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

[donwon]

Yes there is an increase. I have had probably 50 today alone.

[Sarteck]

GlowHost,

One of the account I have in the Protect Users setting is an account that posts IP information of each member as they register to a thread, and checks the user's IP against other registration and post IPs (to detect Duplicate Accounts, for the most part). These posts are made to a thread my Staff can view with the following function:

function insert_post_to_ip_thread($text)
{
global $vbulletin;
$postdm =& datamanager_init('Post', $vbulletin, ERRTYPE_STANDARD, 'threadpost');
$postdm->set('threadid', 71539);
$postdm->set('userid', 54564);
$postdm->set('pagetext', $text);
$postdm->set('allowsmilie', 0);
$postdm->set('visible', 1);
$postdm->set('dateline', TIMENOW);
$postdm->save();
build_thread_counters(71539);
build_forum_counters(673);
}

I notice, in your plugin, you use $this->registry->userinfo to get the userinfo. I am wondering, with my simple function above, perhaps the registry of the post object does not get set with my userinfo?

If that's the case, it would explain why it's ignoring both the post count and the Protect Users settings. Could you make a suggestion on improving my little function there so that the registry does get set, perhaps, if that's the case?


[EDIT] Each of the accounts I'm having do automatic posting use similar functions, so it does seem likely that this could be the problem.

[GlowHost.com]

I am not a programmer so I cannot really tell you about your functions or how to improve them, sorry. As for testing, its not going to be for a while, I don't have version 2.5 set for release for at least another month due to other projects.

[hamedbia2]

hello,
with this add-on ,can i limit the some user groups to submit for example 10 threads per day?

[caracena]

hello,
with this add-on ,can i limit the some user groups to submit for example 10 threads per day?
No. To do that I use https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=131014 and it works perfectly.

[hamedbia2]

No. To do that I use https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=131014 and it works perfectly.

Thanks,but i'm using vbulletin 4.1.2

[DannyITR]

This mod is un-usable. I get emails every few days from disgruntled people not able to register if I'm using the IP function. Why is this happening??????

[togotutor]

Is it going to affect the SEO somehow?

[Sushubh]

Is it me or the threads moderated by this plugin are still visible to the end user?

They do not open thankfully. But they are still visible in different sections of the forum.

How do I hide them from members?

[caracena]

Is it me or the threads moderated by this plugin are still visible to the end user?

They do not open thankfully. But they are still visible in different sections of the forum.

How do I hide them from members?

You must have some setting wrong becouse in my forum, members whith moderated messages usually write them 2 or 3 times saying that "they don't know why their messages didn't showed up" so no... they don't show for regular members.

[Sushubh]

well the moderated posts are not visible. and i get repeated posts in the moderation backend too.

i am talking about moderated threads. and they are visible to end user!

[liltiger]

I've installed this and it has broken my registration

when people try to register they get this message


Warning: require_once(includes/functions_ghsom.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in[path]/register.php(338) : eval()'d code on line 10

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'includes/functions_ghsom.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in/home/skiervil/public_html/register.php(338) : eval()'d code on line 1

[Alan_SP]

Upload includes/functions_ghsom.php. It's missing.

[liltiger]

hmmm i uploaded that into admin cp with the other folder (admin cp)... did I need to remove it from folder? or put it somewhere else?

[TeknoSounds]

it should be in your forums/includes folder not your forums/admincp. Most mods forum structure is already there, so should just upload to the folders that already exist.... hope that makes sense.

[liltiger]

it should be in your forums/includes folder not your forums/admincp. Most mods forum structure is already there, so should just upload to the folders that already exist.... hope that makes sense.


no... I originally tried to upload to my forum... and it wanted to replace admin cp and include...

then another post here said to put them in admin cp

[Pionex]

no... I originally tried to upload to my forum... and it wanted to replace admin cp and include...

then another post here said to put them in admin cp

let me explain this clearly for you,
when you download this file there will be ffolders named admincp and includes... and so on ( i have not downloaded this yet, so I dont know what is included )

inside of those folders will be files, you need to take the files from the folders and upload them into the corresponding folders on your server.

example:
admincp folder included with this download has files within it, take those files out of that admincp folder and put them into your admincp folder on your sever. repeat this process for each corresponding folder, items not in a folder go directly into public_html

that explain it better?

[Pionex]

okay, now lets address the issue about members being denined access so i can install this thing.. spam is killing me !

[Marv]

Weird, for some reason I can´t find the glowhost navigation in the admincp nor a setting page. The xml is properly uploaded in the includes/xml folder. Can anyone assist me with this issue?

Guess it´s a trivial problem, but I am stuck. Help appreciated.

[liltiger]

let me explain this clearly for you,
when you download this file there will be ffolders named admincp and includes... and so on ( i have not downloaded this yet, so I dont know what is included )

inside of those folders will be files, you need to take the files from the folders and upload them into the corresponding folders on your server.

example:
admincp folder included with this download has files within it, take those files out of that admincp folder and put them into your admincp folder on your sever. repeat this process for each corresponding folder, items not in a folder go directly into public_html

that explain it better?

Perfect! :)

THAT I can manage to do...

I'm a little slow with this stuff I guess :eek:

[TeknoSounds]

Weird, for some reason I can?t find the glowhost navigation in the admincp nor a setting page. The xml is properly uploaded in the includes/xml folder. Can anyone assist me with this issue?

Guess it?s a trivial problem, but I am stuck. Help appreciated.

the xml file is what you import, you don't upload it to the includes/xml folder

[TeknoSounds]

no... I originally tried to upload to my forum... and it wanted to replace admin cp and include...

then another post here said to put them in admin cp

this is expected behavior because it detects the same folders, but if its a new install there won't be any files to overwrite in that folder. For future upgrades, you'll be overwriting previously uploaded files.
But its only giving you the replace the folders question because its detecting the folders are already there, it won't do anything with any other files within the folder unless that file already exists.

Hope that helps.

[liltiger]

this is expected behavior because it detects the same folders, but if its a new install there won't be any files to overwrite in that folder. For future upgrades, you'll be overwriting previously uploaded files.
But its only giving you the replace the folders question because its detecting the folders are already there, it won't do anything with any other files within the folder unless that file already exists.

Hope that helps.

OK - so I should say yes?

[Marv]

the xml file is what you import, you don't upload it to the includes/xml folder

I wasn?t referring to the product.xml, it?s about the cpnav_glowhostspamomatic.xml. Any ideas what could have happend? May be cpnav_glowhostspamomatic.xml is trying to install at in a cpnav_ hook, where other mods have installed theirs? How could I change that to another hook/place ?

[TeknoSounds]

I wasn?t referring to the product.xml, it?s about the cpnav_glowhostspamomatic.xml. Any ideas what could have happend? May be cpnav_glowhostspamomatic.xml is trying to install at in a cpnav_ hook, where other mods have installed theirs? How could I change that to another hook/place ?

okay so you're saying you can't find the admincp settings for SpamoMatic, in your admincp folder there should be a glowhostspamomatic.php file, and the settings themselves are under the main settings manager, just check close to the bottom of the list...

[autostick]

My apologies if this was covered, but I searched and found nothing. I am installing SpamOMatic for the first time, and when I click on Import Product, I get this error message. Any suggestions are most welcome. Thanks.
:confused:
Database error in vBulletin 4.1.3:

Invalid SQL:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `glowhostspamomatic_log`(
`date` DATETIME NOT NULL,
`ip` VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL,
`email` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`username` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`message` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`is_blocked` TINYINT NOT NULL DEFAULT "0",
`user_hash` VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
`user_id` INT NOT NULL
) TYPE=MyISAM;;

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 'TYPE=MyISAM' at line 10
Error Number : 1064
Request Date : Saturday, May 28th 2011 @ 09:01:53 PM
Error Date : Saturday, May 28th 2011 @ 09:01:53 PM
Script : http://164.107.52.52/vb3/admincp/plugin.php?do=productimport
Referrer : http://164.107.52.52/vb3/admincp/plugin.php?do=productadd
IP Address : 164.107.52.52
Username : xx xx
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.5.8

[LisaArnold]

I have a question that I can't seaem to find an answer for...

Does the Spam-O-Matic have a unbalanced tilt towards not recognizing IP reports in favor of email reports from submissions?

I ask this because on our forum- every spammer that gets through has bad IP reports from sometimes days/months before registering with our site. They get through with a good email, but the IP comes back as previously reported. This has happened numerous times.

I find that this is the case for nearly 99% of the bans. We're using the VBulletin version of Spam-O-Matic and this problem has been on-going for at least a month if not longer.

Is this a known bug in the Spam-O-Matic, and if so, are there any plans to fix it?

Is anyone else having the same problem?

Thanks in advance for any help in this.

Lisa :)

[autostick]

na i had the same issue with same info, but with photopost. attached is the modified file you should be ok
I changed the TYPE=MyISAM to ENGINE=MyISAM and removed ";" this happens on windows server mysql 5.5.8 Many thanks to puertoblack for posting the modified code that works flawlessly. Up and running now, my apologies for any duplication... http://www.carforums.net/images/smilies/dupe.gif

[Rabbit9149]

Thanks for this Mod. I installed this on my higher bot traffic site about 3 days ago to see how well it works and so far it has blocked all spammers 100%. 39 Spammers Denied Registration so far and counting. Again, Thanks very much for this Mod.

[shrimpca]

I can't get APIkey from stopspam.

Can you help me ??

[Pionex]

installed, I dont know how well it works yet, but ill let you know tomorrow. Ive been getting, on average, 5 spam bots a day on my site before this was installed. installation went smoothly as well.

thank you.

[Delphiprogrammi]

I can't get APIkey from stopspam.

