NoSpam! for vBulletin 3.7

[antialiasis]

NoSpam! is back and better than ever! The automatic template edits should be smoother than they were in the previous version, in addition to the 3.7 support. Please note that this version will ONLY work for vBulletin 3.7!

NoSpam! is a simple hack that allows the administrator to specify a number of easy questions, a random one of which must be answered correctly in order for a guest to be able to register, post, search or use the contact form. Because you create the questions and they are unique for each forum, it is impossible for a bot programmer to preprogram a bot to be able to answer them without adjusting the bot specifically to one, and thus you will be rid of all spam posted by CAPTCHA-evading advertisement programs.

This functionality was added by default in vBulletin 3.7's Q&A human verification system, so why use NoSpam! for 3.7 at all? There are a few reasons why one could prefer it:

- I have heard reports that vBulletin's default Q&A human verification is faulty and lets bots through. Truth to be told, I would not have publically released a 3.7 version if not for this. I don't quite see how this could happen and have not experienced it myself seeing as I don't use vBulletin's human verification, but if those reports are to be trusted, NoSpam! will do a better job of keeping the bots out.
- It is much easier to add questions and answers in NoSpam! en massé than in vBulletin's default system. If you want a great number of questions, vBulletin's built-in system takes terribly long to add them all in with quite a lot of page loads in between, while a fast typer can add several dozen questions to NoSpam! in a matter of minutes.
- If you have previously used NoSpam!, a simple copy-paste will get all your previous questions into NoSpam! for 3.7, while to get them into the built-in vBulletin system requires a converter.

If the reports of vBulletin's default human verification system failing are incorrect, I will freely admit that most people will do fine with the built-in system. But if you prefer this hack, by all means use it.

NoSpam! can be used with or without default vBulletin human verification. In this version, the automatic addition of the question into the templates should be flawless and not induce the often-reported problem where the question didn't appear in the previous version of the hack.

VERSION HISTORY:

4.0: Redid the automatic addition of questions to be smoother and more or less foolproof. Released for vBulletin 3.7.
3.0: Added functionality to allow users to specify which pages should use NoSpam!.
2.0: Extended the NoSpam! functionality to guest posts, guest searches and guest "Contact Us" in addition to registration.
1.1: Made template edit automatic (with thanks to Cole2026), added ability to have more than one answer to each question, and made answers case insensitive. To upgrade, I recommend undoing the template edit so you won't have to worry about it anymore (replace $nospamfield in the template register with $imagereg, or if you added $nospamfield above $imagereg, just remove $nospamfield altogether), and then reimport the product through the Admin CP (making sure that Allow Overwrite is set to On).
1.0: Initial release.

INSTALLATION:

1. Import product-nospam.xml through the Admin CP product manager.
2. Go to your vBulletin options in the Admin CP and select NoSpam! Settings. Once there, turn the system on and input your questions and answers according to the instructions there.

The system should now be functional and running.

UNINSTALLATION:

Just uninstall the product through the Admin CP.

SUPPORT:

Full support will be given in this thread. All suggestions are welcome.

Thank you and please click "Mark as Installed" if you like it.

[StRiKeR035]

thanks striker clicks install=) i used this mod all the time back in 3.6.x

[KURTZ]

need files, demo, screenshots ... something ... :p

edit: lol striker what have you installed?

[punk23]

edit: lol striker what have you installed?
LMAO!!

[antialiasis]

Added the files. I had to post the thread first to get the thread URL before exporting the XML file.

[StRiKeR035]

now i did=)

[KURTZ]

LMAO!!

now i did=)

ROTFL!

Added the files. I had to post the thread first to get the thread URL before exporting the XML file.

OK mate now just a question: this add-on can work together with captcha?

[punk23]

Thanks antialiasis! Loved it in 3.6 - I know I'm gonna love it in 3.7 :)

Installed.

[antialiasis]

ROTFL!



OK mate now just a question: this add-on can work together with captcha?
Yes. As the first post says, NoSpam! can be used with or without the default vBulletin human verification system. If one of the built-in options is enabled, the NoSpam! question will appear below it on the page and they will work independently of one another.

[KURTZ]

Yes. As the first post says, NoSpam! can be used with or without the default vBulletin human verification system. If one of the built-in options is enabled, the NoSpam! question will appear below it on the page and they will work independently of one another.

superb mate! ;) installed and also nominated ;):up:

[ArnyVee]

Any issues with the "XXP" version that was posted in the 3.6 thread? Should I just use this and overwrite?

[KURTZ]

what issue Arny? :S

[tafreeh]

i think this is buil-in option in vb 3.7... iguesss

[Mike-D]

Jelsoft has made brilliant ways to stop such Spam things. Why to reinvent the wheel (German idiom)? I don't see any reason why publishing a second Spam Hack. Maybe someone can enlighten me :)

[KURTZ]

i've got the same thoughts Mike, but i think is impossible improve the captcha with the vB's default Q&A ... this hack give us the chance to have those things together ... correct me if i'm wrong ... :)

[Mike-D]

Hmm, yes. You're right. That's the other side how I didn't consider it. Thanks Christian :)

[goforex]

Jelsoft has made brilliant ways to stop such Spam things. Why to reinvent the wheel (German idiom)? I don't see any reason why publishing a second Spam Hack. Maybe someone can enlighten me :)

VB's anti-spam features have never worked for me, but NoSpam! has worked brilliantly! Maybe there is some function on my board or server that isn't activated which allows spam bots to get through. Whatever it is, as soon as I upgraded to 3.7 without NoSpam! I started getting multiple spam posts and sign ups every day, just like I did before I installed NoSpam! I told VBulletin but they just bury their heads in the sand because 'it works for them'. I for one am extremely greatful for this hack so I will finally be rid of these blasted spam bots!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheers!

[antialiasis]

Um, guys, my initial post has a lengthy breakdown of why I decided to release this for 3.7 and why people might want to use it despite that vBulletin has built-in Q&A human verification. I'd really appreciate if people read what I've already taken the time to explain before asking about it.

Any issues with the "XXP" version that was posted in the 3.6 thread? Should I just use this and overwrite?
Judging by XXP's explanation of what he did, it should work just fine, but this one is more reliable and won't break when you make template edits.

[dannykilla]

will this replace the current Human Verification I am currently using and if so is there any chance I could have two working together i.e. Re-Captcha and your hack?

Dan

[ArnyVee]

Judging by XXP's explanation of what he did, it should work just fine, but this one is more reliable and won't break when you make template edits.

Gotcha. Done and installed! :D

Thanks for the update!

[slyreptile]

Installed! I'm tired of the bots getting by the vB 3.7 re-Captcha. Hopefully with this, it'll put a stop or at least a huge slowdown to the madness!

[antialiasis]

will this replace the current Human Verification I am currently using and if so is there any chance I could have two working together i.e. Re-Captcha and your hack?

Dan
As said in the first post, it works independently of the default vBulletin human verification - you can have both reCAPTCHA and NoSpam! at the same time.

[verino]

Thank's mate and *installed*

[AdrianH]

Jelsoft has made brilliant ways to stop such Spam things. Why to reinvent the wheel (German idiom)? I don't see any reason why publishing a second Spam Hack. Maybe someone can enlighten me :)

Spammers are getting past the vB Captcha system, this is an extra layer of protection.

