NoSpam! - an alternative to CAPTCHA images

[g00gl3r]

I've installed this and although I've enabled it and have added a few questions/answers it doesn't seem to be active on the registration page. I checked the troubleshooting doc and it said to add the $code to the register template and still it doesn't seem to be working.

I do have the toptions in the admin panel but it's not showing on the registrations page.

Can you help?

[g00gl3r]

Here's a screenshot... I even tried to edit those templates like it says in the troubleshooting but Nospam still won't appear...:o I'm clueless..:confused:

I too have nothng showing. I'm on 3.6.1

[g00gl3r]

OK sorted.

If you are logged in and have the otpion to have multiple accounts then click register to check if it's working. It doesn't show. But if you log out and then re-open your forums then click register it's there!

Sorted :)

[antiekeradio]

is there still development going on with this plugin??

i would really like to have a version in which you can set question/answer sets per installed language....

[Stifmeister2]

OK sorted.

If you are logged in and have the otpion to have multiple accounts then click register to check if it's working. It doesn't show. But if you log out and then re-open your forums then click register it's there!

Sorted :)
Oh yeah works for me too.

Still if antialiasis could make it work without logging out and re-opening forums it would be even better. :)

[killa101]

Hey all. I have had this mod installed for a few months now and as I just came across this thread again I thought I would stop in to say that this is by far the best anti-spam system ever. NoSpam! pretty much makes captcha obsolete. My boards used to have major spam problems until I installed this and it solved my problems completely.

Cheers to antialiasis for an excellent mod. Keep up the good work man.

[slinky]

Unfortunately this doesn't work so well for me unless I get rid of almost the entire spam list and just include [url in it. Even if I set it for 1 post or 3 posts it still snags users with 100 posts. If I have a lot of terms in the catch it will snag dozens of posts and make the board come to a standstill. Anyone else have this challenge?

[ajenterp]

Hi Guys...

Where do I put the file to import? I have it sitting on my desktop right now... do I have to place it in a certain folder before I import it through the Admin CP?

[valdet]

This is a great add-on to confront the bots.

Can you put in an extra feature just like in phpBB, where you can insert a picture in the question field..?
Look at these two screenshots.

http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/t668948_antibot2.jpg (http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i668948_antibot2.jpg)

http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/t668947_antibot1.jpg (http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i668947_antibot1.jpg)

Thanks..

[Mythor]

To make the registration page not require the nospam question be answered if a user is already registered, you can alter the following line via the Manage Products section.
Edit the "register_addmember_process" script, the following line:
if ($vbulletin->options['nospam_onoff'] AND $vbulletin->options['nospam_use_reg'])
Change to:
if ($vbulletin->options['nospam_onoff'] AND $vbulletin->options['nospam_use_reg'] AND !$vbulletin->userinfo['userid'])
And registered members should no longer have to enter an answer to the NoSpam question (they won't see the box either).

Note: I make no promises as to how effective/safe/workable this alteration is, do it at your own risk, etc. It seems to be the way the Contact Us script is set up so it should be okay, but I am by no means an expert. :)

Hopefully antialiasis will come back with a better solution.

[gobbly2100]

Oh WoW! This is amazing, I have not received even one little bit of spam on my fairly busy forum, great work! :up:

[Stifmeister2]

Hi Guys...

Where do I put the file to import? I have it sitting on my desktop right now... do I have to place it in a certain folder before I import it through the Admin CP?
No you can just import it from your own desktop. ;)

[axi]

Very very good hack, installed!

love the question scheme... :D

What colour is a pig?:Pink:black
What does water taste like:nothing
Are you a bot?:no

:p

[antiekeradio]

make up your own questions...

if everyone starts copying questions from each other they get easier to guess.

[derfelix]

make up your own questions...

if everyone starts copying questions from each other they get easier to guess.

LOL
I thought the point was a bot cannot guess questions!!!

Lets make a competition... set up a testboard.. with really difficult questions.. the first one to be able to login wins :D

But more seriously...
I thought of another additional way to confuse bots...

I assume bots do not read css..
So this is what i plan:

somewhere on the page.. i add a captcha image and an input field..
all packed in a div.. with style: visibility:hidden
if anybody writes anything in this field .. he is automatically banned..

to register the "NoSpam" field is the only required..

is that a good or a bad idea?

Felix

[Cedric_FP]

Great hack. Installed. I've been having a huge problem with spammers recently.

[gopherhockey]

I apologize as I am sure this has already been asked and answered, but I couldn't find it...

Does this hack remove the emails that we would get as a spammer is attempting to register?

We get the new user emails regardless of whether the new user has completed the email verification. This means the spammers aren't getting in, but we do get spammed by their registrations.

We have a few custom fields that we have people fill out - they seem to be filled out in the same pattern by these spammers, so I can only assume this is a bot. (like the question Biography: always has the answer "Man")

I want to have something that will stop even the emails from attempted registrations.

[Jill]

I installed the No Spam program 3 days ago and since installing it "which was very very easy" I am delighted to say that I have had not 1 spammer. Before installing it I was losing control. No matter what I did I was getting 8-10 spam post per day.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank You!

Jill

[Rumplestiltskin]

I've had this installed for a wee while now, and the last 4 days or so have started getting spammers signing up again. Any ideas?

[DementedMindz]

yeah same here so I just blocked proxies from my site with a mod on here. think they found a way around it pretty fast

[derfelix]

Yep same here. I get always lots of spams on each day so I thought that this hack will keep away those spam bots. So I came to the idea to close my forum. I think this is the best way to keep out those spam bots. Really bad, but I thought this hack helped :(

are you sure these are bots???? because there is no way of stopping humans..

[The Bish]

So I came to the idea to close my forum. I think this is the best way to keep out those spam bots. Really bad, but I thought this hack helped :(

Are you serious? How much thought did you put behind this statement? If you feel that this is a 100% fool proof way to stop SPAM you are kidding yourself. Those of you who are still getting SPAM Registers are getting them because they are people and not Bots. I have had this Mod installed for sometime now and have only been SPAM'd 3 times as opposed to all the time before the Mod. Therefore, and I am not alone, this Mod is well worth the price.... which is free by the way.

[DementedMindz]

Are you serious? How much thought did you put behind this statement? If you feel that this is a 100% fool proof way to stop SPAM you are kidding yourself. Those of you who are still getting SPAM Registers are getting them because they are people and not Bots. I have had this Mod installed for sometime now and have only been SPAM'd 3 times as opposed to all the time before the Mod. Therefore, and I am not alone, this Mod is well worth the price.... which is free by the way.

yeah very true it is but I know they were spam bots who had got past mine I installed https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=147280 and poof there went the spam bots not one since i have installed it which is over a week now when even with this mod installed I was getting them everyday.

[axi]

i forgot to come here and tell you all how happy i am with this hack. this hack is the best hack ever. it keeps my forums just about maintenance free...

i used get AT LEAST 2 bots joining per day..and thats AT LEAST no less.

It has been 2 weeks since i have installed this hack, and not a bot or spammer has joined.
i must say i am very very impressed with it!!

[axi]

are you sure these are bots???? because there is no way of stopping humans..


hahahaha for some reason i found that sentence very amusing.. the bot & human thing..i must be tired lol!

[MissKalunji]

I've had this installed for a wee while now, and the last 4 days or so have started getting spammers signing up again. Any ideas?

perhaps u need to always update ur images...if they study ur images they'll know each of them...and having a lot helps also i believe

[gopherhockey]

yeah very true it is but I know they were spam bots who had got past mine I installed https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=147280 and poof there went the spam bots not one since i have installed it which is over a week now when even with this mod installed I was getting them everyday.