Can you help me ??

you have to register on there forum to get an apikey due to abuse (people submitting false reports etc)

for people who have there ip listed and are not a spammer you can request removal though keep this in mind

1) ask nicely
2) do not argue with them or your ip stays in there database

Glowhost you could update the first post so you don't have to answer the same question all the time :D

[Delphiprogrammi]

My apologies if this was covered, but I searched and found nothing. I am installing SpamOMatic for the first time, and when I click on Import Product, I get this error message. Any suggestions are most welcome. Thanks.
:confused:
Database error in vBulletin 4.1.3:

Invalid SQL:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `glowhostspamomatic_log`(
`date` DATETIME NOT NULL,
`ip` VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL,
`email` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`username` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`message` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`is_blocked` TINYINT NOT NULL DEFAULT "0",
`user_hash` VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
`user_id` INT NOT NULL
) TYPE=MyISAM;;

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 'TYPE=MyISAM' at line 10
Error Number : 1064
Request Date : Saturday, May 28th 2011 @ 09:01:53 PM
Error Date : Saturday, May 28th 2011 @ 09:01:53 PM
Script : http://164.107.52.52/vb3/admincp/plugin.php?do=productimport
Referrer : http://164.107.52.52/vb3/admincp/plugin.php?do=productadd
IP Address : 164.107.52.52
Username : xx xx
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.5.8

that looks like a duplicate ; at the end

[Rabbit9149]

My apologies if this was covered, but I searched and found nothing. I am installing SpamOMatic for the first time, and when I click on Import Product, I get this error message. Any suggestions are most welcome. Thanks.
:confused:
Database error in vBulletin 4.1.3:

Invalid SQL:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `glowhostspamomatic_log`(
`date` DATETIME NOT NULL,
`ip` VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL,
`email` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`username` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`message` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`is_blocked` TINYINT NOT NULL DEFAULT "0",
`user_hash` VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
`user_id` INT NOT NULL
) TYPE=MyISAM;;

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 'TYPE=MyISAM' at line 10
Error Number : 1064
Request Date : Saturday, May 28th 2011 @ 09:01:53 PM
Error Date : Saturday, May 28th 2011 @ 09:01:53 PM
Script : http://164.107.52.52/vb3/admincp/plugin.php?do=productimport
Referrer : http://164.107.52.52/vb3/admincp/plugin.php?do=productadd
IP Address : 164.107.52.52
Username : xx xx
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.5.8

I had this same error. It has to do with the newer versions of mysql you use. You can fix it by right clicking on product-glowhostspamomatic.xml and click edit and open your find window and search for TYPE=MyISAM I think there were 3 of them you need to change to ENGINE=MyISAM and that should fix you all up. ;)

[Pionex]

Spam-O-Matic Tagged ip - 213.163.97.20 Unable to connect to StopForumSpam.com. This is probably due to some temporary problems on their website: Unable to check. User passed to vBulletin registration system per your settings at 'StopForumSpam: Query Conne

Im not connecting to their website..... whats the issue?

[CtrlAltDel]

Has anyone written something to leverage this API to check existing registrations?

[mrplowjr_ez_v]

What a fantastic add-on! Thank you!!! Had 20 blocked spammers in the first 12 hours. This saves me an immense amount of time!

[lurch_cr]

On my forum, I have a bit of a problem with the 'Username' check when people try and register.
It seems to pick up some really common "real" names. A recently one being as something as simple as 'Leon' - the persons real name.
Now I realise that it goes and checks this against a central database and I'm assuming these names have been flagged.
What I would prefer is that rego's that have failed due to username be left for moderation instead of just blocked in its tracks.
Is this possible? I haven't been able to find such an option thus far :(

[Mark Hewitt]

Just trying to understand how this works.

I used to moderate all new members, but I switched that off when I installed this.

However, new members (all spammers) are still appearing in my moderation list. However they don't appear in the Spam-o-matic logs. Is this expected behaviour or have I got something strange going on here?

[Mark Hewitt]

I've also just been spammed by someone who doesn't appear in the logs.

[charlesr]

I'm on the latest vb4.

I've been having horrendous server overload issues and after a while I got to the point where I turned off all plugins and any standard vbulletin features that are vaguely intensive, e.g. search. I also disabled new signups completely.

After a couple of days of running fine, I turned search back on. Then after 5 days of it running fine I turned on SpamOmatic and enabled signups. After a few hours the server went nuts (load = 100+) and fell over. I turned the product off again and have been moderating signups manually. Everything has been fine for a few days now, with the server barely breaking a sweat.

Note: I checked that cURL and allow_url_fopen are enable on the server.

Hopefully just coincidence! But I was wondering if anyone else has had load issues with this product enabled? If so, any hints?

After a few more days, I'll be turning it on again to try and "confirm" if it was coincidence or not.

[caracena]

You obviously have something broken in your forum either in this modification or in vB itself. I've been running this mod for some 3 weeks now and load stays at an average of 0.3 in normal hours and 1.1 in peak hours usually becouse there's one or two visitors that get hung up with a lot of redirections becouse some weird post they'r trying to see and my very ugly SEO rewrites (yeah, my fault).

I had the same problem as you before I upgraded to vB4. Loading average for my site was in the 18 seconds and now is in the 4 seconds and it wasn't fault of modifications or plugins... just some bad configuration settings.

Re-check every single setting in options and delete/re-install this mod before activating it again.

[charlesr]

Thanks.

I just tried uninstalling the product which went smoothly but in the instructions it says:

5.1. After uninstall, please, remove
/includes/xml/bitfield_glowhostspamomatic.xml file from server
I could not find this file - is this part of the readme file up to date or is that file only relevant for older versions of ghsom?

[caracena]

Thanks.

I just tried uninstalling the product which went smoothly but in the instructions it says:


I could not find this file - is this part of the readme file up to date or is that file only relevant for older versions of ghsom?

Not relevant to this version.

[charlesr]

Coolo. Thanks muchly.

[Adrian Schneider]

Cool, thanks for sharing. Going to give it a try.

[jackspratt]

I receive the following error when installing.
I have ver 4.1.3 CMS

query_write('CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `'.TABLE_PREFIX.'glowhostspamomatic_log`(

[caracena]

I receive the following error when installing.
I have ver 4.1.3 CMS

query_write('CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `'.TABLE_PREFIX.'glowhostspamomatic_log`(

Check this post (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2202090&postcount=1034)

[CRDeveloper]

Hey I remember that in the older version we had option in the edit user setting at the bottom, so we can ban with this mod the user sending them to the blacklist.

Now in this version I don't see any of those options in the edit user. The problem right now is that in one of my forums I got users like this registering Adwlzfbsqfhre 188.123.248.62

There are like 32 users like that using that IP and all of them pass the security.

I will ban the IP right now, but how to ban the user using this mod? They haven't done any post so I can use moderation tools.

[dustoff99]

You have to wait until his next update (2.5 I believe) to get the sleepers.

[CRDeveloper]

So I can only ban them right now?

[LisaArnold]

So I'm guessing by the no response to my last post (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2201643&postcount=1027) on page 69, that there isn't an answer, or no one knows what the answer is. :confused:

I hope there is an answer because it's becoming a real problem having to check everyone who manages to get past SOM and then having to manually ban then delete 99% of them as reported spammers with multiple reports (some up to recent 200 reports). If I can't get this fixed, I might as well uninstall it, because I'm doing all the work still- like I used to do. :(

Please, if someone knows why it's not working, can you fill me in so I can get it fixed?!

BTW, I'm using v4.1.2 (haven't updated to v4.1.3 yet) if that helps.

[dustoff99]

So I can only ban them right now?
I ban the people that have attempted to register on my site if they use the same ip over and over.

[GlowHost.com]

let me explain this clearly for you,
when you download this file there will be ffolders named admincp and includes... and so on ( i have not downloaded this yet, so I dont know what is included )

inside of those folders will be files, you need to take the files from the folders and upload them into the corresponding folders on your server.

example:
admincp folder included with this download has files within it, take those files out of that admincp folder and put them into your admincp folder on your sever. repeat this process for each corresponding folder, items not in a folder go directly into public_html

that explain it better?

Thank you for your explanation. If anyone has the same question, Pionex nailed it.

no... I originally tried to upload to my forum... and it wanted to replace admin cp and include...

then another post here said to put them in admin cp

If I could delete that post, I would. Its not a very good explanation and misleading that the files are supposed to go in admincp....Please ignore that post.

I have a question that I can't seaem to find an answer for...

Does the Spam-O-Matic have a unbalanced tilt towards not recognizing IP reports in favor of email reports from submissions?

I ask this because on our forum- every spammer that gets through has bad IP reports from sometimes days/months before registering with our site. They get through with a good email, but the IP comes back as previously reported. This has happened numerous times.

I find that this is the case for nearly 99% of the bans. We're using the VBulletin version of Spam-O-Matic and this problem has been on-going for at least a month if not longer.



There is no bias, if you have a check enabled, and it finds a match, registration is denied. 1's and 0's

Maybe you need to adjust your settings for StopForumSpam: Remote Expiry

If it is the default of 90 days, then if that IP spammed in the last 90 days, they should be blocked. If you have set this value too low, like 10 days for example, and the spammer didn't spam from that IP for the last 10 days, but then started spamming again on the 11th day, they would be allowed to register.

Spam-O-Matic Tagged ip - 213.163.97.20 Unable to connect to StopForumSpam.com. This is probably due to some temporary problems on their website: Unable to check. User passed to vBulletin registration system per your settings at 'StopForumSpam: Query Conne


Im not connecting to their website..... whats the issue?

Ask your web hosting company. If they can't tell you, you could always host with us. :)

I've also just been spammed by someone who doesn't appear in the logs.

That is not abnormal, SOM is not a clairvoyant, psychic or extrasense depending on what you call it in your part of the world. :)

It cant predect or detect every user who might be a spammer. Some users will get past registration and spam your forum. That is when you use the moderation tools and select the Spam-O-Matic option and (assuming you have API keys for stopforumspam.com) then you delete the posts and report the user simultaneously so that they do not come back to your board, or any other board who has this plugin installed.

=================================

Here are our current stats since the last release:

10800 Spammers Denied Registration

14 Spammers Permanently Banned

35 Spammers submitted to StopForumSpam

69 Spammy Posts Automatically Moderated

[liltiger]

Ok - now it does not notice bad words posted in private messages...

Can this be tweaked to do that?

We have issues with folks sending private messages with 'spam'.
These are not standard spam everything types, but organised real life people that like to sell other forums products from their forum. They are clever and will wait until out of quarantine and then send via private message.

I've tested and PMs are not being noticed

[LisaArnold]

There is no bias, if you have a check enabled, and it finds a match, registration is denied. 1's and 0's

Maybe you need to adjust your settings for StopForumSpam: Remote Expiry

If it is the default of 90 days, then if that IP spammed in the last 90 days, they should be blocked. If you have set this value too low, like 10 days for example, and the spammer didn't spam from that IP for the last 10 days, but then started spamming again on the 11th day, they would be allowed to register.


Thanks for your help/reply, it's much appreciated. :up:

I've got my Expiry set at 120 (is that a wrong amount?), and today I purchased & added an Akistmet API and the spammers are still getting through. I don't know what else to do. *sigh*

Anymore suggestions?

[GlowHost.com]

Ok - now it does not notice bad words posted in private messages...

Can this be tweaked to do that?

We have issues with folks sending private messages with 'spam'.
These are not standard spam everything types, but organised real life people that like to sell other forums products from their forum. They are clever and will wait until out of quarantine and then send via private message.

I've tested and PMs are not being noticed

I can't think of any spammers who have so much time on their hands that they would make 10 legitimate posts and then send PM spam. Are you using the newbies group and is that group able to send PMs? Newbies should have virtually no permissions other than to post, and you set those perms in the usergroup manager.

Thanks for your help/reply, it's much appreciated. :up:

I've got my Expiry set at 120 (is that a wrong amount?), and today I purchased & added an Akistmet API and the spammers are still getting through. I don't know what else to do. *sigh*

Anymore suggestions?

