[GlowHost] Spam-O-Matic - Spam Firewall stops forum spam

[6FRGaming]

Mine was the same error as above, and it gave me the error whenever I tried PMing the banned person, or doing anything with a banned person.

I noticed that whatever action I was doing still happened, despite getting the error. So not a big deal, but kind of weird.

[strotti]

Same problem like ramtha in 1.2.6 and 1.2.7beta on a 4.0.7 while banning a user:

Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at [path]/includes/adminfunctions.php:285) in [path]/includes/functions_ghsom.php on line 378

[pakatosu]

the best way is to remove the spammer from your database , not to ban , because you lose more time .. then for the GlowHost maybe if you can add a MASS REMOVE USERS :) because i have a lot of new accounts created who are robots :-s

Fatal error: Call to a member function query() on a non-object in [path]/forum/includes/functions_ghsom.php on line 386 only i add the option : Remove user , delete all posts and report to StopSpamForum ... (i think is because the users dosen't have any post 100% ) but at least to not showing that error anymore or to write something "the user dosen't have any post " depends of the error .. keep it up , is very good the mod .

thanks

[pedigree]

Suggestions

1. Use the vBulletin class_vurl instead of native curl, less trouble and then its vbulletins fault for "mysql gone away" errors

2. wrap the process in this so that vbulletin deals with reg errors first, thus not having to deal with excess logging

if (empty($userdata->errors)) {
require_once('includes/functions_sfs.php');
sfs_process();
}]


and finally, some credit for reusing my code wouldnt go amiss.

[GlowHost.com]

and finally, some credit for reusing my code wouldnt go amiss.

Its in the script description top of every page,

You and MonkeyStop are in there :)

[pedigree]

I must be going mad (well, thats a gimme) or blind as I cant see it :) Anyway, best of luck, Im way to busy with the database site so Im glad someone picked this up

There are a couple of other things that I had in vbStopForumSpam 0.7 that never made it out the door. one was calling all three fields from the API to cut down on the api calls for busy forums and the other was this one...


SELECT is_spambot FROM .... ORDER BY DATE desc LIMIT 1;


Fixes a possible false hit.

.. casted my vote :)

edit : oh wait, now I see it

[swag]

Hey i installed v1.2.4 on a 3.8.6 board. Suddenly couldn't make any new threads with images in cause the threads got placed automatically in the moderation queue

I found out that it was the spam o matic mod that was causing the problem so i uninstalled and tried the newest version 1.2.6 but the same problem still occour?

Any fix on this would be very appreciated

[GlowHost.com]

I voted for you dude, your 2nd at the moment. I really hope it can move to 1st, because this is now so important for me when installing forums!!! Good luck. :)

Thank you for voting for us for Mod of the Month! I am glad you find the tool useful :)


There are a couple of other things that I had in vbStopForumSpam 0.7 that never made it out the door. one was calling all three fields from the API to cut down on the api calls for busy forums and the other was this one...


SELECT is_spambot FROM .... ORDER BY DATE desc LIMIT 1;


Fixes a possible false hit.

.. casted my vote :)



OK Pedigree, I have added this into the bugtracker I will see that it gets added into the next major release. (v2.0)

Thanks for the vote for MOTM and code contributions of course!

[GlowHost.com]

the best way is to remove the spammer from your database , not to ban , because you lose more time .. then for the GlowHost maybe if you can add a MASS REMOVE USERS :) because i have a lot of new accounts created who are robots :-s

Fatal error: Call to a member function query() on a non-object in [path]/forum/includes/functions_ghsom.php on line 386 only i add the option : Remove user , delete all posts and report to StopSpamForum ... (i think is because the users dosen't have any post 100% ) but at least to not showing that error anymore or to write something "the user dosen't have any post " depends of the error .. keep it up , is very good the mod .

thanks

If this is specifically related to trying to ban users with no posts, it would be good to know if that is the same thing the others are doing who have reported this error.

I suppose this is not a show-stopper bug as "Delete Posts As Spam" handles this process without error.

However, if reporting users who have no posts is the root of this problem, this should not happen in version 2.0 as it will be impossible to report users who have no posts.

The admin ban function will be removed in favor of a mod to the moderation tools menu in the postbit which fires the removal wizard directly from the front-end instead of having to login to admincp to get rid of the user.

It is similar in the way that version 1.x works now when using "Delete Posts As Spam" is used, but much slicker.

[mmackinnon]

Ok

First I love this app. Especially the ability to ban, remove posts and sent to stop spam website in one click. However, it has since stopped working for me.

When i choose the options ban, remove all posts and send to sopt spam i now get this error message:

Fatal error: Call to a member function query() on a non-object in /home/crna/includes/functions_ghsom.php on line 386

Here is the actual lines from that php, 385 - 389.

$sql = 'DELETE FROM '.TABLE_PREFIX.'post WHERE userid='.$_SESSION['ghsfs_user_edit']['id'].'); ';
$vbulletin->db->query($sql);

$sql = 'DELETE FROM '.TABLE_PREFIX.'thread WHERE postuserid='.$_SESSION['ghsfs_user_edit']['id'].'); ';
$vbulletin->db->query($sql);


If i simply choose to ban user and send to stop forum it seems to work fine, but when i choose the remove all posts that is where the error occurs. Then after the error when i go through the control panel to try and find "all user posts" so i can delete them it says their are none yet they are still there in the forum. In order to delete them I have to go into the forum itself, into the user profile on the forum find all posts then delete them.

Very odd

EDIT:

Ok upon further testing my "find posts by user" function through admin cp all the sudden no longer works at all... WTH? Ideas?

[GlowHost.com]

Well, scripts don't generally just break unless something changed. Something probably changed on the server itself, or with your vB installation if other things not related to Spam-O-Matic do not work. Perhaps you have some other mods causing issues, or your host changed php version, or your forum was compromised. It can be a number of things.

[mmackinnon]

Hey

Well at this point nothing new has been done except for the vbexperience recent update, my server company has not changed anything and as far as i can tell there isnt any breech in the forum...

How can i track this down? It does seem that find posts works on some users and not on others.

[GlowHost.com]

Does disabling this mod change anything? Does disabling other mods change anything? That is the first place to start.

[mmackinnon]

Hey

Yah that was the first thing i tried,

disabled glowhost -> still cannot find posts on random users
disabled vbexperience -> same

not sure what to do..

[GlowHost.com]

Well, if the mods are not doing it it must be in the forum code itself. May need to re-install vB or ask vB to do it for you. Hopefully you are running the latest secure version of vB.

[mmackinnon]

Hey

Yah im runnin 4.0.6 and i put in a support ticket as well.

I did an update post count and got similar errors..

Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by (output started at [path]/includes/adminfunctions.php:3692) in [path]/includes/functions_ghsom.php on line 378

[GlowHost.com]

How do you get that? Trying to submit a user from the admincp? If yes, with which options? Does the user you are trying to submit have any posts?

[mmackinnon]

Hey

That error is through the admin cp -> maintenance -> update counters -> Update Post Counts

And i get a LONG list of these:

Updating Post Counts

Processing: 1001

Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by (output started at [path]/includes/adminfunctions.php:3692) in [path]/includes/functions_ghsom.php on line 378

Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at [path]/includes/adminfunctions.php:3692) in [path]/includes/functions_ghsom.php on line 378
Processing: 1002

Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by (output started at [path]/includes/adminfunctions.php:3692) in [path]/includes/functions_ghsom.php on line 378

Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at [path]/includes/adminfunctions.php:3692) in [path]/includes/functions_ghsom.php on line 378

How do you get that? Trying to submit a user from the admincp? If yes, with which options? Does the user you are trying to submit have any posts?

[GlowHost.com]

@mmackinnon
Did you try the 1.2.7 beta mentioned a few posts back?

In any case if you can wait a little while longer for version 2.0 I just tested what you said on our boards and cannot duplicate it. In any case it should not affect processing, its just ugly.

[mmackinnon]

Hey

I do not mind waiting for 2.0 as this isnt a major issue, just annoying. When do you estimate it will be released?

@mmackinnon
Did you try the 1.2.7 beta mentioned a few posts back?

In any case if you can wait a little while longer for version 2.0 I just tested what you said on our boards and cannot duplicate it. In any case it should not affect processing, its just ugly.

[GlowHost.com]

Hey

I do not mind waiting for 2.0 as this isnt a major issue, just annoying. When do you estimate it will be released?

It all depends on if we win Mod of the Month this month or not :) In any case sometime after the 1st of Oct

[mmackinnon]

Ok great ;)

[Alfa1]

However, if reporting users who have no posts is the root of this problem, this should not happen in version 2.0 as it will be impossible to report users who have no posts.
Maybe Im not understanding it correctly, but what about profile / blog spammers? We get quite a lot of them, as they are trying to avoid the required post count for posting links. Would be good to report them to stopforumspam when we ban those spammers.

[GlowHost.com]

We will probably add functions for this in a later release but chances are they are not going to make it into the blogs or profiles if you place them in the "New Users" group which requires a certain amount of legitimate posts before they are moved to the registered users group. The Registered Users group may or may not have blog or comment permissions based on your settings.

Your New Users group (Newbies) should not have profile or blog options available to them, and should have a very limited feature set.

Once they have proven their worth, they graduate to registered users. What you do with them from there is up to your personal configuration settings in vBulletin.

[Alfa1]

Profile fields are very useful to identify valid signups. Problem is that spammers will fill these fields with spam links. Blog can be restricted by usergroup settings. Profile fields are part of registration.

[GlowHost.com]

I'm getting an error in the admin panel when I submit to SFS after updating to the newest version..

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2010/09/16.jpg

thanks its strong to stop spam
but when i tried to update any username file in my forum i face this note :

Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at [path]/includes/adminfunctions.php:285) in [path]/includes/functions_ghsom.php on line 378

Fatal error: Call to a member function query() on a non-object in /home1/horannew/public_html/vb/includes/functions_ghsom.php on line 386

by the way : the note apear again when i sign out from forum !!!

any solutions plz ??

I get the following error...

Upgrading to 1.2.7 Beta does not seem to resolve it for me. Currently on vB 4.0.6

Same problem like ramtha in 1.2.6 and 1.2.7beta on a 4.0.7 while banning a user:

Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at [path]/includes/adminfunctions.php:285) in [path]/includes/functions_ghsom.php on line 378

Try the new 1.2.7 that I have put up on the main download page. This should resolve the issue for most (hopefully all) of you.

