We’re happy to share another story from one of our valued clients — Maker Of Jacket.
At CleanTalk, we always appreciate hearing how our service helps real businesses operate more smoothly. Feedback like this motivates our team to continue improving our anti-spam technologies and deliver reliable, invisible protection for websites of all sizes.
About Maker Of Jacket: Since 2017, Maker Of Jacket has specialized in handcrafted, customizable, high-quality jackets and leather apparel. From biker to varsity styles, every piece is crafted with premium materials and trusted by over 6,000 happy customers worldwide. Our products are made-to-order, and we serve customers globally, ensuring a smooth and secure shopping experience.
“How we use CleanTalk:
We use CleanTalk Anti-Spam to protect our website forms, including customer inquiries, order forms, and reviews, from spam bots. Since implementing CleanTalk, we’ve experienced a significant reduction in spam submissions, allowing our team to focus on genuine customer interactions and maintain a safe, efficient online environment.
We’d like to thank Maker Of Jacket for trusting CleanTalk to protect their website and for sharing their experience with our community.”
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From time to time, website owners report a sudden increase in spam activity and try to link it to plugin settings, hosting, or license status. However, these assumptions often overlook how dynamic spam behavior truly is. To illustrate this, I conducted a small study analyzing spam distribution over time using data from several of our WordPress sites.
First, I’ll look at data for three of our WordPress sites, which host our themed blogs. The statistics are for the year.
The screenshot shows the statistics for the year. As you can see from the graph, the number of spam attacks isn’t linear, but fluctuates from month to month. Only since August has there been any stability, and the number of spam attacks has been more or less consistent.
The graph shows an increase in spam attacks at the beginning of the year, followed by a decline to almost zero. However, in May, there is a peak in spam attacks, followed by a sharp decline. Subsequently, there is a slight increase in spam attacks.
The blog was launched recently, and from the very beginning, it was clear that the number of spam attacks was high, but after some time, there was a decrease.
All time 195 spam blocked 10 21 2025 11 29 AM
4. Personal WordPress Test Site
The following graph shows statistics for my personal WordPress site, which I use for testing. The graph shows a steady increase, peaking in May and then declining.
All time 19 510 spam blocked 10 21 2025 11 19 AM
What Does This Tell Us?
Based on this data, I can draw the following conclusions: the number of spam attacks does not show any trend, other than a possible seasonal factor.
The number of spam attacks may not be linear from month to month or even from day to day. At some points, there may be more, at others, fewer. A low-traffic site like my test site can receive a much higher number of spam attacks than a site with more traffic, a larger number of articles, and a higher search engine ranking.
What I did next?
Now let’s talk about how a user can evaluate the difference between the amount of spam a client sees while using an anti-spam service and when the license expires.
First, as you can see on our new site, the number of spam attacks increases as it gets added to spam lists.
Second, when a client installs the CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin, we have the SpamFireWall option. This option blocks spammers before they reach the site.
CleanTalk Anti Spam Dashboard 10 21 2025 11 20 AM
As you can see from this table, we currently receive 12-14 spam attacks per day. These requests can be found, for example, in the spam folder on their site. On average, there were 57 spam attacks per week, and SpamFireWall (SFW) blocked another 350.
Then, I disabled SFW, and the number of spam attacks reaching the website form immediately increased to 120 on average. So, we see that when using SFW, 50% of spam attacks reach the website and forms, and the remaining spam attacks were stopped by SFW and simply didn’t reach the website.
Therefore, when assessing the amount of spam, we must also take into account the portion of SFW traffic that simply didn’t reach the website forms. You can track statistics for your sites in the Trends section of the ClanTalk Dashboard.
To summarize
The number of spam attacks is not constant and can be higher or lower. Also, when using SFW, you only see a portion of the spam reaching the forms on your website. Having or not having a CleanTalk license doesn’t affect the number of spam attacks.
The CleanTalk Research team has identified a critical vulnerability in the popular WP Statistics plugin (versions up to and including 14.15.3), which is installed on over 600,000 WordPress websites. The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), leading to administrative session hijacking, admin panel compromise, and potential code execution on the underlying server OS.
