NoSpam! - an alternative to CAPTCHA images

[bmwusa]

does it work on 3.7.0 ?????
thank you for your answer!!!

[Videx]

does it work on 3.7.0 ?????
thank you for your answer!!!Please read before you post. There's no easy answer, and the last two pages discuss the issue.

[Stifmeister2]

does it work on 3.7.0 ?????
thank you for your answer!!!
Why would you even want this for 3.7?

It's a default feature in 3.7... Or at least that's what I've heard.

[AdrianH]

Why would you even want this for 3.7?

It's a default feature in 3.7... Or at least that's what I've heard.

wrong................ v3.7 uses either image or recaptcha or q+a.

This mod was in addition to captcha and allowed both to be present, and right now the bots are walking by the recaptcha etc so any extra help is a bonus.

[King Justice]

wrong................ v3.7 uses either image or recaptcha or q+a.

This mod was in addition to captcha and allowed both to be present, and right now the bots are walking by the recaptcha etc so any extra help is a bonus.
Indeed. This mod needs to be updated to support vB 3.7.
Any takers, coders?

[Doallyn]

anyone tried it on 3.7? i should work in theory as its just an addition to the registration form??

[Doallyn]

nah doesn't work - it installs and but the questions don't appear on the registration page, must be a change to the template - this needs updating

[credenscel]

i installed it on 3.6.8 and it doesnt work. i uninstalled and re-installed - still doesnt work.

[Flar]

anyone tried it on 3.7? i should work in theory as its just an addition to the registration form??

We tried it and unfortunately it doesn't work, i figure it needs some updating.

Best regards,

Flar

[BicyclePunk]

Well...I upgraded to 3.7.1 and the NoSpam! won't work...meaning there is no box or question or answer during registration. yet when you go through registration it won't finish because NoSpam! won't let you....

....and I have it completely disabled in admincp!

How do I remove it so people can register and/or I use the new built-in Human Verification in 7.1. Thanks!

[Videx]

How do I remove it so people can register and/or I use the new built-in Human Verification in 7.1. Thanks!Simply uninstall it from Manage Products.

[BicyclePunk]

D'oh! If it were any easier, I would have tripped on it. Thanks so much! All fixed!

[XXP]

I modified the NoSpam! code to work with vB 3.7. I'll attach it here as a .zip. Treat it exactly the same as before except that this one will only work with 3.7+ vB.

As before, NoSpam! 3.7 will still let you have both the captcha image and the NoSpam question.

NB: if Antialias would like to take it and publish it for 3.7 that would be fine.

NB: The mod is simple. In the script for the NoSpam! plugin component called "Generate and insert NoSpam! question", every instance of old vB variable "$imagereg" is replaced with the new term "$human_verify".

NB: I've labeled this modified version as 3.7 simply to align it with the vB version with which it works. Call it 3.1 or "Bob" if you prefer.

NOTE: this modified version of NoSpam! will only work with 3.7+ vBulletin templates. It will not work with earlier versions. Do not use with vB 3.6.x or earlier.

Hope you all find this helpful. Still love this mod, Antialias.

[XXP]

does it work on 3.7.0 ?????
thank you for your answer!!!

:up: Yes; if you use the modified version attached to my previous post today.

[mmm3]

Just want to THANK YOU again for this mod!

I tried turning it off and got 3 porn spams in a few minutes. With it turned on, I'm lucky if I get 1 spam a month!

It allows me to keep guest posting enabled, (which is why I went with Vbulletin in the first place).

[eJM]

Wow, XXP, your dedication and support of this mod is really appreciated. Thanks for the work you put into it. You know, the author hasn't responded to this discussion since June 10 of last year. Maybe you should just post a new mod for 3.7.x with your code edits and give antialiasis credit for the original code and let's be done with him. I don't know why he said this hack was supported, when he doesn't support it.

R'gards,

Jim

[kyhorse]

I'm running 3.6.8 and have a few problems. I've went through and installed both quickregister and nospam based on the instructions. All appears fine. My issue has to do with the nospam questions. If I have both quick register and nospam on at the same time, quickregister displays a question, but it always reports the answer is incorrect. And this is with using 2+2equals:4 for testing.

