Spam Decimator

[RaidenDAWG2]

This is an updated version of my previous extension, Spam Decimator 1.0.x. This is for vB versions 3.7.0 and up. It may work with 3.6.8PL2 and up, but I cannot confirm this.

Features Include:

-Ban a spammer with two clicks.

-Delete all threads by a user (soft or permanent, ACP configurable)

-Delete all posts by a user (again, soft or permanent, choice is yours)

-NEW! Delete any spam comments and log them as well.

-Permit or deny mod/super mod access through ACP

-Email the spammer saying pretty much haha, caught you sucker (default email can be configured using ACP)

-Email the webmaster informing him/her of the attack

-Option to move all soft deleted threads to a specified forum (for safe keeping in case IP addresses or whatnot are later needed for legal proceedings or whatever)

Most everything here works with vB native functions (i.e. delete_thread, etc.), so forum, thread, and post counters are automatically updated.

Install

Installing is quite simple. Simply upload the included files (three of them, decimator.php, includes/functions_decimator.php, and images/misc/spambutton.gif) preserving hierarchy and import the product file, and voila! you're done and ready to take on any spammer who comes your way.

***NOTE: if template hooks do not work for you, see the install file included in the package for instructions.

Other Stuff

**UPDATED!!!

Tested and functioning with vBulletin 3.7.1. I make no guarantees about compatibility with other versions.

Spam Decimator 2.0.0 is slated for a late June 2008 release, with a features list to follow.

That's basically it. Enjoy, and as always, click install ;)

Changes:
1.0.1 - Fixed problems with xml product file, validated for use with vB 3.5 Gold release.

1.0.2 - Fixed mod/super mod access bug as well as fixed templates for non-vB default styles.

1.0.3 - Fixed all known remaining bugs, rewrote email system to properly parse emails using native vB functions.

1.0.4 - Attempted to fix bug I can't find...updated main template.

1.0.5 - Fixed no mod access bug.

1.5.0 - Added post count limit to be decimatable, added plugin to control display of Decimator button. Fixed minor issues, rewrote several functions for improved performance.

1.5.1 - Fixed bugs, added vBulletin blog comment compatibility.

-RD

[goranbaxy]

Great!

[cafenetland]

screens please

[RaidenDAWG2]

screens please

Uploaded...albeit, the screens are from an earlier version that hasn't changed all that much since.

[KURTZ]

<font color="DarkOrange">*tagged</font>

[cafenetland]

Uploaded...albeit, the screens are from an earlier version that hasn't changed all that much since.


thx..

i already installed before u added screens

very usefull hack

clicked instaled.

[Il Pompa]

great:up:

[macc]

Thanks!

regards

macc

[MPDev]

I noticed this didn't work using additional usergroups; only primary. So I made a couple minor changes to cache the $decimators and the users memgroupids.

global $candecimate;
global $vbulletin;
global $decimators, $allowedids;

if($vbulletin->options['sd_enabled'])
{
$candecimate = false;

if ( !$decimators )
{
$modgroups = explode(",", $vbulletin->options['modgroupid']);
$supergroups = explode(",", $vbulletin->options['supermodid']);
$admingroups = explode(",", $vbulletin->options['adminid']);
$decimators = array_merge($admingroups,$modgroups,$supergroups);

$ids = $vbulletin->userinfo['usergroupid'];
if ( $vbulletin->userinfo['membergroupids'] != "" ) $ids .= ",". $vbulletin->userinfo['membergroupids'];

$allowedids = explode( ",", $ids );
}

if(!in_array($post['usergroupid'], $decimators))
{
foreach( $allowedids AS $allowedid )
{
if(in_array($allowedid, $decimators))
{
if($vbulletin->options['sd_postmax'] > 0)
{
if($post['posts'] < $vbulletin->options['sd_postmax'])
{
$candecimate = true;
}
}
else
{
$candecimate = true;
}
}
}
}
}
else
{
$candecimate = false;
}

if($candecimate)
{
$template_hook['postbit_controls'] .= "<a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('decimator.php?userid=$post[userid]&amp;threadid=$post[threadid]&amp;postid=$post[postid]','spam_decimator','statusbar=yes,menubar=yes,tool bar=yes,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=800,hei ght=600'); return false;\"><img src=\"images/misc/spambutton.gif\" alt=\"Spam Decimator\" border=\"0\"></a>";
}

[macc]

hello!

where to put this code in above post?

regards

macc

[MPDev]

In the plug-in code.

