keymachine.de?

[SirTalksalot]

I get bots from this host name constantly, on all of my sites. They do nothing mut try and register on my forums. WHat are they and what can I do to stop them does anyone know?

[magnus]

Just add that host/ip to the ban list.

[SirTalksalot]

they're using hundreds of different IP addresses though

[Code Monkey]

Someone on a site there is running a bot. Contact the host.

[magnus]

they're using hundreds of different IP addresses though

You just said it's coming from keymachine.de. Just ban the domain: *.keymachine.de

[ultimatenatureg]

I have done the same i have banned *.keymachine.de but they still keep coming back?
So far my ban list is

209.67.216.138
79.143.177.3
72.46.128.162
87.118.126.224
75.3.11.62
87.118.126.58
87.118.126.*
87.118.126.5
87.118.120.220
87.118.126.222
209.62.106.178
*.keymachine.de
*.svservers.com
87.118.126

[BlackJacket]

Are you using Re-Captcha plus verify e-mail? for new user's?

[TNCclubman]

Are you using Re-Captcha plus verify e-mail? for new user's?

Doesnt work, I had a problem with them and many more registering on my forums.

Solution...

Add a custom question on signup with only 1 answer that people will know.

Example:

"Whats the opposite of cold?"
answer: hot

100% spam stopped, signups, posts everything...

[BlackJacket]

Doesnt work, I had a problem with them and many more registering on my forums.

Solution...

Add a custom question on signup with only 1 answer that people will know.

Example:

"Whats the opposite of cold?"
answer: hot

100% spam stopped, signups, posts everything...

I would agree also. There is a mod for this also that shows a series of images and you have to chose which image the question is asking for.

:)

[ultimatenatureg]

Cheers for your comments i have those options enabled, just find them on the site trying to register a lot, they dont get through but just keep trying which am guessing is eating bandwidth?

[LisaD1]

Doesnt work, I had a problem with them and many more registering on my forums.

Solution...

Add a custom question on signup with only 1 answer that people will know.

Example:

"Whats the opposite of cold?"
answer: hot

100% spam stopped, signups, posts everything...

How do you add a custom question? I have so many of those sites "joining" that I send all my time banning or deleting and haven't figured out how to keep them away!
Thanks
Lisa

[SloppyGoat]

You just said it's coming from keymachine.de. Just ban the domain: *.keymachine.de
Adding domains doesn't seem to work. Is there some hack to make domains with wildcards work correctly, as IP banning does?

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Are we talking about banned email addresses?

[TNCclubman]

Its in your admin section, under vBulletin Options / Human Verification Manager

check off "Question & Answer Verification"

make a question and answer there.

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On mine they still try to sign up, but they cant get in. Saves having to delete posts, ban users etc. As long as they dont get in, I could care less if they keep trying. Eventually they'll remove you from the list of sites to spam.

[eSkiSo]

Go to Vbulletion Options->User Banning Options and on Banned IP Addresses add this:
87.118.90.*
87.118.91.*
87.118.92.*
87.118.93.*
87.118.94.*
87.118.95.*
87.118.96.*
87.118.97.*
87.118.98.*
87.118.99.*
87.118.100.*
87.118.101.*
87.118.102.*
87.118.103.*
87.118.104.*
87.118.105.*
87.118.106.*
87.118.107.*
87.118.108.*
87.118.109.*
87.118.110.*
87.118.111.*
87.118.112.*
87.118.113.*
87.118.114.*
87.118.115.*
87.118.116.*
87.118.117.*
87.118.118.*
87.118.119.*
87.118.120.*
87.118.121.*
87.118.122.*
87.118.123.*
87.118.124.*
87.118.125.*
87.118.126.*
87.118.127.*

[dekaybrown]

I added a question / answer..

Bogus registrations stopped cold!!

Personally I find the "text window" difficult to read, and I have great vision, so I could not imagine someone with thick glasses trying to read it.

The question / answer routine works well.!!

[biggazillakilla]

Just got one of these, too. It registered and posted this:???? ???????? - ????? ??? ? ???????? ?????????? ???????? ???????, ?????????? ???????????? ????????? ??????????? (IPL) ? ???????????????. ???? ???????? ??????????? ??? ????????? ??????, ????? ??? ???????-, ????????-, ????- ????????.???? ?????????? ???????? ? ????? ??????????? ????? ??????????????? ???????? ???? ? ??????????? ????????????. ??????? ???? ?????????? ???? ???????? ?? ????????? ???????? ??????? ? ????? ??????? ???????. ????????? ????????? ????????? ???????, ??????? ???????????, ?? ??????????? ??????????? ????, ?? 20-30 % ????, ??? ??? ?????????? ?????? ???????? ???????. ? ??????????, ?????????? ?????????? ? ????????? ???????????? ????????-???????????? ?????????, ????????????????? ???? ????, ? ?????????????? ???????.????? ???????? ? ????????????.I don't like adding too many registration hurdles; it would make more sense to limit people after they register, not before.