PS Mod Of The Month Votes are needed!! We are about 7 votes behind the leader. :)

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=249712

Please cast your vote in the poll if you like this mod!

[tattooz]

When I click submit user to StopForumSpam.com in the users profile in the AdminCP, then I go to the website and look in My Spammers, they are not listed. I have the right API key, is there something else I need to do?

[GlowHost.com]

Your best bet is to ask that question on the StopForumSpam.com website. They have a forum in there that may have the answer or you can surely ask them if there is some delay before the results become available when submitting details via the API.

[tattooz]

Your best bet is to ask that question on the StopForumSpam.com website. They have a forum in there that may have the answer or you can surely ask them if there is some delay before the results become available when submitting details via the API.
This is their response.........
From our point, no, a correct API is all you need but youll need to ask the author about the rest, on the vbulletin thread as I dont think he comes here too often.

So, they are throwing it back to you.

[GlowHost.com]

I don't run their website so I have no idea where it goes after you submit it. I just know it ends up in their database. They might be doing something like not displaying the results immediately to conserve on server resources, but they will know the answer for sure.

Try to submit some garbage user that you have made on your forum, then try to register again with that address after submitting it to SFS, it should be detected by the SPam-O-Matic firewall when you try to register again.

But for the sake of keeping this thread on topic, please post the URL to your thread on their forum so that others with the same question can get the answer. I will post over there and try to get a better answer as well, once I have the link.

[mmackinnon]

Hey

I installed this today. Have not tested it yet (no opportunity to) BUT I did do the update post counts which is where I was able to get the error before and it is now fixed. So seems to me you figured it out dude. I voted for you as mod of the month. You deserve it.

Try the new 1.2.7 that I have put up on the main download page. This should resolve the issue for most (hopefully all) of you.

PS Mod Of The Month Votes are needed!! We are about 7 votes behind the leader. :)

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=249712

Please cast your vote in the poll if you like this mod!

[Jenkins]

after installing the mod, I get error 500 when a user tries to register. The username is created, but e-mail is not dispatched and member isn't notified. Also when deleting a user form admincp I get error 500 as well. Disabling the product makes everything function normal. Any suggestions?

[GlowHost.com]

Hey

I installed this today. Have not tested it yet (no opportunity to) BUT I did do the update post counts which is where I was able to get the error before and it is now fixed. So seems to me you figured it out dude. I voted for you as mod of the month. You deserve it.

Thanks!

after installing the mod, I get error 500 when a user tries to register. The username is created, but e-mail is not dispatched and member isn't notified. Also when deleting a user form admincp I get error 500 as well. Disabling the product makes everything function normal. Any suggestions?

500 is an Internal Server Error. Which usually means a file permissions or .htaccess issue. You can check or have your server admin check the logs to see what they say regarding the Internal Server Error. Maybe your host can fix it for you. But befoe asking them, you should try to re-upload the files per the install documentation. Perhaps you are missing something or something was corrupted during your FTP session. Once uploaded make sure you have the proper permissions set and that the file is owned by the correct system user..

[atcspaul]

kinda off subject but i use glow host for all 4 of my forums and been with them 3 years plus. great service and great people for those looking for hosting. them knowing vbulletin is a big plus also

[VIPER-MAN]

Unfortunately, after installing the latest version (and upgrading to vb4.07) this breaks the user editing function after you ban a user and ask to include their posts to be deleted. If I try to edit any user via the control panel, I get a DB error. If I try to send a PW confirmation reminder, same thing ... database error. I disable the product and everything works normally.

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.7:

Invalid SQL:
DELETE FROM tfltm_post WHERE userid=4388);;

The userid is the banned user and his posts. Now, on any user editing function, this error is generated.

[GlowHost.com]

I have not tested 4.0.7 yest because it just came out, but really because I had not planned on it due to it being a maintenance release.

I generally don't update our forums unless there is a security release or major bug fix for reasons such as this. In other words I don't like introducing more bugs into my forums unless it is really important reason to upgrade, like a security release.

I will have to see if any others on 4.0.7 have this issue. That said, if any 4.0.7 users have the same issue please let me know and I will see about getting a fix out there.

[atcspaul]

after installing version v1.2.7 i went to log out to test things and got this message

Warning: require_once(includes/functions_ghsom.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/class_dm_user.php(1853) : eval()'d code on line 3

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'includes/functions_ghsom.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/stcroixl/public_html/includes/class_dm_user.php(1853) : eval()'d code on line 3

after i uninstalled i was able to log out no problem. i am using the latest version vbulletin 4.0.7. i hope we can get this working with it

[GlowHost.com]

Paul, did you have this working before on an earlier version or just tried to install it now?

The first error says that you have not uploaded the files to the correct location or that they are corrupt. Please checkout the readme file and make sure you have uploaded everything correctly.

Since I see from a previous post, that you are a GlowHost customer we can probably handle this for you if you are not sure how to get the files where they need to be.

[atcspaul]

ya i need some help. all i did was upload the html file. guess i did it wrong let me see if i can figure it out. thank you for quick reply. gonna try again now. you all see why i like glow host. service is awesome.

[atcspaul]

ok not sure what i am doing. so i uploaded each file separate to my root from upload file which would be. this is my first try. i never did before

glowhostspamomatic.php in admin cp file
functions_gshom.php from includes fil
bitfield and cpnav files from the html folder

last but not least uploaded the product in admin panel and it still didnt work. got errors. i am sure i am doing something wrong but not sure what (:

[GlowHost.com]

Hi Paul,

It looks like one of the techs has your vBulletin admincp logins at our helpdesk.

He is going to do a fresh install of this mod on your 4x board.

[GlowHost.com]

Whoops, I spoke too soon. I see you didn't provide the logins...

My understanding of the ticket is that you want instructions on how to do this correctly yourself. I think its a good idea. Learning the basic principles is commendable.

I am eager to hear your report.

[atcspaul]

awesome we got it working with 4.0.7 and i tried most functions and everything works great. thank you glow host. just nominated this mod for motm. i tried the banning, editing threads, banning a member and unbanning and it all works fine. thank you for the great support glowhost. as you know i am an older gentleman with very limited computer skills but learning every day

[atcspaul]

i just installed by myself this time on vbulletin 3.8.3 forum :) no problems i can find. it actually stopped 2 registrations within the first 15 minutes it was installed. thanks for your help.

[Alecsmith]

excellent tool i am facing less problem with spammers after i installed this add on thanks :)

[TeknoSounds]

Greetings, I have found a bug.
When looking at the logs I came across this as a link:
Found in Akismet Database. Held for moderation:

When clicking it it doesn't redirect to the right location. The link points at: http://website.com/modcp/moderate.php?do=posts
vs
http://website.com/messageboard/modcp/moderate.php?do=posts

Looks like it was hardcoded vs trying to pull the bburl variable.

[onehost]

I do not say this offten, but I think this is one of the best spam mods you can
have on your forum, and if you do not use this, then you deserve the spam
you get :) and I do not even fully have it enabled. My forum has been up for
40+ days, and not one spammer bot has gotten past registeration. I see more
spam bots try, rather then real traffic...I wonder if i should just open a spam forum :)
Use this mod along with duplicate accounts, no proxy, and you cant go wrong.

[GlowHost.com]

Hi TeknoSounds,

Your are correct. It is already fixed in 2.0 along with a slew of other log fixes. Thank you for the report in any case. We will hopefully see you back here in a couple of weeks when 2.0 becomes public. :)

[TeknoSounds]

Hi TeknoSounds,

Your are correct. It is already fixed in 2.0 along with a slew of other log fixes. Thank you for the report in any case. We will hopefully see you back here in a couple of weeks when 2.0 becomes public. :)

ha, that's awesome, thanks! :D Can't wait for 2.0.

[ceho]

Installed on vB 4.0.7, so far no issues, works perfectly and effective.

Nominated motm!

[GlowHost.com]

Installed on vB 4.0.7, so far no issues, works perfectly and effective.

Nominated motm!

Good to hear it.

Actually, we have already been nominated :)

Did you vote on the poll yet? That is where your vote counts this month.

We only have a day left on the voting so we would appreciate anyone who likes this mod and has not voted yet to get their vote in now!

Cast your vote on the poll (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=249712)

Thanks for your support!

[raymondblog]

Using v1.2.7 with vb4.0.7.

Maintenance > Update Counters > Update User Titles and Ranks

Generates the error below.

Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at [path]/includes/adminfunctions.php:285) in [path]/includes/functions_ghsom.php on line 378

[MyCTaK]

Hello, my vbstopforumspam have stop blocking spam registrations (Unverfied but allowed by policy) and i have seen from stopforumspam.com that you plugin is still supported. I decided to try it.

First of all I wanted to test to report spammer. I go to admincp - user profile and checked:
Remove user
Remove All Posts
Submit to StopForumSpam.com

Then I've got this error:
Database error in vBulletin 4.0.5:

Invalid SQL:
DELETE FROM post WHERE userid=18432);;

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ')' at line 1
Error Number : 1064
As you can see there is syntax error. Now I've got this error everytime I try to post something new. How to deal with that?
In spite of the error the post is completed.


After I install your plugin I've got 2 logs with "Unverfied but allowed by policy" but after this it seems to start working because I've got:
2010-09-30 16:31:51 41.208.14.4 invighVeimi |tooberz}.net Spam-O-Matic Tagged ip - 41.208.14.4 - Spammer Found and rejected.
2010-09-30 16:21:18 95.168.162.43 aductutle zemfira999@gmail.com Spam-O-Matic Tagged email - zemfira999@gmail.com - Spammer Found and rejected.I will be happy if in log there are all registration attempts. I will see.

Thanks.

[GlowHost.com]

Instead of submitting from the admin cP, use "delete posts as spam" in the moderation tools and it will take care of what you are trying to do. The options in admincp are deprecated and no longer available in 2.0 which will be released in beta in a week or so.

[MyCTaK]

Ok, I understand but can you tell me how to remove this query so I will no longer have database error screen?

Best!

[GlowHost.com]

What happens when you uncheck all the boxes?

