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Rename register.php by BOP5
Developer Last Online: Dec 2020 
Brought to you by BirdOPrey5 / Qapla.com
It's great when you stop spam bots during registration but this mod gives you a chance to stop them BEFORE they even attempt to register. I have received multiple reports from people who say their "register.php" was getting hammered with spam requests- so much so it was like a denial of service attack. Even if they disabled registration they would waste so much resources their site was slow or worse- had to be taken offline. What this mod does is allow you to rename the register.php file- my theory is many of the vBulletin spamming bots are hard coded to look for register.php. Using a unique name will throw them off, at least for a while. To manually change the name of register.php would have meant dozens, maybe hundreds of manual edits to files and templates previously. This mod makes it as simple as possible. At worst you will need to edit 2 phrases and 1 file, and some people don't need to edit anything at all. Compatible with VB 3.8.x (and 3.7, and 3.6 probably too) and all VB 4.x.x versions. Basic Instructions 1) Import XML File 2) Go to mod settings in Admin CP 3) Rename your register.php file via FTP or some other means- make it a unique value but only use basic letters, numbers, underscores, or hyphens. Something like "joeregister999.php" 4) In the mod settings, set the value of register.php to the new file name you chose. 5) If you require email verification during registration follow the next setting in the Admin CP and edit the phrases listed (activateaccount and activateaccount_chnage phrases in Email Body) 6) Finally, if you use Facebook Connect on your forum make the manual file edit of class_bootstrap.php as instructed. Now enjoy your new filename for register.php, I hope it reduces server load and spam in general. ------------------------------------------------------ Please "Mark as Installed" if you use this.  Donations always appreciated.  Nominate MOTM if you LOVE it!  ---- Note- if having problems sending activation codes or other Admin CP related activities use the solution in post #197. Download Now Only licensed members can download files, Click Here for more information. Screenshots
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#211
11 Jan 2015, 23:51
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Noticed a error within the mod. If you leave the New File Name For register.php setting blank, to disable the mod, you get a bunch of these errors on the online.php page.
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12 Jan 2015, 00:13
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Originally Posted by ozzy47
Thanks.
In the mean time users should either disable the mod via the Product Manager or if you want go to Plugin Manager, edit the Location Fix plugin. Erase everything that is there and paste this in its place:
Will make the change in the next update.
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#213
12 Jan 2015, 00:16
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Good stuff Joe, works just fine now.
Thanks for the quick update.
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#214
12 Jan 2015, 07:44
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So is that the (patched) code or just a (for now) fix? ...
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#215
12 Jan 2015, 11:23
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You need to manually make the changes for now, the product is not updated.
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#216
12 Jan 2015, 14:53
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Ok good stuff ... thanks ozzy ...
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#217
13 Jan 2015, 00:29
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Not a problem.
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#218
02 May 2015, 15:24
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Ciao BirdOPrey5
When I change the two instances in class_bootstrap.php the forum does not charge the index. Returning to the original class_bootstrap.php everything works with vb 4.2.1 Obviously I also renamed the file register.php. What am I doing wrong? I followed your guide "Rename register.php by BOP5 Readme.txt" three times, but the same problem Thanks No members have liked this post.
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#219
02 May 2015, 16:54
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The file changes are only required for Facebook Connect to work correctly- it doesn't change any index- can you explain what you mean by changing an index?
Installing the mod and enabling it is what changes the register.php link in the forum code, and a few phrase edits to change the URL in emails.
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#220
12 Feb 2019, 15:15
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Well, nuts I thought this would get the Spam bots off my server for at least a little while. They found the new registration page in a matter of hours.
I used a very random URL and they still found it. Someone must have gotten it manually. So Im using Spam-O-Matic and that catches nearly all these ******. I rarely get a spam post so that's good. I'm just trying to get the bots off my server. Any ideas? They hit the registration page every few seconds. No members have liked this post.
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#221
12 Feb 2019, 15:26
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Are you certain you deleted (or renamed) register.php and didn't make a copy of it under a new name? If register.php still exists it will work even if you aslo have a page like dshsah23h2.php to register on.
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#222
12 Feb 2019, 15:28
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You may want to disable registration completely and use my "Really Fast Registration" mod in its place, that will be a significant change for the spam bots to overcome. Only downside is registration needs to be very basic, no custom questions.
https://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=301283
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#223
12 Feb 2019, 15:42
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Wow, thanks for the fast response.
Im sure its changed. I used a password generator with numbers, letters, uppercase, and lowercase to get about a 14 character random URL then renamed the old one via FTP. Register.php just 404's now. Do you think there is any chance the cache in the spambot is till allowing it access? Long shot but maybe. As for the quick registration, I'm concerned it will not work with my spam plugin. Like I said it catches 99.9 of the bots. All I'm trying to accomplish now is to get the bots off the server. Hitting it every few seconds is really adding to my load. No members have liked this post.
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#224
12 Feb 2019, 18:51
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I don't know... Is there at least a temporary delay when you rename the registration page before the spam registrations start again? If not I wonder if it is possible there is a backdoor on your forum being exploited for registrations. One way to check would be to turn off registrations for a bit and confirm no new people register.
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#225
12 Feb 2019, 20:13
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Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5
It was about a 4 hour delay but that's a good ideal I'm going to try turning it off the rest of today and see what happens. I'll post back. No members have liked this post.
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