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[IPB]Getting control over Automated Bots & Spammers

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Hey guys,
I`m facing this problem since a week.

One User come up validated & posts a spam post about advertising that Viagra & almost everything...

I`ve changed my reCaptcha API but it`s still the same.

Link to my forum: http://sourceparadise.com/

Can anyone suggest me a way to get control over that spamming bot ?
I`m not 100% sure but It`s spamming bot I think.

Adding custom Question-Answers will help me or I need to do something else ?
 
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They are random guys...
I`ve got around 50 users, most of em are having gmail & all of em are having diferent IPs.

Isnt it possible to block that scripts using reCaptcha ?
I mean I dont know how they guys are bypassing it... :|

Anyone else ?
 
Yes enable questions and answers but also activate the Spam Service in the Acp! Acp/tab System/System Settings/tab members/Spam Service. Works flawless for me anyway. ;)

Good luck...


/UpNorth
 
Since recaptcha was broken random questions are the only way to go. Just dont put math questions or ones that have answer written inside question itself.
 
Well here are a couple suggesstions. When banning make sure you ban everything you know about them.Username..ip..email(s).then delete them.. make sure you use IP deny in Cpanel. Then do yourself a favor and require they need to have a valid email You can display that . Make your questions unique on registration and get the mod for stopforumspam. You can get that at IPB source.
I had to learn the same lesson... and now ... Nothing at all. Good Luck
 
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