120 is OK, and some spammers are still going to get through. Are your statistics showing that it is working at all?

[LisaArnold]

It's stopping some, but in the last 2 - 3 months, more spammers have gotten through than it's stopped.
I just don't understand why it stopped working well, it was doing fine until we upgraded to vb-4.1.2 and don't know what changed with the upgrade, so I don't know what to fix.

Classic example - 5th June - IP: 95.84.199.154 - in a little over a month, it's had 200 reports submitted to SFS; it got through & the email - kraftma87@gmx.com - has been reported 34 times. I have no idea how it managed to still register.

Thanks for the reply though.

[liltiger]

I can't think of any spammers who have so much time on their hands that they would make 10 legitimate posts and then send PM spam. Are you using the newbies group and is that group able to send PMs? Newbies should have virtually no permissions other than to post, and you set those perms in the usergroup manager.





Sorry - that is just what they do... a small group that are only interested in direct marketing of a set of products to a select market - so forums that deal with that select market are the only target.

The 'cult chieftain' has been run out of town by most organisations that deal with the subject area in question... started his own forum, but the apostles act on the process I described...

The newbies group have no permissions - but these folks will wait that out...

I thought that this product would pick up the links in the PMs - but on testing it does not do this. Any solutions?

[caracena]

Yeah, edit the PMs template and add a little text at the bottom of all outgoing PMs stating somethig like:Help us combat spam. If you feel this private message is spam, please click this linkI don't know... just a thought. My forum is in spanish and luckily for us, we don't have that kind of spamers.. yet.

[utahraves]

Hey friends, I really need a temporary solution for the admincp report a user... I used to have it on one of my forums but now I can't find it and I looked through like every single page on this thread (quickly glancing for attachments and/or code)... Please assist :)

Thanks

[utahraves]

I can't think of any spammers who have so much time on their hands that they would make 10 legitimate posts and then send PM spam.
I have this, actually. They'll go into threads and either copy everything that another post a long time ago said... OR... they'll read the subject and put their 2 cents into it

[RowenWindsong]

First off thanks for a great product, after using it a few weeks we have so far caught all spammers trying to register with the site, not counting unknown sleepers.

To those saying it's letting through more than it's stopping you are clearly doing something wrong or have some messed up settings.

Now I have 2 questions:

#1. I have it set via VB settings that all new users need to be approved by an admin, I have triple checked this setting and for some reason when people register and pass the SoM registration check they are getting auto approved without an admin even approving there application. Not a huge deal but I like to double check and make sure it doesn't look like a sleeper account before they get through. I'm the only admin on the site so I know it's not another admin approving them.

How can we set it so that SoM lets them register but the admin or mod still needs to approve the registration before they go live?

#2. It's great that this system catches so many spammers but having to go and manually add each rejected application to SFS's database it very taxing, especially when we are talking about amount of info I am talking about. Are there any plans to add check boxes or a 1 click option to submit all blocked/stopped spam account into to SFS's database in the future? It would be really great because having to sit down and submit 1 by 1 each spam account's into takes forever when you are dealing with hundreds of stopped spam account info each week, I think my CTRL-V key is breaking from so much copy and pasting lol.

Thanks for all you great work and looking forwards to more innovations in the future, maybe checking PM's and Forum Posts for spam material would be cool to. Have a great week.

[LisaArnold]

To those saying it's letting through more than it's stopping you are clearly doing something wrong or have some messed up settings.


Obviously!

Hence the reason why I'm here asking for help/advice.

Maybe someone has had the same issue and worked out what was wrong and WHY... and willing to post the answer for the rest of us having this issue.

[Aramist]

Hi guys.

This month i got many registered user in my board with @yahoo.com email.

like surgenjg84@yahoo.com

At least 3-5 each day.

Not only registering.....but they r validating the email.

How to solve this? the mod is not blocking them.

[steve1966]

please can the author update this mod it is not working correctly its causing my members to show incorrect posts counts i have uninstalled until an update is done thnak you

[CardMafia]

Uninstalled. Rejects almost all applicants to my site regardless of settings.

[steviewonder44]

Not working with vB 4.14

[Ross L]

I noticed a massive influx of spam registrations when I upgraded from 3.8 to 4.1.3 last week and this has banished them all :D

Uninstalled. Rejects almost all applicants to my site regardless of settings.

It's because most attempted registrations are spammers. I've tested this by manually registering using different IP's, different email hosts etc. and it's allowed all registrations. Every registration it has blocked for me, are listed as spammers in the No Forum Spam database.

Not working with vB 4.14

Working fine here.

[LisaArnold]

Not working with vB 4.14

I hope that's not for everyone, although I do hope you get it all worked out and SOM working for you again.

I'm thinking I might have to uninstall the SOM, do the update to vB 4.1.4, then reinstall the SOM and then keep my fingers crossed it all works like it's meant to. *sigh*

[Skyrider]

Is it possible that a button can be added at their profile to easily remove a user bot and delete all their stuff with 1 push (or 2) of a button?

[steeler7]

I noticed a massive influx of spam registrations when I upgraded from 3.8 to 4.1.3 last week and this has banished them all :D



It's because most attempted registrations are spammers. I've tested this by manually registering using different IP's, different email hosts etc. and it's allowed all registrations. Every registration it has blocked for me, are listed as spammers in the No Forum Spam database.



Working fine here.

it's not working for me when I register with my other e-mail. Database keeps rejecting it. Any idea?

[Ross L]

Just a heads up to everyone StopForumSpam is down, so spammers will get through today.

@Steeler7 Has the issue only happened today or is this a reoccurring issue? If it has only happened today, it may be related to the StopForumSpam outage, if it is happening everyday PM me your email address and I'll try register with it on my forum, once StopForumSpam is back up.

Is it possible that a button can be added at their profile to easily remove a user bot and delete all their stuff with 1 push (or 2) of a button?

+1 on this.

[steeler7]

it's not working for me when I register with my other e-mail. Database keeps rejecting it. Any idea?

Forgot to mention that I'm running 4.1.4 as well with it not working for me. I'm getting the following error...

Database error in vBulletin 4.1.4:

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO glowhostspamomatic_log(`date`, `ip`, `email`, `username`, `message`, `is_blocked`, `user_hash`) VALUES (now(), "98.239.167.36", "XXXX@mywebsite.com", "testingname2", "Spam-O-Matic Tagged username - testingname2 Unable to connect to StopForumSpam.com. This is probably due to some temporary problems on their website: Unable to check. User passed to vBulletin registration system per your settings at \'StopForumSpam: Query Connection Errors\'", "0", "0dd920e31cb73ec67f6c40fcd8bec12c");;

doesnt really matter what user name I use either and I even tried stopforumspam and no dice. Same error from both

[steeler7]

Just a heads up to everyone StopForumSpam is down, so spammers will get through today.

@Steeler7 Has the issue only happened today or is this a reoccurring issue? If it has only happened today, it may be related to the StopForumSpam outage, if it is happening everyday PM me your email address and I'll try register with it on my forum, once StopForumSpam is back up.

Just today.

This would perfectly explain my database error i just pasted.

Thanks for the headsup!!

[Ross L]

No worries :D It's definitely caused by the StopForumSpam outage. Once they are back up, the mod should work perfectly. Keep checking http://www.stopforumspam.com to see if they are back up.

You can keep updated with StopForumSpam's outage here: http://twitter.com/#!/StopForumSpam

[Bluemax712]

No worries :D It's definitely caused by the StopForumSpam outage. Once they are back up, the mod should work perfectly. Keep checking http://www.stopforumspam.com to see if they are back up.

You can keep updated with StopForumSpam's outage here: http://twitter.com/#!/StopForumSpam

Thanks for the Twitter link - guess he will be getting a lot more followers now

I'm amazed it runs off just one server (for now) hopefully he'll get the clustering working soon

[Shanakar]

I'm using 4.1.4 and it installed perfectly fine, only problem is it now doesn't allow anyone to register regardless of settings. I've uninstalled it and hope there will be an update.

[GlowHost.com]

#1. I have it set via VB settings that all new users need to be approved by an admin, I have triple checked this setting and for some reason when people register and pass the SoM registration check they are getting auto approved without an admin even approving there application. Not a huge deal but I like to double check and make sure it doesn't look like a sleeper account before they get through. I'm the only admin on the site so I know it's not another admin approving them.

How can we set it so that SoM lets them register but the admin or mod still needs to approve the registration before they go live?

This is the first report I have seen that this does not work.



#2. It's great that this system catches so many spammers but having to go and manually add each rejected application to SFS's database it very taxing, especially when we are talking about amount of info I am talking about. Are there any plans to add check boxes or a 1 click option to submit all blocked/stopped spam account into to SFS's database in the future? It would be really great because having to sit down and submit 1 by 1 each spam account's into takes forever when you are dealing with hundreds of stopped spam account info each week, I think my CTRL-V key is breaking from so much copy and pasting lol.


Yes, that is one of the core functions in SOM. Its a 2 click process. Look for the Spam-O-Matic setting in your moderation tools menu. See the screenshots on the first page of this thread for the example.

Not working with vB 4.14

Anyone else have this problem?

Is it possible that a button can be added at their profile to easily remove a user bot and delete all their stuff with 1 push (or 2) of a button?

+1 on this.

This is answered on just about every page in this thread, its also in the FAQ on the first post. Look for it in V2.5

I'm using 4.1.4 and it installed perfectly fine, only problem is it now doesn't allow anyone to register regardless of settings. I've uninstalled it and hope there will be an update.

Anyone else have this problem?

[Kentoz]

I'm using 4.1.4 and I really don't feel to have any problem with this. But I must say I'm amazed that in only 2 days I got over 100 registrations denied... Can it be that some real users are getting their registration denied or is my forum a spamming target? I'm still getting real users to register in my forum without any problem though.

[Sushubh]

a couple of users who were denied registration contact me manually. and i create accounts for them manually.

i am not sure how many genuine users i might have lost because of their IPs. but the lessening of spam is a major relief.

[Ross L]

I'm using 4.1.4 and I really don't feel to have any problem with this. But I must say I'm amazed that in only 2 days I got over 100 registrations denied... Can it be that some real users are getting their registration denied or is my forum a spamming target? I'm still getting real users to register in my forum without any problem though.

When I was on 3.8, I very rarely got any spam registrations (and that's with me leaving the forum unattended for months). Within hours of installing 4.1.4 I had been inundated with spam registrations. I'm assuming that the spammers target regularly upgraded forums, as they assume they will be active.