Read the first post....................

[AdrianH]

Thanks for this antialiasis, good to see this hack back again :up:

[jdebler]

Thanks for this antialiasis, good to see this hack back again :up:

Agreed! Thank you, Antialiasis!!

[hostlayer]

I have installed this but it is not showing up on the registration form even though it is enabled, any ideas?

[Sean James]

Great to see this hack back, the spam protection with 3.7.0 is still allowing bots on my forums.

[BeerLuver]

Excellent mod :). Love how this works alongside whatever human image verification system we choose to use as a double security measure. Big thanks for this :D. Works great.

[beishe8]

I have installed this but it is not showing up on the registration form even though it is enabled, any ideas?

It is not showing up but still is there...
What could be wrong?

You answered the NoSpam! question incorrectly. Please reevaluate your answer or, if you found yourself unable to answer it, you can refresh for another question if the administrator has enabled multiple questions. If you find yourself repeatedly unable to answer the NoSpam! questions, please contact the forum administration.


Edit: I'm using 3.7.2

[hostlayer]

Ya I am having the same problem, not showing up on the registration page, but is still there

[logicuk]

installed and working here on vb 3.7 beta5 thanks :D

[dannykilla]

As said in the first post, it works independently of the default vBulletin human verification - you can have both reCAPTCHA and NoSpam! at the same time.

Awesome
Thanks & Installed

[shimpaku]

Forgive my total lack of technical aptitude but exactly where do I download the file to?
Have picture of my server CP enclosed.

~Phil

[setishock]

I am getting pounded by low brow, knuckle dragging spammer humans and their droids. Hope this helps. Clicked installed.

[beishe8]

Forgive my total lack of technical aptitude but exactly where do I download the file to?
Have picture of my server CP enclosed.

~Phil

You should not upload any files to anywhere.

Simply import the .xml file with the help of your Admin CP from your harddisk.

[beishe8]

Ya I am having the same problem, not showing up on the registration page, but is still there

I have found the solution for my problem.
I was using Ver.3 of the product.
Uninstalled it,installed Ver.4 , it is working as it supposed to.

Thanks Antialiasis

[shimpaku]

You should not upload any files to anywhere.

Simply import the .xml file with the help of your Admin CP from your harddisk.

OK....I take it then that it is a plugin?

Admin CP > Plugins & Products > Download/Upload Products > Upload XML File From Computer ("product_nospam")

Is that the correct procedure?

~Phil

[hostlayer]

I have found the solution for my problem.
I was using Ver.3 of the product.
Uninstalled it,installed Ver.4 , it is working as it supposed to.

Thanks Antialiasis

I am using the version provided here and it isn't working, where did you get v4?

[beishe8]

I am using the version provided here and it isn't working, where did you get v4?
The one provided here is the correct one. Version 4.
Try it again.
Make a new folder on your PC named nospam_ver_4, unzip the zipfile into that.

Uninstall the one in your forum and install again this one.
Might help.

[beishe8]

OK....I take it then that it is a plugin?

Admin CP > Plugins & Products > Download/Upload Products > Upload XML File From Computer ("product_nospam")

Is that the correct procedure?

~Phil

Plugins & Products > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product] EITHER upload the XML file from your computer

Choose Browse.
Import

[shimpaku]

Plugins & Products > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product] EITHER upload the XML file from your computer

Choose Browse.
Import

Thanks.....got it and installed. Sorry for the hassle but I never added in a plugin.
Looks great!

~Phil

[Fungsten]

OMG it works too!! :eek:

Sorry but some of the other registration Mods I've tried mess up everything.

[Digital Jedi]

i think this is buil-in option in vb 3.7... iguesss

Jelsoft has made brilliant ways to stop such Spam things. Why to reinvent the wheel (German idiom)? I don't see any reason why publishing a second Spam Hack. Maybe someone can enlighten me :)

I realize this has been asked and answered, but I have to stick my two cents in here.

With NoSpam!, you get to do a question and an CAPTCHA at the same time. With default vB 3.7.x, you get one or the other, not both.

No, this is not reinventing the wheel. This is putting an extra wheel on your unicycle and making it a bike.

End rant.

[PoetJA-1975]

I realize this has been asked and answered, but I have to stick my two cents in here.

With NoSpam!, you get to do a question and an CAPTCHA at the same time. With default vB 3.7.x, you get one or the other, not both.

No, this is not reinventing the wheel. This is putting an extra wheel on your unicycle and making it a bike.

End rant.



I'd like to chime in as well... Before Jelsoft aka vBulletin copied the principle of NoSpam - there was CAPTCHA and nothing else - It wasn't a viable premise to keep Spammers from registering. Then NoSpam! was introduced = Simply brilliant modification that cut out 99.9% of all spam posts & registrations my Forum had once attracted...

So... Thanx again ANTIALIASIS - I had installed NoSpam on 3.6 series and it was absolutely fabulous. It's a pleasure to install again on 3.7 so thanx for sharing! Wonderful modification!

Jacquii.

[AURFSCAN]

NoSpam is the best...Installed and working perfectly

Spam went from heaps to nothing..what more could you want 10/10

[AURFSCAN]

With NoSpam!, you get to do a question and an CAPTCHA at the same time. With default vB 3.7.x, you get one or the other, not both.

No, this is not reinventing the wheel. This is putting an extra wheel on your unicycle and making it a bike.



:up:

[Paul99999]

Great hack,

Have you ever considered having an option for multiple questions on the registration page? ie the user has to get 3-5 questions right before being able to register?

[shimpaku]

NoSpam is the best...Installed and working perfectly

Spam went from heaps to nothing..what more could you want 10/10

Same here. One very simple question and I went down from an average of 8 to 14 spammers a day to nothing!

~Phil

[shimpaku]

Great hack,

Have you ever considered having an option for multiple questions on the registration page? ie the user has to get 3-5 questions right before being able to register?

I believe that option is already there. However, two, three or more questions to register is a bit of over kill don't you think?! It's just there to deter human assisted bots and not meant to scare possible well intended registrants away! After all, it's not intended as a college entrance exam! :)

~Phil

[farinboy]

thank you!!!

[Mondi]

Nice work!

Installed!

[zmimi83]

Hi there,

I have a problem of integration of SpamIt!, in vb 3.7.3 with evo-orange theme. The question display and answer fields dont appear in the procedure of registering.

Many thanks for the help !

[StephenKay]

Excellent Mod! Installed and activated with no issues whatsoever. Nice.

[paramegsoft]

very nice mod

[SSJB_7]

thanks , very easy and clever. 1 sec install

[shotkey]

Installed and worked without a hitch- thanks for a great mod!

[Levi75]

Hi there,

I have a problem of integration of SpamIt!, in vb 3.7.3 with evo-orange theme. The question display and answer fields dont appear in the procedure of registering.

Many thanks for the help !


I have another theme and i am not able to show noSpam! in form register.

[goforex]

I've had this mod installed since it was released and it was working fine up until a few days ago. All of a sudden the old problem returned so it seems as if the spam bots have found their way around this mod!