If I have quickregister off and only using nospam, when registering the question(s) are not displayed. When you complete user registration it reports the questions were answered improperly. I went back through the edits documented as well, double checking and all show as they should.

Ideas or thoughts?

[ArnyVee]

Thanks XXP! You are THE man! Unless you're a woman....in that case, you are THE woman! :D

Here's the post with the 3.7+ version that XXP posted a page or two ago....

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1548655&postcount=765

[kyhorse]

Disregard my post about needing help. I uninstalled both nospam and quickregister. Went back and installed NoSpam by itself and was able to get the NoSpam question(s) to appear in the registration form.

Thanks.

[z0diac]

does it work on 3.7.0 ?????
thank you for your answer!!!

Does not work on 3.7.1 - it actually screws everything up. I upgraded from 3.6.8 to 3.7.1 awhile back, and just had an email yesterday actually saying that the user couldn't register because it said he answered the NoSpam! question wrong, but there WAS no Nospam questions asked!

So I checked, and yep, I haven't had a new user in MONTHS! (used to get a few a day)

[XXP]

Does not work on 3.7.1 - it actually screws everything up. ...
True. You need to use the modified one called 3.7. Find it in this post: www.vbulletin.org/forum/....1548655 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1548655&postcount=765)

[ArnyVee]

I upgraded from 3.6.8 P2 to 3.7.1 P1 a week ago. I lost out on quite a few new members because of the 'error' of the previous version of NoSpam!

Well, since adjusting it to XXP's version, it's been working great. :D

Thanks again XXP!

[edward hamilton]

I'm running 3.6.8 PL2 and haven't been able to get any questions to appear on the registration form.

I've read the installation instructions. edited the register template to include $nospamfield
I'm not using Quick Register but tried the edits suggested in the integration instructions and still wasn't able to seem to get any verification questions to appear.

I've uninstalled this mod, but will check back to see if there are any good ideas here.

I see some other people are having similar problems.

[antialiasis]

Hello, and sorry about my absence. I have just released a new version of NoSpam! for vBulletin 3.7; it is linked to at the top of the first post of this thread. I have also attached to that first post an experimental NoSpam! 4.0 file which could theoretically fix edward hamilton's problem (and that of others who run into the same issue). It is untested on 3.6, however; it will not delete your database or anything, but it might simply not work. Anybody who has a 3.6 board and would be willing to try it and report on whether it works would be greatly appreciated.

[JJ the Fox]

Perfect add on.

Zero spambots since installation.

[XXP]

Hello, and sorry about my absence. I have just released a new version of NoSpam! for vBulletin 3.7; ....

That's OK. No need to say 'thanks'. And thank you for responding to emails and attempts to contact at your site. No problemo, as they say.

[ablaye]

Cool mod. I installed it on my Webmaster Forum (http://www.webmasterground.com).

[slinky66]

How would you use an image as was described above and paraphrased here:

"Or you can go with inserting a simple image with HTML and ask what is shown on the image"

[rwoscott]

Nice Mod. Easy to install and use.
AND works a treat.

Thanks.

[Trixi.com]

Installed on 3.6.2. It was so easy. Much better then Captcha...often users can not well read the letters (lower case, upper case)...It is much easier now!

Tx for sharing this nice piece of software.

[NexDog]

This suddenly stopped working for me. I mean it works, but I have this one bot that always gets past it and signs up and spams 2 to 3 times a day. :(

[inciarco]

Great Mod, Works Ok in vB 3.6.8. PL2. :up:

Thank You Very Much For Sharing it. :up:

My Best Regards.

:)

[legionofangels]

Great mod.

Thanks for sharing it.

I recommend you put this in your opening post, or a link to it:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1180525&postcount=343

It is required for it to work with the Quick Register Mod. I was thinking that it had to be that to, since the QR field is it's own field, but I didn't know where to put the code until I found that.

Linking to it would save you future questions, that will arise as your text instructions at this moment, are not fully correct. The answer box appears in Quick Register but the question does not unless you do the change that the member suggested.

I used this question mixing a number with a word 10 and third, to try and confuse a bot almost like a problem solving question.

If 10 is a third of the total, what is the total?

I am wondering something though, you say it only shows one question and it randomizes them, is that correct?

If so, how many questions do you think we should come up with?