[macc]

Hello!

can you explain little more please?

regards

macc

[Playa82]

vBulletin 3.7.1 already have a option like this i think...

(Delet Posts as Spam) in your Post Drop-Down menu

[RaidenDAWG2]

vBulletin 3.7.1 already have a option like this i think...

(Delet Posts as Spam) in your forum Drop-Down menu

Yes, but it doesn't have the other options, namely, deleting blog comment spam, banning the user automatically, deleting ALL posts and threads started by a user, etc.

[TheInsaneManiac]

If you implement a way to delete the users PMs I will also have this mod installed :D

[maidos]

can u have a spam button available for for members to report spam. just make it easy when ppl click the spam button the report will be available to an own dedicated spam section where mods and admin can check for reported spams...

[TheInsaneManiac]

can u have a spam button available for for members to report spam. just make it easy when ppl click the spam button the report will be available to an own dedicated spam section where mods and admin can check for reported spams...
Thats what the original report button is for -_-

[mayanks]

thanks...mark installed

[Crono_86]

Hey man, great mod.

I was just wondering if you were going to add the ban IP option into the 2.0.0 release? You mentioned in the old thread that it would be fairly easy to do.

[RaidenDAWG2]

If you implement a way to delete the users PMs I will also have this mod installed :D

Next release (barring any bug fixes).

Hey man, great mod.

I was just wondering if you were going to add the ban IP option into the 2.0.0 release? You mentioned in the old thread that it would be fairly easy to do.

Same as above, next release.

I'm thinking end of June, buuuuuut that's now a week away, so more likely early July after my first round of midterms is over.

[Spinball]

Thanks for this - nice to see this mod being developed further.

[vBVision]

Will test it, thanks:)

[Spinball]

I've had one report that using the tool did not ban the spammer. I will report back if this happens again.

[RaidenDAWG2]

I've had one report that using the tool did not ban the spammer. I will report back if this happens again.
Interesting...I'll take a look at the code at some point early next week, see if there's something I missed.

[MindStar]

Excellent, I see that you've used the postbit_hook to install the button without requiring any pesky template edits :)

Keep up the good work!

[robgeo973]

I may use this in the future!

[mA|tRiX]

Great Add-On. :) THX :)

[Spinball]

The user group does not appear to be being changed to Banned when a member is banned. I have the correct user group set up in the settings.

[cindy helmond]

great hack but 1 question : can register users use this tool ? or only admin and moderators?
thx

[Raffaele]

will this work in vb 3.7.2? and btw... great add-on

[RaidenDAWG2]

The user group does not appear to be being changed to Banned when a member is banned. I have the correct user group set up in the settings.

I've not been able to recreate that one. Is it another user who's telling you that, or is it happening when you're running it?

great hack but 1 question : can register users use this tool ? or only admin and moderators?
thx

It's based on usergroups you define, so if you really want to give them that power...I highly recommend you don't, but it's your choice.

will this work in vb 3.7.2? and btw... great add-on

Yes.

[RaidenDAWG2]

The user group does not appear to be being changed to Banned when a member is banned. I have the correct user group set up in the settings.

Alright, I found the bug in my own copy as well. It has nothing to do with usergroups so much as it does the usertitle isn't changed. The banned group is still set properly though. I'll have a fix sometime this week.

[Alfa1]

Does this hack also ad the spammer ip to the banned ip's if the spammer is on a proxy like AOL? That would IP ban a large number of proxy users and innocent members would be affected.

[Dingo14]

nice one thanks

[RaidenDAWG2]

Does this hack also ad the spammer ip to the banned ip's if the spammer is on a proxy like AOL? That would IP ban a large number of proxy users and innocent members would be affected.
At the moment, no.

-RD

[irishblacknight]

Great addon, but is there any way to change the default actions? ie. not email the user and not email the admin?

Emailing the banned user can result in stupid emails from them complaining and I'd rather just nuke them once and for all :)

[fukdawrld]

:D thanx for this

[RaidenDAWG2]

Great addon, but is there any way to change the default actions? ie. not email the user and not email the admin?