[Lover1]

Datenbankfehler in vBulletin 4.1.4:

Invalid SQL:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `glowhostspamomatic_log`(
`date` DATETIME NOT NULL,
`ip` VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL,
`email` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`username` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`message` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`is_blocked` TINYINT NOT NULL DEFAULT "0",
`user_hash` VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
`user_id` INT NOT NULL
) TYPE=MyISAM;;

MySQL-Fehler : 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 'TYPE=MyISAM' at line 10
Fehler-Nr. : 1064
Fehler-Zeit : Saturday, 18.06.2011 @ 14:13:30
Datum : Saturday, 18.06.2011 @ 14:13:30
Skript : http://forum.xxx.com/admincp/plugin.php?do=productimport
Referrer : http://forum.xxx.com/admincp/plugin.php?do=productadd
IP-Adresse : xx.222.27.xx
Benutzername : Admin
Klassenname : vB_Database
MySQL-Version : 5.5.8

EDIT: Found the Solution https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2202090&postcount=1034

[HMBeaty]

Anyone else have this problem?
Just tested this on my test 4.1.4 installation and was able to register with no problem :confused:

[Kentoz]

When I was on 3.8, I very rarely got any spam registrations (and that's with me leaving the forum unattended for months). Within hours of installing 4.1.4 I had been inundated with spam registrations. I'm assuming that the spammers target regularly upgraded forums, as they assume they will be active.
I really hope that's what is actually happening to my forum :) and not what Sushubh said :erm: the last thing I want is to lose some real quality users.

[jezza101]

Ive had a wave of spammers who register, post some vaguely "normal" posts (although they tend to bump old threads so I can normally spot them) and then come back a week later to edit in the spam links.

Anyone got any thoughts on how to use Spam-o-matic to counter this kind of spam? I guess I can ban user editing but that's not great for other real users.

Any ideas?

[Sushubh]

personally i would not like users to edit their posts after like an hour or so. a week? that is too much time. especially for freshly registered users.

i understand thread starters would benefit if they are allowed to edit their first posts. but this functionality can be reserved for regular folks who have more than 10/20 posts.

just my 2 cents!

[liltiger]

I'm getting users posts quarantined with no bad words... I think they may be editing their posts for spelling mistakes... not sure anyone else having an issue?

Most are fine but there are some getting clouted and cannot see why?

[4Play]

* INSTALLED. brilliant work!

[LLent]

after installing 4.1.4 for some reason it wont let me add a spammer to StopForumSpam any idea how to fix this

[thecore762]

Is it possible to allow people from the same IP to register? it seems like people are being blocked.

[Lover1]

THIS! is a MUST have! Thank you very much.

[Donkon]

right now i have over 70000 threads awaiting moderation, how can i automatically prune all of them, my site times out when i try accessing moderation

[rolfw1]

Can't see how can you have 70,000 threads in moderation, the mod doesn't work retrospectively and surely your forum can't be that busy?

[Donkon]

nm, don't need help anymore, found the prune option. Pruning 80k threads that this put in moderation queue. I reviewed the first 100 or so and most do seem to be spam posts

[rolfw1]

OK, glad you got it sorted. How long did it take to accrue over 80,000 posts in the mod queue?

[Mariner1]

After installing this on 4.14 i got this error

When trying to submitt a post i get this error

Warning: require_once(includes/functions_ghsom.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/functions_newpost.php(474) : eval()'d code on line 5

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'includes/functions_ghsom.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/php52/pear') in /home/clubacts/public_html/includes/functions_newpost.php(474) : eval()'d code on line 5

Ive disabelled it for now.Any ideas whats causing this

[Donkon]

OK, glad you got it sorted. How long did it take to accrue over 80,000 posts in the mod queue?

Not long at all, around 10 minutes

[rolfw1]

After installing this on 4.14 i got this error

When trying to submitt a post i get this error

Warning: require_once(includes/functions_ghsom.php) [function.require-once]

The file functions_ghsom.php is missing from your includes folder, you either missed uploading it, or put it in the wrong directory.

[Mariner1]

Ok ive still got the rar file i downloaded from vb,doesnt look like that file is there.

[rolfw1]

Just downloaded it to check and it's in the zip file attached at the top of this page.

[Mariner1]

yep got it,your right uploaded it to wrong folder.Thanks for the help

[LLent]

is excellent mod keep up the geat work....works fantastic

[4Play]

Again, major thanks for such an INCREDIBLE mod!

One dumb question: Where do I go to authorize Newbie posts, pics, etc. that get caught in the filter?

[charlesr]

Sorry if this is already a function that I've missed, but can this compare IP addresses against those already in the banned usergroup and put new user requests that match in the moderation queue?

[axelhols]

Reference this feature ...

New registrations are checked against the known spammer database at StopForumSpam.com. If the email, IP, or username exists in their database, the user (or bot as the case may be) is denied registration on your forums.

Using the StopForumSpam mod, we have found that blocking based upon IP address is a killer and a LOT of legitimate registrants were being blocked, so we turned OFF this option allowing the email address and user name to continue being checked.

Does your mod allow the same configuration options?

I can't really tell by your sample pic as the text is so small I can't read the AdminCP options ...

On a side note, this looks really interesting and could consolidate several methods we use now ... :)

Regards,
Badger
I am experiencing the same problem that some new members of our board are being rejected as spammers on their IP's, which are are transparent proxies or NAT gateways for thousands (in our case of South African) DSL clients.

Disabling the IP check is the solution for now but this is not ideal.

Is there a way of adding a whitelist unique to our own boards or have GlowHost developers considered an update in this regard?
That way we could add our own whitelist of IP's/networks to minimize false positives from our boards perspective.

If this has been discussed in more detail elsewhere please pass me a link.

[whitey92lx]

Man this mod is HUGE! Thanks for all of your hard work!
I cant believe how persistent some of these spammers are!

[Lazorbeam]

After upgrading to 4.1.4 this mod is giving the following error when trying to post, had to disable it:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function clean_options_list() in /home/stormsp1/public_html/consortium/includes/functions_newpost.php(474) : eval()'d code on line 8

Any idea? I'm thinking I did something stupid.

[LVC]

Hi,

Is this mod working correctly with 4.1.4?

Also does it work with 4.1.4 internal KeyCPTCHA or is the conflict with the KeyCPTCHA mod?

I read somewhere that there was some kind of conflict with the 2 mods

Thanks

[ForceHSS]

Hi,

Is this mod working correctly with 4.1.4?

Also does it work with 4.1.4 internal KeyCPTCHA or is the conflict with the KeyCPTCHA mod?

I read somewhere that there was some kind of conflict with the 2 mods

Thanks

i run both them program on 4.1.4 boards and they work well
Newbies Manager: Put New User Into Newbies Group? set this to no or your email system will not work

[autostick]

It has been about a month since I installed Spam-O-Matic and it is keeping out all the undesirables. Before there were several daily attacks. I post this note to say this software installed in about ten minutes, the instructions were accurate, and it does exactly as promised. To say I can suggest no improvements is my highest compliment. Congratulations on outstanding work.:)

[LVC]

just installed -- did a test registration and I have not received my confirmation email.

Nothing -- what is wrong?

did do something wrong in the settings? ---

Never mind -- it just came through -- took a while

[LVC]

question -- do you disable -- vbulletin spam after you install this?

[ForceHSS]

question -- do you disable -- vbulletin spam after you install this?

no leave as is

[LVC]

no leave as is

I have typad in the vbulletin built in spam management system and akismet on spam-o-matic.

Should I switch the built in Spam mgmt. system to Akismet as well or leave as is?

[axelhols]

I am experiencing the same problem that some new members of our board are being rejected as spammers on their IP's, which are are transparent proxies or NAT gateways for thousands (in our case of South African) DSL clients.

Disabling the IP check is the solution for now but this is not ideal.

Is there a way of adding a whitelist unique to our own boards or have GlowHost developers considered an update in this regard?
That way we could add our own whitelist of IP's/networks to minimize false positives from our boards perspective.

If this has been discussed in more detail elsewhere please pass me a link.

Bump...
Is there a way of adding a whitelist unique to our own boards or have GlowHost developers considered an update in this regard?
That way we could add our own whitelist of IP's/networks to minimize false positives from our boards perspective.

[LVC]

Installed on 4.1.4

works like a charm!!!!!!!

[LVC]

question on how many URLS users are allowed to post -- default is zero. Is there a recommended number or should it be left at default (zero)?

Does that go away and they can post urls after they have "x" number of posts?

does it affect signatures?

Thanks

[whitey92lx]

xboxdudex - lollo.pardi@gmail.com

This spammer has tried to register on my forum at least 200 times in the past month and keeps getting blocked by Spam - o - matic.

I am just blown away that this spammer is that persistent.

Also trying to register under username pipsiez

[myrtletalk]

xboxdudex - lollo.pardi@gmail.com

This spammer has tried to register on my forum at least 200 times in the past month and keeps getting blocked by Spam - o - matic.

I am just blown away that this spammer is that persistent.

Also trying to register under username pipsiez

It's a bot so it doesn't (some do) learn from not being able to register.

[LVC]

anybody?

question on how many URLS users are allowed to post -- default is zero. Is there a recommended number or should it be left at default (zero)?

Does that go away and they can post urls after they have "x" number of posts?

does it affect signatures?

Thanks

[princesspepper]

I am getting a 404 error...

when I ban a spammer using spam-o-matic. I can ban the person, click confirm, and then if it gives me a list of users with the same IP, I get the 404 error when I click on those user's names to ban them manually too.

From what I can see, it puts the path as user.php?do=edit&u=xxxx rather than myadmincp/user.php?do=edit&u=xxxx

My admincp folder is renamed for security reasons.... I suppose it needs to know if it's an admin or mod and put in the correct folder name based on their settings...

Also, when we ban people using Spam-o-Matic, the profile retains the website address and the signature. As these things stay on the profile page, they really need to be removed when the spammer is banned/submitted, otherwise the spammer wins by gaining a link to their website on the profile page.

Otherwise, this is an absolutely fantastic mod. :) Thanks! :D

[ForceHSS]

where i see this info
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=126507&d=1297118184

[Crotan]

where i see this info
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=126507&d=1297118184

From here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=126505&d=1297118184

[BarelyHangingOn]

Where do O submit a spammer etc. I don't see it in the admin panel in their profile any longer since I updated.

[mikeinjersey]

very nice plugin, but is there a way to allow it for use only by Admins ?

thanks.

[cakeforums]

Help please

when try to post new thread get

Warning: require_once(includes/functions_ghsom.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/functions_newpost.php(474) : eval()'d code on line 5

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'includes/functions_ghsom.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/talkcake/public_html/forums/includes/functions_newpost.php(474) : eval()'d code on line 5

[AWS]

Help please

when try to post new thread get

Warning: require_once(includes/functions_ghsom.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/functions_newpost.php(474) : eval()'d code on line 5

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'includes/functions_ghsom.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/talkcake/public_html/forums/includes/functions_newpost.php(474) : eval()'d code on line 5

Have you uploaded all the files in the zip?

