I'm no programmer, so I'm not sure on how the process works with the removal of spambots. But yes, they can be removed.

I'm not sure what you were getting at with your second question. I assume you mean that they're browsing all over the sites. I'm going to have to say no, the only place I see them spam is on the forums and here on Balto Source.

Oh okay,now I get it. Is there anyway to get rid of spambots,or are they continuously moving on the site(s)?

Correct, it's something that shouldn't be happening. But since Steet's coding on this site is like swiss cheese, spambots and hackers get through very easily.

That makes sense, and I made a mistake about spambots,saying they were people LAWL! Sorry about that, and this seems like this normally wouldn't happen, or would it?

I would have presumed this was relatively common knowledge by now. However...

Most "bots" are innocent; also called "spiders", they're designed to crawl the internet looking for content...either for commercial purposes or for browsers to seek, categorize and rank web content. To wit:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_crawler

But for every innocent program or process, there is a malicious one created--by hackers and geeks with no freaking lives and, unfortunately, with an excess of programming knowledge--with the same general parameters, but solely to cause misery. "Spambots" are malicious in design and intent. They're only purpose is to find security leaks in websites, e-mail systems, etc. in order to post spam, pop-up ads, and even more malicious material. There is nothing good about them. And while they are usually easily guarded against, and there are plenty of programs out there designed to protect websites, it would seem steet doesn't care much about updating the very inadequate security of a site he still claims as his, even though he doesn't seem to give it very much thought or concern anymore.

They're annoying enough on their own...but what's even more annoying is when noob members of this site (or even well-meaning and generally more level-headed young newbies) think that they can reply to a spambot and wag a remonstrative finger at it, and it will somehow see it, respond and learn from the experience. Spambots aren't alive, and their designers NEVER see these reply comments. Ever. Replying to them or even "white knighting" about them, with the hopes that they will see and stop their activities, is a ridiculous waste of time and effort.

More on spambots:

http://searchexchange.techtarget.com/definition/spambot

Who exactly creates these "spambots"? And how about the other bots in this website? There are not "spambots" too right?

Guys, spambots are not human. There is a big difference between that and a troll. A spambot is nothing more than a spider programmed to spam websites with useless junk. A troll on the other hand is a person who gets a thrill out of causing chaos.

Oh my gosh! This is different, but this person is............mean!!!!!!

Kiana: Why it happened? Some people have nothing better to do with their lives. How it happened? They typed a bunch of random stuff where you type your question and submitted it.

What??!!! A spambot!!!!! Why or how did this happen?