[rapidphim]

how many queries are used in this mod? Thanks.

also, does it work on 3.7.3?

[antialiasis]

People with problems making the question and answer field appear on registration: Edit the template "register"; odds are if it doesn't work, it does not contain $human_verify in it. Put it in where you want the NoSpam! form to appear.

goforex: What are your questions like? It's impossible for a bot to be programmed to just get around this hack in general unless there is some way I'm not aware of for outside viewers to access your vBulletin options.

rapidphim: This hack does not add any queries. All the data it uses is accessed from the already-available $vbulletin->options array.

[R-D]

goforex: What are your questions like? It's impossible for a bot to be programmed to just get around this hack in general unless there is some way I'm not aware of for outside viewers to access your vBulletin options.

Don't forget, not every spammer is a bot. The amount of human spammers is ever growing, as bots find it harder to evade anti-spam technology like this.

@goforex: Try some harder or different questions - if you've kept them the same since you installed, then you're right, they probably have been broken. It doesn't take much to record all your questions, figure out the answers, then program a bot to automatically submit the correct answer. Keep changing them regularly - every month at least.

[Digital Jedi]

I've had this mod installed since it was released and it was working fine up until a few days ago. All of a sudden the old problem returned so it seems as if the spam bots have found their way around this mod!
No method is foolproof, and as mentioned, all one has to do is register an account and send his bot o'spammin'. And there's no method to prevent that, other then being more relentless then the bot.

[goforex]

goforex: What are your questions like? It's impossible for a bot to be programmed to just get around this hack in general unless there is some way I'm not aware of for outside viewers to access your vBulletin options.

Don't forget, not every spammer is a bot. The amount of human spammers is ever growing, as bots find it harder to evade anti-spam technology like this.

@goforex: Try some harder or different questions - if you've kept them the same since you installed, then you're right, they probably have been broken. It doesn't take much to record all your questions, figure out the answers, then program a bot to automatically submit the correct answer. Keep changing them regularly - every month at least.

No method is foolproof, and as mentioned, all one has to do is register an account and send his bot o'spammin'. And there's no method to prevent that, other then being more relentless then the bot.

Thanks Guys.

I have updated my NoSpam! question and added an additional mod for preventing bot registrations.

Steve

[tarty00]

Thanks heaps for this Mate!! Fingers crossed it totally stops these things! LOL :)

[spinifex]

can somebody please tell me how i enable this hack for registered members also? guests is no good for me since i disabled confirm email address in registration.

i really do not understand why this hack is only for guests? we all know bots register either manually or auto and become registered!? i think enabling no spam questions to your own preffered usergroups would be a really good idea.

i need to have a question or captcha image to stop bot posts upon newreply or similar.

please tell me how to do this easily,
thanks.

[beishe8]

can somebody please tell me how i enable this hack for registered members also? guests is no good for me since i disabled confirm email address in registration.

i really do not understand why this hack is only for guests? we all know bots register either manually or auto and become registered!? i think enabling no spam questions to your own preffered usergroups would be a really good idea.

i need to have a question or captcha image to stop bot posts upon newreply or similar.

please tell me how to do this easily,
thanks.

Unfortunately this hack is not for you.This hack's main purpose is to disable bots from registration and posting.
Because they cannot register,they are not members,cannot post(provided guest posting is disabled in your ACP).

[canadianrodder]

Hi everyone, I have captcha, email verification and this hack and I still had a bogus registration - one of those ipod / Sony stuff sales. How are they getting through? could someone actually being registering manually? I doubt it.

Thoughts?

Frank

[Digital Jedi]

Hi everyone, I have captcha, email verification and this hack and I still had a bogus registration - one of those ipod / Sony stuff sales. How are they getting through? could someone actually being registering manually? I doubt it.

Thoughts?

Frank
As a matter of fact, that's most likely what happened. A person will register and send his bot in to post, or he'll just post it himself. That's why no method is 100%, without barring registrations altogether. You just have to do the best with what you've got.

[canadianrodder]

Thanks for the opinion Jedi. It seems incredulous that, with the myriad of forums/boards out there, that, in this case, someone would choose a hot rod enthusiasts site. This isn't the first time...............Frank

[Digital Jedi]

I've had people/bots spam my TCG (Trading Card Games) site with adds for Viagra, online pharmacies and electronics. They just pick sites at random and hope someone, anyone will click an ad.

[motoxer311]

I'm getting the error below..

The following dependencies were not met:

1. This product is not compatible with version 3.7.0 Beta 3 of vBulletin. (Compatible starting with 3.7.0)

[Digital Jedi]

This was made for every version of 3.7 Gold and up. I'd recommend you get out of the Beta versions if you can.

[Levi75]

I'm not able to show the question of NoSpam!! I define one question but in the register form i don't see it in any place of it. Any help about this?

[jkcerda]

