Hmm looks like i get to try out my new Prototype Anti-Comment Spam plugin (JTC Anti-Spam) on BuddyPress. Massive Group Spam comments are completely bypassing Akismet (actually Akismet does not check BuddyPress Groups so no wonder spammers splog Groups). I have been using the Prototype on the AITpro standard WordPress sites and it is 100% effective and blocks all Spammers so I assume it will be just as effective with BuddyPress – yeah a new challenge – Love it. I will be disabling registering and posting for a little while to get my new Prototype plugin in place – ETA 2 hours.
After looking around the Internet it appears the Spammers target the Groups feature in BuddyPress. Looks like Group Creation should be turned off in Settings >>> BuddyPress >>> Settings >>> Group Creation >>> Enable group creation for all users. I’ll give this a whirl and see what happens next. Will still be implementing my new Prototype Anti-Comment Spam plugin, but it appears that additional coding work would need to be done for it to be able to filter out Group Spam. Registration and posting is re-enabled.
FYI – you do not need to delete the Spam Groups and can just delete the Spam User account and then choose delete all posts associated with that Loser.
After 5 hours no new Group Spam has been posted so simply turning off Enable group creation for all users takes care of the numb nut Group Spammers.
Note: This Topic was created from an old Blog post dated November 7, 2012
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