We have a question in our registration process that asks for a Biography... bots are always answering "Man" to this question. Humans either skip it or enter random stuff.

When I first installed this hack the bots were done instantly.. 4 days passed without a one. Now they are back again.

My guess is that they have figured out a way around this. That or they are flat out guessing the answer to my quesitons, which I doubt. Or, these are humans who are using automated software to help the registration process (like autofill) so they are able to actually see the question and answer.

At any rate, it went from about 6 a day to 0 in 4 days (post install) to about 6 just today again. Bummer.

[antialiasis]

Phew, I haven't been on for a while.

Whoever asked for a feature to allow people to put images as the question: all you need to do is insert the HTML for an image as the question, as HTML will be parsed.

Everybody who has it installed and working but is still getting spam, I'm afraid this hack is logically 100% bot-proof until the day they create bots with flawless human intelligence, so if spammers are getting through, they are clearly human and impossible to stop with any sort of anti-spam system. (You could, of course, try to make more difficult questions - if, for example, all your questions are simple math problems, it is quite possible for bots to be programmed to pick up the numbers and mathematical operations from the string of text and enter the answer in a field, while if you ask random common-sense questions (and especially, if you own a specialized forum, answers that require some knowledge in a particular field that true members would have), they will be impossible for a bot to crack, and if they're difficult enough they might stop human spammers in their tracks as well, as they will not bother with spending time trying to Google the answer to the questions or something just to register at one forum.

The reason it is bot-proof (at least with decent questions) is that the answers to the questions are stored only on the server. From what I could understand of that other hack that will present the user with a choice of images, it offers very weak protection since the answer is in the filename of the image and all a bot programmer would need to do is be aware of this fact and make the bot extract the answer from the page when it is presented with the question. Here, there is no way to just retrieve the answer; it is all stored in the database, which the bot can't access, and the answer is never within the reach of anybody who does not actually know the answer to the question. Since bots do not have the artificial intelligence to be able to read a question, understand it and have the knowledge to answer it in more than some extremely limited cases (like the math questions mentioned above), it is impossible for them to get around it.

[IceFanatic]

Does this hack work on 3.6.7 PL1?

[Quantnet]

Does this hack work on 3.6.7 PL1?

works fine on mine

[gg_luna128]

How I can integrate this hack with the mobile skin from Mobile Device Style Assignment (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=130983)?

[Saviour]

works fine on mine

Did you have to do any editing...because, try as I may...I can't get the image to display.

I use Form Hack 4.0 and have made the integration changes. The form I want to use it on is not named "form"...it's named something else.

I also had the No Spam settings enabled - "Yes" and also enabled for guest posts.

The form I'm using is a link submission form I generated and allows all but Banned usergroups.

Needless to say...when installed...no question is displayed, but when I click submit on a blank form...I see the No Spam error message, but it doesn't conform to the rest of my forum pages.

I give up!

[lostgirl815]

When I first installed this hack the bots were done instantly.. 4 days passed without a one. Now they are back again. My guess is that they have figured out a way around this.

What kind of questions are you asking? That might matter. I'm sure by now they can be programmed to reply "four" when the question is "what's two plus two" or to type "four" when the question is, "type the word four."

I change my questions from time to time anyway, but none of them have the answer in the question and I haven't gotten a single bot registration that I'm aware of. And when I first started out I was getting about ten an hour. (Don't even know how they found me.)

[Saviour]

Installed on 3.6.7

Didn't work at first, needed to manually edit (otherwise unfettled) templates.

What edits did you make?

I use 3.6.7 PL1 with Form Hack 4.0 and have not been able to get this to work correctly. I can't get the question or the field to display.

I have Form Hack configured to allow all but Banned usergroups, so my form will be available to all who visit the form.

Once this hack is installed and you click "Submit" on a blank form, No Spam does try to validate the question and returns an error page that doesn't conform to the rest of my forum pages as far as style is concerned. ..just the error message text on a white background with a couple of navbar links.

Any help is appreciated...I don't have much hair left:)

Didn't have much to begin with...:D

[spankaveli]

i installed this on 3.6.5 and it's working beautifully!

[PoetJA-1975]

I need to turn off NoSpam for guest searches - Anyway to do that?
I've recently put up a search form like vB.org - so it's necessary that the search go through instead of going directly to the NoSpam error page.

Any help appreciated = Thanx!

Jacquii.

[PoetJA-1975]

Nevermind... Upgraded to version 3 of this brilliant mod!
Thanx very much ;)

Jacquii.

[spgoldman]

We have a question in our registration process that asks for a Biography... bots are always answering "Man" to this question. Humans either skip it or enter random stuff.

When I first installed this hack the bots were done instantly.. 4 days passed without a one. Now they are back again.

My guess is that they have figured out a way around this. That or they are flat out guessing the answer to my quesitons, which I doubt. Or, these are humans who are using automated software to help the registration process (like autofill) so they are able to actually see the question and answer.

At any rate, it went from about 6 a day to 0 in 4 days (post install) to about 6 just today again. Bummer.

Just use same technique spammers use. Form questions with combination of numbers, words, spaces and characters. Make sure they are human friendly, but at the same time squeezes the sweat out of the spammer, for example, twentyeight 'p lus' eight "minu s" 9 =...
make sure you have plenty of questions without dup answers. They need to be a numeric value, so users don't have to guess the format.:D

[Quantnet]

Did you have to do any editing...because, try as I may...I can't get the image to display.
I give up!
I had this working since 3.6.4
I upgraded to 3.6.7PL1 and it's still working...i haven't checked since.

Asides from a few human spammer, i have ZERO bot since installed this.

[nervous]

Thanks for this hack.installed!!

[DiscussNASCAR]

I too am getting them again. I am sure they are bots because I have a required field (zipcode) and they ALWAYS enter HTTP: (5 letters, because I set it to 5 characters)

:(

[momo2]

I like this idea, my i have a slow server and time to time, people tell me the image is not showing, and since this is a text style, it can work 4 me...

Thanks Installed

[Thinkinstein]

I too am getting them again. I am sure they are bots because I have a required field (zipcode) and they ALWAYS enter HTTP: (5 letters, because I set it to 5 characters)

:(

I have encountered a similar problem. I was thinking .. how can it be possible to bypass my custom question?

[killa101]

Hey guys. I dont want to hijack this thread but if anyone knows if something like this exists for wordpress, could you please PM me. Thanks.

[Devil Woman]

I have had a recent problem with this hack in which after I installed it, it prevented any activation emails going out, I have taken a look to see why it could be conflicting with activation emails but haven't been able to work it out.

I have now had to disable this hack but if anyone can help me with the problem that would be greatly appreciated.

[KipLarson]

I have encountered a similar problem. I was thinking .. how can it be possible to bypass my custom question?

Yah, I have the most recent version on one of my forums and I'm getting a few bots now. But on one of my older forums using version 2 does not have any problems.

How do the bots still get through? I'm using an addition question.

[theFAILURE]

I was totally flooded with bots, and this has stopped every one for the past couple months.

Some bots are human powered and will always be able to get in. The AI type it should stop if you make a little more then simple question.

For instance, one of my 10 questions is:

"Please type in the word scambaiter in the below box"

[KipLarson]

So is there a way to tell if the bot is AI or not? Perhaps I'll have to look into making a usergroup that can't post hyperlinks until they have a certain number of posts...

[chkdgate]

I've been getting a lot of spam lately. I even changed my questions but they still seem to be getting through.

[techxpert]

Is there any change we can use the same for Vb 3.0.8

I can not upgrade to 3.5 series because of huge customizations I have done.

