View Full Version : help with SPAMMERS
4agze52
04-12-2010, 09:44 PM
i am completely new to vbulletin and by the time i realized that it was much harder then my skills could handle i was already in over my head. so if anyone could advise me that would be great.
i turned on all the registration security functions on vbulletin but spammers keep invading my board. always posting about sex and viagra. i erase the post and ban the poster but someone else always comes in about an hour later.
does anyone have any suggestions of know if i did something wrong
thanks in advance
I have the same problem with the spammers .I have a forum about Banjos ,but every day I get spammers Posting about SEX, Drugs, and much more.. they have to join a banjo site to leave a post about some Crap that has nothing to do with banjos. WTF !! How can I keep theses jerks OUT...??
Thanks for any help.
Kmey
Videx
04-13-2010, 03:04 AM
Simply use any Question and Answer during registration. Do not use Image Verification as that has been cracked.
AdminCP>Settings>Human Verification Manager
borbole
04-13-2010, 09:23 AM
Also you can make it so only members above a post count can post links or send pm''s.
legacy123
04-13-2010, 09:29 AM
Ummm well you could download some mods from here vbulletin.org because I know there are some they check IPs and stuff like that which makes them really useful.
owning_y0u
04-13-2010, 09:48 AM
i am completely new to vbulletin and by the time i realized that it was much harder then my skills could handle i was already in over my head. so if anyone could advise me that would be great.
i turned on all the registration security functions on vbulletin but spammers keep invading my board. always posting about sex and viagra. i erase the post and ban the poster but someone else always comes in about an hour later.
does anyone have any suggestions of know if i did something wrong
thanks in advance
I have the same problem with the spammers .I have a forum about Banjos ,but every day I get spammers Posting about SEX, Drugs, and much more.. they have to join a banjo site to leave a post about some Crap that has nothing to do with banjos. WTF !! How can I keep theses jerks OUT...??
Thanks for any help.
Kmey
try this ;)
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=230921
it helped us out allot ( currently 1400 registration attempts are blocked cause of they used a know spam e-mail/ ip / Nickname)
4agze52
04-13-2010, 04:32 PM
thanks for all the input, i turned on question and answer and i downloaded that mod that owning_y0u suggested so we ll see if everything works.
Vaupell
04-13-2010, 05:27 PM
Question + Ansver = ftw..
image verification = crap..
Just remember to update/remove/cycle your questions sometimes..
Thanks for the help I used this mod.. https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=239307&highlight=spam And it seams to be working ..I also changed over to Q & A
Thanks
Kmey
Charlie98902
04-13-2010, 11:21 PM
I use this and haven't had one single spammer - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=230921
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