a wrong password.

Yesterday at 10:03am
shanees
(173.234.89.100)

Yesterday at 4:59pm
Tumnaffomma
(213.5.66.16)

Yesterday at 7:26pm
calgooloblelf
(91.201.66.154)

Yesterday at 8:15pm
MidsAccipsy
(91.201.67.3)

Today at 12:44am
Gushittee
(91.201.67.4)

Today at 1:46am
ribtizurbathe
(109.230.217.183)

Today at 2:15am tonroanny
(213.5.71.191)

[kas]

Jan 4th, 2011, 10:45am
aduffictuch
(74.222.1.124)

Jan 4th, 2011, 10:53am
aleraloves
(91.201.66.205)

Jan 4th, 2011, 4:17pm
Guest
(91.212.226.140)
Error: For security reasons, it's advisable to have your displayed name not the same as your login ID.

Jan 4th, 2011, 4:17pm
GamerssUnaxars
(91.212.226.140)

This next one was trying to do a hacking trick of putting in odd characters into his registration name as with YaBB the name will be part of the url:

Jan 4th, 2011, 10:01pm
Guest
(195.162.68.19)
Error: There is an invalid character detected in the User ID field. Valid Characters are Letters, Numbers, Spaces and ( [ ] # % + , -

Jan 4th, 2011, 10:01pm
59john91jupiter[522
(195.162.68.19)
Error: There is an invalid character detected in the Username field. Valid Characters are Letters (A-Z,a-z), Numbers (0-9), Spaces and ( + - . @ _ )

Jan 5th, 2011, 12:54am
VobbyQuof
(91.212.226.213)

Jan 5th, 2011, 6:28am
GalkensSy
(213.108.217.200)

Jan 5th, 2011, 6:44am
Pypemammice
(213.5.71.191)

Jan 5th, 2011, 8:33am
Keyclomerlevy
(84.111.37.52)

HACKER:
Jan 5th, 2011, 9:31am
Guest
(202.141.45.146)
Error: Net::SMTP fatal error : Unable to create Net::SMTP object. Server: ''Invalid argument at (eval 1) line 4.

Jan 5th, 2011, 11:01am
onlinemarketz3
(91.210.107.80)

Jan 5th, 2011, 11:57am
aleralovvi
(91.201.66.194)

Jan 5th, 2011, 1:39pm
bowsinvisee52
(109.230.217.88)

Jan 5th, 2011, 2:02pm
akatiyaloces
(93.157.169.18)

Yesterday at 12:22am
peerfople
(109.173.66.194)

Yesterday at 1:31am
Assubsscoof
(213.5.71.191)

Yesterday at 1:43am
Urbarnibiog
(91.212.226.213)

Yesterday at 4:36am
Hanguccundecy
(94.142.133.179)

Yesterday at 9:44am
averalovex
(91.201.66.205)

Yesterday at 11:50pm
FullyAbel67
(109.230.220.61)