This Unauthenticated Stored XSS vulnerability operates through the HTTP User-Agent header. Attackers can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the WordPress admin panel, enabling them to steal session tokens and nonces, escalate privileges, create administrator accounts, and potentially expand access to the operating system if additional attack vectors are available. Most critically, no authentication is required—a single HTTP request is sufficient, making mass automated exploitation trivial.
The WP Statistics development team has released a security update addressing this vulnerability. Website administrators are strongly urged to update WP Statistics to the latest version immediately.
The CleanTalk Research team specializes in identifying and responsibly disclosing vulnerabilities in popular WordPress plugins and themes. We continue to actively audit plugins and publish technical reports on newly discovered vulnerabilities.
CleanTalk Security Plugin automatically scans your plugins for known vulnerabilities. The plugin monitors the versions of all your installed plugins and themes and immediately alerts you if a vulnerability is detected in one. As soon as a problem is detected (like with WP Statistics), you receive a notification.
We love sharing feedback from our users — and today’s story comes from Robin from WP Guru.
CleanTalk has been a lifesaver for my client’s website on countless occasions. As someone managing SEO-driven lead generation sites and WooCommerce stores, having a reliable solution to combat spam has been an essential part of the development process.
CleanTalk has not only helped me block spam comments and leads, but it has also been instrumental in preventing bots from creating fake orders. This has saved both me and my clients a significant amount of time and hassle.
We’d like to thank Robin and WP Guru for trusting CleanTalk to protect their projects and sharing their experience with the community.
WordPress Developer Sydney WP Guru 10 09 2025 05 01 PM
On October 2, a technical error caused our system to send duplicate copies of the Security Report email to some users of our Security Service for Websites.
In a few cases, the same report was sent multiple times.
3668 Security Issues Have Been Blocked
We identified and fixed the issue within a few hours, but unfortunately, the duplicate emails had already been delivered.
We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.
Our team has implemented additional safeguards to ensure this does not happen again.
According to CleanTalk BlackLists, this address has:
Attacked over 10,000 websites
Generated approximately 6,420 spam requests every day
Used multiple IP addresses from Russia
First detected on July 2, 2025
Last activity recorded: September 18, 2025
This bot attempts to exploit website forms — both contact forms and comment sections, using automated messages that appear to inquire about pricing but are actually spam attempts.
Common Spam Messages Used: The bot sends messages in multiple languages, pretending to ask for pricing information:
“Hi, roeddwn i eisiau gwybod eich pris.” (Welsh — I wanted to know your price)
“Hi, მინდოდა ვიცოდე თქვენი ფასი.” (Georgian — I wanted to know your price)
“Ola, quería saber o seu prezo.” (Galician — I wanted to know your price)
“Hi, i write about price for reseller”
These phrases are repeated across multiple websites, and the messages appear to be legitimate business inquiries, but they are part of an automated spam campaign targeting contact forms on thousands of websites.
Here is a snapshot from CleanTalk’s logs: “535 requests per hour detected from multiple Russian IP addresses. All actions associated with spam form submissions and bot-like behavior using fake pricing inquiry messages.”
irinademenkova86 gmail com Email spam report 09 18 2025 10 14 AM
How to Block Spam from irinademenkova86@attacker
If you’re seeing traffic or spam submissions from this email, here’s how to stop it:
Use CleanTalk Anti-Spam Plugin Install the CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin for your CMS (WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, etc.). It automatically filters requests by checking emails, IPs, and behavior against the global CleanTalk Spam Database. This email is already blacklisted and will be blocked automatically by the plugin.
2. Use CleanTalk BlockLists or Manually Block Spam Sources
Add ir**************@***il.com to your site’s manual blocklist.
Block IP addresses commonly used in attacks (CleanTalk logs show many from Russian IP ranges).
Use the CleanTalk IP/Email BlockLists Database, which includes up-to-date records of known spam email addresses and IPs. This database is updated hourly and you can integrate into your website or server for spam filtering.