[SoftDux]

great mod, thanx :)

[crazymilk]

Hey Guys.

SOrry but could somebody tell me how to install this? I have 3.6.2 version and am getting hit hard with the damm spammers

[eJM]

Hey Guys.

SOrry but could somebody tell me how to install this? I have 3.6.2 version and am getting hit hard with the damm spammers

You can't read the installation instructions written above in the mod description??? :down::confused::rolleyes:

[crazymilk]

I know I read that but sorry I am still unsure:o


edit no worries..sorted

[manning]

How well does this work? E.G what percentage of reg spam does it stop?

[AuroraStorm]

I installed this on a friend's board because she's getting slammed with spammers. I added four questions but it only shows just the one. I didn't space the questions apart. Should I have done that, because I followed the example in the original attachment.

I read earlier where soemone said it would have been better as a profile field and I think he was right...

Edited: Uninstalled...it didn't work...bots were still able to get through the question and it wasn't an easy question either...

[asandhanam]

I'm running VB 3.6.11. I just installed this plugin intending to use it with my custom form (using form hack) and contact us. I followed the instructions from install.txt & integration.txt. But it doesn't seem to be working. I also edited the contact us template manually and added $nospamfield above $imagereg as per troubleshooting.txt. Still wouldn't work. Can't understand why. Help please.

[Admiral Cuddles]

I am running VB 3.6.8 and had it installed and a bot got past it in under 5 minutes, followed instructions and enabled, looked like it was working (I tested it as soon as I registered by creating a new user, it stopped me from registering). But we've had such a major problem with bots that we had to turn registration right off.

[Shaven_LTS]

Installed... and works! Thanks

[Gerald_D]

This mod is great, but I need an "inverse" version of it . . . . . :)

My registration already contains a couple of questions. For example, one of the questions is "Do you already have a CNC machine?", and that's where my regular spammers answer "1". In fact, they answer all questions as 1.

So, instead of having a system that recognises the right answer to random questions, how about a mod that recognises the (repeated) wrong answer to standard questions?

[Gleedo]

Just installed this and enabled it on v3.7.4 PL1 but the CAPTCHA thingy is still appearing instead. I did check to see if it was just a custom template problem, but its not appearing on the default template either.

Any help appreciated as im inundated with friggin spammers :(


EDIT : Ignore me, i just spotted the other thread for 3.7x - im an idiot lol.....DOH!

[manning]

Just installed this - will report back results in a few days ... sick and tired of all the bot registrations. I hope it works!

[manning]

Its been a couple weeks now and thus far (knock on wood) the spam has stopped!

THANKS!

[TheLastSuperman]

Thanks! 3.6.8

[csoroner]

The upgrade performed today from 3.7.4 (mod worked) to 3.8 broke it. No matter what the answer was entered your always wrong and can't register.

So I ran the uninstall and guess what? The random question box is still there?

Please tell me how to remove it so new members can register!

[Ncturnal]

If I'm not mistaken the random question that remains is part of vBulletin's built in version, but I'm not 100% sure on that.

[csoroner]

If I'm not mistaken the random question that remains is part of vBulletin's built in version, but I'm not 100% sure on that.

Your wright. My bad

I'm gonna keep looking for one that works. Just re-installed this one and it's borked!

bummer

[SloppyGoat]

I'm using this and the reCaptcha, and have had no spambots since. I'm running 3.8, and it seems to work fine.

[Digital Jedi]

Your wright. My bad

I'm gonna keep looking for one that works. Just re-installed this one and it's borked!

bummer
If your on 3.8 then you should at least be using the 3.7 version of NoSpam!.

[csoroner]

If your on 3.8 then you should at least be using the 3.7 version of NoSpam!.

For some reason I've tested both and it won't allow anyone to finish the registration process. I'm now using the built in version and so far no spam.

[Digital Jedi]

When you had NoSpam! installed, did you have the built in questions disabled?

[csoroner]

Yes I did? Could it be case sensitive?

[Digital Jedi]

Yes I did? Could it be case sensitive?
I don't think it's case sensitive, but you did have to include variations of words if you wanted those variations accepted. Plus you had to format them correctly in order for them to work.

[chompboard]

This worked perfectly for months and as of a couple days ago they are getting through in waves. I think they're on to us... Time for an update.

