Bots

[Lukemjt88]

How do i stop bots/randoms signing up to my forum and posting?

Also how do i remove the 'Blog' tab and add new tabs?

Thanks :)

[webmastersun]

How do i stop bots/randoms signing up to my forum and posting?

Also how do i remove the 'Blog' tab and add new tabs?

Thanks :)

You can need to read a post from a web hosting provider here

Block Malicious Bots / Crawlers using .htaccess

http://www.webmastersun.com/threads/9415-Block-Malicious-Bots-Crawlers-using-htaccess

Other ways, you can use vB addons or integrate Google recaptcha to stop spammers registering your forum.

Hope it helps!

[ForceHSS]

Check pm I sent you luke

[final kaoss]

Heres what I use to stop bots and it works pretty good. Maybe get 1 bot registering every 3 months.

(Extra Spam Protection) Prevent Posting Of Links On User Group Per User Group Basis (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=243925)
Rename register.php by BOP5 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=297834)
Solve Media CAPTCHA - Protect & Monetize your Forum (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=257126)

[GHRake]

I had lots of forum spam this is what I did to stop it:

Installed GlowHost Spamomatic and configure it (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=248042)
This blocks on average 50 email addresses a day from registering.

Enable VBOptions -> Human Verification Options for everything except post
Enable reCaptcha in Settings->Human Verification Manager

This solved 95% of the spam. After I got CloudFlare Free edition and set security mode to Medium and I forced enhanced authentication on all IP's coming from Russia, Ukraine & Romania and we now have ZERO SPAM!

To remove the blog tab go to VbAdminCP -> Settings -> Navigation Manager and if you want to disable blog completely disable it in Products/Plugins

I'm not an expert on anything but I know this worked great for us