[ForceHSS]

Help please

when try to post new thread get

Warning: require_once(includes/functions_ghsom.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/functions_newpost.php(474) : eval()'d code on line 5

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'includes/functions_ghsom.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/talkcake/public_html/forums/includes/functions_newpost.php(474) : eval()'d code on line 5

functions_newpost.php you are missing this php upload all files to ftp again and run upgrade make sure you turn board off and disable all plugins first

[AWS]

functions_newpost.php you are missing this php upload all files to ftp again and run upgrade make sure you turn board off and disable all plugins first
Actually he is missing includes/functions_ghsom.php.

[ForceHSS]

see that now was late when I posted that

[yesfans]

This work with 4.1.4?

[final kaoss]

Install a password protected test forum & check out if it spews any errors.

This work with 4.1.4?

[axelhols]

I am experiencing the same problem that some new members of our board are being rejected as spammers on their IP's, which are are transparent proxies or NAT gateways for thousands (in our case of South African) DSL clients.

Disabling the IP check is the solution for now but this is not ideal.

Is there a way of adding a whitelist unique to our own boards or have GlowHost developers considered an update in this regard?
That way we could add our own whitelist of IP's/networks to minimize false positives from our boards perspective.

If this has been discussed in more detail elsewhere please pass me a link.

Dear Glowhost,

Can I have some feedback to the above please (posted on the 27th June)?
The IP check only catches false positives for us since the IP's recorded with StopForumSpam are typically all overloaded (Proxies, NAT gateways).

I have set the StopForumSPam: Remote Expiry to a lower number yet the plugin still rejects IP's with date&time stamped all before this number - so the expiry age does not seem to work.:confused:

Please advise?

In all other aspect the plugin works really well...

[cpradcliff]

Can someone explain what it means when in the statistics & logs it says "Passed StopForumSpam checks. Sent to vBulletin Registration System". When I click the name these users are in the "users awaiting email confirmation" User group.
I can tell that they are spammers by the way the required fields are filled out.

Can I submitt the user to spam o matic without them posting?

[axelhols]

Can someone explain what it means when in the statistics & logs it says "Passed StopForumSpam checks. Sent to vBulletin Registration System". When I click the name these users are in the "users awaiting email confirmation" User group.
I can tell that they are spammers by the way the required fields are filled out.

Can I submitt the user to spam o matic without them posting?

You mean submit to StopForumSpam.com....

The short answer is no - only submit a confirmed SPAMMER User details - with good posting evidence (URL's and/or advert details).
Ditto for perceived hacking attempts
http://www.stopforumspam.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=2929

[commish]

Installed... Thanks

[GlowHost.com]

Is there a way of adding a whitelist unique to our own boards or have GlowHost developers considered an update in this regard?


There is no IP whitelist function. I will add it to the list of suggestions but you can certainly have this coded on your own in the meantime.

anybody?

Did you check the description next to that setting? It should pretty much tell you what 0 means in relation to real numbers.

Where do O submit a spammer etc. I don't see it in the admin panel in their profile any longer since I updated.

Look above your post...I mean literally, one post. See the link in that post? Click that and you will find your answer.

very nice plugin, but is there a way to allow it for use only by Admins ?

thanks.

That's how it is set by default. Users do not have access.

[LVC]

Lets say I ban a user for 30 days (suspension)

Will Easy clean-up delete all of his posts and report him to stop spam database?

Obviously I do not want this to happen.

I just want to make sure that if I have Easy clean up on and I ban (suspend) a user -- all of his posts are not deleted and the poor guy reported as a spammer to the database

[GlowHost.com]

It only does what you tell it to. Look at the page you are going to submit and check or uncheck the options that you want.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=126507&d=1297118184

[LVC]

OK
so this only works if I select spam-o-matic from the inline mod tool.

If I suspend somebody through the CPAdmin tool --- the user is not affected by spam-o-matic settings (such as easy clean-up) correct?



It only does what you tell it to. Look at the page you are going to submit and check or uncheck the options that you want.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=126507&d=1297118184

[GlowHost.com]

Well, what most people do is test these things on their own to see what it does.

There is no CP admin tool. If you have it, you have done something wrong.

[LVC]

Sorry I did not make myself clear.

If I ban somebody (suspend them) through AdminCP > Users > Ban User instead of the inline Mod tool

Will they be affected by the Easy-clean-up selected options?





Well, what most people do is test these things on their own to see what it does.

There is no CP admin tool. If you have it, you have done something wrong.

[GlowHost.com]

No, you would see Spam-O-Matic options if SOM were to manipulate your users in any way.

Ban users in CP is a vBulletin function, not a function of SOM.

[cpradcliff]

You mean submit to StopForumSpam.com....

The short answer is no - only submit a confirmed SPAMMER User details - with good posting evidence (URL's and/or advert details).
Ditto for perceived hacking attempts
http://www.stopforumspam.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=2929

Thanks.
I think they should have a feature to submit a spammer to Stop ForumSpam once the pass the verification and haven't made a post.
I have a few like this and in most case they didn't verify there email.

[GlowHost.com]

Your proposal leaves the system vulnerable to users reporting false positives, resulting in a less accurate SFS database.

The idea behind a RBL like this is to only submit spammers who have actually been caught spamming, not to ban users we think are probably or possibly spammers.

[k0killer2]

This message keeps displaying when I attempt to install it from product manager.
Invalid SQL:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `vb_glowhostspamomatic_log`(
`date` DATETIME NOT NULL,
`ip` VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL,
`email` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`username` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`message` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`is_blocked` TINYINT NOT NULL DEFAULT "0",
`user_hash` VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
`user_id` INT NOT NULL
) TYPE=MyISAM;;

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 'TYPE=MyISAM' at line 10

[GlowHost.com]

Sounds like you are using windows. Try searching for your error in this thread. Its been answered several times.

[k0killer2]

My apologies. Thank you.

[GlowHost.com]

Glad you found it, enjoy :)

[Jeff66]

Your proposal leaves the system vulnerable to users reporting false positives, resulting in a less accurate SFS database.

The idea behind a RBL like this is to only submit spammers who have actually been caught spamming, not to ban users we think are probably or possibly spammers.


Sometimes spammers are so obvious it would be foolish to wait until they've posted before banning them.

Recently I've had a lot of people register from India, Pakistan and Eastern Europe (I never have any genuine users from those places), who fill in lots of details in their user profile, claiming they're in the UK. A Google search has revealed they've recently registered for hundreds of forums using the same information.
It's just a matter of time before they start spamming all those sites.

Wouldn't it be better to get them blacklisted before they start the spamming?


I've been reporting these people to the SFS database manually, it would be nice if I could do it from within my vBulletin control panel.

[axelhols]

Sometimes spammers are so obvious it would be foolish to wait until they've posted before banning them.

Recently I've had a lot of people register from India, Pakistan and Eastern Europe (I never have any genuine users from those places), who fill in lots of details in their user profile, claiming they're in the UK. A Google search has revealed they've recently registered for hundreds of forums using the same information.
It's just a matter of time before they start spamming all those sites.

Wouldn't it be better to get them blacklisted before they start the spamming?


I've been reporting these people to the SFS database manually, it would be nice if I could do it from within my vBulletin control panel.

No - since this may lead to board admins listing user details for posts they just happen to disagree with or perhaps have some kind of grudge against a certain board member.

As the Internet mail filtering administrators have discovered over the years - defining and identifying SPAM is actually not that straightforward - what is SPAM to one person is legit advertising to another.
To keep things simple we just want to focus on Unsolicited Bulk Emails or Posts (UBE/UBP) - the same advert or advertiser submitting to a large number of multiple recipients. In the case of forums this will be mainly from Spambots and will reflect as multiple entries for the same username/email over a period of time.

For a collaborative Database like StopForumSpam to be meaningful they presumably thus only consider submissions with clear cut 'SPAM' evidence.

Its then up to a plugin like Spam-O-Matic to interpret and make a decision on rejecting a registration based on the information presented there.
But it would not surprise me if this plugin has to be fine tuned in the future with a scoring system perhaps similar to http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/SpamAssassin (for SMTP/POP mail) in order to reduce the number of potential false-positives.

[lazytown]

Under "StopForumSpam: Desired Action", what exactly does the option for "log and continue with registration" do? Does it just allow them to register as a normal member and post? Or does it put them in a banned/temp group? We *really* need an option to put them in a banned/temp group if it doesn't already because of the following:

I'm starting to get an increase in false positives from stopforumspam.com. Some of these users have used the 'contact us' to report such false positives. Some of them may be members that other forums have banned and reported for whatever reason even though they weren't actually spammers. However, because they are not registered in a banned/temp account, I cannot reply to them or activate their account. Sending them a personal email would be far too time consuming. Advice?

Thanks!

[Jeff66]

No - since this may lead to board admins listing user details for posts they just happen to disagree with or perhaps have some kind of grudge against a certain board member.

Board admins can do that anyway, the current system won't stop that from happening.


The Stop Forum Spam database doesn't require a url to prove that spam has been posted. It would be pointless if they did as it would be deleted anyway.

[victorvu]

Hi glowhost:

Thank you for the spammer software, but do not stick your ads in my footer forum, because it is not very nice for not asking me first. I thought your soft is preventing spammer, but you are the first to spam me on my forum. I can give you a space when I am completely design my website. I have no issue with that. For now, please remove it.

I am very upset!

Thank you.

Victor

Here is the link:
http://kieumau.net/forum/forum.php

[Jeff66]

Thank you for the spammer software, but do not stick your ads in my footer forum, because it is not very nice for not asking me first. I thought your soft is preventing spammer, but you are the first to spam me on my forum. I can give you a space when I am completely design my website. I have no issue with that. For now, please remove it.


You can turn the link off from within the settings. Read the FAQ in post 2.

[GlowHost.com]

Under "StopForumSpam: Desired Action", what exactly does the option for "log and continue with registration" do? Does it just allow them to register as a normal member and post? Or does it put them in a banned/temp group? We *really* need an option to put them in a banned/temp group if it doesn't already because of the following:

I'm starting to get an increase in false positives from stopforumspam.com. Some of these users have used the 'contact us' to report such false positives. Some of them may be members that other forums have banned and reported for whatever reason even though they weren't actually spammers. However, because they are not registered in a banned/temp account, I cannot reply to them or activate their account. Sending them a personal email would be far too time consuming. Advice?

Thanks!

It does exactly what the description says:

"What should happen if the new registration is listed in the StopForumSpam database."

If a spammer is found, you have 2 options. Log and block them from registering, or log and allow them to register. if you allow them to register then the rest of your settings control what happens from there...

Yes, they would go to the "newbies" group (as you called it a "temp" group) if you have set the system up for newbies management.

I don't know why you cannot activate the,m...just go into their profile in admin cp and change their group to registered users. If they were not able to register at all, then look at you log and see why they could not register, then decide how to adjust your controls to whatever suits your needs.