[KipLarson]

I've been getting a lot of spam lately. I even changed my questions but they still seem to be getting through.

Same here... ideas anyone?

[Pottsy]

Same here... ideas anyone?

Mine are now getting through and I think it's down to this:

http://www.botmaster.net/pictocod/

A more complicated picture question/answer strategy is needed I suspect.

[Thinkinstein]

I have changed all my questions. Now I don't have any spam bot. ;)

Question:

What is the next number of this sequence? 2,4,6,8, _

or

which of the following is not vegetables? Apples, Carrots, ....

If a man can't answer these Qs, he might be illiterate or mentally challenged.

[Semjaza]

I have changed all my questions. Now I don't have any spam bot. ;)

Question:

What is the next number of this sequence? 2,4,6,8, _

or

which of the following is not vegetables? Apples, Carrots, ....

If a man can't answer these Qs, he might be illiterate or mentally challenged.

I actually tried changing both of my questions and it only worked for about two hours.

[C2Systems]

If a man can't answer these Qs, he might be illiterate or mentally challenged.

..you probably don't want them on your forum anyways, so its a win/win :p

[chkdgate]

I have marked yes for: Select Yes if you would like a NoSpam! question to be displayed to guests that attempt to use the Contact Us form. But when I attempt to use it, it doesn't ask me any spam questions.

[chkdgate]

Man, I'm getting spam galore.:down:

Edit: This is getting ridiculous. I never had this much spam.

[lazytown]

I have started getting some spam getting through. It's possible they are human powered. A lot seem to have mail.ru in their email address (yes I blocked that).

-vissa

[swatkins]

Mine are now getting through and I think it's down to this:

http://www.botmaster.net/pictocod/

A more complicated picture question/answer strategy is needed I suspect.

I clicked on that link and my spam ans spy software stopped a program from installing... Admin needs to remove the link!

[swatkins]

Thanks for all your hard work!

[chkdgate]

I love this program but I think it needs an update with a stronger filtering method. I have it to the point where I removed my Contact Us link and my questions are now movie trivia that makes you know the answer or have to research it.

[abaton]

I am using the german VB Version, but I am not able to find the template quick_register. Where can I find it please?

[da420]

Do you have the Quick Register mod installed ?

If you read the instructions the only reason that template would need to be edited is if you have the Quick Register mod installed.

[abaton]

Do you have the Quick Register mod installed ?

If you read the instructions the only reason that template would need to be edited is if you have the Quick Register mod installed.

No the Quick Register is not installed and ... ;) I haven't found it until now

And it doesn't work without

[da420]

What doesn't work without ?

[abaton]

I don't have the new Question on the Register Form Perhabs, because I haven't installed the Quick Register?
I assume that I have to put some code in the Register Form, but ... I have no Idea where to put what :)
Sometimes I do have a lot of problems in understanding everything about coding, even when it is in German :)

[eJM]

I installed and tested NoSpam! for 3.6 today and think it is just the answer I need for stopping all the spam I get from the Contact Us form. My older members will prob'ly also appreciate not having to decipher an image to register too.

My question: Where can I edit the color of the "...you have answered the question wrong..." text so that it shows up better? The error shows on a dark background for the registration form and during my test, I barely noticed it. I'd like to make it a lot more noticeable.

Hope someone can help me out. Other than that, this looks like a great little product. Thanks for your nice work, antialiasis.

Jim

[RichieScott1]

well i installed this today and i seem to have double boxes in all the areas that the mod is inabled on
also on the registration page i have a box outside at the top of the page
is this just some code i can remove or has it gone wrong
hope to get some help with this
thanks

[eJM]

Richie, it sounds like you got a double installation problem. If you had a problem and tried to do another import of the XML file, but forgot to allow overwrite, you could get dual installations. Could that be a possibility?

Jim

[SVTCobraLTD]

I cannot do this step Now go to your template manager and edit the quick_register template. FIND this code: as I cannot find the quick_register template.

I have looked under the styles/template and cannot find it in 3.6.7. Got everything else done. But it is still not working on the site.

SVT

[stejoh]

Works perfect on our forum 99nicu.org (vB 3.6.7 PL1)!
Thanks!

[SVTCobraLTD]

I cannot do this step as I cannot find the quick_register template.

I have looked under the styles/template and cannot find it in 3.6.7. Got everything else done. But it is still not working on the site.

SVT

How did you do this part above?

SVT

[da420]

Read the instructions. You misread them, that's why you don't see that template.

[SVTCobraLTD]

Read the instructions. You misread them, that's why you don't see that template.

Ok I see that is for other hacks. But I have done everything that was said in the install file. Also did the manual stuff in the troubleshoot and still nothing. Just the regular registration and contact us screen. No new feature. Any ideas?

SVT

[pmkb]

Installed and working great. Thanks.

[SVTCobraLTD]

Ok I see that is for other hacks. But I have done everything that was said in the install file. Also did the manual stuff in the troubleshoot and still nothing. Just the regular registration and contact us screen. No new feature. Any ideas?

SVT
Anyone got any ideas. Still cannot get it to show up on the registration yet I have it installed and the questions/answers are setup.

SVT

[eJM]

The author hasn't been on vB.org since July 1 and hasn't responded to this discussion since June 10.

Jim

[kayakbabe]

the instructions talk about installing another mod quickregister. I really don't wnat to do that becuase I've customized some stuff in the registration. So.. will this work without quickregister?

[eJM]

Yes.

[lazytown]

Hi. I followed the instructions in integration.txt but on testing the form I got this error: 'Fatal error: Cannot redeclare trim_array() (previously declared in /var/www/citfou_vbulletin/global.php(356) : eval()'d code:43) in /var/www/citfou_vbulletin/includes/functions_newpost.php(360) : eval()'d code on line 13'
Any ideas?
Remove this bit from the code you added into the plugin on global_start, and you should be fine:

function trim_array(&$answer)
{
$answer = trim($answer);
}

I had the exact same error on integrating this with the Form (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=126676) mod. I followed the integration directions exactly. So I changed the mod as antialiasis notes above (by removing those lines) -- and it does let the form go through if they answer CORRECTLY. However, if they don't answer correctly they get a 404 error.

If the code above is NOT removed, if they answer correctly they get the server error mrgrimes mentioned, but if they answer INCORRETLY they get a warning page telling them to go back (which is what they should get when it's wrong).

So to make it simple, the 'fix' recommended above breaks the question for wrong answers, and not using the 'fix' breaks it for right ones!?!? Any idea why or any help on this? I'm using the latest Form 4.0 (and vb 3.6.5).

Thanks
-vissa

[jmw]

Doesn't work with 3.6.8. Hack is dead.

[dr. sarf]

Only just got around to finally finding and installing this! Excellent mod and will do away with those nasty unreadable image verifications! Thanks again

[The Bish]

Only just got around to finally finding and installing this! Excellent mod and will do away with those nasty unreadable image verifications! Thanks again


Well this is true for the first couple months at least. I have to agree with the person above you. This hack is dead for 3.8. I am getting SPAM 8 times a day now even if I change the questions around.

[KipLarson]

Yah, i'm still getting spam too.

[lazytown]

The hack works great for me EXCEPT for the "Form" mod/hack. Of course, I'm using 3.6.5. When you say it's 'dead' for 3.6.8, what exactly is the problem?

-vissa

[TigerWare]

Just installed on a 3.6.8 board that isn't public yet.

I'm trying to nail down as many holes as possible to keep spammers, scammers and other undesirables off the forum. My tests so far show that this product does what is says it does, at least in so far as I get the error messages when not filling out the forms with the correct answers to my questions.

