Unusual Callsign Activity at QRZ

lookup counts and who is

First, did you do a whois on the IP in question? What country and isp? With all the information, you may be able to contact the offending isp and either get information or supply them with information of a problem so they can deal with the owner of that IP.

Second, the counters are useful--- if you didn't have the counter, would you have identified suspect searches? It, in this case, provided clues.

I think the counter is useful. If you are contesting and you look up a name and they have a very low count, then you have a reason to look harder at your contact to verify that you have copied it correctly.

just my 2 cents worth.

 

Unusual Activity:

From Dan - W7OIL
I looked at the calls being affected and the only one that could be "legit" would be W1AW. I can see how it could have 175000+ lookups. The rest - reset them.

 

I find it hard to believe that someone would do this on purpose. If this happens again, "zero out" the lookups for those who abuse the system....that will teach them a lesson.

 

Easy solution, block those IP's permanently and eliminate that callsign lookup number

Mike

 

By definition this probably is a D.O.S attack. After all it did cause an undue load on the server(s).

I haven't used the biography editor much myself so I don't even know if this is possible, but please ensure this site isn't now serving up malware to people who query those callsigns!

I find the lookup count useful as it provides an indication of the general level of activity from the callsign. Although if people are trying to inflate their own lookups I'd sooner see it removed.


Cheers,
Ian

 

Get rid of it and replace it.

I think you should just do away with the lookup counter altogether, because it obviously does not reflect accurately the number of actual lookups by actual people if search-bot hits are counted.

With the implementation of your logbook, I would say replace the lookup counter with a counter of confirmed QSO's. It would be harder to inflate, and may be a more accurate indication of that station's activity on air and on QRZ.Com.

 

Blocks in the forewall

Did you do a lookup on the IP addresses to see where this activity originated?

 

Not always possible if it's though a proxy, which is really easy to set up.

 

cant you modify the lookup count anyway? if I wanted to show off wouldn't I just put 1 Million lookups and say its for real?

 

Yes you can. When I got my new vanity callsign I transferred my lookup count from my old callsign to the new callsign. You could put down any number you want.

Jonathan W6GX

 

Look Up Count

Well if they were doing it to ramp up their look-up count they are an idiot because all they have to do is edit their info and change the count...............WTH?

Surely it is some other activity.

Randall

 

It's caused by the lookup feature installed on other websites linking to the QRZ site.

 

Some callsigns on that list are so well known and have been contacted (heard) for years and years. I can believe the counts for the following:

K5D
CO8LY
IT9RYH
TI8II
VQ9LA
V51AS
TL0A

 

And Google says...

I see there are a lot of MI3 stations, and it seems that they are having a contest;

http://myreader.co.uk/msg/140453832.aspx

 

this reminds me of the da0hq IARU scandal

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