Emailing the banned user can result in stupid emails from them complaining and I'd rather just nuke them once and for all :)
Easiest way is to edit the decimator_main template...ok, here's the changes...

Find:
<input type="checkbox" value="1" name="DOESPAMMER" checked>Email Spammer<br>
<textarea cols="30" rows="8" name="emailtext">
$vboptions[settingdefaultemail]
</textarea><br>
<input type="checkbox" value="1" name="DOWEMAS" checked>Email Webmaster<br>

Replace With:
<input type="checkbox" value="0" name="DOESPAMMER" disabled="disabled">Email Spammer<br>
<textarea cols="30" rows="8" name="emailtext" disabled="disabled">
$vboptions[settingdefaultemail]
</textarea><br>
<input type="checkbox" value="0" name="DOWEMAS" disabled="disabled">Email Webmaster<br>

[momo2]

very nice hack, any idea why my button ( spam ) comes 2 twice ? in each posts

[RaidenDAWG2]

Were you previously using the 1.0.x series hack from vB 3.5? If so, remove the template edit that that version needed, you should be good to go :)

If not...back to the drawing board, no idea.

[wavelets95]

Thanks for this mod, it's perfect !

[berben4]

Could you also make it delete all of the users PM's too?

[adam75south]

well, it didn't work for me.
"Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /home/.sites/28/site1/web/forums/includes/functions.php on line 1733"

i'm sure it's something with my forum that's messing it up.

[adam75south]

it looks like it banned the guy, but didn't delete the posts. i have it set to permanently delete threads and posts and not move them.

[adam75south]

ok i got it working. i'm not sure if this is the problem or not, but the first time i ran it i had the board disabled....so it gave me errors. it did ban the guy but didn't delete. so then i went back and had everything checked again, still errored out...then went back and unchecked ban, and it errored and told me there was no blog...went and set delete blog posts to no....went back, unchecked ban, ran it with deleted checked and it worked.

THANKS SO MUCH!

[adam75south]

it's working GREAT now. i'm not sure if it was because i first ran it with the board disabled or what, but pretty much flawless now.

maybe in an update you could make default check/uncheck on your boxes, i really don't care to send them emails.

[masons]

first off all,

I LOVE this, And I mean LOVEEEE this mod..

But
Warning: require_once(./includes/blog_functions.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /decimator.php on line 242

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required './includes/blog_functions.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/stocker/public_html/decimator.php on line 242

[dadoc]

This mod sounds really good,

When you click to ban the member does it automatically add the members email address and IP address to the list in the CP of banned member details?

installed and works good

[Spinball]

This mod sounds really good,

When you click to ban the member does it automatically add the members email address and IP address to the list in the CP of banned member details?

It bans the member. Banning a member adds them to the list of banned members.

[dadoc]

It bans the member. Banning a member adds them to the list of banned members.


I know that it will add that member to the ban list, but is just their Username that is added to the list?

does it work buy adding their email address to the banned email list? or IP?

Or are you saying that it is only the username that is banned, meaning that no one can join using that username?

[Spinball]

You need to look at vBulletin's standard functionality and your settings re banned users as this will dictate who and what is banned.
vBulletin does not allow duplicate user names. Banning a user will only ban their email address if you do not allow duplicate emails in registrations.
You can only ban IPs via the appropriate setting in your CP.

[Skyrider]

Awesome! So installed!, Thanks!

Though:
below and click "Decimate" to proeceed with ridding your forums
proeceed? Should be fixed in proceed :).

[michaelsilvia]

What would ROCK is if it also banned their IP as well. :)

[thenewuser]

Thanks!

Darn mmog gold spammers...

[ammoskumar]

Warning: require_once(./includes/blog_functions.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/decimator.php on line 242

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required './includes/blog_functions.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/honeome/public_html/domain.com/decimator.php on line 242

what should i do..?

[djrapid.com]

Not work for me in v3.7.3 :-(

[RaidenDAWG2]

what should i do..?

Check to ensure the Delete Blog Comments setting is set to no if you don't have the blog add on installed.

Not work for me in v3.7.3 :-(

More specific?

[Spinball]

Could we have it remove all the public messages left by the spammer as well, please?