The statement regarding this product being dead for 3.6.8 could do with some clarification. I would hate to go public to find myself open to posts by internet bots and other scum.

I'm going to assume by the tone of some of the lasts posts that this is an integration problem/issue and not one that would affect this product on it's own?

Regards
TW

[randychase]

This worked fine on anything prior to 3.6.8. Upgrading to 3.6.8 meant that potential people who wanted to join our forum (we around 15 per day) could not. They reported that they could not see the spam question. I just tested this and this is correct. The dialogue box is missing for no-spam sign ups after the 3.6.8 upgrade.

I disabled nospam and have had 10 people sign up from Ekinowok already today. :(

[jdebler]

I am running 3.6.8 and I just tested it. It works fine for me.

[randychase]

Interesting. Perhaps it is a combination of things such VBadvanced or VBgallery? I don't have much else hacked or different. jdebler, I just registered on your forum and it worked perfectly. On this forum www.elisetalk.com, it does not.

[randychase]

For what it is worth, I simply uninstalled it and the installed it again and it does work fine once I did that. Upgrading over it with 3.6.8 made it not work correctly for me. Re-installing fixed it.

Yay... no more spam bots.

[D&Y]

Awasome Mod !

Thanks M8

Installed.

[Symmetrical?]

thanx installed very nice mod ..

[Broekie]

Well, I've uninstalled and reinstalled it twice, but it doesn't work for me on 3.6.7 PL1.

Even tried the manual template modifications, but I still don't see the question and input box, while I do get an error the answer is wrong when I try to submit the registration form.

Any ideas?

[Biggles]

I had problems after upgrading to 3.6.8. A complete reload did the trick and it is definitely working fine now. This is a great hack that keeps most spammers off the system. I thoroughly recommend it, recognizing that a determined human spammer can usually get through somehow. In that event I guess we just revert to the banning system, which works pretty darned well too.

Again, my thanks for this hack - installed once again, thank goodness! :up:

[Ohiosweetheart]

I haven't had a single spammer since installing this. Whether that's just dumb luck or this really works, I don't know, but thanks! :)

[eJM]

Oh jeez, I forgot all about you, Peggy. I'll be right over to spread a little spam around. Sorry for neglecting you. :D

[ETDC]

Brilliant! Thanks muchly. :)

[DudeSicko]

Just updated to 3.6.8 and not its no longer working, even if i try to reinstall it.

[xtumen]

antialiasis, is it possible to include an option to use the hack in "e-mail to user" forms, just like in registration and new threads/posts forms? That would be great!

[eJM]

I just upgraded to 3.6.8 and tested this hack with IE7, FF2 and Opera9. All worked fine. Is it possible those having trouble didn't catch the template edits? Without more information about the problems, it would be difficult for the author to help.

Jim

[pmkb]

I've installed v3.0 of the mod on two forums running 3.6.8 and it works fine.

I tried today to install v3.0 of the mod on two forums running 3.6.7 PL1 and it didn't show the questions on either of them. :(

[ngng]

I've installed v3.0 of the mod on two forums running 3.6.8 and it works fine.

I tried today to install v3.0 of the mod on two forums running 3.6.7 PL1 and it didn't show the questions on either of them. :(

I am having the same problem wit 3.6

[import-houston]

thanks for this its really good mod

[Fungsten]

Installed on test server.

[KURTZ]

runs correctly or not with 3.6.8?

[bazzup]

runs correctly or not with 3.6.8?

yes i have it on 3.6.8

[ETDC]

Me too. And I haven't had a single spammer since I installed it. :) :up:

[Outbackmark]

All good on mine, 3.6.8
Thanks

[maidos]

can i only turn this setting on for a specific usergroup ?

[Traxdata]

Most effective and important hack since ever. Thank you!

[ETDC]

Most effective and important hack since ever.
Couldn't agree more. I could live without the rest but not this one.

Sticky!

[hjmaier]

Some of my members reported, that they don't get the No-Spam input fields during registration using Firefox (actual version). With IE it works for them. They say, that they have no plug in installed. Strangely, only some of the users get this error. For example, if i try to register using firefox it works fine.

Does anyone have similiar experiences?

Best regards
hj

[tedp]

Great mod on 3.6.8

Thank you

Ted

[caliman]

I love this mod.
I have an old version.
The new version says it will work on other pages, would that include my phpportal's feedback page? That would be awesome.

Also, please note, spammers have figured out math questions like the one shown in the example. Use something else. Trust me. I had to change mine. Since then, no spam.

[class101]

Also, please note, spammers have figured out math questions like the one shown in the example. Use something else. Trust me. I had to change mine. Since then, no spam.

Interesting doctor, looks like theses specimens have a brain :)

[caliman]

Indeed!

[SOL-R]

Hi, I installed this on my test board but I am getting two questions. It is the same question but a duplicate right below the first one.

Did I install it wrong or ??? Thoughts?

Thanks

R.

[guptadogg]

it shows the ? on the quick register mod, on my homepage, but even If I put in the correct answer to quick register takes me to regular register where i have to put in all the info back again

[class101]

I have allowed anonymous posting in my blog and would like to add te nospam question in addition to the visual captcha already present, adding $nospamfield in the blog_comment_editor template worked fine, I see the nospam field , however no check is made inside, I do not anwser the question and the post is still allowed, any idea what is wrong ?

[class101]

Ok here is how I got it working on my custom page , here its blog_post

all is made in the plugin manager, no template edit required finally because from the plugin wich is caching the templates ,it's positioning the Nospam box just up the visual captcha.

1) Edit the Nospam plugin called "Generate and insert NoSpam! question"

FIND


default:
$nospamdo = false;


ADD BEFORE

case 'blog_post':
if ($vbulletin->options['nospam_onoff']) {
$thetemplate =& $vbulletin->templatecache['blog_comment_editor'];
$nospamdo = true;
}
break;


2) Edit the Nospam plugin called "Cache the NoSpam! template"

FIND

case 'sendmessage':
if ($vbulletin->options['nospam_use_contactus']) {
$actiontemplates['contactus'][] = 'nospam';
}
break;


ADD AFTER

case 'blog_post':
if ($vbulletin->options['nospam_onoff']) {
$actiontemplates['blog_comment_editor'][] = 'nospam';
}
break;


3) And finally create the new plugin that will check response validity, name it as you wish, select the hook location called "blog_post_updatecomment_start" and enter this new code

$vbulletin->input->clean_array_gpc('p', array(
'nospamnumber' => TYPE_UINT,
'nospam' => TYPE_STR,
));

if ($vbulletin->options['nospam_onoff'] AND !$vbulletin->userinfo['userid'])
{
$nospamnumber = $vbulletin->GPC['nospamnumber'];
$questions = explode("\n", $vbulletin->options['nospam_questions']);
$qanda = explode(":", strtolower($questions["$nospamnumber"]));
unset($qanda[0]);

function trim_array(&$answer)
{
$answer = trim($answer);
}

array_walk($qanda, 'trim_array');

if (!in_array(strtolower(trim($vbulletin->GPC['nospam'])), $qanda))
{
eval(standard_error(fetch_error('nospam_wrong_answ er')));
}
}

There is just the visual option settings not implemented in the admincp vboption, it will just check if nospam is on or off and if the user is guest like Nospam does on other pages but does the job very well hehe now I can allow guest blog comments without caring if the vb visual captcha gets break , hope that helps

[youradhere4222]

So when you enter multiple questions, it ask them randomly?

[TigerWare]

So when you enter multiple questions, it ask them randomly?

