How do I stop spam bots

[doemasters]

just wondering what is the best way to keep those pesky bots from getting on my site. I added the visual confirmation and also the word verification but still they get on. Any ideas and thanks in advance :)

[kevcj]

Turn email confirmation on.

There is also a mod where you can ask a question and the person has to enter an answer. Such as what is 2 + 2 and the person enters 4.

I think the add-on allows for several different questions to be asked, so they will rotate out. Look in the Vbulletin 3.6 mods section.

[edytwinky]

I tried searching for this but cannot find it.

[fringehead]

check out the isbot mod. I installed it last week and it has prevented about 40 bots from signing up!

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=135094&highlight=isbot

I find you also should add their email address to the ban list for the ones that make it through. It's the best solution I have found for bots (Isbot)

Sean

[snakes1100]

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=124828&highlight=captcha <-- question asking
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=135094&highlight=verification
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=132482&highlight=registration

[Lynne]

check out the isbot mod. I installed it last week and it has prevented about 40 bots from signing up!

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=135094&highlight=isbot

I find you also should add their email address to the ban list for the ones that make it through. It's the best solution I have found for bots (Isbot)

Sean
I second this recommendation for the isbot mod. But, if you have a busy forum, I recommend you read the thread notes and learn to take out the email confirmation. I was getting about 30 emails a day after installing this hack, but boy did it cut down on the site spam! (Although we continue to moderate first posts, but before we had about 20 spam posts to moderate a day and now we only get a handful a week.)