What would ROCK is if it also banned their IP as well. :)

Well not unless you specifically told it to. You don't want to go banning IP addresses just on the basis of one spam attack. You might end up blocking all the people from a whole university or something.
The current hack shows you the IP addresses of other people. You have to do a bit of work investigating them before making a decision to ban an IP.

[carrlos]

I'm getting a spam button in all my PM's (and my mods too):

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/02/13.gif

Then when I click on it, I get this error message (even though the person is not a mod/admin):

http://www.iphonemodding.com/forum/files/maX/pictures/misc/spam_decimator_error.gif

[Darkslayer2014]

GREAT! I love this one. Let's hope it works.

[TechGuy]

Alright, I found the bug in my own copy as well. It has nothing to do with usergroups so much as it does the usertitle isn't changed. The banned group is still set properly though. I'll have a fix sometime this week.

Has this been fixed?

[carrlos]

I'm getting a spam button in all my PM's (and my mods too):

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/02/13.gif

Then when I click on it, I get this error message (even though the person is not a mod/admin):

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/02/13.gif

Is anyone else getting this error or is it just me?

[RaidenDAWG2]

Looks like I got some work to do...

@the PM bug, yep, that's a bug...gotta fix that.

@the other bug fix, no promises on a due date. I'm recovering from surgery and in the middle of a college quarter...winter break's probably the earliest I could knock anything out.

[enginethatcan't]

nice hack, downloaded, look forward to instlaling tonight

[enginethatcan't]

Installed no problems. VERY NICE JOB. Thanks!

[enginethatcan't]

Nominated also

[vBNT]

thanks - installed

[Taipa]

Working great for me on 3.6.9!
Thank you!

[Skyrider]

Hey, this plugin seems to have a conflict with:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=195266

When that is installed, the button/image will take over the Spam Decimator's one. Can this be solved?

[JJWhite]

Possible to create a user group that can also use the Mod. Would like to creat a group that some senior members can use to complete delete/remove spam as well.

[Macartist6]

I accidentally banned someone... which was no big deal, I un-banned them... but now all their previous posts come up as deleted... help?!?!?... please!

[RaidenDAWG2]

Hey, this plugin seems to have a conflict with:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=195266

When that is installed, the button/image will take over the Spam Decimator's one. Can this be solved?

Sorry for the late reply.

Technically, no, I looked at his code, and it's a bit flawed. What you can do (and this should do the trick) is go into the Plugin Manager and change the execution order so that my Decimator plugin executes AFTER that particular plugin in the location...lemme check here...postbit_display_start. That should do the trick. Remember to fix this on successive upgrades as well.

[RaidenDAWG2]

Possible to create a user group that can also use the Mod. Would like to creat a group that some senior members can use to complete delete/remove spam as well.

Yes! The mod will allow you to add additional usergroups, just add the usergroupid under the appropriate permission level (mod, super, admin) in the Options for Decimator.

I accidentally banned someone... which was no big deal, I un-banned them... but now all their previous posts come up as deleted... help?!?!?... please!

I don't have a fix for this one (thus all the bold warnings)...may be possible to reverse it through a query, I'd have to experiment though.

[indiancinema]

how do you undelete the threads? one of my mods accidently hit spam button on users thread, he thought it will delete only that particular post, but it deleted lot of other threads and posts of users which were not spam, now we cant restore them back, is there a way to restore them back?

[RaidenDAWG2]

There's technically no undo function on this. That's why I have all those warnings in the templates.

There's no easy way to undo it either. I can try to write something to undo the damage, but it's going to take me at least a day or two, I'm backlogged with work on my own site right now.

[indiancinema]

There's technically no undo function on this. That's why I have all those warnings in the templates.

There's no easy way to undo it either. I can try to write something to undo the damage, but it's going to take me at least a day or two, I'm backlogged with work on my own site right now.


no problem i can wait, thanks for considering my request

[momo2]

I must say, how much time this saves us by this hack... one click all posts bang.. :) all my admins and mods use them, thanks..

[RaidenDAWG2]

no problem i can wait, thanks for considering my request
I'm going to work on this a bit tomorrow, it won't be anything flashy, and it'll just be a file upload coded to work with your entered admin group(s) (no super or mod permissions for it), but it should get the job done (I hope).

It's complicated as hell, but it'll be in the next release as well.

[RaidenDAWG2]

Sorry, I've run into problems with my own site. I've not had time to write a fix for it, plus it's next to impossible to do thanks to the way the extension's programmed (thus all the warnings).