hope it works

[Deadmansl]

~~~Removed

- Works now.

[merlin_de]

Hello,
in the first post is "Translations" checked. Where can i find a german translation for this version ?
Greets,Micha

[NolimitMike]

I'm getting this error despite it being in the proper format and everything. I'm confused.
not sure on that the only thing I would think is that you pust the question in wrong? I just put this in and just copied the same question to the box and then changed some numbering etc.

[barcena]

I did installed the hack but I have doubts with the following:


Questions and answers for NoSpam!

Enter questions and answers for NoSpam! in the format Question:answer1:answer2:answer3 etc. You may use any number of possible correct answers. Examples:

2 + 2 equals...:4:four
Please type "blubber" into the following box.:blubber

Enter one set of question and answer(s) in each line. Note that answers are not case sensitive, and that as colons are used to separate questions and answers, the questions/answers themselves must not contain colons.

Please type "blubber" into the following box.:blubber

I'm kind of slow, I need to type some questions in Spanish to be answered in Spanish, however when it comes to numbers is almost the same (ex. 3 + 3 = 6) however can somebody write for me what should i put on the box? and what is a blubber?, do I have to type the word blubber on the box where the questions goes? Don't underestand at all what I'm suppoused to write down on the box, sorry.

[Nadeemjp]

does this work with 3.7.3?

[barcena]

Can somebody help me out please? What exactly I'm supoused to write down on the box?, write in in English I'll translate what it needs to be translated. I'm missed here.

Thanks. :)

[Nadeemjp]

I have installed it on my 3.7.3 and it works fine i guess.
however, i have tested it, it does stop when the answer is wrong. but it says refresh the question but there is no button to refresh. should it be displayed and only my system doesnt show it?? or there isnt any such button?

[Nadeemjp]

Can somebody help me out please? What exactly I'm supoused to write down on the box?, write in in English I'll translate what it needs to be translated. I'm missed here.

Thanks. :)

basically what i gathere is that if you type maths questions like this:

2 - 2 equals...:0:zero

then it should be fine. you can use any combinations. i used like 20 questions like this:)

[Nadeemjp]

Also, I would like to know that under the hint for questions it was written:

Wrtie "blubber" in the box.:blubber

but what i dont know is, where should i write this word blubber?

[Nadeemjp]

never mind, i figured it out:)

[Nadeemjp]

Can somebody help me out please? What exactly I'm supoused to write down on the box?, write in in English I'll translate what it needs to be translated. I'm missed here.

Thanks. :)

you can write in the following manner:
2 + 2 equals...:4:four
8 + 8 equals...:16:sixteen
these are for mathematical questions. then if you want to add text questions, write the following:
Please type "blubber" into the following box.:blubber
in other words, the text question could be anything like:

Type the name "Andrew" into the next box....:Andrew

or

What is the country where you live.....:Spain

In this way you can add any number of questions in here:)

[barcena]

Thank you very much. :)
Will all the questions appear at once or randomly?

[Nadeemjp]

As far as I understand, a single question at a time would appear.
If the registering person makes a mistake, then a message will appear (as mentioned in the attachments) and he/she will have to go BACK and refresh the page for a new question to be displayed

[Digital Jedi]

Thank you very much. :)
Will all the questions appear at once or randomly?
Questions appear once. The questions your referencing do not have to be used, they're just examples. It's just showing you how to format the questions in the Admin CP. In other words question here:answer here.

I would recommend against using math questions, as they're easy for bots to bypass.

[thompson]

looking for a german version.

[leftie]

People with problems making the question and answer field appear on registration: Edit the template "register"; odds are if it doesn't work, it does not contain $human_verify in it. Put it in where you want the NoSpam! form to appear.


This is in my templates but the field still does not appear in the registration page.

[Charlie98902]

A lot of new types of spamming going on so thanks for this mod. I do have it set to fill in profile fields too just to post etc.... most are .ru email addies and a whole lot of gmail addies as well.

[fly]

Ya, I've got a TON of registrations going on right now.

Just as another idea for NoSpam!, what if there was some sort of checkbox, radio button, etc that we could add? If this has been discussed and shot down, plz excuse me.

[auctionguy]

Thanks so much for this Mod!!! I was totally under attack until I installed this little gem!

This should be the Mod of the Month!

AWESOME!!

[TrumpetMaster]

This mod is great. I no longer need email confirmation. Thank you!

[StonePilot]

Excellent! I got 200+ spam registrations in 2 days. This stopped them alL!

[barcena]

I don't know what's going on lately w/ spams, i used to have the human verification and that was more than enough but now that's nothing.

[vitafon]

All my websites are being attacked big time. Looks like spammers declared war. So far core VB no-spam succumbs to suckers' tide. LOL.

[ascender]

Am just trying to install this but its not showing up so am looking in the register template to see where I can add "$human_verify", but can't seem to find where to put it so it appears underneath the image verification bit.

Edit: Have found it, but the NoSpam! questions still aren't showing on the new user registration page. I'm running 3.7.3 Patch Level 1.

[merlin_de]

Hello,
Hello,
in the first post is "Translations" checked. Where can i find a german translation for this version ?
Greets,Micha

looking for a german version.

two questions about a german translation. Where is the support that is promised in the first post ?:rolleyes: Why are these issues ignored?
Greets,Micha

[leftie]

Am just trying to install this but its not showing up so am looking in the register template to see where I can add "$human_verify", but can't seem to find where to put it so it appears underneath the image verification bit.

Edit: Have found it, but the NoSpam! questions still aren't showing on the new user registration page. I'm running 3.7.3 Patch Level 1.

I have this problem too with 3.7.2pl1
Could another hack be affecting this? Could a manual installation get round this, if so does anyone want to show how.

[Levi75]

Am just trying to install this but its not showing up so am looking in the register template to see where I can add "$human_verify", but can't seem to find where to put it so it appears underneath the image verification bit.

Edit: Have found it, but the NoSpam! questions still aren't showing on the new user registration page. I'm running 3.7.3 Patch Level 1.

Same problem here. Vb 3.7.3 PL1

[leftie]

I have this problem too with 3.7.2pl1
Could another hack be affecting this? Could a manual installation get round this, if so does anyone want to show how.

Strange, i turned it off and then back on again and it started to work.

[Stanley Steamer]

Installed.:up:
The authoritys should go after the companys that are paying the spammers to advertise their junk.
They aren't hard to find, just read the spam posts and there they are.
Use a spambot, get fined a million dollars.
That will stop it.

[LadyBeth]

Hoooray!!!!! It's working!!!!! I hate spammers!

[-=Leb=-]

Hi There, You Saved The World lol.The spammer wont leave me .They are keep trying to register but they can't now :p Anyway, thx for the Awesome hack.
Installed and nominated :)

[saviola8x]

Thanks for share
ins!

[ArnyVee]

I don't know what's going on lately w/ spams, i used to have the human verification and that was more than enough but now that's nothing.

Well, the link below and text that I'm quoting might answer your questions. :(

That's why I've never uninstalled this mod since I first added it to my forums. It's an essential piece of my forums to avoid spam.

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1632025&postcount=97

It does appear that a certain spam program has released an update in the last few days that is able to decipher the image captchas of gmail, Invision, PHPBB, and vBulletin. Since gmail is broken, the script can automatically create email addresses for email verification.

The update for this program states that it hasn't broken recaptcha, but it is only a matter of time (short time at best) before it is broken as well.

