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the main page has been protected, and the [http://recaptcha.net/ reCAPTCHA] system has now been installed. | the main page has been protected, and the [http://recaptcha.net/ reCAPTCHA] system has now been installed. | ||
The reason for installing the CAPTCHA rather than blocking the offending IP is that the perpetrator(s) | The reason for installing the CAPTCHA rather than blocking the offending IP is that the perpetrator(s) | ||
seem to have access to a wide range of IP's, which are most probably "zombie computers". | seem to have access to a wide range of IP's, which are most probably "zombie computers", indicating that the | ||
damage is almost certainly caused by a badly written viral "wiki-bot". | |||
===Types of spam/vandalism encountered=== | ===Types of spam/vandalism encountered=== | ||
*Insertion of "link-spam" in existing or new pages, particularly in index.php | *Insertion of "link-spam" in existing or new pages, particularly in index.php | ||