**************@***il.com“>ir**************@***il.com is a known spammer attacking thousands of sites daily with fake pricing inquiries. By installing proper anti-spam protection like CleanTalk and staying vigilant, you can block these threats before they reach your contact forms or comment sections.
If you’re already using CleanTalk, rest assured — this spammer is on the blacklist and will be filtered automatically.
We are happy to share feedback from one of our clients — Thomas, the owner of climatechangedispatch.com
Great support, even better spam killer
I was using Akismet for WordPress for years until I found Cleantalk. I got an email from Automaticc, which owns Akismet and Jetpack, stating that because I had some ads on my site, I had to pay a ridiculous amount of money. They gave me 30 days. I switched to Cleantalk as it was cheaper, and the difference was amazing. Not only did it catch spam, but the personal blacklists are a timesaver. No more hits or misses from imprecise wording in the Discussion settings. And the support is absolutely superb. The few times I’ve needed them, they were prompt and fantastic. The firewall and bot-crawler features are also a timesaver. Did you know that auto-bots crawl your site and slow it down? I’m talking spammy bots looking for email addies. This plugin stops them. And also prevents spam after spam from getting through via rate limiting. Try it out, and I swear you will rarely, if ever, have to get rid of spam manually. It’s that good!
We thank Thomas for his detailed feedback and trust in CleanTalk. It’s always a pleasure to hear that our service helps clients protect their websites and save time.
With this new integration, Calculated Fields Form users can now activate CleanTalk Anti-Spam directly from their form settings. This means:
✅ No CAPTCHAs needed – CleanTalk works invisibly in the background ✅ Protects all form types – From simple contact forms to complex calculators ✅ Real-time spam detection – Advanced algorithms identify spam submissions instantly ✅ 99.998% accuracy – Industry-leading spam detection rates ✅ Easy setup – Enable protection with just a few clicks
Spam submissions can:
Waste valuable time reviewing fake inquiries
Skew your analytics and reporting
Fill your inbox with irrelevant messages
Impact your email deliverability rates
Create security risks for your business
With CleanTalk protection built directly into Calculated Fields Form, you can focus on creating powerful calculated forms while we handle the spam protection behind the scenes.
Calculated Fields Form ‹ Plugins Themes and News — WordPress 09 05 2025 10 27 AM
About the Partnership We’re thrilled to work with the Calculated Fields Form team to bring this native integration to their users. The integration leverages CleanTalk’s powerful cloud-based anti-spam technology while maintaining the user-friendly experience that Calculated Fields Form users expect.
Questions or Need Help? Our support team is ready to help you get started with CleanTalk protection for your Calculated Fields Form, su*****@*******lk.org or open a ticket here https://cleantalk.org/my/support/open.
Protect your calculated forms today with CleanTalk Anti-Spam – because your business deserves spam-free form submissions.
In the world of automation and AI chatbots, live technical support is becoming a real premium service. When you have a question about setting up anti-spam protection or need to understand how the service works, the last thing you want is to explain your problem to a robot that gives standard answers from the knowledge base.
Live people instead of soulless bots
While most companies are transferring their first line of support to automated systems, CleanTalk is going against the trend. Our technical support is live people from the first second of the request. No multi-level menus, virtual assistants or attempts to “reformulate the question for the bot”.
Why is this important for an anti-spam service?
It would seem that there is only one problem – the form blocks users. But the solutions can be radically different depending on how exactly this form is created and integrated into the site. Just look at the number of direct integrations that we had to do – each requires its own approach. The automatic system will give a standard answer “check the settings”, and a live specialist will understand the specifics of your configuration.
Experience that cannot be replaced by algorithms
The average length of service of our technical support team is 6 years. During this time, people have encountered a variety of situations:
Non-standard hosting settings
Rare plugin conflicts
Features of various CMS
Specific business requirements
When a person has been working with a product for several years, he already intuitively understands which direction to dig in. This saves time and nerves for all participants in the process.