To continue to devise an image captcha, that is increasingly difficult for humans to decipher, leads to a captcha that only a computer can decipher. This is why I built the image captcha to be configurable by the end user.

If you are using the image captcha, change the fonts and the backgrounds. In your forums/images/regimage directory, you will find a fonts/ and a backgrounds/ directory. Remove all of the default fonts in the fonts directory and add a collection of your own .ttf fonts. You can get freeware fonts all over the web. Pick some that are a bit strange but still readible and stick them in the directory. The backgrounds are 201x61 jpg images. Create your own, I suggest putting some text on them, that will really confuse the script, just do it so that when the captcha text is added to it by vBulletin, it doesn't confuse your registrees. The system will automatically use the fonts and images that you add to the appropriate directories.

When using the QA system, don't create questions like these:

What is 2 + 2?
Please enter the word "brown".

The nefarious script at work here can most likely handle those questions. You must ask a question that doesn't give the answer in the question. I suspect something like "If you have three apples and eat one, how many do you have left?" would work.

Adding required fields will also no longer work. The script can handle the "required field missing" errors and resubmit with those fields filled in.

[NavS]

isn't there a question answer option in 3.7.2? what difference does this one make?

[fly]

isn't there a question answer option in 3.7.2? what difference does this one make?

Well, for one, you can't use it AND captcha...

[ccmoon]

I just installed but this one is not working with 3.7.3

[Rene Kriest]

Seems to be a great tool. I use a similair one for my blogs.

Thank you!

[PHILIPS-08]

thanx alot for the mod ..........

[Digital Jedi]

isn't there a question answer option in 3.7.2? what difference does this one make?
And for another, you can add multiple questions all at one time. HUGE time saver.

[carrlos]

I just had a major spam attack on my forum. 22 new users spaming the site. I stopped registration when it hit 22 but there was a new bot every 30 minutes or so like clock work. The funny thing is that I use Human Verification system CAPTCHA. It cannot be as good as we all thought. I will be installing this one. Thanks!

[fly]

I just had a major spam attack on my forum. 22 new users spaming the site. I stopped registration when it hit 22 but there was a new bot every 30 minutes or so like clock work. The funny thing is that I use Human Verification system CAPTCHA. It cannot be as good as we all thought. I will be installing this one. Thanks!

If you want to know whats going on, look up about 5 posts...

[Lift for Life]

I can't believe it, I have just gone 3 days with NO SPAM!!!!!
Sell my clothes, I'm going to heaven.

Thanks for a great product!

Lift

[ORP]

I had no spam 3.0 installed. Worked great at getting rid of spammers.
Now I've had a new attack. I upgraded to NoSpam 4.0, imported the XML but now NoSpam has a line through it and is not active. :confused:
I went to vb admin options and turned it on ... still the line is through the No Spam name in the VB/plugins and products/manage products screen
Anyone know why? And what I can do to fix it?

[AdrianH]

Uninstall and start again?

[ORP]

Uninstall and start again?

Excellent thought. I did that and got rid of the line through my No Spam add on.

Still No Spam is not asking the questions as expected. I added the questions after reinstalling and ensured it was turned on.
As a new user I'm not being asked the questions.

I turned off human verification options for registration as i do not want those impossible to read letters. Would that also turn off No Spam?

[Danny_HR]

Thank you matey.

Very good work.

[raj_singh]

Thanks antialiasis!

Installed.

[farzana]

anything for 3.7.3??

[Ifti]

will this work on 3.7.3??

[Andyrew]

will this work on 3.7.3??

Yes, i just installed and tested it on 3.7.3 :up:

[john102774]

will this work on 3.7.3??

Yes it does, it works great!

Just wanna give props to this developer for a great mod. Thx! :)

[Andyrew]

I was getting about 30 spambots registering a day using image verification.
This has stopped them completely. :D

[rooster99ss]

installed. best plugin i have found by far :D

[F&R]

This is soooo simple, yet so very effective. Like all the great ideas, less is more. Brilliant, thank you!

[mlthmp]

Hey guys.
I installed this mod a few days ago on a suggestion from my forums other administrator.

We went from getting 10+ bot registrations a day, to none since installation. Thus far, this mod has totally stopped them dead!

[abhimation]

Nice. Ive been suffering from Spammers badly...hope this saves !

INstalled !!

[adam75south]

loooooooove this! much appreciated! nominated, installed, and rated.

[sam_816]

nice mod, thanks antialiasis

[EarnDollars]

Installed!
Hope this will stop bot reg. on my forum

Thanks a lot for the nice product!

[kollam003]

great hack

[lgnd]

Thank You! Installed on 3.7.3.PL1

[Narotic]

Great add-on! Easy install, works great! TY!

[Darkgardevoir]

yay no more bots

[Shazz]

Using the default 3.7 answer question is just the same :|

[ArnyVee]

But, from what I understand, you can't use both the image and question options on 3.7. So, this adds a 2nd level of protection against Spam/bots by allowing vB to do it's image 'thing' and then adding this as the 2nd piece to that.

I might be wrong, but I believe that was the purpose of this hack/mod moved over to 3.7.

[Digital Jedi]

Using the default 3.7 answer question is just the same :|
What Arny said, not to mention, you can add all your questions at once, not one by one by one like you have to do with vB default, which really takes longer then it should.

I don't recall if default lets you pick more then one answer, like pluralized answers to the same question: "mouse:mice:meeses". I'm pretty sure you can't do that with vB.

I also don't think you can use HTML with vB default, which you can here. I have my users identify a simple image (something bots can't read) for a lot of my questions. Like I might gave a question like "What kind of shape is this?" and have a picture of a circle or a square. (I just make sure not to give the image's file name the same name as the answer)

[ndut]

cooll.. thank you

[xfords.com]

mate, i had a ton of spam getting past captcha, and i was deleting around ten spam bot account each night.
i was very sceptical that this mod would work but i decided to give this mod a try as i was really getting tired of spam bot accounts.

since installing this program i have not had a single spam account made. reall members are having less trouble trouble through this system than trying to read those stupid hard to read captcha pictures that dont seem to stop spam bots making accounts at all.
this mod is great, and this smashes those spam bots.
awsome work mate and thank you for this mod

[fly]

mate, i had a ton of spam getting past captcha, and i was deleting around ten spam bot account each night.
i was very sceptical that this mod would work but i decided to give this mod a try as i was really getting tired of spam bot accounts.

since installing this program i have not had a single spam account made. reall members are having less trouble trouble through this system than trying to read those stupid hard to read captcha pictures that dont seem to stop spam bots making accounts at all.
this mod is great, and this smashes those spam bots.
awsome work mate and thank you for this mod

ReCAPTCHA would have solved the problem as well...

[Amarbir]

Hi Mate ,
I am Unable To Find What is The Latest Version for 3.7.3 Cos All Your Files Say Same ,Can Your Files e Descriptive like Nospam Version 4.0 For Vb 3.7.X

[scheels]

Just testing something for my forum, will delete in a second.

http://www.kgs-network.info/kgstnapremz.html

[xfords.com]

ReCAPTCHA would have solved the problem as well...

tryed and failed, al lthe picture images were just harder for members to read and stil lthe same spam,

this mod is briliant. still no spam bots,

[Declan127]

Reserved

[aztecboi2003]

I was told that if the user made an error anywhere during registration and had to start again, it wouldn’t show the question. Other than that it was working great for me.

[johnrizz]

installed! thanks...

[Loki12]

Very useful mod, thanks.

[Digital Jedi]

ReCAPTCHA would have solved the problem as well...
ReCAPTCHA was recently cracked by some kind of spam software, which is why vB.org blew up last month with tons of complaints about bot assauts.


Hi Mate ,
I am Unable To Find What is The Latest Version for 3.7.3 Cos All Your Files Say Same ,Can Your Files e Descriptive like Nospam Version 4.0 For Vb 3.7.X