From the authors release notes:-
the hack will pick one at random when a guest attempts to register

[Sean James]

Just wanted to say i have had this hack installed for about 6 months, and it works perfectly. Has stopped all my spam bot registrations.

Thanks for your hard work.

[JakeS]

Nice job! Thanks.

[ryans]

Great news. Updated. I tested and it works great. Now, only if you can offer an option of multiple choice for the questions.

you can, just do question:answer:answer:answer

[wickland]

awesome system, 5 star and installed

Thanks!
Best

[torontonian]

I installed this in vBulletin 3.6.4 and it works perfectly. I then tried installing it in vBulletin 3.6.8 but it doesn't work - nothing appears. I set up everything the same in VB but when I try register a user or perform a search, I don't see the question.

Has anyone experienced this problem?

[youradhere4222]

You know a hack is good when vBulletin is implementing it in their next version. ;-)

[irkd]

I have a troubleshooting issue.

When I check Allow Multiple Registrations Per User, why does it refuse to show NoSpam? I've been having interesting cookie issues with my site, but I was wondering if there was a quick fix for this.

[imported_gc1]

This is the #1 Mod I think I have ever installed....

I disabled it for a while while doing some other work and forgot to enable it again, 5 spambots had registered in that time frame.

This Mod is GOLD
Thanks

[UltraFanatics]

Awesome mod mate!

Very well done A**

[bmilder]

So what's the final verdict on it running on 3.6.8 or not?

I'm not going to upgrade until I know this amazing mod will still work...

[UltraFanatics]

Worked ok for me mate, you can always try it and if it doesn work delete it. This mod takes 2 seconds to do :)

[Chance4Today]

Anyway for you to get it to work for 3.7? I can not get it to work

I need it bad

[youradhere4222]

This is default in 3.7...

[Prince]

So what's the final verdict on it running on 3.6.8 or not?

I'm not going to upgrade until I know this amazing mod will still work...

I just installed it on 3.6.8 PL2 and it works perfectly.

[Chance4Today]

This is default in 3.7...
Yeah it is there thanks but I would still like to have the image verification also and you can only have one or the other.

[BOWZONE]

Great option!

BOWZONE clicks install!

**EDIT** Works perfectly!

[Matafleur]

So what's the final verdict on it running on 3.6.8 or not?

I'm not going to upgrade until I know this amazing mod will still work...

It's running fine for me on 3.6.8.

[BOWZONE]

I'm running this hack on 3.6.8 patch level 2 and I'm having NO problems. Installed easily and works flawlessly.

I've not had any SPAM users since I installed it!

Scott

[imageconstrux]

Wow, installed fast and appears to work perfectly (and works alongside captcha image verification).

Loving it - I'll give it a few more days, then maybe I can actually stop moderating all new members! Yahoo!

[xtumen]

(and works alongside captcha image verification)
Why do you use both? Has captcha image verification ever stopped a spam bot?

[class101]

just to add a comment about 3.7 , I have disabled NoSpam to check if the vbuletin human verification builtin is enough and for now, 4 days open and not a spam bot so I think in 3.7 "NoSpam" addon will be useless

[xtumen]

just to add a comment about 3.7 , I have disabled NoSpam to check if the vbuletin human verification builtin is enough and for now, 4 days open and not a spam bot so I think in 3.7 "NoSpam" addon will be useless
How does "vbuletin human verification" work? Is it as friendly (simple) to users as this mod? Captcha is a horrible thing as far as user-friendliness is concerned, hope that is not something similar to captcha.

[class101]

it works exactly like this mod, you can setup any number of question and answers and I can see with the "Track guest addon" spambots attempts to register but they do not pass the verification:)

[imageconstrux]

Hmmm.... Why was captcha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha) created in the first place?

Why do you use both? Has captcha image verification ever stopped a spam bot?

[AntonLargiader]

I have an identical mod installed on several phpBB installations and it reduced the spambot registrations to zero. I am SO glad to finally find it for vBulletin. Thank you.

Installation could not have been easier.

[sapper6fd]

I've been using this hack now for a while and I must say this is by far one of, if not the best hack I've ever installed.

Prior to using it, I was getting anywhere from 10 - 30 spam bots registering on my forum a day, and around 15 or so spam posts per day. After installing this hack its been reduced to around 1 spam post per day, some times none.

At first the results were minimul (My recomendation - DO NOT use a mathmatical question). My question was "What is 10 + 10". The spam bots go by that no problem. When I changed my questions to "What Company makes the PlayStation 3?" the Spam bots stopped registering almost immediatly. Now the spam posts are all done manualy by kids trying to advertise their own forums, and I'll take that spam any day over porn and pharmacuticals.

Great job!

[eJM]

I think some people don't fully understand how to keep bots out and let real people register or post. I have no idea what company makes Playstations. I know it's a game, but beyond that, it's obviously something that would keep me and many others from being able to participate on your forums and maybe learning more about a technology and product I might want to use.

I have a flooring forum. TheFloorPro.com. My question is an easy one that has reduced my spammers to zero and my registrations easy. The question? "What is this site about, Floors, or Ceilings?" Not only that, but you can misspell floors from here to the end of the ether and still get it right (okay, that might be an exaggeration, but you can make all the common misspellings of floors).

But you're right, this is one great modification. Prob'ly the best and most trouble free mods I have. Thanks to the author.

Jim

[sapper6fd]

I think some people don't fully understand how to keep bots out and let real people register or post. I have no idea what company makes Playstations. I know it's a game, but beyond that, it's obviously something that would keep me and many others from being able to participate on your forums and maybe learning more about a technology and product I might want to use.

I have a flooring forum. TheFloorPro.com. My question is an easy one that has reduced my spammers to zero and my registrations easy. The question? "What is this site about, Floors, or Ceilings?" Not only that, but you can misspell floors from here to the end of the ether and still get it right (okay, that might be an exaggeration, but you can make all the common misspellings of floors).

But you're right, this is one great modification. Prob'ly the best and most trouble free mods I have. Thanks to the author.

Jim


I'm fully aware of how to let the real people in, and like your question, if you have stubled upon my site you know who makes the PlayStation 3 - its Sony.... I get what your saying and have to admit, I think I'll be changing my question to something similar to yours. Its idiot proof as it is, but doing what you have done makes it hillbilly proof.

[class101]

I've been using this hack now for a while and I must say this is by far one of, if not the best hack I've ever installed.

Prior to using it, I was getting anywhere from 10 - 30 spam bots registering on my forum a day, and around 15 or so spam posts per day. After installing this hack its been reduced to around 1 spam post per day, some times none.

At first the results were minimul (My recomendation - DO NOT use a mathmatical question). My question was "What is 10 + 10". The spam bots go by that no problem. When I changed my questions to "What Company makes the PlayStation 3?" the Spam bots stopped registering almost immediatly. Now the spam posts are all done manualy by kids trying to advertise their own forums, and I'll take that spam any day over porn and pharmacuticals.

Great job!

Of course never use mathematical question they are too easy to be broke, I'm using the human verification system builtin vbulletin 3.7 with 5 questions without any other verification like image or nospam and for now 0 bots registered with theses questions:


What are the 4 last letters of the word 'Security' ?
Finish DeNiro's famous phrase in Taxi 'Are you talking to...'
What's a poc ? An explo...
G.Bush is president of the US...
The #1 search engines around the world is Goo...


This stopped 100% bots.

[ZomgStuff]

Edit: Post removed.

