Anti-Spam Scripts - Bug Reports


How to submit a Bug Report

If you have found a bug in any of our scripts here is what you need to do:

  • Check the bug reports below to make sure that it already hasn't been reported.
  • send an email to nospam©combatarts·ca or use the contact page.
  • Select or use Bug Report as the subject.
  • Include as much information as possible about the problem (log file etc.)


Once a bug report is submitted and found to be a problem with the script it will be posted here with an approximate date of resolution and any immediate action that can be taken.



Script Name: Anit-Spam Guestbook configuration Script
Versions affected: Guestbook Configuration Script Version 2.2X
Status: Fixed

Bug Report - Filter filte gives error on save
Saturday December 2nd 2006

Problem
The filter file will do the automatic update but when trying to save the filter file after editing the script exits with an error.

Solution:
1. Open asconfig.pl in a text editor
2. scroll to about line 1760and find:
         unless($Tainted=~m/[`|\x00]/)
    	 {
           $H_vars{$key} =$Tainted;
         }

3. Change the first line to read: 
         unless($Tainted=~m/[`|\x00]/ && $key ne "FILTER")

4. save and exit the editor.

The current version on the website has this fix






Script Name: Anit-Spam Guestbook configuration Script
Versions affected: Guestbook Configuration Script Version 2.2X
Status: Fixed

Bug Report - Filter setup page displays wrong (no buttons)
Saturday July 2nd 2006

Problem
It has been found that the filter setup page in the control panel does not display any buttons after an update.
The problem was due to one filter entry that affected the HTML output of the page.

Solution:
1. Open filter.dat in a text editor
2. scroll to the line that reads <iframe src=http:*.</iframe>
3. Delete that line
4. save and exit the editor.

The current word filter update has this removed






Script Name: Anit-Spam Guestbook Script
Versions affected: Version 3.10
Status: Fixed

Bug Report - all scanned URL's pass
Wednesday February 15th 2006

Problem
It has been reported that all scanned URL's are passing the filter test.
The scanned webpage was not getting the cr/lf's stripped out causing word matches to pass.

Solution:
1. Open asgbv3.pl in a text editor
2. scroll to line 569
3. type in $page=~s/\n/ /g;
4. Scroll to line 587 and insert a new line.
5.type in $line=~s/\s//;
6. save and exit the editor.

The current version on the download page contains this fix






Script Name: Anit-Spam Guestbook Script
Versions affected: Version 3.0X
Status: Fixed

Bug Report - all scanned URL's fail
Monday November 29th 2005

Problem
It has been reported that all scanned URL's are failing the filter test.
Due to a misspelled variable all filter comarisons were done againist the main filter file.

Solution:
1. Open asgbv3.pl in a text editor
2. scroll to line 773
3. Find the line that reads: if($SCANFILTER eq "")
4. Change it to: if($SCANFILE eq "")
5. save and exit the editor.

The current version on the download page contains this fix






Script Name: Anit-Spam Guestbook Script
Versions affected: Version 3.0X
Status: Fixed

Bug Report - Sent messages missing message body
Monday November 29th 2005

Problem
It has been reported that Notify and Thank You messages are being sent without the message body.
This seems to only effect users on Linux using sendmail.
(UPDATE) After looking at the source of the problem a re-write of the mail code was in order.

Solution:
1.Download the cuurent file asgbv3.tar.gz or asgbv3.zip from the downloads page.
2.unzip and copy the new file asgbv3.pl overtop of the old one.
3.No configuration changes are nessesary other than making sure the top line points to perl.

The current version on the download page contains this fix