[GlowHost.com]

Hello, my vbstopforumspam have stop blocking spam registrations (Unverfied but allowed by policy) and i have seen from stopforumspam.com that you plugin is still supported. I decided to try it.

First of all I wanted to test to report spammer. I go to admincp - user profile and checked:
Remove user
Remove All Posts
Submit to StopForumSpam.com

Then I've got this error:

As you can see there is syntax error. Now I've got this error everytime I try to post something new. How to deal with that?
In spite of the error the post is completed.


After I install your plugin I've got 2 logs with "Unverfied but allowed by policy" but after this it seems to start working because I've got:
I will be happy if in log there are all registration attempts. I will see.

Thanks.

Unfortunately, after installing the latest version (and upgrading to vb4.07) this breaks the user editing function after you ban a user and ask to include their posts to be deleted. If I try to edit any user via the control panel, I get a DB error. If I try to send a PW confirmation reminder, same thing ... database error. I disable the product and everything works normally.

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.7:

Invalid SQL:
DELETE FROM tfltm_post WHERE userid=4388);;

The userid is the banned user and his posts. Now, on any user editing function, this error is generated.

Using v1.2.7 with vb4.0.7.

Maintenance > Update Counters > Update User Titles and Ranks

Generates the error below.

Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at [path]/includes/adminfunctions.php:285) in [path]/includes/functions_ghsom.php on line 378

I am putting up a version (hopefully the last one!) for the 1.x series.

1.2.8 should fix these problems for you guys and gals. I will have it up in about 2 minutes so by the time you are done reading this, it should be ready for you.

Remember, today is the last day to vote for this mod for mod of the month. It is still very close! Your vote counts.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=249712

Vote at the URL above. Thanks for your support!

[Taurus1]

lol, just installed the previous one. And a new one already. Updated. Thanks mate. This is a fantastic mod. Will see how it works, and nominate for sure if works!

[BadgerDog]

Updated to v1.28 by uploading files, then importing XML ....

Installed Products list under "GlowHost - Spam-O-Matic" still shows v1.27 ...

With all these small iterative updates, it would help if the change log indicated which files have changed and whether a new XML needs to be imported or not...

Regards,
Badger

[GlowHost.com]

"Updated to v1.28 by uploading files, then importing XML ...."

That is what needs to happen every time. If something changes, it will be in the readme file.

[BadgerDog]

"Updated to v1.28 by uploading files, then importing XML ...."

That is what needs to happen every time. If something changes, it will be in the readme file.

Ok, so the product installed still shows as 1.27 because?

Regards,
Badger

[GlowHost.com]

Because line 6 of the xml file says this:

<version>1.2.7</version>

You can change it there or in the product manager in vBulletin to say 1.2.8

We hadn't planned on making any more releases for 1.x so we made a hasty release to fix some minor annoyances that some users had.... and forgot to change the version number in the xml file it would seem.

It's probably not worth uploading another version to vbulletin.org to fix the typo since it was just released. If for some reason we make another 1.x release I will make sure it is updated but most of our efforts are in the important code for the upcoming 2.0

[MyCTaK]

Thanks for update. It works!
Congrats for winning the MOTM :)

Best!

[GlowHost.com]

Thanks for update. It works!
Congrats for winning the MOTM :)

Best!

Cool! And Thanks!

[baghdad4ever]

congratulation to win the MOTM

this hack is great

[sevsev]

Amazing mod! I was getting 50+ spam bot signups and 50+ spam posts a day before. Haven't had one creep through for 2 days now.

[Strauss]

once you download to site . does it work automatically or is there an on and off switch? sorry new to this thanks

[joshskeety]

Any Idea why all my RSS bots are being moderated even though their post count is WAY over the amount provided in the AdminCP??

I saw one post early on with the same problem, but the dev chalked it up to his problem, but If Im having the EXACT same problem, there has to be some sort of conflict.

Thanks,

[BadgerDog]

Any Idea why all my RSS bots are being moderated even though their post count is WAY over the amount provided in the AdminCP??

I saw one post early on with the same problem, but the dev chalked it up to his problem, but If Im having the EXACT same problem, there has to be some sort of conflict.

Thanks,

I had the same problem and finally had to turn the moderated post function of this mod OFF to stop it from happening ... ;)

Regards,
Badger

[GlowHost.com]

Any Idea why all my RSS bots are being moderated even though their post count is WAY over the amount provided in the AdminCP??

I saw one post early on with the same problem, but the dev chalked it up to his problem, but If Im having the EXACT same problem, there has to be some sort of conflict.

Thanks,

I cant tell you why. I requested admincp logins to anyone who is having this problem so I can have a look. If I cannot duplicate it, it can't be fixed.

If logins are not something you want to give, understandable but in that case I would need exact and extremely precise instructions on your RSS settings so that I can lug them into our test forum to see what the deal is.

[vbnewbieuser]

how to get Spam-O-Matic API Key?? thru your forum??

[muhonki]

When I mark post as "validate" (if it was incorrectly marked as spam), does spam-o-matic post it as ham to Akismet database ?

[DarkWolf74]

By the way, if someone wants to show me this in action I might be able to find a fix for it faster if it is really an issue with Spam-O-Matic. I cannot duplicate it so if someone wants to let me login to their admincp to see the problem it might lead to an answer sooner. I need to be able to duplicate it in order to fix it.


I'm having the same issue, where the post count of the set user in RSS Poster is not being honored. Letting you into the admincp would do little to help correct or debug this issue, but I'll dig through the code and see what I can find.

My speculation is that the RSS Poster Robot does not load any information of the set poster such as their post count.

The only work around that comes to mind is to modify Spam-O-Matic to verify the post count variable and if null, to get the post count from the userid itself.

Duplication is not hard...

1) Set up an RSS Feed with the following.
--- http://news.google.com/news?q=news&output=rss
--- Username: Anyone who has high post count and should NEVER be moderated.

2) In Spam-O-Matic Settings.
--- Auto-Moderation: Keywords -> Add "news"

3) Wait.. Anything with "news" in it will be put into moderation.

If this does duplicate the problem. Yay. Fix it.. :D
If not, let me know and I'll put up a dev forum and make sure that the problem is happening so that you can have full access and see exactly what is happening.

[GlowHost.com]

how to get Spam-O-Matic API Key?? thru your forum??

Spam-O-Matic doesn't have an API Key. Akismet and StopForumSpam have keys, you can get those on the associated websites.

When I mark post as "validate" (if it was incorrectly marked as spam), does spam-o-matic post it as ham to Akismet database ?

No, that would not make a lot of sense I guess. If it does, it would be a bug to report. The only time users are submitted to Akismet is:

A) If you have submission enabled in your S-O-M settings.
B) If you delete posts as spam.

[GlowHost.com]

If this does duplicate the problem. Yay. Fix it.. :D
If not, let me know and I'll put up a dev forum and make sure that the problem is happening so that you can have full access and see exactly what is happening.

Thanks for the documentation. I will try to get this tested and figure out what the deal is.

[Sax on the Web]

Submitting spammer data to Stopforumspam.com won't work.
What to look?
thanks,

[maokaang]

I'm having the same problem with all my RSS feed threads being moderated (all S-O-M versions including 1.2.8).

I have Akismet switched off in Spam-O-Matic.
RSS threads generated are being moderated on every occasion. Almost without exception, none of the words in 'Auto-Moderation: Keywords' appear in the thread.

Here are my settings for one of the RSS feeds:

Feed is Enabled: Yes
Title: BBC News Asia-Pacific
URL of Feed: http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/asia_pacific/rss.xml
Check Feed Every... 30 minutes
Maximum Items to Fetch: 0

Search Items for Words Only: Thai
Thailand
Bangkok
"Chiang Mai"
"Hua Hin"
Pattaya

Search Item Body: checked
User Name: (An Admin User with 500+ posts)
Forum: (A selected forum)
Allow Smilies : No
Display Signature: No
Convert HTML to BB Code: Yes
Title Template: {feed:title}

Body Template:{feed:description}

Read full article ... ({feed:link})

(This thread was generated automatically by Mywebsite.com from the BBC News Asia-Pacific RSS Feed)

Post Items as Threads: selected
Post Icons: (one icon selected)
Make Thread Sticky: No
Moderate Thread: No
Thread Action Delay (Hours): 0
Unstick Sticky Thread After Delay: No
Close Thread After Delay: No
Post Items as Announcements: not selected
(last two announcement options n/a)


Relevant Spam-O-Matic settings are:

Auto-Moderation: Enabled
Auto-Moderation: Minimum Post Count: 5
Auto-Moderation: URL Count: 0
Auto-Moderation: Post Action: Moderate Post


Hope that helps.

Regards

[maokaang]

A separate issue and further suggestion:

In functions_ghsom.php, the modcp directory is hard coded twice:

Line 317: "../modcp/banning.php?do=banuser&u='.$user['userid'].'"
Line 562: "modcp/moderate.php?do=posts"


Many people opt to change the name of their admincp and modcp directories. Without altering the code above, they'll get 404 errors when the above lines are executed.

Perhaps 'modcp' should be replaced with something equivalent to:

{$vbulletin->config[Misc][modcpdir]}



Great mod by the way. Got my vote last month. :up:

Regards
Paul

[nkumaran]

Great mod.

[GlowHost.com]

Thanks for the detailed information maokaang

I have not been able to get any RSS hits on the 2.0 beta version that we are testing but I am going to plug your settings in there to be sure.

Thanks for the vote and kind words. I will also look into those hardcoded modcp URLs.

[ChangeFive]

Any word on release of 2.0? Very interested in trying this mod, but I was going to wait until its' release.

[GlowHost.com]

1.x is bomber. Try it out.

[GlowHost.com]

...or what?

Should I release 2.0 very buggy beta?

I would like to.

Does anyone want this unsupported mod?

[DS MrSinister]

One way for us to try it out. lmao. and for those who dare to install it.

[GlowHost.com]

OK, thanks for the feedback. I am considering release of SOM 2.0

I would like to call it SOM 2.0 VBB

Who wants it?

[lhridley]

Hello,

Thank you for a wonderful product. It's reduced my workload tremendously.

One issue: the reporting function does not seem to be working. I have reported 10-12 spammers using the reporting function in the admin panel, and none of these have showed up on my reported spammer listing on StopForumSpam.org. I have double checked my API key and it is correct.

