closed comments getting spam
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Old posts’ comments are closed but still, they get spam.
How is this possible?For example, I’ve just received a comment on this post.
I searched before posting.
It doesn’t seem to be trackback spam and I’ve disabled them:You can disable pingbacks and trackbacks in Options | Discussion | Allow link notifications from other Weblogs (pingbacks and trackbacks).
Here’s the comment:
A new comment on the post #101 “7-Zip 4 beta available” is waiting for your approval
https://www.nunomira.com/blog/?p=101Author : Der Blutharsch [EP] (IP: 75.126.156.50 , aj20.info)
E-mail :
URI : https://holidaymp3.741.com/index.html
Whois : https://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=75.126.156.50
Comment:
Der Blutharsch [EP]news
To approve this comment, visit:
….I’m using Akismet, so a lot of spam gets caught.
I’ve installed reCaptcha to see if it would put an end to it. But no.
I still get tons of spam on closed posts.How is this possible?
I’ve read that I can install more plugins. But I don’t want to.
I’m more interested in understanding what’s going on.
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