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[GlowHost] Spam-O-Matic - Spam Firewall stops forum spam
Developer Last Online: May 2013
If you install this mod, please mark this as "Installed."
VERSION 2.1.0 RELEASED 1/10/2013! About Spam-O-Matic 2.1.0: Spam-O-Matic 2.1.0 (SOM) is a spam firewall for your vBulletin Forums version 4.x and later. It prevents known spammers from registering on your forums. If they can't register, they can't spam! Languages Packs Available English German - Courtesy of Alex@bulletin (included in zip) Romanian - Coutesy of Teascu Dorin's (as a download below) How it Works This data responsible for blocking user registrations comes from the stopforumspam.com (SFS) spammer database. After the user who is trying to register passes the built-in vBulletin registration checks which you have configured in your vBulletin settings, SOM then checks the SFS database to see if the IP, username, or email address that the user is trying to register with has been recently tagged as a known spam source on other forums around the Internet. Also can be configured to check the Akismet service for known comment spam. This is without a doubt, one of the most important mods that you will be using on your forum. Other Notable Stuff It also does a ton of other cool stuff like moderating posts automatically if the post is found in the Akismet database, or if it contains words on your "Bad Words" keyword list which can be configured within the mod itself. The mod WORKS with vBulletin's new Facebook integration. This module works with all of the Facebook functions that are built into the vB4 series. Similar mods do not handle Facebook integration completely. This module has the ability to submit new spammer details to the StopForumSpam or Akismet databases automatically, all without any new templates or manual template modifications! ![]() This means other forums that are running Spam-O-Matic will not have the same spammer on their forums if you have (automatically) reported the spammer to the SFS database. Just install the product in the product manager, upload a few files, configure the system and you are done. (Estimated time: 5-10 minutes) What's new in 2.1.0:
Feature List:
A) StopForumSpam: The StopForumSpam Module lets you:
NOTE: You should use some sort of human verification checking in vBulletin's built-in options to limit the number of requests to the already heavily-loaded StopForumSpam database servers. This will also prevent additional load because SOM will not have to do anything if the bot/spammer fails preliminary registration validation which is built-into vBulletin itself. It is completely invisible to humans who are registering that this process is taking place. Bots are stopped dead in their tracks. If a spammer is able to sneak past the first line of defense, and manages to post, then there are secondary, tertiary, and, uh...4th level protections too! B) Auto-Moderation: Auto Moderation lets you:
Spammers that make it past the StopForumSpam and Auto-Moderation will be checked against the Akismet service. If they manage to make a post, and then are found on Akismet, they can be auto-moderated. The Akismet settings let you:
Should you decide to enable this option, you can create a new usergroup and then tell Spam-O-Matic about it. Once SOM knows about this usergroup, and once enabled, all new users will be part of the Newbies group. The idea here is that you make a Newbies group that has limited forum permissions. For example, no signatures, no BB code, no images, and etc. This group is created completely in the vB admincp. Spam-O-Matic simply makes it the graduation process to the normal Registered Users group, automatic. Learn More and Discuss the Newbies Manager here. Punitive Actions: If you find a spammer has made it past your 4 front-lines of defense, and has managed to post on your forum, then you can help the community... The spammer's details can be sent to the Stop Forum Spam and Akismet databases automatically, preventing them from registering or posting on other forums. When other forums do the same, the protection is reciprocated. Simply moderate a post and choose the option to "Delete Posts As Spam..." an then choose the option to "Ban User." Banning the user sends their details to either Akismet, StopForumSpam, (or both) depending on how you set it up. API Keys: API Keys are not required for this system to stop spammers on your forums. But you should obtain them so that your forum can contribute to the real-time block lists. A StopForumSpam API key is required if you want to contribute to the StopForumSpam blacklists by adding your spammers to their database. By submitting spammers you help keep other forums and blogs clean. An Akismet API key is required if you want to enable any Akismet auto-moderation features in this module. Akismet API key is not required for all Auto-Moderation functions. You can obtain a Stop Forum Spam API key which is free from stopforumspam.com. Get your StopForumSpam API Key Here You can obtain an Akismet API key from Akismet.com. Akismet offers free and paid API keys so choose your version based on your situation. Get your Akismet API Key Here Why it is better than the other anti-spam solutions on vBulletin.org:
Compatibility: vBulletin 4.0.x Server Requirements: Curl or allow_url_fopen must be compiled/enabled into PHP. Ask your web host to enable curl or allow_url_fopen if it is not already available on your server's PHP configuration. (Or just host with GlowHost, where it already is ![]() ===================== Donations: If you like this mod, sure, you can donate! Donations can be all sorts of things: 1) The "Give Thanks" option in your settings is an optional link back to GlowHost Web Hosting. 2) Tell your friends and others about this mod. 3) If you are in need of web hosting, please consider ordering it from the hosting and development professionals at GlowHost.com who were able to develop this mod to you. 4) Help others who are having trouble with this mod by posting tips and suggestions in this forum thread. 5) Cash! Use the "Support Developer" option on the top right of this page. When you choose to donate, you are contributing to the product development, bug fixes and new releases for SOM and are helping to feed our hungry developers and their families! In other words, your donations helps to cover the time and money spent to develop this system. The entire team at GlowHost thanks you for your help and support! We hope you enjoy the mod! ![]() ===================== Installation: 1) Download the attached file 2) Mark As Installed 3) SOM 2.x does not support updates from the v1.x series. When upgrading to version 2.x, please, be sure to remove any other existing version of SOM 1.x from the product manager before installing v2.x series. Also make sure to remove /forum/includes/xml/bitfield_glowhostspamomatic.xml from version 1 if you had it installed. 4) Extract the zip file, and view the readme file for the rest of the instructions. ===================== Original concept credits go to the authors of vBStopForumSpam, MonkeyStop. Download Now Only licensed members can download files, Click Here for more information. Screenshots Show Your Support
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Originally Posted by MediaHound
Blogs are not checked with this plugin it does need updated as you cant even send the spammer info to spam o matic forums
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#1862
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#1863
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I've integrated my WP with vB. A thread is made in vB for every post in make in WordPress. If I add the usergroup which automatically makes threads in vB as an exception in Spam-O-Matic, will it allow them to make threads or no?
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#1864
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This is really awesome. I love this mod.
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#1865
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Best mod I ever used....was getting 50 spambot signups a day....now 0 for last 4 months now
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#1866
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Hi,
I love the mod, it's an absolute Godsend in keeping malicious users out of my site. I'm running a board in Danish, and it doesn't exactly look good that Spam-O-Matic is the only thing not translated. I've been up and down the phrase variables, will I really have to modify the xml directly? A casual perusal seems to indicate that if I change the following:
That ought to do the trick? It just seems weird that a lot of the phrases are in the phrase manager, but not these crucial bits? Cheers! No members have liked this post.
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#1867
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I have been getting database error reports since I installed this mod. Here is a recent example of the error:
Database error in vBulletin 4.2.0: Invalid SQL: INSERT HIGH_PRIORITY IGNORE INTO VB_glowhostspamomatic_remotecache(`date`, `data`, `is_spambot`, `field`) VALUES (now(), "Lauren_22", "0", "username");; MySQL Error : MySQL server has gone away Error Number : 2006 Request Date : Friday, July 27th 2012 @ 03:19:02 PM Error Date : Friday, July 27th 2012 @ 03:19:15 PM Script : http://www.sandboakeepers.com/register.php?do=addmember Referrer : http://www.sandboakeepers.com/register.php IP Address : 98.170.224.173 Username : Lauren_22 Classname : vB_Database MySQL Version : There is a different username and IP address for each error. Other than this, the mod seems to be working correctly. No members have liked this post.
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Originally Posted by sandboa
Server has gone away thing u need to talk to ur host about this
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#1869
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I would like to change the
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apologies if it is in here somewhere but I just haven't the patience to go through the 125 pages on this thread to see if anyone has asked before..
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#1871
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You should really scroll up just five inches..
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#1872
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Thanks, I did see that but didn't realise mucking about with that would do the trick
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#1874
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Yes thanks, I just wanted to change it to 'Spam statistics'
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#1875
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Great, then I can muck about with it myself. I was too worried about doing it on my live board, and setting up a test just for that seemed slightly.. excessive.
I really think this should be added to the phrase manager though, now it'll just be in Danish on my site, whereas it's always been multi-lingual previously. No members have liked this post.
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