[TigerWare]

Oh bravo, never mind actually reporting it *quietly*, just alert every script kiddy that comes here that there may be something to hack. Geez! :rolleyes:

[class101]

Oh bravo, never mind actually reporting it *quietly*, just alert every script kiddy that comes here that there may be something to hack. Geez! :rolleyes:

What about the few real hackers there is outta there who found that bug and exploited it so far before it has been found ? Thanks for the info ZomgStuff

[eJM]

You aren't doing any of us a bit of good by telling us about this exploit. You are allowing hackers with nothing better to do than to screw up our sites that they have a new project now. The best way to report an exploit is to report it to the developer. That has ALWAYS been the preferred method and probably always will be.

Jim

[ZomgStuff]

I deleted my post, but I just wanted to let you guys know that someone is possible, so you don't have a false sense of security an then bam.

This can be a rather simple fix, and the best part is that you could fix it with a number of different ways.

[class101]

Welcome to the Full-Disclosure world. you didn't have to remove your post... Now you can wait 3month for a new patch... I have been alerting about a zoints tag bug recently and it has been patched the same day... Now do not expect that.

[ZomgStuff]

If it takes more than a week I'll just edit the mod for myself I'll gladly tell someone what to edit to fix it.

[needaltuna]

Thank you for the nice mod.

In your main post, you make no mention of the integration file. I downloaded and opened it on the off chance that I might need it, but I am still unsure whether I do or not. Should the template mods be applied only if the product doesn't install properly?

[Marco van Herwaarden]

If it takes more than a week I'll just edit the mod for myself I'll gladly tell someone what to edit to fix it.
Why don't you follow proper procedures and report the found vulnerability so staff can handle it?

[ZomgStuff]

Why don't you follow proper procedures and report the found vulnerability so staff can handle it?

I already did before I made the post.

Sorry about all the drama. :o

[Digital Jedi]

I think some people don't fully understand how to keep bots out and let real people register or post. I have no idea what company makes Playstations. I know it's a game, but beyond that, it's obviously something that would keep me and many others from being able to participate on your forums and maybe learning more about a technology and product I might want to use.

All one would have to do is quickly Google Playstation 3 to find out who makes it. The idea of these questions is to make it impossible for a bot to guess. But even a question you don't have immediate knowledge of is still suitable if the question is easily sought out. If a person is getting into computer games for the first time, this is one of the first things he would come across. Not to mention, a page refresh and you'd get a new question.

[eJM]

All one would have to do is quickly Google Playstation 3 to find out who makes it.
Don't make people jump through hoops to use your site. Security is one thing, requiring anyone to first search Google to find the answer to your security question will only cause people to leave.

The idea of these questions is to make it impossible for a bot to guess.
It has been proven over and over that it doesn't take a difficult question to thwart bots. Just "keep it simple stupid." It's the site owner/manager that should be doing the work (staying on top of the security game), not the user you want to visit your site. Make it too simple for them and too hard for the bots. It ain't a difficult concept. It's an ego that always seems to get in the way of simplicity. Most folks already know you have smarts - you had enough to develop the site. Don't rub it in with inane questions.

Not to mention, a page refresh and you'd get a new question.
Maybe on your site. I only need one question. I want members to join my site. If I don't make it easy enough for them, they'll join another site. It seems to work for me. I have ZERO spam registrations - I never have had to kill one since installing this hack.

Jim

[jalmz]

hi guys,

i got 1 spam using this anti machine.... maybe they hack this mod...

[Digital Jedi]

Don't make people jump through hoops to use your site. Security is one thing, requiring anyone to first search Google to find the answer to your security question will only cause people to leave.

I'd hardly call it a hoop jump. If people coming to my site are interested in learning more about the site's subject, then how is directing them to one of the very basics of the subject a deterrent? If you've come to my site to learn more about Video Games, but looking up an easy to find answer makes you leave, then I can't imagine you were all that interested in learning in the first place. I once visited a boat site where the nospam question was in relation to motors and sizes. I didn't have a clue what that was, but I really needed to get registered. I Googled the question, found it and got in. And it was a much harder question then who makes PlayStation.

It has been proven over and over that it doesn't take a difficult question to thwart bots. Just "keep it simple stupid." It's the site owner/manager that should be doing the work (staying on top of the security game), not the user you want to visit your site. Make it too simple for them and too hard for the bots. It ain't a difficult concept. It's an ego that always seems to get in the way of simplicity. Most folks already know you have smarts - you had enough to develop the site. Don't rub it in with inane questions.

Your still under the presumption that this is a difficult question. If your into video games even in the most marginal sense, you already know the answer. If your not even remotely interested in Video Games, then its highly unlikely that you would be trying to join such a forum for legitimate purposes. Even a casual gamer already knows the answer to that question. Sony is kind of a well know company.

Maybe on your site. I only need one question.

Well, that kind of defeats the purpose of the mod. I'm sure on a more conservative forum, only one is needed (for now). Certain sites are more heavily targeted by such bots, and single question can eventually be worked around.

I want members to join my site. If I don't make it easy enough for them, they'll join another site. It seems to work for me. I have ZERO spam registrations - I never have had to kill one since installing this hack.

I have a specialty forum, devoted to TCG gaming. I don't really need it to be that easy, in that I only need one question. Besides, what color is the sky, what color is a banana and Darth Vader is from _____ Wars aren't exactly brain teasers for the crowd we draw.

Your also under the, very common, impression that most vB.com members seem to be under, in that all of us are looking to draw each-and-every single member we can get our grubby little hands on. And that's simply not true. A good portion of us would rather have a conservative, active membership of people who at least have basic intelligence to look up who Darth Vader is, then a million page memberlist of users who register and never return. It's a matter of necessity. That's why the mod was created to support multiple questions. One question wouldn't do much for forums that are hit by 30+ spam bots on a daily basis.

hi guys,

i got 1 spam using this anti machine.... maybe they hack this mod...

There isn't a form of spam protection that's 100% fool proof. A real person can very easily register an account for his bot to post in, or he can post the stuff himself.

[eJM]

DJ, you go boy. Do what you want. I don't feel like arguing with pomposity. What a waste of quotes. :p

[Digital Jedi]

Pomposity? Who was arguing? I was making my point. You suggested that a question was too hard and that more then one was too many. I was pointing out that both depend on your forum's needs. Nothing more. Nothing less.

[CaffeineGibbs]

Installed it on my forums, and two days straight no spammers signed up. great!
I do have one question though, if I have "Multiple registrations per user" enabled, and if a user tried to sign up, he still gets the "No Spam! question hasn't been answered correctly" eventhough there was no NoSpam! question displayed in the first place. i gather i have to edit the template, but I'm not certain which one and what code to add and where.

[raubin]

Hopefully this will put an end to all the spam registrations that I get, I must get over 20 spam registrations per day and it was really starting to p*** me off!

Lets hope this stops it..

Thanks

[sinucello]

Hi,

this is a very helpful add-on. In the last weeks we got so many spam registrations that managing them became really annoying and time consuming. Since we installed your tool, that`s over and only human-created registrations come through.

thank you - all the best,
Sacha

[SpreadingLight]

Thank you for creating / sharing this.

Can the answers include space, such as
What movie was Hans Solo in...:Star Wars?

edit: Yes they can

This is really a creative, and more personal, way of eliminating spam.
It also allows you to ask questions that are relevant to your forum. It's nice to make online be as 'human' as possible.

thanks

[Digital Jedi]

I have a bunch of spaces in my answers. Haven't had a problem yet.

[LorinPotter]

I'll certainly be installing this on our new site, as soon as several problems have been corrected. Thanks for taking the time to post this here.

[Jase2]

This work with vB 3.7 BETA 4? If not, will you be releasing one for 3.7?

Regards Jason :)

[SpreadingLight]

I have a bunch of spaces in my answers. Haven't had a problem yet.