There is only one file to import and it works with all versions of 3.7.1 and up.

[lbernstein]

In my case the NoSpam question, and answer box doesn't appear when entering the registration page if a member is already signed in and clicks the Register button. It does appear if you enter the site and try to register without anyone being signed in. Does anyone know how to fix this?

[Digital Jedi]

In my case the NoSpam question, and answer box doesn't appear when entering the registration page if a member is already signed in and clicks the Register button. It does appear if you enter the site and try to register without anyone being signed in. Does anyone know how to fix this?
Um, huh? How on earth can an already registered member register again while logged in?

[Drkev]

it doesn't work for me :(
i've installed it, uninstalled it, enable disable enable and still it doesn't show the questions upon registration!
please help! [a few pages back i have noticed that i am not the only one]
vB 3.7.4

[Digital Jedi]

it doesn't work for me :(
i've installed it, uninstalled it, enable disable enable and still it doesn't show the questions upon registration!
please help! [a few pages back i have noticed that i am not the only one]
vB 3.7.4
Well, first make sure the product is actually set to On.

Then double check your questions and make sure they're formated properly. They should all be question:answer1:answer2 and all Q&As should be on their own line.

Then make sure you actually have it set to display for registrations.

[thesujit]

I have installed this plugin right now. But the plugin doesn't work at the time of posting new threads. Thats the main purpose for which I installed this product and now the main purpose is not getting solved... :( Please help me to resolve this issue.

This works at the time of registering new account but not while posting new posts or replying to the new posts.

Please please help me.

Thanks,
Sujit

[Digital Jedi]

I have installed this plugin right now. But the plugin doesn't work at the time of posting new threads. Thats the main purpose for which I installed this product and now the main purpose is not getting solved... :( Please help me to resolve this issue.

This works at the time of registering new account but not while posting new posts or replying to the new posts.

Please please help me.

Thanks,
Sujit
NoSpam! is for the purposes of registration, not for posting within the forum.

[thesujit]

Ooo :( .. its a bad thing for me :( Can you please let me know what I can follow then to solve this big issue which is happening for my forum now :( .

I am fully pissed off now.. :(

[munnakv]

I guess this is a must have. Installed. Thanks

[Digital Jedi]

Ooo :( .. its a bad thing for me :( Can you please let me know what I can follow then to solve this big issue which is happening for my forum now :( .

I am fully pissed off now.. :(
I don't understand what your problem is.

[denman75]

its working great
using both captha and nospam
tnx :D

[rotor]

Installed and Voted mod of the month :cool:

I've got 3.7.4 installed and was getting a couple of spammers/bots registering every day .....

After installing this none ... now when I look at "Visitors to the Site" (Guest Tracking mod) I see a whole lot of visitors from the one IP that doesn't look like a bot or spider to me - just showing as a visitor but with multiple IP's around 94.102.60.162 ... any one know how to discern a visitor from a bot etc from the IP??


rotor

[The4um]

thank you, whe I updated my forum from 3.6 to 3.7 doesn't work anymore this hack in his previously version

[rotor]

Installed and Voted mod of the month :cool:

I've got 3.7.4 installed and was getting a couple of spammers/bots registering every day .....

After installing this none ... now when I look at "Visitors to the Site" (Guest Tracking mod) I see a whole lot of visitors from the one IP that doesn't look like a bot or spider to me - just showing as a visitor but with multiple IP's around 94.102.60.162 ... any one know how to discern a visitor from a bot etc from the IP??


rotor

On one of my sites I'm getting lots of: Called with DO = 'editprofile (http://www.oztoyota.com.au/forums/profile.php?do=editprofile)' AND Called with DO = 'editpassword (http://www.oztoyota.com.au/forums/profile.php?do=editpassword)' all from the same IP range? Anyone have any idea what's going on ......

[GlamRockTalk]

This mod ROCKS! :D

Thanks antialiasis

[saxahan]

Thank you very much.

[onehost]

NoSpam! is for the purposes of registration, not for posting within the forum.

maybe each forum should have its own NoSpam q/a for bots. I think this would eliminate 99.9% of bots altogether...even if the bot got in, with the multiple of q/a on each forum, I doubt the bot would get very far, it would just take a second for a human to pass, but a bot, and the q/a could be changed at anytime.....

[Digital Jedi]

maybe each forum should have its own NoSpam q/a for bots. I think this would eliminate 99.9% of bots altogether...even if the bot got in, with the multiple of q/a on each forum, I doubt the bot would get very far, it would just take a second for a human to pass, but a bot, and the q/a could be changed at anytime.....
At some point, your going to pass an acceptable level of effort having to be taken by users who are not bots, just to deter those that are. I don't think I'd be alone in saying that making a set of security questions per forum would be taking security a little too far. Kind of like putting a coded key pad on every door of your house. Would it make it harder for thieves to get get to your valuables? Sure. But would you want to live in a house where you had to key a code every time you went from one room to the other?

[Bonemaro]

Installed. Thanks!

[onehost]

At some point, your going to pass an acceptable level of effort having to be taken by users who are not bots, just to deter those that are. I don't think I'd be alone in saying that making a set of security questions per forum would be taking security a little too far. Kind of like putting a coded key pad on every door of your house. Would it make it harder for thieves to get get to your valuables? Sure. But would you want to live in a house where you had to key a code every time you went from one room to the other?

I guess if someone did a better job on protecting the front door to begin with...I would not want to have to lock every door in the house. I think this option should be there, and it would be up to the individual forum owner if he wants to place a code on certain or all forums...if a user can take 5 seconds to fill out the tag slot, then they can take 1-2 seconds to answer a simple question before submitting their post. I think some people would respect a forum for taking such action, and they would not mind answering an easy question....unless you are a member of a forum and you love to see 30 porn messages every time you log in to the forum....maybe your into that...but personally, i am sick and tired of seeing 20-40 posts, weather it is a live post or the msg is waiting for a mod to approve...and for those forums that are forced to use mod posting because of spam bots, maybe this option will allow them to set their mod posts to live.....drastic times call for drastic measures, otherwise whats the point of keeping the forum open just for porn and spammers? and if a user/member is really that lazy to answer an easy question in order to keep a forum clean, then more then likely they will not really be a quality user/member anyway...

[Digital Jedi]

....unless you are a member of a forum and you love to see 30 porn messages every time you log in to the forum....maybe your into that..
I really don't see how that comment was necessary.

The point I was trying to make was the problem with drastic measures is you start impeding the experience of your users. My question is, if humans are registering to get past your NoSpam! verification, then what good is a NoSpam! on a forum by forum basis against those same humans?

[onehost]

I really don't see how that comment was necessary.

The point I was trying to make was the problem with drastic measures is you start impeding the experience of your users. My question is, if humans are registering to get past your NoSpam! verification, then what good is a NoSpam! on a forum by forum basis against those same humans?