Just not in the cards right now, I apologize.

[indiancinema]

Sorry, I've run into problems with my own site. I've not had time to write a fix for it, plus it's next to impossible to do thanks to the way the extension's programmed (thus all the warnings).

Just not in the cards right now, I apologize.

Thanks for trying.. if possible look into it in your next release. Thank you!

[MarkoP]

Anyone know if this still works in 3.8?

[Kica]

I think you could add one thing. After clicking Spam button we are moved to new page with question like this: "Do you really want to ban and delete all post & threads of user...." and below two buttons YES and NO. I think that with this would be no mistakes.

[zooki]

I was using this One Stop Spam ban Mod, which was good, it deleted all the posts, banned the user, banned the IP Address and it also was able to Delete the user...

That was a really good mod, but, it has been stopped because the mod creator died,

Can you also have this mod Delete the user? And is there a way of adding this mod into the Profile, so that moderators do not have to click and see the thread itself to use this mod, thank you

[zooki]

I dont want the Mods to have Options To Tick whether I get an Email and certainly, I do not want us to waste time Sending Emails to Spammers!! So, this should be in Admin CP too, so that these options do not appear for the mods

SO, I Want A button Inside the Profiles, So With One Click, all their Posts are Deleted and the User is Deleted and their IP is Banned.. ---

Otherwise, people have to look at the Spam posts to Delete them, I am Using Monkey Stop Keyword and URL Moderator, its quite nifty in that it puts any new posts under moderation, so most spam is caught like that. Then all we need to do is BAN/Delete User, ---

[luket79]

Any 3.8 version?

[ilovevbull]

Works great thanks!

[carrlos]

I'm getting a spam button in all my PM's (and my mods too):

http://www.maximus.ws/forum/files/maX/pictures/misc/spam_decimator_pm.gif

Then when I click on it, I get this error message (even though the person is not a mod/admin):

http://www.maximus.ws/forum/files/maX/pictures/misc/spam_decimator_error.gif

This works in 3.8.1 with no problems. ;)

I would like to see the button removed from all PM's and also, the options should be in the admincp and not for the mods to decide.

Thanks for a great hack! :up:

[MarkoP]

Anyone know why my Supermods can't see the spam button? I have the setting correct but both my regular mods and supermods cannot see the button. I've done everything I can think of and it's not working for them.

I do know the settings are correct...but they still can't see it.

Any ideas?

Thanks

[mme42]

I dont want the Mods to have Options To Tick whether I get an Email and certainly, I do not want us to waste time Sending Emails to Spammers!! So, this should be in Admin CP too, so that these options do not appear for the mods-

This will fix that:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1614100&postcount=38

At first glance, I thought it might have just been to make the boxes unticked by default. But, I tried it and it does in fact make them unticked, grayed out and unable to be ticked. So, it completely removes the option for mods to have the emails sent.

I'm only just now trying this mod locally and deciding what to use for the live board. I'm torn between this and the 1-Touch Ban and Clean or whatever it's called. I like some aspects of both so far.

RaidenDAWG2, I'm sorry if this was answered and I missed it, but are there any plans to add a feature to delete all the spammers outgoing PMs (even in the distant future :P) ? Thanks either way :D

[PPUS]

Nice work, a 2 minute mod to get it rolling. My mods and admin love the option and are waiting for a spammer to test it out.

I assume that if it used when it should not have been, there is a way to restore the user? Does it write to .htacess or ACP or both?

Thanks for your effort!

[Sushubh]

i hope it is updated for use on the latest versions of vbulletin.

[Spinball]

i hope it is updated for use on the latest versions of vbulletin.

It works fine on 3.8.1. Probably ok on 3.8.2 as well.

[Sushubh]

yeap it seems to be working fine. i had expected this to be available in 3.8 section as well. just found about this useful mod on vbseo forum :)

[Spinball]

Would be nice to be able to turn off the email to admin notifying of a ban. We have to use this mod several times every day.

[Smitty]

Uncheck the 'Email Webmaster' box.

[Spinball]

Uncheck the 'Email Webmaster' box.

I would if there was such an option. But there isn't. Not in the Spam Decimator settings page, anyhow.

