First let me say that you do not need to create a banned usergroup, vB default banned usergroup ID: 8

There are a couple of things that you need to check.
1) Create a new group for newly registered members, you can set the number of post they have to have before using pictures, URL's, etc. Read about it here: New Members Create Link

2) Make sure you have your API keys.
3) Don't check User Names, just IP and E-Mail
4) Create a longer list of bad words you can find a bunch here: Bad Words list to copy and paste

That might fix your problem, if not give us a little more detail on why they are not being banned. Have you checked the IP's at http://stopforumspam.com/ ?

Thanks it seemed to install ok after the changes thanks for your help big time. ill let you know if anyproblems come up :up:

Tried to install on vb 4.2.0

Getting error

Did you temporarily disable the Mod before the upgrade? It is working on my 4.2.0. Maybe try to remove SOM and install it again.

I never had it installed previously, what should I do from here?

What version of MySQL are you running? If it is the newer version 5.1 or up then you need to first remove a line of code in the XML file for it to function. Read this: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=1639 and give it a try. Maybe that will fix the problem. If not then let me know and we will try something else.

That link says file not found?

Let's try again. If it doesn't work it is post #1639 four pages or more back.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=1639

Is there a way to show the logs to users who are moderators / have access to the MODCP or maybe get those to be posted in a thread automatically at all?

Is this 4.2 compatible?
Thanks