Title: Weird trackback spam
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Weird trackback spam

 *  [dmperlman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmperlman/)
 * (@dmperlman)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weird-trackback-spam/)
 * I’ve been getting a steady stream of trackback spam for several days now. They
   all come, supposedly, from IPs starting with 212.24.48.xxx, where the xxx changes
   with each post (all of which go back to some Russian ISP). They each come from“
   leriWinnerxx” where again xx changes with each post. It seems like this is just
   steadily cycling through every post on my blog and then going back and starting
   over again.
 * They are being caught easily by Trackback Validator and not appearing on the 
   blog, though it does mean I get an e-mail on each one (anywhere from 5-10 per
   hour) asking me to moderate the comment. The comments don’t show up in the moderation
   queue, which means having to eliminate them one by from the link on the e-mail(
   which in itself seems odd). As best I can tell, they are simply some sort of 
   google referral spam – probably to raise page rank: [HI! I’ve have similar topic
   at my blog! Please check it.. Thanks.] followed by a google search url.
 * My question, I guess, given that they’re not showing up in my moderation queue,
   and given that Trackback Validator is catching them – do I need to go through
   the trouble of deleting each one or can I just ignore them? If I ignore them 
   are they busy filling up some disc space somewhere on my site? If so, is there
   a way to just go in and mass delete them once a day or so by editing some file?

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 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weird-trackback-spam/#post-491354)
 * If you don’t delete them they’re probably still in your database taking up space,
   yep.
 * I dunno what Trackback Validator is, but are you using any of the “standard” 
   antispam plugins? I only saw the one you mention briefly yesterday when I had
   Bad Behavior turned off for some testing. Turned it back on and saw no more from’
   em.
 * <standard spam message>
 * Install and activate Akismet -or- Spam Karma 2.
    Then install and activate Bad
   Behavior.
 * [http://akismet.com/](http://akismet.com/)
    [http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma/](http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma/)
   [http://homelandstupidity.us/software/bad-behavior/](http://homelandstupidity.us/software/bad-behavior/)
 * For those who struggle with the Akismet
    directions: [http://wordpress.com/api-keys/](http://wordpress.com/api-keys/)
 * </standard spam message>
 *  Thread Starter [dmperlman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmperlman/)
 * (@dmperlman)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weird-trackback-spam/#post-491356)
 * Trackback Validator is a trackback spam blocker plugin – any trackback comment
   that contains a URL link is automatically moderated. I don’t use any other spam
   blockers because for regular comments I require registration.
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weird-trackback-spam/#post-491359)
 * You might consider, at minimum, having a look at Bad Behavior.

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