Spammers

[dad2paisley]

I been getting hit with spammers. What to do to stop them.

there emails are wow.com, QandQ.com

[cono1717]

What version are you running?

Upgrade to the latest version (if you can) and/or set up reCPATCHA in your admin cp.

[WEBDosser]

try using the reCAPTCHA™ part of the register setting inside admincp --> Human Verification Options

[kevcj]

Read this thread at VBulletin.com about how to reduce spam - http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=275800

That thread is a good place to start, and then go from there.

[Brandon Sheley]

This thread has helped my sites out.
Add an extra question to the registration to prevent bot registrations (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=205214)

[kevcj]

This thread has helped my sites out.
Add an extra question to the registration to prevent bot registrations (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=205214)

One forum I signed up on, I had to anwser a whole series of questions. There must have been at least 6, yes or no questions. A couple of the questions were - "are you a bot?" :) And then a couple of questions down - "are you sure your not a bot?"

And then there was the image verification and the captcha.

After seeing all of that, I figured the admin had been having a rought time with spam. :(

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On most of my forums, I use a combination of an extra question or two and ReCapthca.