I'm running vBulletin 4.0.7.

Get this fixed and I'll give you 10 thumbs up and 5 stars! :)

Lisa Ridley
MWUsers.com

[GlowHost.com]

AFAIK that is a bug on the SFS site. The data is making it into their database from what I have read. You might ask them on their forums why you do not see it in your profile on their web site.

[YankForum]

this seems to e an excellent mod , except pending on external website is so risky , what if the website is down ? then nobody can register ?

[GlowHost.com]

this seems to e an excellent mod , except pending on external website is so risky , what if the website is down ? then nobody can register ?

If their website is down you can choose what the script should do, which is either block the registration or allow it per the settings in your Spam-O-Matic admin.

[sarangan]

I love your plugin but there should be an option which can ignore Auto-Moderation for admin's and moderator's threads and replies. I'm using the vbulletin's rss import option which imports rss feeds to forums and I have created a username "rssrobot" and asigned to those imported feeds. Your plugin send those posts to moderation because of those posts have links in it.

'rssrobot' username have administrator privilliges and it still being sent to moderation.

We need a fix for this problem so I can re-enable your plugin and enjoy. :)

Sorry for my bad english. :)

[123_y_321]

Great addon, I just have 1 question. I currently test this on vbb 4.0.5; I try to use 1 of the spammer e-mail to register. How comes I still able to register?

[GlowHost.com]

I love your plugin but there should be an option which can ignore Auto-Moderation for admin's and moderator's threads and replies. I'm using the vbulletin's rss import option which imports rss feeds to forums and I have created a username "rssrobot" and asigned to those imported feeds. Your plugin send those posts to moderation because of those posts have links in it.

'rssrobot' username have administrator privilliges and it still being sent to moderation.

We need a fix for this problem so I can re-enable your plugin and enjoy. :)

Sorry for my bad english. :)

The RSS thing is fixed in 2.0, your English is perfect. :)

Great addon, I just have 1 question. I currently test this on vbb 4.0.5; I try to use 1 of the spammer e-mail to register. How comes I still able to register?

Sounds like you need to have a look at your settings, something is misconfigured.

[123_y_321]

Sounds like you need to have a look at your settings, something is misconfigured.

Thanks for replying my message so fast. I re-look (lol) the settings; e-mail checked against stopforumspam database is being able. I dont know if that is the misconfiguration you looking for? And just fyi, many spammers have failed to register when I check the statistic.

[GlowHost.com]

So you have an email address that you found on stopforumspam.com, and you try to register with that address, and then it lets you register? What does the log say about that?

[123_y_321]

So you have an email address that you found on stopforumspam.com, and you try to register with that address, and then it lets you register? What does the log say about that?

It says "Passed StopForumSpam checks. Sent to vBulletin Registration System."

[GlowHost.com]

Well, if the email check is enabled and it passed, then it probably means the email is not in the SFS database.

Do the logs show any other spammers that were tagged by email?

[123_y_321]

Well, if the email check is enabled and it passed, then it probably means the email is not in the SFS database.

Do the logs show any other spammers that were tagged by email?

yes, there are emails and ips fail to register.

[GlowHost.com]

I am not sure what that would mean then, perhaps SFS is not responding to your request and you have "allow registration" set if the communication fails.

[123_y_321]

I am not sure what that would mean then, perhaps SFS is not responding to your request and you have "allow registration" set if the communication fails.

Yes, "allow registration is abled. But whatever, it stops tremendous spammers on my board now. Thanks anyway. Marked as install.

[GlowHost.com]

You might test if your server is able to communicate with SFS by setting the option to disabled then trying to register with a spammer address. I just tried bestmymail2010@gmail.com on our forums and it was blocked.

2010-10-21 16:27:20 xx.xx.xx.xx yutryutryutrutrtr bestmymail2010@gmail.com Spam-O-Matic Tagged email - bestmymail2010@gmail.com - Spammer Found and rejected.

[OldSchoolDSL]

Working fine on 4.0.8

[Dave@Canibeat]

Installed this on 4.0.7 and I tried to do the old fashion ban and delete thread and it now says:

Warning: require_once(includes/functions_ghsom.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/class_dm_user.php(1853) : eval()'d code on line 3

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'includes/functions_ghsom.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/canibea1/public_html/forum/includes/class_dm_user.php(1853) : eval()'d code on line 3

[Alfa1]

vmail (confirm email before registration) was also a real live saver in regards to spam and fake accounts being created. It prevents many fake registrations on my boards.
Unfortunately this hack is not available for vb4.

Please consider to add this function to Spam-o-matic.

[GlowHost.com]

AFAIK vBulletin does not need a mod for email confirmation, its already part of the basic install.

[Ninos]

Had an extremely quick browse through this thread, there seems to have been 1 or 2 problems especially when the mod was newer. Is it more stable now? What current bugs/conflicts are there? Does it work with 4.0.7?

This could be the answer to my biggest vB problem! Looking forward to your replies

[Alibass]

I am running it on 4.0.8 and it works great for me.

[scottct1]

I am having an issue, where an Administrator with thousands of posts is having his posts put into moderation mode for having too many url's in it.

I have my moderation settings set to:

Auto-Moderation Minimum Post Count = 5
URL Count = 0

Don't know why the issue. I tried it from my account and my post was also put in moderation.

Any ideas?

[GlowHost.com]

Does it affect all admins or just this one?

[Alfa1]

AFAIK vBulletin does not need a mod for email confirmation, its already part of the basic install.
The difference is that the usergroup 'members awaiting email confirmation' has two different functions:
1) in the registration process. These members can be spammers or real members.
2) members that have already confirmed their email in registration, but their email account became inactive. These members are not spammers.

Problem 1: PM spam
Group 2 can have difficulty with their account and you want them to be able to contact staff to ask for help.

Group 1 should not be able to send PMs, because then they may send spam by PM.

Problem 2: Profile spam
Then there is the issue of profile spammers. Allowing users to register an account, without confirming their email address (vbulletin does allow registration even when the email confirmation function is on) in fact allows those same users to fill in profile fields, website link, and signature. So in short: profile spammers do not need a valid email address to add links to your site.
This is why there are so many vbulletin profile spammers.

You can solve this by changing the registration process and let users go trough email validation first, before they register an account. If the email is not validated, no account is created and users do not have the possibility to spam their profile, signature, website field or send spam PMs.

[JorgeX]

I installed your mod but it seems to need more checks IMO.

I was hoping to find some way to stop bots or a custom check, but didn't at all......

This mods only checks against a database, but would be cool to check the time it takes for the registraton, like "if registration time is less than 15 secs then deny".

I had this with Stop Bots Registration mod but it doesnt work on actual versions... would you consider adding some filter in the registration process?

Thanks a lot

[JorgeX]

Nothing, error.

[GlowHost.com]

@alpha1 if you have profile spam for users who are part of the group that is pending activation (e.g. those bots that did not click the email link) then permission them with lower options in that group so that they can do basically nothing. We don't allow such things especially signatures unless they are a member of the registered user group.

That stuff is all part of vBulletin, not this mod.

@JorgeX yes I can add it if it becomes a popular request sometime in version 2.

[PossumX]

Why are these errors occurring? the registrations are stopped, but I am getting these dB errors for some of them....

Invalid SQL:
INSERT HIGH_PRIORITY IGNORE INTO glowhostspamomatic_remotecache(`date`, `data`, `is_spambot`, `field`) VALUES (now(), "HowardLumet", "0", "username");;

MySQL Error : MySQL server has gone away
Error Number : 2006
Request Date : Monday, November 1st 2010 @ 07:58:08 AM
Error Date : Monday, November 1st 2010 @ 07:58:46 AM
Script : >>removed<<
Referrer : >>removed<<
IP Address : >>removed<<
Username : HowardLumet
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :





Database error in vBulletin 4.0.8:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT DATEDIFF(NOW(), "2010-11-01 12:09:51") AS DAYS;

MySQL Error : MySQL server has gone away
Error Number : 2006
Request Date : Monday, November 1st 2010 @ 12:32:08 PM
Error Date : Monday, November 1st 2010 @ 12:32:52 PM
Script : >>removed<<
Referrer : >>removed<<
IP Address : >>removed<<
Username : Unregistered
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :


vBulletin 4.0.8, no other dB errors exist except these. Additionally, should there be an index on the glowhostspamomatic_remotecache table?, as there is none after install.

[GlowHost.com]

That is an error generated by the MySQL server not the script itself. The most common reason for the MySQL server has gone away error is that the server timed out and closed the connection.

You can read more about this problem and ask your host to increase the timeout if it is set too low. There can be other reasons as well. Here is a link that explains the error.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/gone-away.html

As for the index, probably I will look at it a little closer later today and add it into the 2.0 version if its not there already.

[PossumX]

That is an error generated by the MySQL server not the script itself. The most common reason for the MySQL server has gone away error is that the server timed out and closed the connection.

You can read more about this problem and ask your host to increase the timeout if it is set too low. There can be other reasons as well. Here is a link that explains the error.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/gone-away.html

As for the index, probably I will look at it a little closer later today and add it into the 2.0 version if its not there already.

My database is highly tuned, and there are no timeouts that occur on anything except this mod. I have a deep DBA background and have tuned as much as can be on MySQL dB. This is not a shot at you, by any means, however, I am quite sure my dB parameters are all in proper order, and considering the tables for this mod are very small, a simple insert or select should not induce the classic "MySQL has gone away errors". The question remains as to why this is only occurring against tables for this mod. None are crashed, however, I will re-analyze & check to ensure I am correct.

Thanks for your response, along with this mod, it is quite effective.

<<update>> I increased the wait timeout too see if that addresses the issue, and will refine from there if it does.

[rootsxrocks]

I seem to be getting a lot of excess hits to my database from reported spammer IPs who are not logged but have a lot of page views this is causing long delays for legitimate users , will this mod address that ? As small as my forum is I hate to go to a virtual dedicated server to accommodate spammers. Or should I just blame Network solutions for their poor service since April .

[GlowHost.com]

I seem to be getting a lot of excess hits to my database from reported spammer IPs who are not logged but have a lot of page views this is causing long delays for legitimate users , will this mod address that ? As small as my forum is I hate to go to a virtual dedicated server to accommodate spammers. Or should I just blame Network solutions for their poor service since April .