Knowledge of the product in detail
Our specialists do not read ready-made scripts from the knowledge base. Everyone understands all aspects of CleanTalk:
How Spam FireWall works
Features of integration with different plugins
Working with the API and setting up web hooks
Diagnosing problems through log analysis
Configuring exceptions for specific tasks
Anti-Spam Algorithms
Payment details
As a result, one person can bring the problem to an end without transferring you between different departments.
Live dialogue solves more
In the era of chatbots, human communication has become a rarity. But live dialogue gives what no automation can:
A specialist understands the context of the problem, even if you described it not very accurately
You can ask clarifying questions and get an answer
An experienced person can suggest the cause based on indirect signs
If necessary, you can adapt a standard solution to your situation
Not just performers, but participants in the process
Our support staff do not sit in a separate call center and do not work according to rigid scripts. They actively participate in the development of the product:
Analyze common user problems
Analyze clients requests feedback for anti-spam
Suggest improvements based on feedback
Test new versions and integrations
Help create documentation and instructions
Therefore, when a client contacts us, a specialist thinks not only “how to solve this specific problem”, but also “how to make sure there are fewer such problems”.
We work ahead of the curve
The standard approach of many support services is to get as much information as possible from the client, and then start to figure it out. We do the opposite. After receiving a request, the specialist immediately:
Checks your account settings
Analyzes logs for the recent period
Looks for possible causes of the problem
Prepares several possible solutions
As a result, you receive an answer not in the style of “send a screenshot of the problem”, but with specific suggestions on what to do.
Why is this especially important for anti-spam
An antispam system is not just a plugin that you install and forget about. It is a complex product that:
Integrates with dozens of different forms and plugins Depends on server settings and hosting features Requires a balance between spam protection and user convenience May work differently on different sites
Such tasks require an individual approach. You need a specialist who can quickly understand your specific situation and find the best solution.
As a result
The result of this approach is a qualitatively different level of support:
Problems are solved faster, because time is not wasted on “pumping” through different levels The solutions are more accurate, because the specifics of a particular case are taken into account Customers receive not only a solution to the current problem, but also recommendations for the future
Live technical support is not an additional service, but a part of our product. Because good spam protection is not only the right algorithms, but also people who will help to adjust these algorithms to your tasks.
You can contact our support team by email at su*****@*******lk.org or create a support ticket at https://cleantalk.org/my/support.
According to CleanTalk BlackLists, this address has:
Attacked over 10,000 websites
Generated approximately 2,160 spam requests in the last 24 hours
Used Russian IP addresses to send requests
First detected on March 19, 2025
Last activity recorded: July 18, 2025
What Does This Spam Bot Do?
This bot attempts to register accounts, submit forms, and post comments on websites using the email ze**********@***il.com. The activity is fully automated and intended to spread spam or malicious links. This can:
Clutter your website with junk content
Expose your visitors to phishing or malware
Harm your SEO and domain reputation
Here is a snapshot from CleanTalk’s logs:
“2160 requests in 24 hours detected from multiple Russian IP addresses. All actions associated with spam form submissions and bot-like behavior.”
zekisuquc419 gmail com Email spam report 07 21 2025 10 48 AM
How to Block Spam from ze**********@***il.com
If you’re seeing traffic or spam submissions from this email, here’s how to stop it:
1. Use CleanTalk Anti-Spam Plugin Install the CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin for your CMS (WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, etc.). It automatically filters requests by checking emails, IPs, and behavior against the global CleanTalk Spam Database.
This email is already blacklisted and will be blocked automatically by the plugin.
2. Manually Block the Email (if needed) If you want to block it manually in addition to using CleanTalk:
Add ze**********@***il.com to your site’s block list.
Block common IPs that were used in attacks (CleanTalk logs show many from Russian ranges).
Monitor your server logs for repetitive POST requests.
**********@***il.com“>ze**********@***il.com is a known spammer attacking thousands of sites daily. By installing proper anti-spam protection like CleanTalk and staying vigilant, you can block these threats before they reach your visitors.
If you’re already using CleanTalk, rest assured — this spammer is on the blacklist and will be filtered automatically.
