Trolls and spam bots

[TheArtfulDogger]

The other day there appeared to be some posts by a "spam bot" on here, something about single people.

Whilst I generally get the idea of trolls ( eithe being contrary for the heck of it, slamming other people or just having a laugh) what I don't get is the point of spam bots posting on a discussion forum.

Any ideas ?

[DulwichFox]

Spamming is a complex problem... Some Spam to cause annoyance.. some Spam to damage your computer..

and steal your I.D.

Spam can contain dangerous JavaScript Mouse Events which may download Malware if you just happen to

place your mouse over certain parts of any text.

Googling the text often comes up with the same text in other forums.. suggesting that they are being generated

by computer 'Spiders'

Just ignore. Don't read them and don't reply to them..

DulwichFox