# I'm currently being flooded with spam, what can I do?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/im-currently-being-flooded-with-spam-what-can-i-do/381635
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 4, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/im-currently-being-flooded-with-spam-what-can-i-do/381635 "2025-09-04T20:06:46Z")
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### Author: ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/im-currently-being-flooded-with-spam-what-can-i-do/381635/5 "2025-09-04T22:21:56Z")

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> [@Tealk](#):
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> Do you have any tips for me?

Hi, yes, this can be helpful:

> [@Watched words to block recent spam attack](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-to-block-recent-spam-attack/380420):
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> I’ve had at least two sites get hit with a wave of spam that looks like it’s designed to poison LLMs. The same attack has also been reported here at least once ([Anyone else currently undergoing mass spam attack?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyone-else-currently-undergoing-mass-spam-attack/378972)). The best solution is to set up [Discourse AI - Spam detection](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-spam-detection/343541), which I do recommend, but it’s a bit of a bother. Here’s a stopgap you can implement that will take just a few minutes. It assumes that you have a unix-like operating system (e.g., linux or mac). If you use Windows and can…

Other Discourse forums have been the targets of this attack (mine included).

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