Sorry, I am not following. Can you describe in more detail what you mean about hits to your database from reported spammers? Do you mean they are being blocked but still are looking at your site which is overloading it?

Why not block the IPs using .htaccess or if NetSol is that terrible, I know of a great host...

[ekool]

Anyone else?

Having the same issue. Actually, similar. The submit button does nothing when you click on it... doesnt appear to be "pressed" or anything.

VB 4.0.6

[iwvnews]

Spam-O-Matic has caught and nailed about 50 fake spammer registration attempts since I installed it. I could not be happier. I am running 4.0.8 and since I have installed the mod, not one phony spammer has gotten through, yet not one legitimate participant's registration has been blocked.

Thanks for the great spam-roller!

[Gary V]

+1 Great work!

[Zombo]

hi, is there a feature to scan the current database and remove spambots before the mod was installed?

[leigh123@linux]

There is a path error when checking the log

2010-11-11 10:18:46 ********** weazuul Found in Akismet Database. Held for moderation: here it is http://pastebin.com/1FGA7SSC

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/admincp/modcp/moderate.php?do=posts

It has a extra modcp in the path

[rootsxrocks]

Sorry, I am not following. Can you describe in more detail what you mean about hits to your database from reported spammers? Do you mean they are being blocked but still are looking at your site which is overloading it?

Why not block the IPs using .htaccess or if NetSol is that terrible, I know of a great host...

I do not have any blocking Agents installed however like you said they are looking at the site and overloading the already over sold network solutions database. .
basically what I was asking is if this mod did the .htaccess function or would help to make it. I am still enough of a noob to not know how to do that yet.

I have turned my blog off because of the lack of mod tools and it attracts spammers like flies.

I think I read this before starting this comment but I also want to Know if there is a feature that will alert me to spam registered IPs with current members so I can go back and delete them.

[rootsxrocks]

hi, is there a feature to scan the current database and remove spambots before the mod was installed?
yeah what he ask ?

[sarangan]

You forgot to change version number to 1.2.8 in xml file.

[Brandon Sheley]

just added this, hope it works :)

* Brandon Sheley clicks install

[GlowHost.com]

hi, is there a feature to scan the current database and remove spambots before the mod was installed?

No, because on very large boards that would mean submitting one query for each existing user to StopForumSpam.com. They have a 5000 query per day limit so that would end up getting the larger boards banned from using their service. Unless, we built in some queue mechanism to send batches of users for checking against their database, but that is a bit out of the scope of what we want to do with this mod, plus it is not nice to submit huge batches to a service like SFS.

There is a path error when checking the log

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/admincp/modcp/moderate.php?do=posts

It has a extra modcp in the path

That has been addressed in the upcoming 2.x series.

You forgot to change version number to 1.2.8 in xml file.

Yes, that was addressed a few posts ago, but thanks for the reminder :)

[GlowHost.com]

I do not have any blocking Agents installed however like you said they are looking at the site and overloading the already over sold network solutions database. .
basically what I was asking is if this mod did the .htaccess function or would help to make it. I am still enough of a noob to not know how to do that yet.

I have turned my blog off because of the lack of mod tools and it attracts spammers like flies.

I think I read this before starting this comment but I also want to Know if there is a feature that will alert me to spam registered IPs with current members so I can go back and delete them.

This mod does not alter htaccess or ban any IPs. it checks a remote database for known spammers and prevents them from registering.

Permanently banning IPs is not usually a great thing since you can end up blocking legitimate traffic to your site.

[rootsxrocks]

Thank you, I didn't really think banning Ips was a great Idea but there are certily blocks that have no business on my local site.

It would be nice to have the ability to scan several users Far under the 5k limit, for example I currently have 256 users I suspect about 70 of them are bots. Perhaps there is a seperate tool that might do that.

[GlowHost.com]

Thank you, I didn't really think banning Ips was a great Idea but there are certily blocks that have no business on my local site.

It would be nice to have the ability to scan several users Far under the 5k limit, for example I currently have 256 users I suspect about 70 of them are bots. Perhaps there is a seperate tool that might do that.

You could create another usergroup in vBulletin and give that group low permissions like inability to do anything other than post, move those 70 users to the new group, then use the promotion system to change them to the regular registered members group after 10 posts or so that way you will be able to tell if they are doing anything bad or not because the only way they would get full permissions is by making legitimate posts. And I don't think many spammers or bots will waste their time writing 10 legit posts because it is easier to just find another forum to spam from.

The 2.0 version of this mod actually does that part automatically for new registrations. But no plans for making it process existing users as it is generally pointless to try to go back in time and out if old registrations even exist on the blacklist anymore, which they probably do not.

In my experience, in general your bot registrations are going to not be doing much of anything if you do not see spam from them within the day or so after they register.

[rootsxrocks]

thats true, and It puzzles me as to why they bother, they just become these old sleepers that skew the statistics and inflate the membership numbers.

[scourge]

1.2.7 works well on 3.8.6 Patch Level 1 with renamed admincp and modcp directories.

I downloaded 1.2.8 but my admin cp reports 1.2.7 installed.

[GlowHost.com]

thats true, and It puzzles me as to why they bother, they just become these old sleepers that skew the statistics and inflate the membership numbers.

Not all bots are spambots. Some are there to spread malware. That is why they are quiet.

[rootsxrocks]

Ahh, I do know that some malware misdirects google ads to display the smiley central banner, I hate that Ad HELLLLLLLLLLO

[GlowHost.com]

just added this, hope it works :)

* Loco.M clicks install

I read something on google today says that it does work, posted by you :)

Can you confirm for the rest of us that you like it, or it has helped, or is useful in some way?

Feedback here is what drives this mod.

Everyone, Let us know what you think please :)

[Alibass]

I read something on google today says that it does work, posted by you :)

Can you confirm for the rest of us that you like it, or it has helped, or is useful in some way?

Feedback here is what drives this mod.

Everyone, Let us know what you think please :)
Since I've installed this mod my spammers have gone to zero. Not one have gotten past the registration much less a chance to post.

Cheers and thanks for sharing this great mod with the vB community. :):up:

[torcidas]

Since spamers are using almost standard emails i put only to search email and in that way until now (100 spamers) didn't break into forum...

And if someone break I have 10 messages without able to post URL. That should be enough to remove them.

Thnx for good work

[Bluemax712]

Installed on 4.07 ...amazed at how many spambots it has stopped in less than a day

but noticed in the logs a lot of email addresses which don't include an "@" symbol
yet they still get passed on to the vB registration system
is this normal?

Edit: never mind found answer in your previous post - hey i'm a noob :)
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2083179&postcount=92

[Bluemax712]

Additionally
Is there a way to get as good a log from the Vbulletin Registration system
as this mod provides?

[tomarsyd]

I am getting this:
"Spam-O-Matic Tagged ip - 95.67.80.146 REMOTE_ERROR: Unverfied but allowed by policy"

It still seems to be allowing the registration though it's a known spammer on stopforumspam.com

Any ideas as to the problem. I have both my akismet api key and my stopforumspam api key set in the configuration.

[tomarsyd]

This Mod is not working for me. As far as I can tell, I've got everything configured correctly. I'm close to uninstalling as the StopForumSpam mod worked well for me before.

Does anybody have any info on the REMOTE_ERROR posted above?

Thanks!

[tomarsyd]

Spammers are getting in so I had to uninstall. Was hoping for great things.

If that process would log what the error is and not just that there WAS an error it would be more helpful. I found the code where the error is getting thrown but I don't know enough about the expected contents of the call to stopforumspam.

I have the vbStopForumSpam standalone installed now. I had it before and it was working great, so I'll go back to it for now until I hear some feedback.

[Bluemax712]

Is there a way to have individual minimum postcount settings for keyword vs URL moderation?

It appears both are tied to this one setting:
Minimum postcount required to avoid keyword and URL moderation

ie: I would like to auto-moderate All user's posts for keywords
but only auto-moderate new member's URLs who are under minimum post count

[GlowHost.com]

I am getting this:
"Spam-O-Matic Tagged ip - 95.67.80.146 REMOTE_ERROR: Unverfied but allowed by policy"

It still seems to be allowing the registration though it's a known spammer on stopforumspam.com

Any ideas as to the problem. I have both my akismet api key and my stopforumspam api key set in the configuration.

In your settings for either mod, you have it set to allow registrations if your server cannot connect to stopforumspam.com. You can disable registrations if you cannot connect to stopforumspam.com but then you probably will have no registrations at all.

My guess is your site is firewalled by the stopforumspam.com site itself, or your server is blocking stopforumspam.com

Ask your host to help you figure out why your server cannot connect.

Is there a way to have individual minimum postcount settings for keyword vs URL moderation?

It appears both are tied to this one setting:
Minimum postcount required to avoid keyword and URL moderation

ie: I would like to auto-moderate All user's posts for keywords
but only auto-moderate new member's URLs who are under minimum post count

keyword moderation only works onusers who have not met the postcount minimum.

[tomarsyd]

Thanks GlowHost.

I posted my findings to this issue over on the SFS thread.

Here is a link for anyone who'd like to read on.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2130074&postcount=240

I will be reinstalling S-O-M for its extra features.

[GlowHost.com]

You are welcome, thanks for posting your results. S-O-M should not be affected by this problem as this setting is not an option. Though the SFS option is supposed to not rely on this option if CURL is not available. Perhaps something changes at the SFS site that requires CURL.

[tommac3]

Request for a new feature!
Can this flag a thread for spam IF ...
A new user creates a link in his signature ... and then posts.
OR
A new user adds a html link but doesnt post.

[GlowHost.com]

Auto-moderation does this already.

[tommac3]

Auto-moderation does this already.

Really ... it doesnt seem to be working for me.

The test I ran was :
1) create an account
2) post
3) change sig to include a link.

[jezza101]

JUst upgraded from 1.2.4 to 1.2.8 and I'm getting the error:

Warning: require_once(includes/functions_ghsom.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/register.php(333) : eval()'d code on line 4

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'includes/functions_ghsom.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/*MYACCOUNT*/public_html/*MYPATH*/forum/register.php(333) : eval()'d code on line 4

A user reported it when going through resgistration and I got it on the admin CP user page. Any ideas? I 1st tried to overwrite the original install then I uninstalled and reinstalled but still get the error. I have now disabled and the error has gone.