This idea is not meant for human spammers, we all know that a bot is unlimited, and will continue to spam, spam spam then a human ever could...one issue at a time, bots can be stopped if you really want them to be, humans you just have to deal with. If i was a human spammer, I would rather let the bots do it, and they do not get tired, if I had to spam forums by myself, it would get old and boring rahter quickly, again its just a feature that the individual admin should have access too, it is up to them to use it or not...personally, I would rather have something to stop all the bots cold, because most forums are not human s, they are bots doing what the humans created them to do because they were to lazy to do it themselves... if you stop the bots, the spam war will slow down a great deal.

[l SKN l CHRIS]

Thanks for this!

[intospain]

Thanks, lets see if this helps reduce the amount of spam sign ups I get :D

[joh]

would this work on 3.8?

[atomhead]

haven't had a bot post since i installed this -- a+

[deedaad]

uninstalled.
Super Moderators change for limited access.
can't edit post. can't change thread title, can't lock thread. and anything else.

[KURTZ]

would this work on 3.8?

yes :D

[Digital Jedi]

uninstalled.
Super Moderators change for limited access.
can't edit post. can't change thread title, can't lock thread. and anything else.
That has nothing to do with the mod.

[logicuk]

When i have this addon installed

Guests cannot make a forum search

gives them an error :(

[deedaad]

That has nothing to do with the mod.
i uninstalled and my SM acces normal.
then??
that has nothing to do with mod??

[ericgtr]

Just wanted to follow up since installing this two days ago I have not had a single spam registration. Prior to it I had the default VB Q&A function and they were easily getting through so it appears that they have found a way to beat that.

[xfords.com]

well update after 2 moths this is stil lworking great, i even got rid of recapture which was a pain in the back side for people to read, now with this mod alone ive gone from 20 spammers joining a day to none in two since using this mod 2 months ago.
no more stupid capture pictures that annoy people when signing up. now just a simple easy question that actually works

[jdmst]

Hi all I am new to all of this. I am trying to install it due to spammers on my new board. I am running:

3.7.4

I am trying to install nospam through the admin control panel:

Manage products > Add > Browse but when I locate the file on my hard drive and import I get this:

Warning: file_exists() [function.file-exists]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/tmp/php_upload/phpFbVohE) is not within the allowed path(s) in [path]/admincp/plugin.php on line 1639

No file uploaded and no local file found.

ANY help appreciated!

[momo2]

Installed, Very nice I have both anti spam running plus rules timer and a must read timer and i have Zero spam !!!!

[Digital Jedi]

Hi all I am new to all of this. I am trying to install it due to spammers on my new board. I am running:

3.7.4

I am trying to install nospam through the admin control panel:

Manage products > Add > Browse but when I locate the file on my hard drive and import I get this:

Warning: file_exists() [function.file-exists]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/tmp/php_upload/phpFbVohE) is not within the allowed path(s) in [path]/admincp/plugin.php on line 1639

No file uploaded and no local file found.

ANY help appreciated!
Sounds like your host has restrictions on where scripts can run from. Have you ever tried installing a mod before or had a problem before?

[c.oper]

Installed! Working Just Great!

[Airchex]

Great app. Thanks!

Installed with version 3.7.1 and went from a dozen bots in six hours to nothing in an instant.

No known operational problems thusfar. :up:

[CH3]

is there already a possibility to use it with 3.8 rc1?

[ziko_583]

great, :D

*/installed

[pigpog]

Excellent. No more annoying headache-inducing pictures! :up:

I have installed this mod along with "AWC's SpamBot Protection", "Prevent Certain Time Zone Registration", "Stop the Registration Bots" and "vbStopForumSpam".

I had 6 bots on Christmas day and Boxing Day combined which, I know, is very little compared to many forums, but I lost my rag with it this evening and went crazy with the spam busting tools! :p

*gets boxing gloves out* :eek:

Great mod, thanks! :cool:

[IRANCITY]

how can add this plugin to
quickly register on any page with Human Verification Manager
1.7.1
?

[Helmut71]

It works with 3.8 RC2 like charme..
I've translated it into German :)

[CUBS]

I get this error

XML Error: not well-formed (invalid token) at Line 1

[XtremeOffroad]

Nice hack but when I tested it by sending myself a message as a guest it redirected me to a page telling me i did not accept the terms and registration could not continue.

That seemed odd since I was not trying to register.

I disabled the hack and things were fine when I sent another message to myself as a guest.

Installed on 3.7.4

[Thelonius Beck]

Thank you.

[bk4life]

Thanks!

[mastertek2000]

thanks hope this works been getting Whacked with a bunch of spam from new members
marked installed

[Thelonius Beck]

This hack stopped the bots dead! Thanks again for an amazing tool.

[bleros]

i dont know,is not work :( bot again register

[Digital Jedi]

i dont know,is not work :( bot again register
Bots can't get through it, but humans can still register their bots. It's unfortunate, but there's not a lot you can do.

[CUBS]

running 3.7.4 getting this error

XML Error: Empty document at Line 1

[Digital Jedi]

running 3.7.4 getting this error


XML Error: Empty document at Line 1
Try redowloading the XML.

[Sworm]

Hi all,
this tool work on vb 3.8?

[morrow]

Hi all,
this tool work on vb 3.8?

I'm using it on 3.8 with no problem.

[CUBS]

I Finaly got it installed to bad it doesnt show when you register though, yes turned on . in vbulletin options theres a spam management that says this ---do I need to add anything to this

vBulletin Anti-Spam Key Powered by Akismet

Enter a vBulletin Anti-Spam service key to enable scanning of user data where supported.

Spam Scanning Post Threshold

This setting controls how many of a user's posts will be scanned by the Anti-Spam Service. Once a user's post count exceeds this threshold, his or her posts will not be scanned for spam content. To always scan posts set this value to 0.


then you have your no spam settings.Is it normal to have 2 types of settings in the vb options panel But since it doesnt show anyway on the registration page i'm going to disable it anyway

[Digital Jedi]

I Finaly got it installed to bad it doesnt show when you register though, yes turned on . in vbulletin options theres a spam management that says this ---do I need to add anything to this

vBulletin Anti-Spam Key Powered by Akismet

Enter a vBulletin Anti-Spam service key to enable scanning of user data where supported.

Spam Scanning Post Threshold

This setting controls how many of a user's posts will be scanned by the Anti-Spam Service. Once a user's post count exceeds this threshold, his or her posts will not be scanned for spam content. To always scan posts set this value to 0.


then you have your no spam settings.Is it normal to have 2 types of settings in the vb options panel But since it doesnt show anyway on the registration page i'm going to disable it anyway
Your looking at the wrong thing there. That's the Spam Management tools that come default with vBulletin. Where you want to go is Admin CP >> vBulletin Options >> vBulletin Options >> NoSpam! Settings. Then carefully set your questions as instructed.

[tlwwolfseye]

But it only shows 1 Question per registration, right ? I saw in some other Forum, don´t remember what Software it was, he had 3 little registration questions. Thats possible somehow ? I mean all 3 at the same time when someone registers or just with one question ?

[Digital Jedi]

Maybe another modification. But this one doesn't do that, nor does vB default I don't believe.

[ahfm]

this product works way better then vbulletin built in Q/A system... wow

im using 3.8

[bkm_mahdi]

hi TanX.
how can i use this plugin for Quick Register ?

[hassi]

Installed on 3.7.4. and translated for my forum to german. If you like, please feel free to offer this translation together with your mod.

Hassi :cool:

[JonUrban]

I had this installed on my vB 3.7 forum and it worked GREAT! When I upgraded to 3.8, I had a problem that was not related to NoSpam!, however, vB support asked me to uninstall all of the mods/hacks/add-ons to isolate a problem. The unrelated problem has gone, and I would like to reinstall NoSpam!

Can this be installed on a 3.8 forum now without issue. I noticed that some members are writing that it works with 3.8, but is that because it was already installed before the upgrade, or can it be installed cold on a 3.8 forum.

THANKS (It's a great add-on, I miss it!) :D

[Possemaster]

not showing in regestration with me eighter.

[stemmy]