[MySaltyreef]

with this on my 4.1.4 it wont allow any posts from the quick reply box this error pops up

Warning: require_once(includes/functions_ghsom.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/functions_newpost.php(474) : eval()'d code on line 5

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'includes/functions_ghsom.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib64/php:/usr/lib/php') in /home7/mysaltyr/public_html/forum/includes/functions_newpost.php(474) : eval()'d code on line 5

with the product disabled it did the same, with the product un installed quick reply works

[thecore762]

"Registration denied, this forum runs an active policy of not allowing spammers. Please contact us via the "Contact Us" page link if you believe this is in error"
Many people are getting this.
Is the only solution right now to disable IP check?

[cavyspirit]

I'm running 4.1.4. Installed this mod and love it so far. Was amazed at how fast the spammers glommed on after my upgrade from 3.8 to 4.1.4.

Everything seems to be working fine, except for my Logs on the backend under Statistics and Logs. I just get a white frame with nothing. I'm on Firefox on a Mac. Not sure if it's a browser issue or something with my config.

Thanks!

[Trek]

"Registration denied, this forum runs an active policy of not allowing spammers. Please contact us via the "Contact Us" page link if you believe this is in error"
Many people are getting this.
Is the only solution right now to disable IP check?

What I find is that any anti-spam software that uses username checks, you get a ton of false positives. If you haven't, I'd recommend disabling the username checks and leave the IP checks on. I've been running this one my forums for some time now and haven't had anyone report any false positives with the username checks OFF.

[techanalyst]

Why am i forced to have an affiliate link for Web Hosting on my site???

[HMBeaty]

Why am i forced to have an affiliate link for Web Hosting on my site???
Optional Affiliate System
Read it again....

[jcrois]

One of our user needs to be approved on all his post...

In the log, it is stated :

Post put under moderation based on Auto-Moderation URL count

How can I remove this?

Thanks.

[BarelyHangingOn]

What I am saying is that I used to be able to submit info even before a person posted a message. I could go into the admin and do it. Now I can't. I just had a bot from Egypt join my site and go straight for the pm system. No posts. So I delete the user, don't submit the info because that function isn't there and do the same thing all over again when they rejoin a zillion times over the month.

Unless I am missing something.

There is no IP whitelist function. I will add it to the list of suggestions but you can certainly have this coded on your own in the meantime.



Did you check the description next to that setting? It should pretty much tell you what 0 means in relation to real numbers.



Look above your post...I mean literally, one post. See the link in that post? Click that and you will find your answer.



That's how it is set by default. Users do not have access.

[GlowHost.com]

What I am saying is that I used to be able to submit info even before a person posted a message. I could go into the admin and do it. Now I can't. I just had a bot from Egypt join my site and go straight for the pm system. No posts. So I delete the user, don't submit the info because that function isn't there and do the same thing all over again when they rejoin a zillion times over the month.

Unless I am missing something.

In that case, read the FAQ.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2079604&postcount=2

Your question is addressed there. Look for it in v 2.5

[GlowHost.com]

One of our user needs to be approved on all his post...

In the log, it is stated :

How can I remove this?

Thanks.

Read all of the settings for SOM and you will find the one responsible. It is going to be in the auto-moderation section.

[princesspepper]

I am getting a 404 error...

when I ban a spammer using spam-o-matic. I can ban the person, click confirm, and then if it gives me a list of users with the same IP, I get the 404 error when I click on those user's names to ban them manually too.

From what I can see, it puts the path as user.php?do=edit&u=xxxx rather than myadmincp/user.php?do=edit&u=xxxx

My admincp folder is renamed for security reasons.... I suppose it needs to know if it's an admin or mod and put in the correct folder name based on their settings...

Also, when we ban people using Spam-o-Matic, the profile retains the website address and the signature. As these things stay on the profile page, they really need to be removed when the spammer is banned/submitted, otherwise the spammer wins by gaining a link to their website on the profile page.

Otherwise, this is an absolutely fantastic mod. :) Thanks! :D

Hi, I have not had a reply to the post I made which is quoted above... maybe it was overlooked....

Is there any solution I can do to recify these issues?

Thanks in advance :)

[rolfw1]

Can't answer your first questions, but regarding the links etc in banned usergroup profile, simply change the radio buttons in usergroup otions, so that they are not viewable on memberlist and further up the page revoke their signature permissions.

[GlowHost.com]

One of our user needs to be approved on all his post...

In the log, it is stated :



How can I remove this?

Thanks.

Hi, I have not had a reply to the post I made which is quoted above... maybe it was overlooked....

Is there any solution I can do to recify these issues?

Thanks in advance :)

If you are using the newbies group disallow them to have a signature and the problem with signatures is solved.

As for the 404, that should not happen. Perhaps you have an older version installed than the latest version?

But at the end of the day is there any reason to hide the admin directory? Security through obscurity is not security.

[4Play]

please, please how soon can we have a version compatible with vB 4.1.5?

[HMBeaty]

please, please how soon can we have a version compatible with vB 4.1.5?
Umm....now.....

[4Play]

hi hmbeaty! ran into some compatibility issues with this super mod once i upgraded my forum to 4.1.5 today. per chats with vB support, part of the code on Spam-O-Matic interfere with advanced posts resulting in an error message. i've had to disable my Spam-O-Matic although i can't wait until a compatible version is available!

are you referring to a recent upgrade to expressly make this mod fully compatible with vB 4.1.5? if so, please advise as i'm eager to have this mod back up and running on my site :)

[David_R]

Thanks, I was really pissed of with the spam on my website, Now I can control spammers and their spam.

[iamacyborg]

Looked good on paper, but the mod is just generic SEO spam itself.

Tried to disable the affiliate link, but it still shows up, setting it to enable causes two to appear, absolute pisstake.

[BadgerDog]

I got up this morning and ran some of my normal maintenance routines on our site, that I've been running for years ....

I ran the Update User Titles and Ranks as I always do, except today for the first time, I received this error message, which seems to be releated this mod.

Maintenance

Updating user info...

Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: open(/var/lib/php/session/sess_tumv3gshhlc265qj0jfbotrle2, O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied (13) in [path]/includes/functions_ghsom.php on line 378

Warning: session_commit() [function.session-commit]: open(/var/lib/php/session/sess_tumv3gshhlc265qj0jfbotrle2, O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied (13) in [path]/includes/functions_ghsom.php on line 431

Warning: session_commit() [function.session-commit]: Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (/var/lib/php/session) in [path]/includes/functions_ghsom.php on line 431
Processing: 15142
Processing: 15143
Processing: 15144


Why has this mod starting doing this after it's been running fine for a long time and what can I do to fix it?

I've been running v1.2.8 of this mod on our vbulletin 4.1.3 with no previous problems whatsoever and I'm happy with what it does, so I do not want to upgrade...

If I disable this mod, the problem goes away and Update User Titles and Ranks function works normally with no errors ...

Thanks for any feedback...

Regards,
Doug

[GlowHost.com]

Looked good on paper, but the mod is just generic SEO spam itself.

Tried to disable the affiliate link, but it still shows up, setting it to enable causes two to appear, absolute pisstake.

Uhh, disable the affiliate system + disable the "give thanks" link and your links are gone.

The only pisstake here is your comment.

[HMBeaty]

The only pisstake here is your comment.
*cough* and failure to read :p lol *cough*

[GlowHost.com]

:). I always wondered why it was easier for some people to take the time to write comments that don't make sense and bash software authors for user mistakes, instead of spending that same time to RTFM.

@Badgerdog, I have never seen that error. It's the first report of it.

@4play its running fine on our 4.15 board so I am not really sure, this is also the first I have heard of the issue.

[HipHopStan.com]

this has been running fine for me since vb 4.0.1 to vb 4.1.5 and still going...

haven't worried about spam since...

[Crotan]

I have to say if there's one downside to this mod it's that I no longer get to use http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE, and delete posts

[4Play]

@ GlowHost - I think your mod absolutely rocks! So this mention of a compatibility issue with 4.1.5 is not commentary on the mod so much as an issue that arises whenever I enable it.

With Spam-O-Matic turned "on" (enabled), whenever a forum guest tries to post an ADVANCED comment on the board, they get the following error message on my forum:

Warning: require_once(includes/functions_ghsom.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/functions_newpost.php(466) : eval()'d code on line 5

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'includes/functions_ghsom.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/thendkey/public_html/includes/functions_newpost.php(466) : eval()'d code on line 5

At the advice of vB support, which opened a ticket for the issue, the moment I disable Spam-O-Matic, the advance posting feature works fine and the error message above suddenly disappears. Support hypothesized that functions_ghsom.php was the likely culprit as it's not found in vB 4.1.5. If you have a workaround or if you think it's an issue specific to my board I'd love to hear it as I very much miss having Spam-O-Matic on the site. It's a truly superb mod that every forum should have!

[shri]

We have been seeing spammers use the Home Page field for spam links. It would be great if in the next version of the plugin, it also checks that field for spam links before a new user is allowed to post something.

Also, we have seen spammers get past the filters by posting numerous messages, each with an attached image and/or a short message without any links. Then once they get past the Minimum Post Count for moderation, they start posting messages with their spam links.

It's hard to prevent these spammers from registering since they are using gmail/hotmail and have wide IP address ranges that are hard to block.

Anyone with suggestions/solutions for this?

[maokaang]

We have been seeing spammers use the Home Page field for spam links ..... Anyone with suggestions/solutions for this?

Try the following mod:

Disable Member Homepage Profile Option based on Post Count or Usergroup
(https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=256383)

[BadgerDog]

:)

@Badgerdog, I have never seen that error. It's the first report of it.


Perhaps users of this mod need to turn on PHP error_display?

I checked with a vBulletin developer who is doing some work on our site about why these errors had started and he said ..

Yes, I enabled error_display, to help debug php error messages. That means there is a problem with that file (php doesn't have permission to use/access it)

So, I guess they have always been there, but not showing on the screen because the error display has been OFF.

He didn't indicate how it gets fixed though except that the developer of the add-on needed to address it?. Any idea where (or how) I set the PHP permissions so that these general errors with the file functions_ghsom.php belonging to GlowHost stops happening? BTW, they appear when users log in and log out of the site as well.

Regards,
Doug

[Vikingant]

If a spammer is found, you have 2 options. Log and block them from registering, or log and allow them to register. if you allow them to register then the rest of your settings control what happens from there...

I have found that when I have 'log and block' chosen everyone gets blocked and obviously the log and register option lets spammers in. I have EVERYONE going to moderation but its a pain to clear them all. Its much like the 'allow new registrations:yes/no" option.

Is there a setting I may have missed?

[4Play]

UPDATE:
Was having an error due, in part, to the following line:
functions_ghsom.php

In deleting this mod and doing a full reinstall, Spam-O-Matic now appears to work fine again! Totally thrilled because this mod is essential for any forum :)

[princesspepper]

Try the following mod:

Disable Member Homepage Profile Option based on Post Count or Usergroup
(https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=256383)Thanks, this is what I've been after too. I did mention this problem in an earlier post, but I think it was misunderstood. This mod does just the job, as homepage links still apprear on profiles when members are banned, so we've been removing them manually. This will cut our workload in half! :)

[The Rocketeer]

Any way to ban the user using glowhost from the ACP?