[Smitty]

I would if there was such an option. But there isn't. Not in the Spam Decimator settings page, anyhow.It's in the Decimator pop-up, not the settings. Look right above the Decimate button. There's a check box.

[mme42]

There's also this link that I just mentioned on the last page:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1614100&postcount=38

It removes the option so that you don't have to rely on your mods to uncheck the box every time. :D

[redfox2010]

sure that work with 3.8.2?
for me no.. :(

[Smitty]

sure that work with 3.8.2?
for me no.. :(
1.5.1 works for me on 3.8.2 and 3.8.3

[Jah-Hools]

(installing now)

I would love to allow some trusted forum members to use this.

Is that possible? or do they have to be mods?

Any advice on this appreciated..

Thanks

[chrisbr]

Could you advise me what i need to change to change the default actions for some of the tick boxes? or even to remove the tick boxes and just have the "Decimator" button on a popup for easy two click banning; i dont wish for half of the boxes to be default. ie send the user an email etc etc ...

[RaidenDAWG2]

Should be a pretty simple template edit. Change the input type to "hidden" and set the value="0", should to the trick.

[KidCharlemane]

Does this mod still do a check on when a user registered before executing? Ive noticed that more and more spammers are registering, letting their accounts sit dormant until 30 days are up then coming in and spamming the forum. I see post count is now considered and I didnt see anywhere in the code where join date is still checked but I just glanced through it so I could have missed it.

Thanks

[LOKIN510051]

I help pull in the 3.8.4 version you installed MySQL but hit the spam button

I get this

Page Not Found! F38-imagenes-amateur/decimator.php

tell me that I do please

[chrisbr]

Should be a pretty simple template edit. Change the input type to "hidden" and set the value="0", should to the trick.

What template/file do I need to edit?

Also, for some weird reason, on my Spam Decimator install, the thanks page does not show. It just shows a blank white page upon clicking on the Decimator button. It does ban the user though and all other motions?

ANy ideas why it is whitescreening?

[LOKIN510051]

I help pull in the 3.8.4 version you installed MySQL but hit the spam button

I get this

Page Not Found! F38-imagenes-amateur/decimator.php

tell me that I do please
Edit / Delete Message

ESPERO can help me, se los agradeceria

[RaidenDAWG2]

What template/file do I need to edit?

Also, for some weird reason, on my Spam Decimator install, the thanks page does not show. It just shows a blank white page upon clicking on the Decimator button. It does ban the user though and all other motions?

ANy ideas why it is whitescreening?

That's completely off the wall. I would recommend trying to reinstall because it's all contained in one template

digression, couple posts up, the template should be (if I remember correctly) decimator_main, that's the only template for the product.

Anyways, back to what I was saying, the entire thing is contained in that template, so if it got screwed up on install, that might explain it. Only thing I can think of off the top of my head.

I help pull in the 3.8.4 version you installed MySQL but hit the spam button

I get this


Page Not Found! F38-imagenes-amateur/decimator.php

tell me that I do please
Edit / Delete Message

ESPERO can help me, se los agradeceria

Stared at this for a moment, what mod_rewrite extension are you running? If there's an exempt script from rewrite type option in it, add decimator.php into it.

[popowich]

Email the spammer saying pretty much haha, caught you sucker (default email can be configured using ACP)

I just found this product since I noticed it was used to kill a spam in one of my threads on vBSEO.com.

The above is a bad idea. Often times the email addresses used by spammers are not real, are temporary, and/or belong to an innocent 3rd party. What is going to happen is that you will be spamming innocent 3rd parties or at the very least increasing your email bounce rates to commonly used ISP's. This can eventually lead to all email from your server being blacklisted by those email providers and others who they share their data with too.

-Raymond

[Smitty]

I've been using this for several years and never had a problem. It depends upon how your forum is set up. Mine are set up so that to post the person has to register and activate their registration (activation/verification email) to post, so it's a moot issue. If it's a fake email they won't be able to activate their registration to post anything.

If anything, I'm disappointed that the mod hasn't been updated. I'll really be disappointed if vB 4 kills it. It is a good mod and my moderators *love* it.

[Spinball]

I just found this product since I noticed it was used to kill a spam in one of my threads on vBSEO.com.

