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><channel><title>Chris Pirillo &#187; spam-blocker</title> <atom:link href="http://chris.pirillo.com/tag/spam-blocker/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://chris.pirillo.com</link> <description>News and Reviews! Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Hardware Addict, Software Junkie, Book Author, Once TV Show Host, Technology Enthusiast, Shameless Self-Promoter, Tech Conference Coordinator, Early Adopter, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Media Personality, Technology Consultant, Thicker Quicker Picker Upper.</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:15:10 +0000</lastBuildDate> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5</generator> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <copyright>&#xA9; </copyright> <managingEditor>chris@pirillo.com ()</managingEditor> <webMaster>chris@pirillo.com()</webMaster> <category></category> <itunes:keywords></itunes:keywords> <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle> <itunes:summary>Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Hardware Addict, Software Junkie, Book Author, Once TV Show Host, Technology Enthusiast, Shameless Self-Promoter, Tech Conference Coordinator, Early Adopter, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Media Personality, Technology Consultant, Thicker Quicker Picker Upper.</itunes:summary> <itunes:author></itunes:author> <itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"/> <itunes:owner> <itunes:name></itunes:name> <itunes:email>chris@pirillo.com</itunes:email> </itunes:owner> <itunes:block>No</itunes:block> <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit> <itunes:image href="http://chris.pirillo.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress_large.jpg" /> <image> <url>http://chris.pirillo.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg</url><title>Chris Pirillo</title><link>http://chris.pirillo.com</link> <width>144</width> <height>144</height> </image> <item><title>Blog Comment Spammers</title><link>http://chris.pirillo.com/blog-comment-spammers/</link> <comments>http://chris.pirillo.com/blog-comment-spammers/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:41:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[antispam]]></category> <category><![CDATA[blog-spam]]></category> <category><![CDATA[spam]]></category> <category><![CDATA[spam-blocker]]></category><guid
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href="http://chris.pirillo.com/blog-comment-spammers/">Blog Comment Spammers</a> is a post from <a
href="http://chris.pirillo.com">Chris Pirillo</a></p><p>A few moments ago, I received a comment notifcation for a post I made a couple of years ago (which must rank well in Google for it to be noticed today). The comment turned out to be spam for <a
href="http://chris.pirillo.com/2005/07/28/an-hdtv-reminder/">An HDTV Reminder</a>. I get hundreds of spam comments every day. In fact, my installation of WordPress claims: &#8220;Akismet has caught 227,338 spam for you since you first installed it.&#8221; Yikes!</p><p>This one, however, definitely slipped through (emphasized in red):</p><blockquote><p><tt>Author : Diana (IP: 217.17.88.78 , <a
href="http://clients-217-17-88-78.mikrovisata.net" title="http://clients-217-17-88-78.mikrovisata.net" target="_blank">clients-217-17-88-78.mikrovisata.net</a>)<br
/> E-mail : <a
href="mailto:servemail@8080mail.info" title="mailto:servemail@8080mail.info">servemail@8080mail.info</a><br
/> URI    : <a
href="http://www.hdtv.***************.info/" title="http://www.hdtv.***************.info/" target="_blank">www.hdtv.***************.info/</a><br
/> Whois  : <a
href="http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=217.17.88.78" title="http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=217.17.88.78" target="_blank">ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=217.17.88.78</a><br
/> Comment: <span
style="color: red">Please visit my site, click my ads and buy my crap</span></tt></p></blockquote><p>Forget about claiming that <a
href="http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/08/17/info-domains-are-dead/">.INFO domains</a> are registered for nothing other than spam sites &#8211; this is probably the one of the funniest pieces of blog spam I&#8217;ve ever recieved! I almost approved it, based on the hearty guffaw it elicited.<ul
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href="http://chris.pirillo.com/todd-friesen-confessions-of-a-reformed-spammer/" title="Todd Friesen &#8211; Confessions of a Reformed Spammer">Todd Friesen &#8211; Confessions of a Reformed Spammer</a></li><li><a
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href="http://chris.pirillo.com/blog-comment-spammers/">Blog Comment Spammers</a> is a post from <a
href="http://chris.pirillo.com">Chris Pirillo</a></p><p>A few moments ago, I received a comment notifcation for a post I made a couple of years ago (which must rank well in Google for it to be noticed today). The comment turned out to be spam for <a
href="http://chris.pirillo.com/2005/07/28/an-hdtv-reminder/">An HDTV Reminder</a>. I get hundreds of spam comments every day. In fact, my installation of WordPress claims: &#8220;Akismet has caught 227,338 spam for you since you first installed it.&#8221; Yikes!</p><p>This one, however, definitely slipped through (emphasized in red):</p><blockquote><p><tt>Author : Diana (IP: 217.17.88.78 , <a