[stemmy]

Same happened to me - been great for months then last couple of days waves of spam accounts.

i assumed that the robots had got more clever and were able to understand simple questions like

2 + 2 =
and
Type XXXXX here

I initially just replaced the questions with ones very similar just different figures. Seemed to work for a couple of hours then they came again.

So I then replaced the questions with ones that didn't have the answer in them - like

how many fingers on one hand ....

what is the opposite of North ......

What is the talest mountain in the world .........

Since changing these all spam accounts have stopped. Dunno if its coincidence but I'm happy either way

[NexDog]

Cheers, good to know.

[Ev!L ErN!E]

Yes I seem to be getting waves os spam accounts alot the past couple of weeks, it would seem they have found a way around Nospam and Captcha

[Expat]

They've defeated NoSpam! and now, unfortunately, it's worthless in its present form. Captcha works fine and is effetive, but you must have true type fonts enabled.

[Ev!L ErN!E]

They've defeated NoSpam! and now, unfortunately, it's worthless in its present form. Captcha works fine and is effetive, but you must have true type fonts enabled.
thats not true... I have true type fonts enabled, and I have still been getting tons of bots registering our forum. They have gotten around NoSpam! and Captcha....

[SVTCobraLTD]

Installed on 3.6.11 and working

[ramyatest]

I have installed it and there is no questions are displaying in the registration page however i have posted the questions through admin panel...
I have installed in 3.7 and 3.8.1.
what should i do? Can anyone help me?

[arabsounds]

I have installed it and there is no questions are displaying in the registration page however i have posted the questions through admin panel...
I have installed in 3.7 and 3.8.1.
what should i do? Can anyone help me?


same here! :(

[USAMustangs.com]

I get several spammers per day and this feature does nothing to slow them down. Any suggestions on a really good question and answer?

I've used simple math questions. e.g. What is 5+7?:12 or Please type "Boss302" into the following field.:Boss302

This is not working. Any suggestions? Also, most of my spammers register with the birthday of January 1, 1980

[snipeyhead]

Hey USA - I wrote an article on managing registration spam in vbulletin that you might find interesting, including some benchmarking:
http://www.snipe.net/2008/08/managing-registration-spam-in-vbulletin/

[keress]

I really need a mod like this. Even with the Captcha I get an obnoxious among of spam and I was really hoping this would do the trick, but I've upgraded to 3.8, had a template written for it, and this doesn't appear to work with it. I installed it, did the set up, but it doesn't appear anywhere.

Thanks!

[Digital Jedi]

I get several spammers per day and this feature does nothing to slow them down. Any suggestions on a really good question and answer?

I've used simple math questions. e.g. What is 5+7?:12 or Please type "Boss302" into the following field.:Boss302

This is not working. Any suggestions? Also, most of my spammers register with the birthday of January 1, 1980

That's probably part of your problem. Math questions, or putting you answer into the question itself are easily bypassed by bots. You're giving the bot the answer. Questions need to be simple questions that a bot can't guess. Like "What color is the sky?" or (since you can use HTML in the questions) "What color is this picture?" Don't put the answer anywhere in your question or in your HTML and don't use math questions. Just use simple, first grade questions that don't have a lot of variable answers.

[beishe8]

I get several spammers per day and this feature does nothing to slow them down. Any suggestions on a really good question and answer?


Please complete the word in the sentence > The Capital City of the United Kingdom is Lo????
Answer:ndon
Please complete the word in the sentence > Australian native animal:kang????
Answer:aroo

[Tree Guardian]

Awesome, works like a charm- Good work !

[ETDC]

Is this working in 3.8.3 ?

[Kayvin]

3.8.3 has these abilities in the basic package.

[ETDC]

It still doesn't defeat bots though like this hack used to.

[Kayvin]

I installed this mod when I was using 3.6. I went from 8 bots a day to 0 bots.

I removed this mod when I upgraded to 3.8 and could do this with 3.8's built-in features. I stayed at 0 bots. Works great. :)

[ETDC]

I installed this mod when I was using 3.6. I went from 8 bots a day to 0 bots.