The above is a bad idea. Often times the email addresses used by spammers are not real, are temporary, and/or belong to an innocent 3rd party.
If you assume that the forum in question uses email verification (as all should) then the above is rubbish since they need to receive an activation email to be able to post.

[Smitty]

The thing now is to prod RaidenDAWG2 into updating this mod.

[Host Directory]

When i delete my users who spam they still seem to remain partly in the system - they still have member profiles for example.

Is this how it is supposed to work or am i missing something?

[Sushubh]

banning is not deletion.

this add-on does not offer deletion.

so profile pages still are online.

[Smitty]

It Bans the poster Permanently, but doesn't delete the user record. This is good because it blacklists the email address the spammer used (not that they don't have more than one email account, and assuming you use email activation/verification in your forum).

Edit add: As an aside, by keeping the user record it keeps the IP(s) so when investigating spammers it can help. I've used it to ban IPs when a bunch were coming from the same one.

You can use the user group options/permissions for banned users to do some stuff as well.

However, should this mod be updated I'm sure an option people would like would be one to delete the entire record.

[bhanuprasad1981]

how about integration with stopforumspam.com when a user is banned his details can be submitted to help other websites from same spammer ?

[braindead0]

I got it setup on 3.8.4 but when I click the button I get a vB page saying I don't have permissions to access /decimator.php

any idea where I can fix that?

[RaidenDAWG2]

Go into vBulletin Settings->Spam Decimator Settings, make sure your user group ID number is entered in one of the fields.

[braindead0]

Go into vBulletin Settings->Spam Decimator Settings, make sure your user group ID number is entered in one of the fields.It is, all the groups are still default. My primary is admin, moderator and super moderator as additional.. I get the spam button, which should indicate my group is okay.

It almost seems like some vB security setting. I tried changing file perms on decimator.php to see if that helps and it didn't.

Thanks for the quick response, seems like and awesome mod... now I just need to make it work. Also waiting from the mods there, perhaps it'll work for them and I'll not worry about it. I just manage the server and vB installation.

One of our Mods used it, so I'm guessing it's just my account.

[Sean James]

man i love this plugin, i hope its updated for vBulletin 4!!!!

[Sushubh]

arrived here hoping to see it updated for vb4 as well.

[AlBDJ-Net]

Nice mod ..Thx..Installed

[carrlos]

4.0?????????????

[Sean James]

4.0?????????????

vB4 comes with most of this default, only just realised last week.

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[Spinball]

Can I report a bug please?
If you decimate a spammer and one of their posts in a thread gets soft deleted, if it's the last post in a forum, in the FORUMDISPLAY view, the post is still displayed.
The first attachment shows the post deleted at the bottom of the thread.
The second attachment shows the post still visible on the forum display. This is as viewed by people without permissions to see that post.
vB4 comes with most of this default, only just realised last week.
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This functionality is actually in later versions of 3.8, but it doesn't do as much as the spam decimator. It doesn't send the spammers an email, for example, which is something we take great satisfaction in doing.

[Sushubh]

vb4 still requires multiple clicks and page updates to clean up the mess. and if the spammer has posted 50 posts... you have to take more steps. i miss this plugin in vb4...

[Spinball]

vb4 still requires multiple clicks and page updates to clean up the mess. and if the spammer has posted 50 posts... you have to take more steps. i miss this plugin in vb4...

Roll back to vBulletin 3 then. It has hundreds fewer bugs and is more efficient with the database. Why anyone is downgrading to vB4 is beyond me.

[Sushubh]

hehehe... i thought about doing that. but in the end... if i have to continue using vb i would have to update to v4 eventually.

if vb4 does not get any better than vb3.x.x in the coming months (or a year or two)... i would probably think about changing the platform once again.

i moved to vb from ipb... won't mind doing it all over again... for now i am pretty disappointed with what i did not get from vb4. :)

[Sean James]

vb4 still requires multiple clicks and page updates to clean up the mess. and if the spammer has posted 50 posts... you have to take more steps. i miss this plugin in vb4...

There is the option to delete all posts by user.

I had a spammer post about 15 posts on my board and i removed him and banned him in about 10 seconds.

[Sushubh]

the problem is magnified if spammer has posted more than 50 posts.

[RaidenDAWG2]

the problem is magnified if spammer has posted more than 50 posts.

That is configurable through AdminCP settings, you can up the limit if you like.