Any ideas what's going on? I can't live without this mod!

[GlowHost.com]

Really ... it doesnt seem to be working for me.

The test I ran was :
1) create an account
2) post
3) change sig to include a link.

Ahh, I understand what you are saying now. Well, what happens when you try to post now that you have a link in your sig?

[GlowHost.com]

JUst upgraded from 1.2.4 to 1.2.8 and I'm getting the error:

Warning: require_once(includes/functions_ghsom.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/register.php(333) : eval()'d code on line 4

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'includes/functions_ghsom.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/*MYACCOUNT*/public_html/*MYPATH*/forum/register.php(333) : eval()'d code on line 4


A user reported it when going through resgistration and I got it on the admin CP user page. Any ideas? I 1st tried to overwrite the original install then I uninstalled and reinstalled but still get the error. I have now disabled and the error has gone.

Any ideas what's going on? I can't live without this mod!

The error says you forgot to upload functions_ghsom.php so make sure you have uploaded all the files to the correct location per the instructions.

[jezza101]

The error says you forgot to upload functions_ghsom.php so make sure you have uploaded all the files to the correct location per the instructions.

Yep, sorry for wasting your time, I re-uploaded and it's all fine. Not sure what I did wrong :confused:

Best mod ever! :D

Thanks!

[aileron79]

Seems to be a great Mod. Before installing I have a question, in the description you say that there might be problems if the admincp directory is renamed. This is the case in my forum. I wonder how I can prevent any problems arising from this?

Also, has this been verified to work with 4.1.0 PL2?

[Oren MAZDASPEED]

Is there an option to delete all spam users that existed before the mod installed?

like an Automated sql query.

thanks.

[CoZmicShReddeR]

Is there an option to delete all spam users that existed before the mod installed?

like an Automated sql query.

thanks.

That sounds awesome if it were possible as I been getting wacked like crazy lately on my forums!

They are now posting anything but the amount of spammer emails is growing every day on my website and I just installed this mod!

[owning_y0u]

Tagged,

is this one also compatible with vb4.1 pl2?

[GamerFill]

Exactly what I was looking for. Works beautifully. Thanks!

[OldSchoolDSL]

Tagged,

is this one also compatible with vb4.1 pl2?

I'm using it just fine on 4.1 PL2

[final kaoss]

I'll try this.

[GlowHost.com]

Is there an option to delete all spam users that existed before the mod installed?

like an Automated sql query.

thanks.

No it does not. This has been asked many times before in this thread. Feel free to read through it for the reasons as to why it is not a feature, and why it won't ever be.

Seems to be a great Mod. Before installing I have a question, in the description you say that there might be problems if the admincp directory is renamed. This is the case in my forum. I wonder how I can prevent any problems arising from this?

Also, has this been verified to work with 4.1.0 PL2?

Pretty sure this has been fixed. Only way to be sure is to install the mod and find out. There not much point of renaming the admin dirs from the default IMHO. Security by obscurity is not really security.

[cyberchief]

Yes, this mod works perfectly in 4.1 PL2

[dariottolo]

Could you please verify the file?

If I click on the link for the version 1.2.8 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=122466&d=1285865937) I download the version 1.2.7

Thanks in advance.

Dario

[GlowHost.com]

As previously posted, the 1.2.8 says it is 1.2.7 you can ignore the version number reported in the product manager.

the version number presented for download here is correct.

You can compare the filesize between the 2 downloads 1.2.7 and 1.2.8 yourself and see there is a difference, which would allude to the file versions being different, yes?

[dariottolo]

I re-downloaded and re-installed the 1.2.8 version but I am having problems with custom modcp directory.

When I try to ban a user from the admin panel, the url of the new page is http://xxx.xxx.it/modcp/banning.php?do=banuser&u=yyyyy

Is there any option to set the custom modcp URL? I searched in this thread but with no results.

I am running vBulletin 3.8.6 Patch Level 1.

Thanks in advance.

Dario

[GlowHost.com]

The admin panel tool is deprecated in later versions and has been replaced by an option in the moderation tools menu on the postbit.

You can try to ban them from "Delete Posts As Spam" and it should handle the reporting for you. Or of course you can move the mod directory to where it goes by default. Moving the mod directory isn't great security anyways.

[v.bampton]

I love this plug-in, but one thing doesn't appear to be working for me - it's probably just me overlooking something.

When I go to ban a user that's slipped through, I check the "Remove user," "Remove All Posts," and "Submit to StopForumSpam.com" - and it does remove the user and submit it, but it's not removing the posts - it's just setting them to guest posts, which is obviously not great if they're spam.

Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong? Or is it a bug?

Edit - ooops, just seen the last post - I'll try the mod tools directly on the thread instead in future

[orillia]

Installed this on 3.8.6 and 4.01 and works perfectly on both. Thanks!

[RaidenDAWG2]

The error says you forgot to upload functions_ghsom.php so make sure you have uploaded all the files to the correct location per the instructions.

I'm having a similar issue when those hooks are called outside of the /forums directory with the file uploaded (and functioning correctly everywhere else). You may want to add something to the effect of "../forums/" in your includes statements to prevent this issue.

For example, I've got something in public_html/directory calling the includes statement for the functions_ghsom.php file, problem is, it's looking in /public_html/directory/includes instead of /public_html/forums/includes where it should be.

[GlowHost.com]

I'm having a similar issue when those hooks are called outside of the /forums directory with the file uploaded (and functioning correctly everywhere else). You may want to add something to the effect of "../forums/" in your includes statements to prevent this issue.

For example, I've got something in public_html/directory calling the includes statement for the functions_ghsom.php file, problem is, it's looking in /public_html/directory/includes instead of /public_html/forums/includes where it should be.

Not real sure I am following you. Do you mean you are trying to call functions of SOM from outside of your forum install? For example trying to prevent registrations on other parts of your site outside of the forum, such as an order form for example?

[RaidenDAWG2]

Not real sure I am following you. Do you mean you are trying to call functions of SOM from outside of your forum install? For example trying to prevent registrations on other parts of your site outside of the forum, such as an order form for example?

Not exactly.

What had happened is I have a script located in a different directory that uses the datamanager to create forum posts. When this happens, the hook user_presave is called, and your plugin executes, which leads to it trying to require the plugin file in another directory.

[GlowHost.com]

I see. Well, this mod wasn't really written with anything outside of vB.

It was written to work with a stock version of vBulletin. I can't really try to support code for the way everyone might have their individual sites set up, especially for things running outside of vBulletin. You should be able to modify the source code on your own to get it to work with whatever you have setup outside of vB. I suppose if this becomes a big issue for other people I can consider trying to support setups as yours, but that wont be until version 2 is released.

[Boofo]

It looks like there are some leftover phrases for settings that are no longer used. Also, I don't see anything under Users -> Search for users in the admincp like the pic shows. Has that been removed?

[Alibass]

Seems lately the auto submit is not working anymore for my site. I end up having to submit spammer manually. Anyone else having this issue?

[KW802]

Curious issue.... it seems that all my of RSS Feed Manager new posts are getting created but as being moderated. Thoughts before I start digging through it?

[erosolmi]

Thanks for this mod.
Today my forum had many spammer registrations. As soon as I installed this mod I got immediate positive results.

Installed under vBulletin 4.1.0 Patch Level 2

[CudaFly]

Hi
Just like to say a huge thanks and to reccomend to anyone who reads. This plugin so far has stopped spammers 100% and has made life with my forum so much easier - keep up the good work

Thanks

CudaFly (Steve):up:

[mmacrypt]

thank you for this product, been getting killed that last 2 days, I see this putting an end to it.

[onehost]

I installed v1.2.8 but in cp it still shows as v1.2.7 I have even removed
the xml and imported again....

[GlowHost.com]

Yes, as its been mentioned several times before, the version number on the XML file was not edited when we made the last release.

You can edit the version number on your own in the XML file if it bothers you, or in the product manager but we didn't want to upload a new zip file because it would email notify everyone subscribed to this thread or who has marked it as installed that anew version was available, because the only thing different would be us writing 1.2.8 in the version information. Kind of a waste of everyone's time.

You can see there are filesize differences in the 1.2.7 zip and the 1.2.8 zip which is a clue that you are actually running a different version than 1.2.7

[mmacrypt]

wow, I installed this just about 2 days ago and it's logged 324 entries so far. I had no clue that much crap was trying to log on to my site. That's over 150 a day, while my previous spam counter measures stopped all except about 10 a day, those 10 were really starting to cause issues. So again, thanks for this very cool mod.

But I do have 1 question, I haven't looked into it real hard yet but every since I installed this mod and one other spam mod that creates a question during registration. My own bot which posts a few GSS feeds to my site now needs to be moderated to be approved and it wasn't like that before. Again, I haven't looked into it real hard yet but if somebody has a simple answer, I would appreciate it.

[The Rocketeer]

WOW, in the last 4 minutes it blocked 8 Spammer Bots etc.... This thing works Magics!

[Delphiprogrammi]

hi,

I found a small innocent bug this code in /admincp/glowhostspamomatic.php


print_description_row(construct_link_code($vbphras e['restart'], 'glowhostspamomatic.php?'.$vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl']), 0, 6, 'thead', $stylevar['right']);


should be


print_description_row(construct_link_code($vbphras e['restart'], 'glowhostspamomatic.php?'.$vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl']), 0, 6, 'thead',vB_Template_Runtime::fetchStyleVar('right' ));


$stylevar['right'] is deprecated in vb 4
great hack already stopped six spammers :up:

[BillHeaton]

After about three hours I'm very pleased. Here's my first impressions:


I require user names; For me a lot of the robots don't submit one. If SOM knew this it would be less trips to SFS.
Log entries should use phases; In my case I'd be reducing the verbiage greatly (i.e. "No Username Submitted" would become "None" and "Spammer Found and rejected." would become "rejected")
I would love the option to have a logfile. That'd give the ability to use Fail2Ban (http://www.fail2ban.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) to close the firewall to the robot for a time if they're persistent.


Thanks for the good work!

