Is your WordPress blog getting spammed? Well, us too. If any of these IPs pop-up in your comment moderation, you might as well go ahead and blacklist. Simply login to your wp-admin and look under settings. Click on the submenu item called “discussion.” At the bottom of this page you will see a box called COMMENT BLACKLIST. Simply copy and paste the list below as-is. Save yourself a headache! The most recent list of IPs that made Santa’s naughty list include:

NUMBER ONE -The ip address 213.5.71.12 has been recorded as a serious spammers ip. If you have had a member sign up with this address you may want to consider banning them from your site. DONE! Here is the rest of the list in no particular order.

As new blog spammers show-up, I will be adding them to the list. Feel free to add your own to the comment section below. By spam, we are talking about the individuals posting tons of unrelated items in your comments. Generally, their comments are nothing more than a series of links taking you to rotten websites.

What are spammers and what do they have to gain? There are several different types:

What is a “harvester”?
A harvester is a computer program that surfs the internet looking for email addresses. Harvesting email addresses from the Internet is the primary way spammers build their lists. Harvesters must connect to the Internet through an IP address. Project Honey Pot publishes the list of the top IP addresses used by harvesters.

What is a “spam server”?
A spam server is the computer used by a spammer in order to send messages. A substantial percentage of these computers do not belong to the spammers themselves, but instead are “zombies” compromised by viruses or other malware.

What is a “dictionary attacker”?
In addition to harvesting, spammers also use a technique known as a dictionary attack in order to find new email addresses. A dictionary attack involves making up a number of email addresses, sending mail to them, and seeing what is delivered. Dictionary attackers typically send to common usernames. A username is the part of the email address before the @ sign.

What is a “comment spammer”?
Comment spammers do not send email spam. Instead, comment spammers post to blogs and forums. These posts typically include links to sites being promoted by the comment spammer. The purpose of these links is both to drive traffic from humans clicking on the links, as well as to increase search engine rankings which are sometimes based on the number of links to a page.

NOTE: Based on Desi’s comment below, I could not help myself. Here is the video! =P

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