[kh99]

Reserved

[CharlieDelta]

Very nice. Just in time to it seems.

[ForceHSS]

Is this something like the spammers suck mod that is now in the graveyard

[kh99]

Originally Posted by CharlieDelta

Very nice. Just in time to it seems.

Thanks. And yes, it's not a coincidence. I created this one because the author of a similar mod decided to remove his.

Originally Posted by ForceHSS

Is this something like the spammers suck mod that is now in the graveyard

Yes, it works the same way.

[tareqbd]

This is really great. Vbulletin forum owners common stress bot registration may have an end by this mod.
Thank you.

[ForceHSS]

Originally Posted by kh99

Thanks. And yes, it's not a coincidence. I created this one because the author of a similar mod decided to remove his.





Yes, it works the same way.

Thanks installed

[Lionel]

that's great. The other mod stops 80 spammers daily. Use it in conjunction with Q&A.
This one requires no template edit and gives more options

[kh99]

Originally Posted by Lionel

Use it in conjunction with Q&A.

Good suggestion. We use Q&A (on my site, not vbulletin.org) and never had any problems. But I wanted to (re)create this mod because other people find Q&A isn't effective.

[kh99]

There's an update because I found a bug while working on other features. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Edit: BTW, have people confirmed that this is working for them?

[djbaxter]

Originally Posted by kh99

There's an update because I found a bug while working on other features. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Edit: BTW, have people confirmed that this is working for them?

Definitely working for me. Recommend increasing the limit to 20 seconds from the default 15 though - several obvious spambots being caught at 17, 18 seconds on 4 forums where I'm using it.

[kh99]

Thanks. I'll increase the default to 20 in future releases.

And thanks for the confirmation. I kind of rushed out the update because I wasn't sure what effect the bug might have had, but if it was working for you then the answer is that it wasn't having any effect.

[Lionel]

bots always pick the first answer in required profile field. So one question is Are you a spammer?

yes
no

and they all pick up yes. That bans them automatically

suggestion. Why not add IP in database and also check IP when registering?

[kh99]

Originally Posted by Lionel

bots always pick the first answer in required profile field. So one question is Are you a spammer?

yes
no

and they all pick up yes. That bans them automatically

That's a good tip. Is there a mod that does the banning?

suggestion. Why not add IP in database and also check IP when registering?

I'm not sure what you mean - can you elaborate on that?

[Lionel]

No I just added it manually in global_bootstrap_init_start

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I ask them which version of vb they are using? but that's specific to my site

0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
and they all pick up 0
and for banned IP, once banned I insert IP in a custom table and at registration:
And I verify that IP at registration register_addmember_process

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I stop 80 to 150 bots daily and sort of solve that plague