href="http://clients-217-17-88-78.mikrovisata.net" title="http://clients-217-17-88-78.mikrovisata.net" target="_blank">clients-217-17-88-78.mikrovisata.net</a>)<br
/> E-mail : <a
href="mailto:servemail@8080mail.info" title="mailto:servemail@8080mail.info">servemail@8080mail.info</a><br
/> URI    : <a
href="http://www.hdtv.***************.info/" title="http://www.hdtv.***************.info/" target="_blank">www.hdtv.***************.info/</a><br
/> Whois  : <a
href="http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=217.17.88.78" title="http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=217.17.88.78" target="_blank">ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=217.17.88.78</a><br
/> Comment: <span
style="color: red">Please visit my site, click my ads and buy my crap</span></tt></p></blockquote><p>Forget about claiming that <a
href="http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/08/17/info-domains-are-dead/">.INFO domains</a> are registered for nothing other than spam sites &#8211; this is probably the one of the funniest pieces of blog spam I&#8217;ve ever recieved! I almost approved it, based on the hearty guffaw it elicited.<ul
class="related_post"><li><a
href="http://chris.pirillo.com/todd-friesen-confessions-of-a-reformed-spammer/" title="Todd Friesen &#8211; Confessions of a Reformed Spammer">Todd Friesen &#8211; Confessions of a Reformed Spammer</a></li><li><a
href="http://chris.pirillo.com/gmail-spam-management-doesnt-go-far-enough/" title="Gmail Spam Management Doesn&#8217;t Go Far Enough">Gmail Spam Management Doesn&#8217;t Go Far Enough</a></li><li><a
href="http://chris.pirillo.com/akismet-lacks-essential-features/" title="Akismet Lacks Essential Features">Akismet Lacks Essential Features</a></li><li><a
href="http://chris.pirillo.com/windows-security-software/" title="Windows Security Software">Windows Security Software</a></li><li><a
href="http://chris.pirillo.com/spam-musubi-recipe/" title="Spam Musubi Recipe">Spam Musubi Recipe</a></li><li><a
href="http://chris.pirillo.com/have-you-ever-tasted-mcspam/" title="Have You Ever Tasted McSpam?">Have You Ever Tasted McSpam?</a></li><li><a
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href="http://chris.pirillo.com/is-spam-ever-going-away/" title="Is Spam ever Going Away?">Is Spam ever Going Away?</a></li></ul> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://chris.pirillo.com/blog-comment-spammers/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>13</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>How to Handle Remote Tech Support</title> <description> &lt;em&gt;Using &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gotoassist.com/chris&quot;&gt;GoToAssist&lt;/a&gt; is the easiest way to view and control another person's computer online. Use it to provide instant technical support to family, friends and customers. Start a session with just one click, and instantly connect with the other party. &lt;/em&gt; </description> <author>chris@lockergnome.com (Chris Pirillo)</author> <category>Partner</category> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:30:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://gotoassist.com/chris/</link> <guid>http://gotoassist.com/chris/</guid> </item><item><title>Network Tools for Windows</title> <description>You need these network tools, no matter which operating systems and networks you have to support. &lt;a href=&quot;http://support.solarwinds.com/updates/New-Customer.cfm?ProdID=568&amp;campaign=ipmon_DL_lockergnome&amp;CMP=BAC-ipmonDL_lockergnome&quot;&gt;SolarWinds ipMonitor&lt;/a&gt;: Affordable Network Monitoring for SMBs. Get turnkey network, server and application availability monitoring with SolarWinds ipMonitor v9.0. This easy-to-use, reliable solution for SMBs delivers out-of-the-box availability monitoring so you always know exactly what's up with Active Directory, DNS, Exchange, FTP, Web, IMAP, MS SQL Server, and SMTP. &lt;a href=&quot;http://support.solarwinds.com/updates/New-Customer.cfm?ProdID=568&amp;campaign=ipmon_DL_lockergnome&amp;CMP=BAC-ipmonDL_lockergnome&quot;&gt;Download your free trial today&lt;/a&gt;. Or, try their &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.solarwinds.com/products/freetools/&quot;&gt;totally free tools&lt;/a&gt;! And, through 2/29, save 20% when you purchase &lt;a href=&quot;http://store.solarwinds.com/s.nl/sc.16/.f&quot;&gt;ipMonitor 9.0&lt;/a&gt;. </description> <author>chris@lockergnome.com (Chris Pirillo)</author> <category>Partner</category> <pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:30:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://support.solarwinds.com/updates/New-Customer.cfm?ProdID=568&amp;campaign=ipmon_DL_lockergnome&amp;CMP=BAC-ipmonDL_lockergnome</link> <guid>http://support.solarwinds.com/updates/New-Customer.cfm?ProdID=568&amp;campaign=ipmon_DL_lockergnome&amp;CMP=BAC-ipmonDL_lockergnome</guid> </item> <item><title>Get Your Own Web Site</title> <description>Starting at just $3.99/month, web hosting from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/default.asp?isc=cp2&quot;&gt;GoDaddy&lt;/a&gt; includes 99.9% uptime, 24/7 support and free access to GoDaddy Hosting Connection, THE place to install over 30 FREE applications sure to help you get the most from your hosting plan and Web site. Enter &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/default.asp?isc=cp2&quot;&gt;code CP2&lt;/a&gt; at checkout, and save an additional 10% on any order.
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