I found some spammers who joined up to put links on their signatures but I cant seem to find the option to ban them from the ACP when you click edit profile.

[princesspepper]

Any way to ban the user using glowhost from the ACP?

I found some spammers who joined up to put links on their signatures but I cant seem to find the option to ban them from the ACP when you click edit profile.Use the drop down on the right to change the usergroup to banned members.

[iamacyborg]

Uhh, disable the affiliate system + disable the "give thanks" link and your links are gone.

The only pisstake here is your comment.

I did that, enabling the affiliate system added two links, rather than just the one.

[maidos]

sigh your mod caused me alot of headached, when i uninstalled through product manager and then rmeoved the files i get

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'akvbghsfs_akismet_permissions' in 'field list'

so i then tried to reintall reupload the files but when i try uploading the xml file on product manager i NOW get this
Database error in vBulletin 4.1.5:

mysql 5.5.13

Invalid SQL:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `glowhostspamomatic_log`(
`date` DATETIME NOT NULL,
`ip` VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL,
`email` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`username` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`message` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`is_blocked` TINYINT NOT NULL DEFAULT "0",
`user_hash` VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
`user_id` INT NOT NULL
) TYPE=MyISAM;;

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 'TYPE=MyISAM' at line 10
Error Number : 1064

[LVC]

Is there a way to setup a notification (email/PM) alert to notify admin or moderator that a post has been placed in moderation and needs to be reviewed?

[samanders]

UPDATE:
Was having an error due, in part, to the following line:
functions_ghsom.php

In deleting this mod and doing a full reinstall, Spam-O-Matic now appears to work fine again! Totally thrilled because this mod is essential for any forum :)

Had the same issue after updating with the same error message, removed and reinstalled and working again many thanks for the advice

[HMBeaty]

sigh your mod caused me alot of headached, when i uninstalled through product manager and then rmeoved the files i get

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'akvbghsfs_akismet_permissions' in 'field list'

so i then tried to reintall reupload the files but when i try uploading the xml file on product manager i NOW get this
Database error in vBulletin 4.1.5:

mysql 5.5.13

Invalid SQL:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `glowhostspamomatic_log`(
`date` DATETIME NOT NULL,
`ip` VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL,
`email` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`username` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`message` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`is_blocked` TINYINT NOT NULL DEFAULT "0",
`user_hash` VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
`user_id` INT NOT NULL
) TYPE=MyISAM;;

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 'TYPE=MyISAM' at line 10
Error Number : 1064
Should be:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `glowhostspamomatic_log`(
`date` DATETIME NOT NULL,
`ip` VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL,
`email` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`username` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`message` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`is_blocked` TINYINT NOT NULL DEFAULT "0",
`user_hash` VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
`user_id` INT NOT NULL
) TYPE=MyISAM;

[MAdotcom]

I had to disable this product because it left me unable to post (I was getting a blank page after I submitted a post). Anyone have problems posting after they installed this? I really want to use this because I have an overwhelming amount of spam on my site

By the way I am using 4.0.3

[LVC]

Had a similar problem when I updated to 4.1.5
All you have to do is reinstall or just add the missing file from Spam-o-matic.

If it does not see the file and spam-o-matic is installed (even partially) - it will generate that error.

It was driving me nuts until I figured it out

Had the same issue after updating with the same error message, removed and reinstalled and working again many thanks for the advice

[sivaganeshk]

I am getting this error


MySQL Error : Unknown column 'akvbghsfs_akismet_permissions' in 'field list'


when I make changes to usergroup . :(
please help

[forexforum]

Can someone help me?

I am having trouble register a forum account via vbulletin mobile android app that I bought as a suite. I noticed the plugin is causing the problem.

Can you help to teach me how to add the code below?


if (!VB_API)
{
insert plugin code here
}


But how to insert and where?

[sc123]

i cant use "Go Advanced" Posting.. any solution?
thanks!

[MAdotcom]

Had a similar problem when I updated to 4.1.5
All you have to do is reinstall or just add the missing file from Spam-o-matic.

If it does not see the file and spam-o-matic is installed (even partially) - it will generate that error.

It was driving me nuts until I figured it out

Hi LVC not sure if you were replying to my post but I am sure I uploaded everything to the root and I am still unable to post. Are there any known conflicts with other mods or do I need to CHMOD 777 the directories?

[MAdotcom]

I digress. I am sorry I was not making sure the files were in the correct directories. The product is allowing me to post now.

[sc123]

what did you do? im unable to post.. i have vb 4.1.5

[MAdotcom]

When you upload the files via FTP you need to make sure they are put in the correct directories. Not trying to be a ++++ so don't think I am talking down to you by showing you an example but I didn't even think about it so here's an example for this specific product (hope it helps)

ex: the file 'upload' has 2 files in it (admin & includes) in the admin file glowhostspamomatic.php exists and that php file must be placed in your forums admin directory, not in the root. Same with all files excluding the product-glowhostspamomatic.xml file which needs to be uploaded in your forums admincp.

Long story short, make sure the file you FTP goes to the correct directory not in the forum root.

Hope that helps

[solarweb]

Should I uninstall vbStopForumSpam mod before install this one?

Thank you very much!

[sc123]

i just upgraded to vb 4.1.5 and i just re uploaded the files and it worked.

[The Rocketeer]

Why dont you give us the option to ban or submit spammers when we click edit and it takes us to ACP? I am getting a shitload of spammers signing up to post visitor messages!

[TeknoSounds]

Why dont you give us the option to ban or submit spammers when we click edit and it takes us to ACP? I am getting a shitload of spammers signing up to post visitor messages!

Its coming with version 2.5 as stated in the first post.

The correct question would be, when will be seeing 2.5 come out...?

[LVC]

hope 2.5 has moderation alerts.

would love to receive an email alert when a post is placed in auto moderation.

If there is a way to do that now -- please share.

[iamspookysdaddy]

Hi,

Thanks for the mod! I am missing the Spam-O-Matic logs link under Statistics and Logs? I am running Vbulletin 4.1.5? Any suggestions? I installed last nigt and see to Spammers Denied Registration on Forum Home section but cannot find section for logs?

[The Rocketeer]

Its coming with version 2.5 as stated in the first post.

The correct question would be, when will be seeing 2.5 come out...?

Yes, But I remember that function / feature present in the previous 1.x version, I was able to ban, and submit them to akismat,. As soon as I upgraded" to the new version. it went away.

hope 2.5 has moderation alerts.

would love to receive an email alert when a post is placed in auto moderation.

If there is a way to do that now -- please share.

Also this, Or maybe a banner on top of the forums visible only to admins or mods that says "SOME POSTS NEED MODERATION". This should be an option to eithr be notified this way or via PM

This mod needs a lot of functions, as when its banning users, make it so that it removed everything(eg. visitor messages etc. so no spam links are left on out forums. Add MORE options about banning and removing spam posts in one click. Also alerts is a big yes yes :D//


2.5 soon please :o

[spamgirl]

4.2. Get API key for Akismet and enter it in settings. After this edit your usergroups and you will see the option to "Filter posts with Akismet". Only check groups with untrusted users (i.e. Unregistered / Not Logged In, Registered Users).

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I added the Akismet key but I don't see this option in any of my user groups. Where should I be looking?

[cameraguru]

Awesome something like 29 blocks in 3 days!

Thanks great mod defo made my life easier

[empservices]

Hi,

I'd like to install this mod but I have 2 questions beforehand for which I didn't find answers here.

1) Can I whitelist a country, this is the opposite to what most people seem to want to do. My forum is designed mainly for a specific country while all others are welcome. I therefore want to whitelist the country ( I can handle occasional spam manually) and do normal moderationrules for the rest of the world.

2) Can I Auto moderate posts with lings from users in a specific usergroup. Also some of them don't make a real link just put in a URL (it's unclickable but stillo messy).

Thanks

[Mr GRiM]

After installing this mod I get error on the forum home page link.

Database error in vBulletin 4.1.5:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT * FROM vb_glowhostspamomatic_stats;

MySQL Error : Table 'vb_virtualcustoms.vb_glowhostspamomatic_stats' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146
Request Date : Wednesday, August 17th 2011 @ 02:32:16 AM
Error Date : Wednesday, August 17th 2011 @ 02:32:17 AM
Script : http://virtualcustoms.net/forum.php
Referrer : http://virtualcustoms.net/forum.php
IP Address : 0000000000
Username : Mr GRiM
Classname : vB_Database_MySQLi
MySQL Version : 5.5.14-log

I had to also change the product-glowhostspamomatic.xml TYPE=MyISAM to ENGINE=MyISAM for the install to work as it doesn't seem to like having type there since the latest mysql update but not sure if that is anyway related to the problem mentioned above.

[John Lester]

Quick question, in the list of bad words can we enter phrases? IE "watch live" "live nude" etc etc.

This mod rocks btw :cool:

[cpcmox]

Lovin It!!!

[istvan]

what is this about?

Guest 09:11 Admin Control Panel yogurt.glowhost.com

[kiawah75]

I loaded it successfully and it is showing up under products but I am not seeing the option under AdminCP -> Settings -> Options ->GlowHost - Spam-O-Matic

I am using 4.02 has anyone else had this type of problem, I also do not see Facebook when I expand and collapse the options. Today I added another module and I could see it. Any help would be appreciated.

[vantastic]

Thank you for this mod. I'm looking forward to seeing the results on these new 'smart-bots' that keep hitting my forum.

[The Rocketeer]

in the version 1 of this mod, before I upgraded to version 2. there I remember being a option at the very bottom when editing a user profile in the Admin CP., I could just click and check two boxes and ban the user and submit him to stop forum spam at the same time, it saved a lot of time, now I just delete the users.

Was this function removed? Why?

In the next version in addition to this function please also give us the option to have all the offending users Visitor messages removed .

[GlowHost.com]

sigh your mod caused me alot of headached, when i uninstalled through product manager and then rmeoved the files i get

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'akvbghsfs_akismet_permissions' in 'field list'

so i then tried to reintall reupload the files but when i try uploading the xml file on product manager i NOW get this
Database error in vBulletin 4.1.5:

mysql 5.5.13

Invalid SQL:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `glowhostspamomatic_log`(
`date` DATETIME NOT NULL,
`ip` VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL,
`email` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`username` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`message` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`is_blocked` TINYINT NOT NULL DEFAULT "0",
`user_hash` VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
`user_id` INT NOT NULL
) TYPE=MyISAM;;

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 'TYPE=MyISAM' at line 10
Error Number : 1064

You must be running php on Windows. Search this thread for your error, its been answered several times.

Hi,

I'd like to install this mod but I have 2 questions beforehand for which I didn't find answers here.