Thanks for mentioning. Right, the error was that I forgot to include a
:
in one of the answers

I'll edit my post, thanks

[Dr.NoTime]

Very easy install. Thanks for sharing.

[Bozza]

Giving this a go as I get shed loads of spammers.

Many thanks.

[chevy01xtreme]

questions i installed this and get this in the Questions and answers for NoSpam, i see that at the bottom. my question is please type "1985" into the following box:1985:
"Error:
You did not enter a valid value for this setting.

it seems to work but was wondering what this was

[Digital Jedi]

questions i installed this and get this in the Questions and answers for NoSpam, i see that at the bottom. my question is please type "1985" into the following box:1985:
"Error:
You did not enter a valid value for this setting.

it seems to work but was wondering what this was

You probably shouldn't put a colon at the end of your answer. I believe that is for separating your answers only, not as a closing tag.

[chevy01xtreme]

You probably shouldn't put a semi-colon at the end of your answer. I believe that is for separating your answers only, not as a closing tag.
yep that seems to do it

[mishb68]

Bloody Brilliant! This kills two birds with one stone - keeps out spammers and people who shouldn't be registering at this type of forum anyway.

Installed easily, no problem.

I love this! Thank you!!!:

[blankoboy]

This work with vB 3.7 BETA 4? If not, will you be releasing one for 3.7?

vB 3.7 has this feature natively so the mod does not need to be installed. Kudos to the vB team for including this functionality based on the great work by antialiasis! :cool:

[Flar]

Hi All,

First off we've been running this mod for quite some time and it works great, thanks!

There is however one problem my users keep pointing out and I finally have some time to try and figure it out:

We use a "quick" search option located in the navbar which gives you a pulldown menu with a search box and a go button, however this doesn't show the no spam! question, if you hit go, you do get the "you didn't answer the no spam! question correctly" our advanced search works perfectly.
We use vb 3.6.9 pl2, we've implemented the suggested (search) changes from the troubleshooting file but to no avail. if anyone has any suggestions please let me know :)

Greetz,

Flar

[eJM]

I don't have that problem because I don't let unregistered users (which would include search engine spiders) use the search feature and I don't require registered members to have to do anything extra to use the search feature.

Jim

[Flar]

I don't have that problem because I don't let unregistered users (which would include search engine spiders) use the search feature and I don't require registered members to have to do anything extra to use the search feature.

Jim

It's only for unregistered users, we do have quite a lot of them and the nature of our site is such that we feel they should be able to search.

Greetz,

Flar

[Digital Jedi]

It's only for unregistered users, we do have quite a lot of them and the nature of our site is such that we feel they should be able to search.

Greetz,

Flar
Maybe you could disable the drop down search box for Guests, and make to where they have to go to the Advanced Search page.

[wideopen]

OK I have a problem, I upgraded from 3.5 to 3.6.8 .. Now no one can register for the site? In the upgrade it totally took the hack out, but left the blank code in there? Can anyone tell me what I need to do to fix this?

I installed the 3.6 version of this hack, but it still gives me tha old Code?

Help..

[wideopen]

This is the message I get when I answer it the correct way.

The string you entered for the image verification did not match what was displayed.

[wideopen]

No one can register on my Site becauuse of this Help me get rid of it..Please!

[eJM]

Can't you go into Plugins & Products, Manage Products and re-install it?

Jim

[wideopen]

I tried , But it wants me to edit my Quick_register in the Templets? I don't have it in the Templetes?

[wideopen]

Someone's gotta know the sollution? No one can register on my site? Help.

[wideopen]

I guess I found the most effective way to keep out spam...Let no one register, Can anyone tell me what Templete had to be modified? I'm grasping for anything to be able to register members again? HELP!

[Digital Jedi]

This is the message I get when I answer it the correct way.
The string you entered for the image verification did not match what was displayed.

Image Verfication? That has nothing to do with this mod.

I just registered on your board, and it worked fine.

[wideopen]

Yeah I got it fixed over the weekend.. I reinstalled the hack for the 2nd time . I don't know what the "Bleep" happened?

[antiekeradio]

vB 3.7 has this feature natively so the mod does not need to be installed. Kudos to the vB team for including this functionality based on the great work by antialiasis! :cool:

I have been running the NoSpam! plugin since my first usage of vB (which was at version 3.5.4), and I can say that it has been THE most useful plugin for me, too.

(even with super-simple questions: 0 spambots in over 18 months)

I'm not very active with modding vB anymore, so its a pleasant thing to see this functionality included in the stock code for the coming version.

(if not, I would have waited with installing 3.7 until an updated NoSpam! would have been released - did that with 3.6 too) :D

[tuzz]

Works perfectly with 3.6.8 Patch Level 2,
thank you!

[mistapuggs]

Same here. This was 100% effective on spam registrations on my board. Seriously, 100% Big thumbs up from mistapuggs :up:

[budatalk]

Finally what I needed, thanks a lot!!!

[Tearstone]

This is a great mod, easy to install and setup. Hopefully this will weed out all excessive amount of spam users that register on my forums.

[dreads]

I installed the mod,
then i uninstalled it
Now register.php is saying there is a field left unanswered
yet my quick register mod works?

What did i do wrong lol

If i remove $customfields_other it works.. yet then i lose my refer -_-

[marc100]

Cant get it to work.
I installed it, but when I go to register I dont see the field.
I have vBulletin 3.6.0
thanks

[WeBBy]

Had NoSpam! 3.5 installed. Upgraded forum to 3.6, deleted NoSpam 3.5 and reinstalled NoSpam 3.6

PROBLEM:

When registering you could not answer the NoSpam problem correctly. Why? Because the NoSpam question displayed are questions from the original 3.5 installation!

Went in any uninstalled NoSpam. It is not listed as a Plugin/Addon in The CP, BUT I still have a NoSpam question which cannot be answered correctly.

Any advise on how to get rid of this???

Thanx

[cayne]

works fine! thanks.

[Stifmeister2]

Cant get it to work.
I installed it, but when I go to register I dont see the field.
I have vBulletin 3.6.0
thanks
It doesn't work if you're logged in and try to register another account. Log out and test it, it should be there....

[antiekeradio]

It doesn't work if you're logged in and try to register another account. Log out and test it, it should be there....

you have to set up the questions first.

just installing is not enough; the mod does not include the questions (you have to think them up yourself, which is exactly the thing that makes it unbreakable vs craptcha)

[ArnyVee]

Installed and it worked for me using 3.6.8! :)

Quick question...will it always show both the NoSpam! question AND the Captcha image? That's what is showing for me and I wanted to make sure that I didn't miss something.

Also, when does the 2nd or 3rd questions come into the mix? I hit the 'contact us' link and it took me to the 1st question and also when I tried to register it showed me the 1st question again. So, will the 2nd or 3rd questions only 'show' when they miss the 1st one or something?

[Digital Jedi]

As long as you have CAPTCHA enabled, they'll always show together. Also the questions change randomly.

[AURFSCAN]

This is great, just Installed.

Thankyou

[tryckj?vel]

not bad, installed... took 4 days before someone hacked it and spammed my board.

but it did cut down on the number of bot signups... just that theres a hole in it somewhere i just dont know where.

[eJM]

I doubt anyone "hacked" it. A real person can answer most questions, so maybe that is what happened. If you use a math question, those have been known to be broken by bots before. You might find the answer to your problem by reading some of the posts made in the last 4 - 6 months.

Jim

[ETDC]

I've only had two manual spammers since I installed this. It's designed to stop auto sign-ups anyway... :rolleyes:

[tryckj?vel]

yeah, i'm not worried. one or two here or there isnt a big deal to me. It did its job, saving me(my mods) lots of time every day since i installed it.