I removed this mod when I upgraded to 3.8 and could do this with 3.8's built-in features. I stayed at 0 bots. Works great. :)
There's a verification question in 3.8.3? :confused:

[Kayvin]

On the Human Verification Manager, it asks me if I wanted to use Image Verification, Question & Answer Verification, or reCAPTCHA Verification because I have that installed (though I no longer use it)

Human Verification Options is one of the first options on the sidebar of the admin panel, or it can be found in the vBulletin Options panel relatively close to the top of the list.

[ETDC]

^ Thanks for that. Phew, now I can avoid wasting hours checking if they're bots or not....

Cheers. :up:

[ellicit]

I just installed it... I hope it helps.

[midirtrider]

Love it..... will be installing SOON!!!

[Loget]

Hey,

I've added the registrar nospam code but the question won't show on the registration page. Help would be appreciated.

Thanks

[USAMustangs.com]

Hey,

I've added the registrar nospam code but the question won't show on the registration page. Help would be appreciated.

Thanks

In your No Spam Settings under vBulletin Options; Make sure that 1. Enable No Spam!? is set to Yes. 2. Use NoSpam! for registrations? is set to Yes 3. Save

[IndyParts]

Does this work with 3.8.4 ?

[Digital Jedi]

Does this work with 3.8.4 ?
You'd need the most recent version.
This hack is for vBulletin 3.6.x. For 3.5.x, please use the one provided in this thread. If you are using 3.7.x, you must use the one in this thread.

[alashram]

which version I can use with VB 4.0.1

[Digital Jedi]

which version I can use with VB 4.0.1
Neither. There isn't one for 4.0.

[Robman]

the hack works with vbulletin 4.0.1, but the design is deformed and a error appears in the header


Warnung: Die Aufrufe von fetch_template() sollten mit der Klasse vB_Template ersetzt werden. Templatename: nospam in [path]/includes/functions.php (Zeile 3893)

[cbishwaraj]

Hi,
We are having problems of Spams in Publishing suite.

I saw the downloads for 3.5 and 3.7 versions but not for our versions.

Is it possible to get it for our Publishing Suite - 4.0.5 and
VBulleting - 3.8.4 ???

How effective and reliable is this application ?
Your Help on this would be great.

Thank you for your support
Bish

[dewforum.info]

Thanks.

[sweptwingnut]

INSTALLED. 3.6.8

Working flawlessly. ZERO spambots.

[Marty McFly]

Installed it and it wrecked the CSS on my registration page...I deactivated it and the page went back to normal. Anyone else have this problem?

[psypher]

Yes I am also getting the following error when I use it.

Warning: fetch_template() calls should be replaced by the vB_Template class. Template name: nospam in [path]/includes/functions.php on line 3984

My version: Powered by vBulletin™ Version 4.0.5

[BorisPeace]

Is there a similar mod I can use with vB v4.1.5?

[pc11]

Messed up my registration page as well.

[sonforum.org]

3.6.8

get active registered users, is how to
What should I do

[nick!]

Installed, thankyou, hopefully this fixes the bot issue I was having.

[nuggsy]

Installed but it messed up my regsitration page as others have reported. Is there a fix?

[jon fuller]

Simple install (I'm rubbish) and it works a treat, thank you so much.

Jon Fuller

vb 3.6.4

[furnival]

Is there a similar mod I can use with vB v4.1.5?

I came to this thread with the same question until I realised that a custom q & a is actually built into VBulletin 4, it's under settings > human verification manager

[mrairbrush]

i have installed the plugin
it works not with 3.6.8
Who can activate the plugin?

[Digital Jedi]

I came to this thread with the same question until I realised that a custom q & a is actually built into VBulletin 4, it's under settings > human verification manager
Yes, but it's less functional than this modification. You have to save each question one at a time, and you can't use HTML for things like embeds and images. Which is why BirdOPrey made a 4.x compatable version: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=265845

i have installed the plugin
it works not with 3.6.8
Who can activate the plugin?
No reason why it shouldn't, but you can try BirdOPrey's 3.x version instead.

[antiekeradio]

In my opinion this mod has been the most important reason why I was able to keep up a board since about 2008, without ANY modifications, updates etc.. Hardly any maintenance from my side; spam registrations non-existent.. Only needed to tweak the nospam questions once or twice since then. LEGENDARY!!