[cdr740]

Thank you for this :)

I was going out of my mind continually banning IP's but this has quickly solved all my problems.

[CMSTemplateZ]

Thanks very much, working a treat so far, and since the re-captcha has been hacked i advise all board owners to install this mods.

Cheers for your efforts

[cyberchief]

I installed this hack a couple months ago... but never commented in this thread. This hack has all but removed ALL spam from my forum.. up until a day ago when recaptcha was broken. Since installing this.. until a day ago... I had 0 spam at all!!! THIS mod is HUGE for preventing spam! Now... with the addition to another recent mod for asking specific questions.. I don't expect to have much. THANK YOU!! 5 stars!

[Britmovie]

Hi just to let you know I have tested it on the beta 1 and I just get an error as below when a user logs out.
========================
Warning: session_destroy() [function.session-destroy]: Trying to destroy uninitialized session in /home/cariad00/public_html/libraries/joomla/session/session.php on line 98

Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by (output started at [path]/includes/class_core.php:5363) in /home/cariad00/public_html/libraries/joomla/session/session.php on line 423

Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at [path]/includes/class_core.php:5363) in /home/cariad00/public_html/libraries/joomla/session/session.php on line 423

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at [path]/includes/class_core.php:5363) in /home/cariad00/public_html/libraries/joomla/session/session.php on line 426

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at [path]/includes/class_core.php:5363) in /home/cariad00/public_html/libraries/joomla/application/application.php on line 624

[hugh_]

Can I suggest adding a 'report user' link to member profiles?

[Silver_2000_)!]

Can anyone confirm that the previous issues with forums that have modified MOD and AdminCP folder names is resolved ?

[aenable]

This is a great mod. Thanks so much!

One suggestion would be to show in the description, documentation, and possibly the dependencies for the install is to have CURL enabled on the server for those users that want to actually be able to check the StopForumSpam database. I knew my server could contact SFS, because I was able to manually ban/submit spambots, and they show up as logged in their database immediately.

I was experiencing the exact same errors in my log file, and the spambots were able to register because the mod wasn't able to read the database at SFS just like tomarsyd (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?u=362498) describes earlier here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2128672&postcount=390) and then he posted a link to the fix here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2130078&postcount=395).

Here is a sample of the error in the log in case someone is searching:
Spam-O-Matic Tagged ip - 95.67.80.146 REMOTE_ERROR: Unverfied but allowed by policy

I have enabled CURL, and now the mod has already checked with SFS, and denied several spammers, while successfully signing up an actual user.
Thanks again!

vb 4.0.1
S-O-M 1.2.8
No other mods installed
PHP Version 5.2.12

[GlowHost.com]

Curious issue.... it seems that all my of RSS Feed Manager new posts are getting created but as being moderated. Thoughts before I start digging through it?

wow, I installed this just about 2 days ago and it's logged 324 entries so far. I had no clue that much crap was trying to log on to my site. That's over 150 a day, while my previous spam counter measures stopped all except about 10 a day, those 10 were really starting to cause issues. So again, thanks for this very cool mod.

But I do have 1 question, I haven't looked into it real hard yet but every since I installed this mod and one other spam mod that creates a question during registration. My own bot which posts a few GSS feeds to my site now needs to be moderated to be approved and it wasn't like that before. Again, I haven't looked into it real hard yet but if somebody has a simple answer, I would appreciate it.

hi,

I found a small innocent bug this code in /admincp/glowhostspamomatic.php


print_description_row(construct_link_code($vbphras e['restart'], 'glowhostspamomatic.php?'.$vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl']), 0, 6, 'thead', $stylevar['right']);


should be


print_description_row(construct_link_code($vbphras e['restart'], 'glowhostspamomatic.php?'.$vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl']), 0, 6, 'thead',vB_Template_Runtime::fetchStyleVar('right' ));


$stylevar['right'] is deprecated in vb 4
great hack already stopped six spammers :up:

Can anyone confirm that the previous issues with forums that have modified MOD and AdminCP folder names is resolved ?

These issues will all be solved in Version 2.0 which should be released at the end of the week.

[OldSchoolDSL]

These issues will all be solved in Version 2.0 which should be released at the end of the week.

Thank you so much for the update and for your continued willingness to provide support to those of us who use your modification.
:cool:

[djbaxter]

Can I suggest adding a 'report user' link to member profiles?

Your original post read

Can I suggest adding a report user link to member profiles for suspicious looking users...

I would remind you and others that the database is for known (i.e., proven) spammers. If people start reporting registrants who they merely suspect might be spammers or might be intending to spam, the entire database becomes effectively useless. It is in the interest of ALL forum owners that we protect the integrity of the database by exericsing good sense.

[Wynex]

works for me

[hugh_]

What do users who're blocked see when they're denied access?

[GlowHost.com]

Your original post read

I would remind you and others that the database is for known (i.e., proven) spammers. If people start reporting registrants who they merely suspect might be spammers or might be intending to spam, the entire database becomes effectively useless. It is in the interest of ALL forum owners that we protect the integrity of the database by exericsing good sense.

That is true, but at the end of the day, the data fetched does expire and your individual expiration times can be set in modification settings. So even if there is a false positive, it should not last so long as to ban your legit users permanently.

This setting is located at StopForumSpam: Remote Expiry

[Britmovie]

I just got stuffed by hostgator who said that I sent 3500 emails out in an hour. It seems related to this mod. Is this the mod verifying emails etc. And is the a way I can throttle the emails being sent to about 200 an hour? Why so many will they reduce? these were sent after installation.

[GlowHost.com]

This mod doesn't send any emails. It makes log entries in the vB admin panel instead.

[Britmovie]

Have you got an email I can send the email to as it talks about removing emails and only was sent when I installed your mod. be greatful if you could take a peak?

[Britmovie]

Sent you a pm

[GlowHost.com]

First, you should ask HG to give you a copy of the email that was sent so that you know what caused the problem. They should be able to give you a copy. You can paste their communications here yes?

[Antidepresiv]

Atthough i don't use it, i clicked instal, and i wish there could be another niminate for motm for this mode. Waiting for 2.0, and just wanto to say thank you for the effort and support..

Best Regards,
Antidepresiv

[Britmovie]

It seems it is spam coming in its hundreds and the emails are the replies to joining. Do you give any support of the mod with the new beta. As Your mod would have saved me from all that spam. I put the problem again below just in case you can help. Thanks a life saving mod!





Hi just to let you know I have tested it on the beta 1 and I just get an error as below when a user logs out.
========================
Warning: session_destroy() [function.session-destroy]: Trying to destroy uninitialized session in /home/cariad00/public_html/libraries/joomla/session/session.php on line 98

Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by (output started at [path]/includes/class_core.php:5363) in /home/cariad00/public_html/libraries/joomla/session/session.php on line 423

Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at [path]/includes/class_core.php:5363) in /home/cariad00/public_html/libraries/joomla/session/session.php on line 423

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at [path]/includes/class_core.php:5363) in /home/cariad00/public_html/libraries/joomla/session/session.php on line 426

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at [path]/includes/class_core.php:5363) in /home/cariad00/public_html/libraries/joomla/application/application.php on line 624

[GlowHost.com]

Not sure what beta you guys are referring to. If it means some older version like vB4.0 beta then its not supported. Beta anything is going to have lots of bugs.

[GlowHost.com]

Atthough i don't use it, i clicked instal, and i wish there could be another niminate for motm for this mode. Waiting for 2.0, and just wanto to say thank you for the effort and support..

Best Regards,
Antidepresiv

Why, thank you very much :) And that makes me wonder if we should open a new thread for the 2.0 release or just keep the ball rolling in this thread.

[Alibass]

He maybe talking about 4.1.1 beta that's available now.

[GlowHost.com]

Maybe, but it also looks like he is using some joomla integration from the looks of those logs so the problem could be anywhere.

[Antidepresiv]

Since Google reCAPTCHA is cracked, this is the best option to block spammers.. If you decide to open a new thread, you have my MOTM vote for sure.. ;) Keep it up dude..

Best Regards,
Antidepresiv

[hugh_]

Wouldn't it be nice to have the choice to submit a member to stopforumspam without having to delete or ban them. Moreover how can we submit evidence about them to SFS if we've deleted them already?! :)

[GlowHost.com]

Wouldn't it be nice to have the choice to submit a member to stopforumspam without having to delete or ban them.

If you don't want to delete or ban them, what would you want to do with them?


Moreover how can we submit evidence about them to SFS if we've deleted them already?! :)


You lost me there. But here is a screenshot of the options now available in the upcoming 2.0 release.

[maokaang]

Curious issue.... it seems that all my of RSS Feed Manager new posts are getting created but as being moderated. Thoughts before I start digging through it?
Can anyone confirm that the previous issues with forums that have modified MOD and AdminCP folder names is resolved ?

These issues will all be solved in Version 2.0 which should be released at the end of the week.

Excellent news. Those two are the only niggling issues I have which put a slight damper on an otherwise fantastic mod. Very much looking forward to the version 2.0 release.

Many thanks for all your work.

Paul

[hugh_]

If you don't want to delete or ban them, what would you want to do with them?

You lost me there. But here is a screenshot of the options now available in the upcoming 2.0 release.

1. I prefer to move them to a banned group.

2. Just report them to SFS. I try never to delete any posts or users. As I said elsewhere they get moved out of circulation...

[GlowHost.com]

1. I prefer to move them to a banned group.

Hmm, well, banned users is already a usergroup. So that is what happens when you ban them. Admincp > Usergroup Manager > Custom Usergroups > Banned Users

You can edit that usergroups permissions the same as any other banned users group. Does that solve that problem?

2. Just report them to SFS. I try never to delete any posts or users. As I said elsewhere they get moved out of circulation...[/QUOTE]

So then would the soft delete option in the screenshot not do the trick?

[GlowHost.com]

Excellent news. Those two are the only niggling issues I have which put a slight damper on an otherwise fantastic mod. Very much looking forward to the version 2.0 release.

Many thanks for all your work.

Paul

OK Paul, you are welcome :)

[hugh_]

Hmm, well, banned users is already a usergroup. So that is what happens when you ban them. Admincp > Usergroup Manager > Custom Usergroups > Banned Users

You can edit that usergroups permissions the same as any other banned users group. Does that solve that problem?