[lovechandigarh]

Hello,
m not getting it to work for me. i've custom template installed, mod gets installed successfully, i've enabled it and set two questions, but it is not displaying at all.

CAptcha is working fine.

[Digital Jedi]

Hello,
m not getting it to work for me. i've custom template installed, mod gets installed successfully, i've enabled it and set two questions, but it is not displaying at all.

CAptcha is working fine.
Can you provide a screenshot of your Admin CP settings?

[lisa3876]

Hello,
m not getting it to work for me. i've custom template installed, mod gets installed successfully, i've enabled it and set two questions, but it is not displaying at all.

CAptcha is working fine.

I had this problem too. I had to manually open the register template and add $nospamfield
in the register template. I found the help here
http://freecodevn.com/for@um/showthread.php?p=126306

[thomas250181]

Does NoSpam! run with vBulletin 3.6.10?
If no, do you plan an update for it?

Thomas

[GoTTi]

this is not working with vb 3.7 rc 4 for me.

[echo2kk5]

Does NoSpam! run with vBulletin 3.6.10?
If no, do you plan an update for it?

Thomas

Yes...I've upgraded to 3.6.10 and NoSpam! is working fine.

[MissKalunji]

this is not working with vb 3.7 rc 4 for me.

Vb integrated no spam in 3.7

[GoTTi]

oh right. another mod they took from a users created idea and never paid them royalties for....nice.

[MissKalunji]

i guess it was giving freely to the community...i doubt they took his code just his idea :-/ but i see what you mean..

[HP10T]

I have installed this on my board had it running for quite some time now, 4+ months. The other day someone called me and told me that they weren't able to register because the NoSpam question was answered wrong but that they were never prompted for a NoSpam answer during the registration process.

I checked for myself and indeed there was no nospam question...

I have unintsalled and reinstalled the product with no luck. I went through the troubleshooting and did everything that suggested which changed nothing. I went through the integration.txt and did everything but the quickregister since I believe I have quickregister disabled and one still cannot see the nospam question.
This is on VB 3.5.4

Does anyone have any ideas?

[captainron19]

I am using this on VB Version 3.6.4 and have been using it for a while. A couple of people have emailed me because they are having trouble registered and it is telling them that the No Spam question was answered incorrectly. They stated they cannot see a question.

While on the phone with one o fthe people I logged off of the forum and went to register and I saw the No spam question just fine but he was describing the screen he was looking at and it was not showing at all.

Any reason why this would not be showing on someones specific PC? He was using Internet Explorer (as was I)

[HP10T]

I am glad I am not the only one that is having this problem. I have been trying to figure this out for the last 2 months with no response on the other thread.

CaptainROn:: I checked your site and I am indeed seeing the nospam question using firefox version 2.0.0.14

[captainron19]

CaptainROn:: I checked your site and I am indeed seeing the nospam question using firefox version 2.0.0.14

Which site did you check? The only one I am hearing from people where they are not seeing the No Spam Question is www.fire-forums.com

[HP10T]

Which site did you check? The only one I am hearing from people where they are not seeing the No Spam Question is www.fire-forums.com

Oh just checked that one and it seems to be working fine. Whats the cool wet stuff fire fighters use..

[Digital Jedi]

I just registered on your site Ron, and it showed up just fine in IE7. The question also shows up in FireFox and Opera when I check. I can't imagine whey their not seeing it.

[Boofo]

The question shows up fine. The legends don't show up though so that might be why they are saying that.

[HP10T]

Do you guys mind checking utahnissans.com?

[MissKalunji]

no only the image verification

[dreamache]

I have the same exact issue on my forum.. I get emails sometimes from people who want to signup, but can't because it says the nospam question is wrong, but they see no where to specify an answer... I always thought maybe they're just lunatics, until I actually experienced this issue myself with a forum I'm trying to signup to now. So WTF!?

[Chimpie]

Is anyone else having problems with this in the 3.7 Gold? The question is not appearing.

[eJM]

How many times do you need to be told? You don't need this hack in 3.7. Read before you post. Webmasters should know this already.

[perfphysio]

HI guys

since updating recently to 3.7.0 release 5 i think i am unable to register any users. I am not sure where this mod is the issue but this is the comment i get with it enabled or diabled

"Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing or mismatched."

Any assistance really appreciated

[MissKalunji]

HI guys

since updating recently to 3.7.0 release 5 i think i am unable to register any users. I am not sure where this mod is the issue but this is the comment i get with it enabled or diabled

"Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing or mismatched."

Any assistance really appreciated

it was integrated in 3.7.x you don't need this mod...

[gopherhockey]

it was integrated in 3.7.x you don't need this mod...

So how do you get the question AND image verification to work... without this mod, its one or the other. I preferred both actually.

[WeBBy]

AND where the heck is it in 3.7.0????
I too used to use Image Verification and NoSpam! (and still get bots), but I do not see the NoSpam equivalent in 3.7.0. The manual shows a completely different "Human Verification" screen than I have???:confused:

[gopherhockey]

AND where the heck is it in 3.7.0????
I too used to use Image Verification and NoSpam! (and still get bots), but I do not see the NoSpam equivalent in 3.7.0. The manual shows a completely different "Human Verification" screen than I have???:confused:

Its like the third option under vBulletin options. Its basically a choice between a few different methods, you can't (as far as I can tell) have multiple. Thats why this really hasn't been replaced completely.

[SupportAM]

I uploaded file and enabled it but still seeing image verification??

[Videx]

I too can't find it as an additional option in 3.7. 3.7 seems to instead offer a choice between a question and images.

I'd rather have captcha AND a question.

[Lemik]

When the version appears to vB 3.7.x ?

[AdrianH]

Hey there antialiasis, a version for v3.7 would be very much appreciated, the Recaptcha system is all but useless as the bots are now able to walk straight by it.

[Videx]

I dunno, the more I think about it the more I think maybe the 'random' question by itself will work. Certainly better than the cracked captcha anyway.

We've been a week with 3.7 and a question alone and no bots yet (knock on wood!).

[AdrianH]

Read the thread by Andreas over at vB.com

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=272471

[Guest210212002]

I dunno, the more I think about it the more I think maybe the 'random' question by itself will work. Certainly better than the cracked captcha anyway.

We've been a week with 3.7 and a question alone and no bots yet (knock on wood!).

They're getting past the questions on my site, but haven't actually been making threads. I've banned a good dozen users in the last week who sign up, create a signature with a link to some random website and never post.

Would also very much like to see this ported to 3.7 so that it can be used alongside Captcha.

[RedWingFan]

We're getting spam registrations from China now, on a regular basis. We have had CAPTCHA turned off for several months, and using the questions alone, we've had very few spam incidents. I'm thinking this recent wave is via human registrations, or they've figured out our questions and how to reply to them. We're redoing our questions to see if they stop the spammers.

[Videx]

This is probably the wrong thread for it, but I sure would like to hear the questions that have been 'cracked".

My forum is a local city forum and I ask a question about local politics. They can get the answer from wikipedia, but [I think] it'll take a human to do it.

[FENIX]

Installed on 3.7 - it seems to be working however it does not display on the registration page. I know it's working, because when you try and register you get an error from NoSpam! saying the question was answered incorrectly!

Will wait for a port, or someone who has it on 3.7 to help :)

[calopez]

Hi,

I have installed the mod in my vBulletin 3.6.4 and I have a problem.

The question does not appear in Quickreply. The variables $nospamquestion, $spamvalue, etc. have no value.

I've checked several times the installation and I've done everything correctly. Any idea?

Greetings ^^