1) Can I whitelist a country, this is the opposite to what most people seem to want to do. My forum is designed mainly for a specific country while all others are welcome. I therefore want to whitelist the country ( I can handle occasional spam manually) and do normal moderationrules for the rest of the world.

2) Can I Auto moderate posts with lings from users in a specific usergroup. Also some of them don't make a real link just put in a URL (it's unclickable but stillo messy).

Thanks

There are no country options at this time. I am not following your second question. Please elaborate.

what is this about?

Guest 09:11 Admin Control Panel yogurt.glowhost.com

Where did you see it?

in the version 1 of this mod, before I upgraded to version 2. there I remember being a option at the very bottom when editing a user profile in the Admin CP., I could just click and check two boxes and ban the user and submit him to stop forum spam at the same time, it saved a lot of time, now I just delete the users.

Was this function removed? Why?

In the next version in addition to this function please also give us the option to have all the offending users Visitor messages removed .

it was removed because there were bugs with vb4 and we wanted to get a working version released.

[mjfan227]

It's working great 4.1.5, thanks.

[The Rocketeer]

Thanks @GlowHost.com
Could you give us some update / information if a new version to address these errors are in the works and maybe a ETA on when the new version of this mod is due? Thanks

[GlowHost.com]

What errors are you specifically speaking of? This whole thread is about errors, and all of them since the last version are related to operator error.

To my knowledge if it is installed per the directions it works fine on all vb4 versions released to date. The only known issue is Windows users have some code that needs to be changed for MySQL to work.

A new version will be soon, it's in the queue for when we don't have major other projects to work on at our primary business which is web hosting. 2 weeks maybe?? If nothing else critical comes up at work.

If someone want's to make a reasonable donation to speed the process up, then we can discuss it but at this time it is coming as fast as we can which is whenever we have free time to put our programmers onto this.

[kiawah75]

I loaded it successfully and it is showing up under products but I am not seeing the option under AdminCP -> Settings -> Options ->GlowHost - Spam-O-Matic

I am using 4.02 has anyone else had this type of problem, I also do not see Facebook when I expand and collapse the options. Today I added another module and I could see it. Any help would be appreciated.

I have upgraded to 4.1.5 Patch Level 1 - I am now seeing Facebook but I am not seeing GlowHost. I must of installed the files wrong it is showing up under my plugins and I loaded both folders admincp and includes to the main directory of the forum so the folders are now there. Should I have copy what is in the folders ie. includes and paste it into the existing includes folder rather than the folder?

Sorry in advance for some stupid questions.

[ForceHSS]

I have upgraded to 4.1.5 Patch Level 1 - I am now seeing Facebook but I am not seeing GlowHost. I must of installed the files wrong it is showing up under my plugins and I loaded both folders admincp and includes to the main directory of the forum so the folders are now there. Should I have copy what is in the folders ie. includes and paste it into the existing includes folder rather than the folder?

Sorry in advance for some stupid questions.

no install the program only in the folders it tells you also can you show a screenshot from the options of the bottom of the program to see what you have put in the boxes

[kiawah75]

no install the program only in the folders it tells you also can you show a screenshot from the options of the bottom of the program to see what you have put in the boxes

Force, sorry to be thick but just to be sure. In the upload file there are two folders: includes and admincp I copied the contents of these files and pasted them into the existing folders that I have already on my system. If that is what you are suppose to do the program is still not showing up. "you also can you show a screenshot from the options of the bottom of the program to see what you have put in the boxes" I am not sure what you meant by that comment.

Any help from you or other for a noob would be very much appreciate. The xml file by the way installed fine.

[ForceHSS]

if you need 1 to 1 help pm me
you have 3 files inside the upload folder inside the includes folder you will see the xml folder did you upload the file inside that folder as well
also make sure you have set yourself super admin from inside the config

upload\admincp\glowhostspamomatic
upload\includes\functions_ghsom
upload\includes\xml\cpnav_glowhostspamomatic

[kiawah75]

if you need 1 to 1 help pm me
you have 3 files inside the upload folder inside the includes folder you will see the xml folder did you upload the file inside that folder as well
also make sure you have set yourself super admin from inside the config

upload\admincp\glowhostspamomatic
upload\includes\functions_ghsom
upload\includes\xml\cpnav_glowhostspamomatic

Thanks for your help Force I appreciate it I got it working.

[ForceHSS]

happy to help, you can click (I like it) on the post if you wish

[thecore762]

This thing is blocking out legit people from registering to my website, I am losing a lot of legit people when they try to apply.
Anything I can do to perfect this mod?

[GlowHost.com]

This thing is blocking out legit people from registering to my website, I am losing a lot of legit people when they try to apply.
Anything I can do to perfect this mod?

The first step is to look at the logs and see why your legitimate users are being blocked. You might consider turning off username and IP verification and focus only on known spammer email addresses.

[thecore762]

The first step is to look at the logs and see why your legitimate users are being blocked. You might consider turning off username and IP verification and focus only on known spammer email addresses.

Such a quick reply! OMG
Thanks, I will definitely try that out :)

[GlowHost.com]

Such a quick reply! OMG
Thanks, I will definitely try that out :)

Try our hosting if you think that was fast :)

[Player Affinity]

I keep trying to import the xml file included with the add-on, but it keeps saying "Invalid File Specified". Importing the ibproarcade xml worked fine so is there anything that could be preventing this add-on's xml file from working?

[mavigul]

how can I show the spam stats on forumhome. thanx for mod

[Jeff66]

how can I show the spam stats on forumhome. thanx for mod

Go to the options section in the admincp,and select "yes" for the things you want to show.

[japaro]

When i click on this link on my website it links to vbilletin.org Spam-O-Matic info page

[vibait]

Dear Friends,
Thanks In Advance For Your Help But I Have A Problem,i Installed Spam O Matic But The Statistics In The Home Page Are Not Working.why???what Should I Do??thanks Again.vittorio:)

[g00gl3r]

Is there a way to disallow moderators from using the thread removal tool?

My mods keep erasing genuine members with it by accident and it's clearing some decent old threads that we have.

I'm trying to find configuration permissions to stop this but can't. It appears all admins, mods and supermods just get permissions full stop?

Perhaps I'm missing something?

[dustoff99]

Dear Friends,
Thanks In Advance For Your Help But I Have A Problem,i Installed Spam O Matic But The Statistics In The Home Page Are Not Working.why???what Should I Do??thanks Again.vittorio:)
Are you a new user with this MOD?

If yes and your board hasn't detected anything yet, it will be blank. Once it does it's magic, you will see it listed on your Home Page.

Also, under Settings / Options / GlowHost - Spam-O-Matic

Statistics: Display Number of (insert items here - found at the bottom) are set to YES

[joeycannoli]

Anyone know if there is an easy way to BOLD the "Moderated" prefix on threads that are put into the moderation que? This way i can see the threads that need moderation a little easier on the forum instead of going into the admincp.

[plumbingskool]

Hi

I was wondering of someone could help me.......

I only have ONE plugin installed on a fresh install of a forum running 4.1.x and after I installed glow host, I get the following error message when I try to update or change settings on a user group. I.e change admin's avatar size etc. When I hit save, I get this message:

( BTW - I used the tools.php and try everything.....not sure its glowhost.....)

Please advise or help if you can :) That would be super awesome

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'akvbghsfs_akismet_permissions' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Request Date : Thursday, September 8th 2011 @ 07:37:52 PM
Error Date : Thursday, September 8th 2011 @ 07:37:52 PM
Script : http://pumpforum.com/admincp/usergroup.php?do=update
Referrer : http://pumpforum.com/admincp/usergroup.php?do=edit&usergroupid=6
IP Address : 173**.***
Username : J*********p
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.1.56

[Ddiablo]

Tanks :D

[Neal-UK]

Great mod. However, a few people I know who have filled in things correctly have been blocked from registering. Can't understand how or why but i've gone through the settings and can't work out what is going on.

Some use hotmail.co.uk e-mail addresses but aren't on any spam list. Would be strange if they were ;)

[Neal-UK]

Great mod. However, a few people I know who have filled in things correctly have been blocked from registering. Can't understand how or why but i've gone through the settings and can't work out what is going on.

Some use hotmail.co.uk e-mail addresses but aren't on any spam list. Would be strange if they were ;)

Sorry read the last few posts in this thread. I've turned off username check and now just check IP and e-mail accounts. Seems to be working ok at the moment.

[Sam-TheMaster]

Hello, Thanks for this great mod.

However, Having really serious trouble on my board. Since last month 1000s of post everyday is being generated and even after submission that ip, I can not get rid of those ip address.

Specific ip from china 222.186.24.25 and dont know how that ip got registered more than 300 users and I can not delete it due to few other ip is doing same with me.

Today to get rid of that, I've choose small business license from Akismet and reported them about my current problem. They simply reported it like this

--------
Hi,
The key ******** is not talking to the akismet servers - I see zero reports.
You will need to contact the author of the vBulletin plugin as they created it and we do not support that code, sorry.
--------
but the same time, I am getting my statistics that user reported to stopforumspam / akismet.

What may be the issue? I am sure about I've inserted my key correctly. Can anyone tell me what is vBulletin Anti-spam key? found under setting > options > spam management .

Do help me, I've to keep my eyes on everytime to remove these @#$@# spammers. I am ready to go any pro version if you are giving.

[atacann1977]

please help me I have a problem as indicated below. It is where I plug the instalation. I upload files to ftp upload where they belong. When I plug intalierte so came one message. I have vb 4.1.5 and up have not yet instaled a plug bitfield_glowhostspamomatic.xml I have not.
thank you

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2011/09/52.jpg

Datenbankfehler in vBulletin 4.1.5:

Invalid SQL:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `glowhostspamomatic_log`(
`date` DATETIME NOT NULL,
`ip` VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL,
`email` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`username` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`message` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`is_blocked` TINYINT NOT NULL DEFAULT "0",
`user_hash` VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
`user_id` INT NOT NULL
) TYPE=MyISAM;;

MySQL-Fehler : 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 'TYPE=MyISAM' at line 10
Fehler-Nr. : 1064
Fehler-Zeit : Saturday, 10.09.2011 @ 14:29:31
Datum : Saturday, 10.09.2011 @ 14:29:31
Skript : http://++++++++/forum/admincp/plugin.php?do=productimport
Referrer : http://+++++/forum/admincp/plugin.php?do=productadd
IP-Adresse : 84.62.93.32
Benutzername : '''''''#
Klassenname : vB_Database
MySQL-Version : 5.5.14

[jitsuboy]

When installed I get this error while trying to register on the site. Can you please help?
Server error
The website encountered an error while retrieving http://www.premejacforum.com/register.php?do=addmember. It may be down for maintenance or configured incorrectly.
Here are some suggestions:
Reload this webpage later.
HTTP Error 500 (Internal Server Error): An unexpected condition was encountered while the server was attempting to fulfill the request.

Than