Part of my job at Wikia is helping to keep the wikis free of spam. Of course, this is a never-ending task. And as soon as something new is developed to help, the spammers find ways around it.I knew that spammers used bots, but I didn't really have a clear idea of how this was done. Or, for that matter, how effectively.
So this demonstration of a spam-bot from pandasecurity was fascinating. The bot does so much, even coping with verification emails.
Looks like it's the anti-spammers move in the never-ending chess game.