Folks, I apologize for the lack of progress on converting this to vB4. To make a long story short, I've taken a new job with long hours and I barely have the time to convert my own site over, let alone this mod. If any coder wants to take over the mod, please just PM to give me a heads up.

[Sushubh]

ooh cool. so there is a remote possibility that it would be updated for vb4... cool :)

some other plugins have no such hope :(

[carrlos]

vB4 comes with most of this default, only just realised last week.

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But I miss the one-click, auto-move threads. :rolleyes:

[JJWhite]

Anyone using the Spam Decimator on VB 4?

[Sushubh]

is there a working version for vb4?

[KURTZ]

Anyone using the Spam Decimator on VB 4?

vbseo.com uses this hack (i think) .. :)

[soundbarrierpro]

What happens if the spammer doesn't post? I have gotten bombarded with spam registrations over the past 3 days. I ban them before they have a chance to post. But I have to do all of this through ACP manually.

Is there any way to use spam decimator on the user before they post?

[irishblacknight]

I'd look at using a different plugin if you want to automatically block them ..

[soundbarrierpro]

Ok, would you have a suggestion? If it's a competitor, can you PM me, so as not to upset the dev for this one?

Thank you

[irishblacknight]

Ok, would you have a suggestion? If it's a competitor, can you PM me, so as not to upset the dev for this one?

Thank you
I'm using these two:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=198440
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/misc.php?do=producthelp&pid=vbstopforumspam4

I'm on VB4 but there might be VB3.* versions available

[soundbarrierpro]

Ok, I'm trying that vbstopforumspam one. This is getting crazy on my site. As soon as I ban a spambot reg. A brand new one follows right behind it.

[RaidenDAWG2]

Ok, I'm trying that vbstopforumspam one. This is getting crazy on my site. As soon as I ban a spambot reg. A brand new one follows right behind it.

That would be the one I use as well. This add-on was really designed to be a reactive thing to clean up spam after it happens, not prevent it.

[Myth!]

Could this use on vb 3.8?

[RaidenDAWG2]

Yes, this was designed to work with both 3.7.x and 3.8.x.

[dihuta]

That is configurable through AdminCP settings, you can up the limit if you like.

Folks, I apologize for the lack of progress on converting this to vB4. To make a long story short, I've taken a new job with long hours and I barely have the time to convert my own site over, let alone this mod. If any coder wants to take over the mod, please just PM to give me a heads up.

I can not find this setting.
Could you please help me where to change this?

Thanks.

[Sushubh]

That is configurable through AdminCP settings, you can up the limit if you like.

Folks, I apologize for the lack of progress on converting this to vB4. To make a long story short, I've taken a new job with long hours and I barely have the time to convert my own site over, let alone this mod. If any coder wants to take over the mod, please just PM to give me a heads up.

vbseo developers have already modified the plugin for vb4 and they use it on their own forums. they cannot release it because the plugin is not in open source and they cannot release your work in their name. i wish you can give them the permission to release the modified version that works with vb4! thanks.

[Skyrider]

^ What sushub said.. Can this be released for vB4 please?

[xxalexkimxx]

This works on vB4 because I see that vBSEO.com is using it on their forums....SO I think it might work on vb4

[Sushubh]

they have made changes to the extension to make it work on vb4. they cannot release it on their own because the extension is not open source. (i did ask them and they refused).

[Alecsmith]

is anyone using this mod on VB 3.8.7?

[RaidenDAWG2]

vbseo developers have already modified the plugin for vb4 and they use it on their own forums. they cannot release it because the plugin is not in open source and they cannot release your work in their name. i wish you can give them the permission to release the modified version that works with vb4! thanks.

I gave a couple people permission to release updated versions, one recently, one a while back. Honestly, I have zero time to work on this right now, I'm okay with just about anyone rereleasing it for 4.0, just give me a heads up that it's out there.

My original was based on someone else's idea originally, I can't be too upset if someone does the same with mine :)

[Fraxter]

I'm currently working on an updated version of this modification. Raiden has given me the permission to release it here. I think today or tomorrow (tuesday) i can release the first beta.

[netcommander]

i've wait a new version for 4.0

[yamahapaul]

Could this use on vb 3.8?
I use it on 3.8.5 -

http://www.midlandsheritage.co.uk/introductions/7103-hello.html#post31019