and what about when there is no anchor text in the link ? eg. paypal image button
2011/10/14 <dar...@chaosreigns.com>: > Existing rule: > > rawbody __SPOOFED_URL m/<a\s[^>]{0,2048}\bhref=(?:3D)?.?(https?:[^>"'\# > ]{8,29}[^>"'\# > :\/?&=])[^>]{0,2048}>(?:[^<]{0,1024}<(?!\/a)[^>]{1,1024}>){0,99}\s{0,10}(?!\1)https?[^\w<]{1,3}[^<]{5}/i > > > How about this, to only check for a changed domain part instead? > > rawbody SPOOFED_URL_DOMAIN > /<a\s[^>]{0,2048}\bhref=(?:3D)?.?(https?:\/\/?[^\/>"'\# > ]{8,29})[^>]{0,2048}>(?:[^<]{0,1024}<(?!\/a)[^>]{1,1024}>){0,99}\s{0,10}(?!\1)https?[^\w<]{1,3}[^<]{5}/i > > It matches this: > > <a href="http://www.chaosreigns.com/">http://www.example.com</a> > > But does not match this (example from actual non-spam): > > <a > href="http://www.jr.com/tracking?ord_q_num=105725494&ord_q_zip=03076">http://www.jr.com/tracking</a> > > > A very simplified form of this new one: > > rawbody SPOOFED_URL_DOMAIN /<a href="(https?:\/\/[^\/">]+)[^>]*>(?!\1)http/i > > That "(?!\1)" bit is nice and fancy. It means "not what was in the first > set of parentheses). In the perlre man page: "A zero-width negative > look-ahead assertion." > > -- > "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, > hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." > - Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) > http://www.ChaosReigns.com >