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Prasad_Kulkarni31-Aug-12 1:56

Prasad_Kulkarni

31-Aug-12 1:56

search engine listings[^]

By this member[^]

My gut says Spammer

Pete O'Hanlon31-Aug-12 0:24

Pete O'Hanlon

31-Aug-12 0:24

So, this[^] poster has only posted 3 posts - all in the Insider News forum, all going to an external blog site. It looks like spam to me, but I leave it to you to decide.

The posts.

One[^]
Two[^]
Three[^]

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Re: My gut says Spammer

OriginalGriff31-Aug-12 1:15

OriginalGriff

31-Aug-12 1:15

I'm with you on that - pressed, tinned meat.

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Re: My gut says Spammer

Nagy Vilmos31-Aug-12 2:02

Nagy Vilmos

31-Aug-12 2:02

My rapid knee-jerk says it's definitely blatant self promotion but more retardathon than intentional spam. I will suggest to the poster to link his blog feed over to CP rather that posting links on the insider, then if he's legit he wont be splattered.

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Re: My gut says Spammer

Brisingr Aerowing31-Aug-12 3:43

Brisingr Aerowing

31-Aug-12 3:43

I agree with you.

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Stephen Hawking

Spammer

Akram El Assas30-Aug-12 23:46

Akram El Assas

30-Aug-12 23:46

http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=9258121[^]

Re: Spammer

Wayne Gaylard30-Aug-12 23:54

Wayne Gaylard

30-Aug-12 23:54

Here is the spam message Delete and Edit In Windows form in gridview and update in database[^]. You should include this as well so members can see for themselves whether it is spam or not.

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Plagiarism

Wendelius30-Aug-12 19:21

Wendelius

30-Aug-12 19:21

Looks like:

This: Title case using ASP.NET with C#[^] is taken from http://www.dotnetperls.com/uppercase-first-letter[^]

This Online Payments Using Paypal with Asp[^] taken from here (28 May) http://tejasvbhalani.wordpress.com/category/asp-net/page/2/[^]

And this Open PDF file in new browser tab using ASP.NET with C#[^] also taken from here http://tejasvbhalani.wordpress.com/category/asp-net/page/2/[^]

However, before just reporting, please go through the links to see if my conclusions are correct.

Re: Plagiarism

OriginalGriff30-Aug-12 21:09

OriginalGriff

30-Aug-12 21:09

That face comes up a lot when the word "plagiarism" is involved, I've noticed... Sigh | :sigh:

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Re: Plagiarism

Wendelius31-Aug-12 8:19

Wendelius

31-Aug-12 8:19

It seems that way...

More spam that wants to be an article

OriginalGriff28-Aug-12 23:11

OriginalGriff

28-Aug-12 23:11

This: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=33438&aid=449096[^]
From this: http://www.codeproject.com/Members/monsterbeatscq[^]

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'Nother wanna be article...

OriginalGriff27-Aug-12 22:01

OriginalGriff

27-Aug-12 22:01

This: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=33231&aid=448277[^]
From this: http://www.codeproject.com/Members/goldetching[^]

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Re: 'Nother wanna be article...

Nagy Vilmos27-Aug-12 23:38

Nagy Vilmos

27-Aug-12 23:38

I clicked the user link and it showed me. I am not a spammer. A miserable unemployed git I know, but I don't spam. Laugh | :laugh:

Re: 'Nother wanna be article...

OriginalGriff27-Aug-12 23:54

OriginalGriff

27-Aug-12 23:54

It shows me now! Laugh | :laugh:

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Article for commercial product

Pete O'Hanlon27-Aug-12 8:28

Pete O'Hanlon

27-Aug-12 8:28

I'm not sure how How to use Samay Enterprise .NET Scheduler[^] got past the hamsters, but it's for a commercial product.

*pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington

"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

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Re: Article for commercial product

Sean Ewington27-Aug-12 8:38

Sean Ewington

27-Aug-12 8:38

Thanks Pete. Squashed.

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Sean Ewington
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Spam article submission

Ravi Bhavnani25-Aug-12 8:06

Ravi Bhavnani

25-Aug-12 8:06

http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=32843&aid=446989[^]

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Russian Q&A Spam

André Kraak24-Aug-12 22:32

André Kraak

24-Aug-12 22:32

This one http://www.codeproject.com/Members/isaevmov[^] has been spamming the Q&A[^].

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Re: Russian Q&A Spam

OriginalGriff25-Aug-12 0:53

OriginalGriff

25-Aug-12 0:53

Nice spot!

The text is not spam:

"Thank you so much! Publish in your blog. With great respect, your constant reader Alexander Martynov from Abakan. Write more!"
"Very grateful! Publish on your blog. With great respect, your long-time reader of Matthew G. Bogdanov from Abakan. Write more!"
"Thank you! Interestingly written. With great respect, your long-time reader Boris Samsonov from Lipetsk. I will come again tomorrow ..."

But the links are to jobs adds, so even with the multiple personalities, it's still spam... Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

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Virus writer

Wes Aday23-Aug-12 3:32

Wes Aday

23-Aug-12 3:32

This member, http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=9364185wanting to write viri but deleted his post before I could report it.

Was
How to create a harmfull virus in c++[^]

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modified 23-Aug-12 10:22am.

Re: Virus writer

Nagy Vilmos23-Aug-12 4:35

Nagy Vilmos

23-Aug-12 4:35

Unfortunately we can't do anything as there's nothing to vote against and I for one do not want to vote without evidence. Chris and the boys may well be able to check the archives and confirm/deny if anything untowards was written and if so take action.