@PsychzNetworks is spamming me non-stop. Every minute of every day.
I googled them and it seems Psychz Networks are famous for spamming people.
I have removed non-moderated comments (I didn't want to do this and have since added non-moderated comments back) - didn't stop Psychz Networks' spam.
I have added Captcha verification - didn't stop Psychz Networks' spam. (The Drupal Captcha module rocks, btw!)
I have blocked their IP's (as many as I could so far, it is kind of like playing whack-a-mole) - didn't stop Psychz Networks' spam.
Have any bloggers been able to stop the spam menace that is Psychz Networks and others like them?
What did you do? What steps did you take?
I am using Drupal for my CMS and I am using AWS EC2 hosting as my ISP.
I stopped blogging for a few years and I never had to deal with spam like this using WordPress and Dreamhost. (I doubt the CMS or the ISP have anything to do with it. The spammers have probably just gotten better with time.)
I guess the next step is to install an anti-spam module for Drupal and then alert Amazon. I'm hoping Amazon Web Services may have enough clout to get something done.
AntiSpam module seems to have repelled the spambot attack
I have just installed the (epic and awesome) AntiSpam Drupal module and it seems to be working just fine in thwarting the attacks of the pathetic spambots.
This is a pain in the patooch, but sadly it is in dealing with crap like this that we learn. I used to rock unix for a living and as a student quite competently and the spambots have given me opportunity to scrape the rust off of those skills while learning a few new ones.
So, thank you Psychz Networks. As Joseph once observed: you meant it for evil, but God meant it for good.