A banned member can still log in, but they can't actually DO anything with the site. They'll just get "you don't have permission to do that" sort of message no matter what they do. About all they can do is fill out the "Contact Us" form.
Those names that keep popping up in pink are spammers. I believe we keep seeing those names over and over again because they're set up on some automated system that logs them into each forum they're registered to. Whoever created them in the first place probably doesn't know or care that they can't actually post anything. Danged spammers are the bane of the Internet. Worse than trolls, in my opinion.
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