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Kart_13
12-15-2008, 08:17 PM
My board seems to be contracting Bots regularly. And it seems that these bots come from other forums (which all seem to be vBulletin)
They post links to other vBulletin member profiles, which are spammed with links. I have email verification turned on, and I also have a Captcha, what am I supposed to do against this?
Lynne
12-15-2008, 09:47 PM
Take a look at the mods available. Search for "bot*" or "spam" under "all mods" and "titles only"
Kart_13
12-15-2008, 10:50 PM
I'll check it out, thanks for the reply.
Brandon Sheley
12-15-2008, 11:22 PM
I would add the nospam mod and add some question targeted on your niche
SEOvB
12-16-2008, 12:08 AM
My board seems to be contracting Bots regularly. And it seems that these bots come from other forums (which all seem to be vBulletin)
They post links to other vBulletin member profiles, which are spammed with links. I have email verification turned on, and I also have a Captcha, what am I supposed to do against this?
Try either reCaptcha or Human verification manager, most the times these are way more effective at stopping bots over simple captcha
TheLastSuperman
12-16-2008, 01:20 AM
IsBot & Prevent Certain Timezone Registration!!! I wuv them mods lol!
If you do the timezone mod GMT-12 is the worst ;)
S-MAN
azn_romeo_4u
12-16-2008, 02:08 AM
Is that smart though to prevent certain timezones? You could be missing out on members.
Dismounted
12-16-2008, 02:57 AM
You could create a message to kindly explain to them that it is a bot prevention feature, and to choose a different timezone (which can be changed afterwards with no issues). :)
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