2. Just report them to SFS. I try never to delete any posts or users. As I said elsewhere they get moved out of circulation...

So then would the soft delete option in the screenshot not do the trick?[/QUOTE]

Ideally being able to move all posts to a selected forum and the user to a chosen group would be my preference...

[tlwwolfseye]

Ok, i first posted this yesterday in the 3.8 Thread of this Mod. Someone told me that support is only given here, so I post it here now.

This is what happend after I installed this Mod for vB3.8 on one of the Boards I am responsible for.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2147259&postcount=50

Someone able to explain why that happend ? After I deinstalled it, all was fine again. Then I re-installed the old StopForumSpam for 3.x and its ok again. Just that Mod here is what caused issues.

[hugh_]

You lost me there. But here is a screenshot of the options now available in the upcoming 2.0 release.

With the 3.8.x version if I chose the option of deleting a user, the user is deleted first then I'm taken to the SFS submission page. Again I would like the option of just submitting to SFS without having to delete or ban, however if it's not an option I think the SFS page should appear before the user is deleted...

[slo_chewie]

It doesn't appear the submit to SFS function is working from admincp whether I chose ban or delete option. I haven't tested whether it works when I delete a thread as spam yet because the users I'm banning have zero posts.

[GlowHost.com]

Ok, i first posted this yesterday in the 3.8 Thread of this Mod. Someone told me that support is only given here, so I post it here now.

This is what happend after I installed this Mod for vB3.8 on one of the Boards I am responsible for.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2147259&postcount=50

Someone able to explain why that happend ? After I deinstalled it, all was fine again. Then I re-installed the old StopForumSpam for 3.x and its ok again. Just that Mod here is what caused issues.

The reason support is given here in this thread, is because this mod is supported on version 4+ only as you can see in the mod description at the very top of every page in this thread.

Anyways in your case you might try disabling all other mods and keep SOM enabled and see if you still have problems. If not, then re-enable each mod, one by one that you disabled until you see where the conflict is. You can report that in the SOM 3 thread that you originally posted in. Who knows, there may be some updates there some day.

[GlowHost.com]

It doesn't appear the submit to SFS function is working from admincp whether I chose ban or delete option. I haven't tested whether it works when I delete a thread as spam yet because the users I'm banning have zero posts.

As mentioned several times recently the function you are referring to is no longer supported and will be removed in v2.

The idea is to report spammers who have posted actual spam, not arbitrary users who may or may not be guilty of being a spammer.

[Alfa1]

Is there any chance that you would add Bad behavior integration to this in the near future?

Now that recaptha is cracked, spam-o-matic is vital spam protection.
Bad behavior would block spam bots and content scrapers from the site.

[GlowHost.com]

It's possible, send me the link so I can learn more about it.

[Alfa1]

Will get the the information. Thanks.

[GlowHost.com]

Will get the the information. Thanks.

I cant send you any PMs it says your box is full, but this is what I wrote to you:

This seems like a good thought. I will put it on the list for possible inclusions into version 3.0. Depending on the number of user requests it may be bumped higher on the priority list. This seems like it would need extensive testing because even blocking one legit user can be a bad thing for a forum owner. What concerns me is the delisting process which they say takes about 5 minutes.

Most forum posters who take the time to post, are not going to take 5 mins to delist and then time again to re-post I fear.

I will follow Bad Behavior and do some more research on it though as its an interesting solution.

[Alfa1]

Thanks. I deleted some PMs. Would be an interesting addition.

[beatyourtruck]

Thank you! 8) This put a hard stop to an hard and fast Russian spam attack.

[CheeSie]

When you from admincp choose to ban a user and you submit, it should open the ban window.. it does in fact do that, but if you changed the "name" of your modcp then it leads to 404. You might want to make sure it's parsing the $vbulletin->config['Misc']['modcpdir'] instead of just "modcp" :)

[SB Staff]

People who have installed this mod - have you found that it helped cut out the spammers registering on your site?

[GlowHost.com]

People who have installed this mod - have you found that it helped cut out the spammers registering on your site?

I cant speak for everyone else, but I am biased.

For kicks, I turned off human verification completely in vBulletin options, and this is the stats from today.

Spam-O-Matic Statistics:
165 Spammers Denied Registration

4 got through the filter.

Turning human verification on should make those 4 an even lower number.

[dawges]

The last couple of weeks have been a constant battle against spammers. I hope this answers my prayers. Installed with fingers crossed.

[realscam]

Thank you GlowHost.

These last few weeks have been a spampede on my otherwise peaceful forum. Your Mod has blocked 5 attempted bot signups in the first hour it was installed and the posts from existing bot accounts are landing in my moderation queue and not on my forum.

Thanks again for a GREAT mod.

[cyberchief]

My forum is still small. Only launched a couple months ago and only 200 members so far. I get about 4-10 attempted spam registrations a day that are blocked by the above mod. Since installing, I have had 2 successful spammers. Otherwise, quite peaceful.

[Alfa1]

People who have installed this mod - have you found that it helped cut out the spammers registering on your site?
I get thousands of registrations per month. My site is practically spam free. I use this mod, some other mods and let my supermoderators moderate new registrations.

I would advise anyone to install this mod. It catches a lot of spammers. it should be default in vbulletin.

[Boofo]

I get thousands of registrations per month. My site is practically spam free. I use this mod, some other mods and let my supermoderators moderate new registrations.

I would advise anyone to install this mod. It catches a lot of spammers. it should be default in vbulletin.

What other mods do you use with this? And do you have this check the username also?

[TeknoSounds]

Such an amazing mod that there cannot be enough praises said for it.

GlowHost, please PLEASE port this for a coppermine photo gallery mod, I'm in desperate need!

[Alfa1]

What other mods do you use with this? And do you have this check the username also?
Yes, I have this check the username.

My other anti-spam measures:
- ISBOT (registration time check)
- vmail (email verification BEFORE registration)
- block fake/disposable email domains
- multiple accounts detection
- let super moderators moderate new registrations (impossible to moderate registrations on a big board by yourself)

And until recently:
- Bad behavior (block/ban spam bots and content scrapers)
I hope I will be able to get this functionality again. The old integrations do not support the latest version of BB and block Bing spiders.

[DaiTengu]

This is probably one of the best mods I've seen here at vB.org in a long, long time. My hat is off to you for this!

I did notice your options for 2.0. Will it also automatically delete the user's signature, and homepage? We've got a lot of spammers signing up that enter their URLs there, and any physical deletion of anything in a 60GB database can have a performance impact.

Once again, thanks for an awesome mod!

[Boofo]

Yes, I have this check the username.

My other anti-spam measures:
- ISBOT (registration time check)
- vmail (email verification BEFORE registration)
- block fake/disposable email domains
- multiple accounts detection
- let super moderators moderate new registrations (impossible to moderate registrations on a big board by yourself)

And until recently:
- Bad behavior (block/ban spam bots and content scrapers)
I hope I will be able to get this functionality again. The old integrations do not support the latest version of BB and block Bing spiders.

We have close to the same setup, other than these 2:

- block fake/disposable email domains <-- I don't have a proper listing for this yet.
- let super moderators moderate new registrations (impossible to moderate registrations on a big board by yourself) <-- I don't have enough members to warrant this as of yet.

The Bad Behavior mod looks like it would need too much babysitting to keep it current, so I haven't bothered with that yet. I also use the Q&A for human verification.

[GlowHost.com]

This is probably one of the best mods I've seen here at vB.org in a long, long time. My hat is off to you for this!

I did notice your options for 2.0. Will it also automatically delete the user's signature, and homepage? We've got a lot of spammers signing up that enter their URLs there, and any physical deletion of anything in a 60GB database can have a performance impact.

Once again, thanks for an awesome mod!

You are welcome, thanks. It should get rid of most all traces of them. Of course I am sure we missed something somewhere. But if we see items that remain after deletion then we can add those into later versions of v2 based on feedback.

[Antidepresiv]

When is v2 comming outttttt? xDD Rly can't wait to test it.. xD

[GlowHost.com]

Its in final testing I was hoping to have it out by the end of this week but an elusive bug has resurfaced. Auto-Moderation should not moderate RSS posts and it was fixed...until this morning when I saw it happen again.

I would like to chase that bug down before we make 2.0 available.

I have attached some eye candy for you guys though so you know what is coming. See attached.

[Hornstar]

It this 1.2.8 the same as the 1.2.8 in this thread https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=248470&page=4

Have you heard of many people having this work for 3.8.x?

[GlowHost.com]

Yes, its the same. Does it work on 3? There are mixed reviews as you can see from the thread.

But these versions have been reported to work

vBulletin 3x versions that have been reported to work:

*vBulletin 3.8.4 Patch Level 2*
*vBulletin 3.8.5
*vBulletin 3.8.6 Patch Level 1*

[ctalavera]

Hey guys... just curious where the stats are displayed. I just installed an hour ago and can't find the location.

[Alfa1]

We have close to the same setup, other than these 2:

- block fake/disposable email domains <-- I don't have a proper listing for this yet.
I can give you mine. The problem is that it will be outdated in 2 months. We need a database of fake email domains, that we can submit to. Similar to how stopforumspam offers an account info database.

The Bad Behavior mod looks like it would need too much babysitting to keep it current, so I haven't bothered with that yet. I also use the Q&A for human verification.
Bad Behavior worked great for years and stopped very large numbers of bots. Asides impacting spam attempts, it also decreases server load and bandwidth costs.
But the integration mod no longer supports the latest version.
It gets its database from the project honeypot project, so its regularly updated.

[Hornstar]

+1 for Bad Behavior being added. That would be the greatest addition to an already wonderful mod.

[john h]

Installed! I was using vbStopForumSpam, but this one looks more comprehensive.

Looking forward to V2 :)

[Joey805]

Just installed version 1.2.8 on vb 3.86 PL1 but it shows up as 1.2.7 on my Product list. Seems to be working ok though other than the fact my RSS posts are all being moderated as well.

[Delphiprogrammi]

Just installed version 1.2.8 on vb 3.86 PL1 but it shows up as 1.2.7 on my Product list. Seems to be working ok though other than the fact my RSS posts are all being moderated as well.

that is normal see https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2144682&postcount=430 and the rss thing is a bug the author already knows i bet he's hunting the bug down