Spam bots started getting through yesterday - all is running fine - i logged out and tried registering and questions were there and it wouldnt progress until correct answers were given.

About 20 bogus accounts yesterday and the same today.

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

[JonUrban]

Has anyone installed this on vb3.8 yet?

[beishe8]

Has anyone installed this on vb3.8 yet?
Yes, on 3.8.1 it is working great.

[JonUrban]

Yes, on 3.8.1 it is working great.


Thanks! And you're right. I just installed it from scratch on my vB 3.8.1 board and it went right in. So, back to being MARK AS INSTALLED.

[Maksa]

i have installed long back.

it was working fine but from last 1 week lot of BOTS coming to site. how to stop them please let me know.

[keress]

I just installed and everything seemed to go smoothly, but now that I'm trying to do a test registration, the question I set up is not appearing anywhere on the registration page. I double checked the NoSpam setup and it seems fine and straitghtorward. I tried clearing history. I don't know what else to check. Any suggestions?

[keress]

Never mind. I found the troubleshooting instructions that came with this. I'll try that.

[japancars]

I installd the mod some month ago. After that it works great! But now the Spammers can answer the question... I have some math questions. Does someone else have the same problem???

[keress]

No luck with the troubleshooting instructions. It's telling me to look for the "$imagereg" variable, but it's not found in any of my template files. I'm using a free template that has not been updated to 2.8.1 yet, so I imagine that's complicating things. Maybe if someone could tell me some other code right next to where $imagereg is supposed to be it will help to figure this out.

[EagleNick]

I installd the mod some month ago. After that it works great! But now the Spammers can answer the question... I have some math questions. Does someone else have the same problem???
If they really are beginning to be able to answer math questions, then ask other types of questions.

[japancars]

ok i`ll try

[tintructo]

installed (3.8.1). let's see if it works in the next couple of days :)

[Unimatrix01]

I run a multilingual forum, and have now NoSpam! installed. How can I translate question and answer for other speaking people?

[Alfa1]

installed (3.8.1). let's see if it works in the next couple of days :)
Let us know.

[tekram]

Let us know.

It works fine :)

[93Corvette]

I love this install....
I was getting about 10 spammers a day registering, now I still get 10, but they can't register now.
The hardest part of the install was thinking of various question/answers you could use. (which took like 5 minutes)....
Great work.... I love it....

[JetHaCkR]

Anybody got a good Q&A list?

[Yosef Sh]

apper below the question and answer box
Error:
You did not enter a valid value for this setting.

this what i typed in the box
4 + 4 equals....:8:eight

box.:blubber

[jer2eydevil88]

I just installed this under VBulletin 3.8.1 PL1 and it appears to be working fine. :-D This is a great plugin that really works to block spam when combined with the re-captcha option in VBulletin.

[ftaunlimited]

Works perfectly on 3.8.1 with vbadvanced dynamics

[Damien001]

so this is fine to use on 3.8

[abdulbasitsaeed]

Thank you for the add-on. Seems to be working fine with vBulletin 3.8.1.

[abdulbasitsaeed]

apper below the question and answer box
Error:
You did not enter a valid value for this setting.

this what i typed in the box
4 + 4 equals....:8:eight

box.:blubber

Try it without entering a space between questions...;)

[Feanor_87]

Installed + 5 stars! Works perfectly on vB 3.8.1

Great mod. :)

[s3nt3nc3d]

Installed...I've been getting HAMMERED with spammers over the past day...ever since I removed an old version of NoSpam! that no longer was functioning (vb upgrade caused it) and switched over to vb's question and answer feature. So I'd say it's safe to assume in 3.7.4 at least that their question and answer feature does NOT work very well. Thanks for an awesome product...I loved the old version I had so I'm sure I'll love this one...especially if it actually works. haha

[bloodwrath]

i have also installed this on 3.8.2 and its working great
thanks

[Gamelobby]

This is the single greatest mod ever to battle against spammers, & false registrations. HANDS DOWN.!!


But i have a question.. does the answers need to be exact in capitalization.?
like if the question is..
"Are you male or female.?"

And i have it set to have answers such as..
:Male:Female:Both:Neither

Will they all work if they type it without caps, or in ALL CAPS.?
or do we need to make a different version of each answer.?
MALE, Male, male, MaLe,
FEMALE, Female, female, FeMaLe, etc..

Thanks, i just want to be sure to not have any confusion with the RIGHT people registering. ;)


Again thanks a million.. this has stopped spammers from registering almost completely.!! (i was up to like 5 per day) And now i dont need to approve of each member. :cool:

[beishe8]

Again thanks a million.. this has stopped spammers from registering almost completely.!! (i was up to like 5 per day)
Make it a million and one!

With vB's default Q and A in conjunction with this hack I have one per month!(Registered manually)

[gamerfu]

I have had this modification installed for about a week and I have had 9 spam bots hit my board... I disabled reCaptcha and had this modification run solo. *called testing* :erm:

Is there a way these bots can access the database answers? Mind you my answers are very tough for any non-english to guess. yeah they are all non-english spammers from china. :mad:

[John Diver]

Hey,

I just upgraded from 3.0 to the latest version (Showing as 4.0 in admincp)

I am on 3.7.1 and a LOT of bots were getting through (Id say maybe 1000 minimum) and able to post - Should the latest version stop this and did anyone else have the same problem with the previous version?

Also, is there any way to find the users that did bypass it and delete their accounts?
They will still be able to spam since they have already registered, wouldn't they?

Thanks :)

[Gamelobby]

I have had this modification installed for about a week and I have had 9 spam bots hit my board... I disabled reCaptcha and had this modification run solo. *called testing* :erm:

Is there a way these bots can access the database answers? Mind you my answers are very tough for any non-english to guess. yeah they are all non-english spammers from china. :mad:Is the answer in the question..?
Mine works PERFECT, i cant imagine why it wouldn't work for you too.
(PM sent about affiliates)


Hey,

I just upgraded from 3.0 to the latest version (Showing as 4.0 in admincp)

I am on 3.7.1 and a LOT of bots were getting through (Id say maybe 1000 minimum) and able to post - Should the latest version stop this and did anyone else have the same problem with the previous version?

Also, is there any way to find the users that did bypass it and delete their accounts?
They will still be able to spam since they have already registered, wouldn't they?

Thanks :)
Once they are registered it is too late they are already members, the only thing you can do is sniff them out & change their account to banned (or make a new usergroup) You can usually tell because they fill out the info forms by what most boards ask, but if you have any custom fields they will put something like "USA" when isn't asking where they are from. lol

[gamerfu]

Is the answer in the question..?
Mine works PERFECT, i cant imagine why it wouldn't work for you too.
(PM sent about affiliates)

No, Answers are not provided anywhere in the registration. :cool:

I have Questions like...

McDonald's is to Hamburgers as Starbucks is to?

So it takes quit a-bit of knowledge for non-english speakers.

I am running the latest of NoSpam! :(

[Gamelobby]

I have Questions like...
McDonald's is to Hamburgers as Starbucks is to?
Wow, that seems like it should be keeping them out for sure.!!

Let me register & i'll tell you what i find, are you aure it is enabled. lol

*edit*
one thing i notice is that it keeps saying "You have entered an invalid birthday."
But there is no place to enter a birthday.!?

Not sure if that could be related to anything, but still weird. lol

[gamerfu]

Wow, that seems like it should be keeping them out for sure.!!

Let me register & i'll tell you what i find, are you aure it is enabled. lol

*edit*
one thing i notice is that it keeps saying "You have entered an invalid birthday."
But there is no place to enter a birthday.!?

Not sure if that could be related to anything, but still weird. lolSince it will not let you register... than that means the Spambots are bypassing registration and creating accounts directly to the database.

[Gamelobby]

I'm lost.. but Good Luck.
Sorry i cant help.