This seems to be working well as I haven't had any bot/spam sign ups today. I normally would of had about 10 by now!

if you got an api key, cou can see your stats on there site

Installed and working, thanks!

Installed it, thanks for sharing. :)
reCaptcha didn't really help decreasing the spambots...

New Version is available:

1.0.0
Added registrationtime check
Added registrationsupport if botscout is down

Thanks for update ragtek :up:

Thanks for the update, however my German is a little rusty. ;)

Also the link in the installed products page points to .vbulletin-germany.org


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I've wrote that the languagefile is in the dontupload folder

isn't it? or is something with it wrong?
thx

Yeah the language file is in that folder, the read me text however doesn't have English install instructions at the bottom in the updated package like before, and a few of the phrases are still in German even after importing the English file. Just details.. great MOD. :)

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oh
sorry, havn't seen that

i'll update it, thx

Is there anything we have to do in regards to the templateedits-ragtek_botscout text file. Its not in English so do not understand it.

Thanks!

Okay, instructions for the register template edit, first part I can understand using translation page:

Suchen Sie im Template register den folgenden Text
(Look for in the Template register the following text)
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<input type="hidden" name="url" value="$url" />

Second part:

Fügen Sie darüber den folgenden Text ein
(Insert over it the following text)
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<input type="hidden" name="rag_bottime" value="$rag_bottime" />

Do we need to place the code above or replace it with <input type="hidden" name="rag_bottime" value="$rag_bottime" />?

Thanks!

I've had bots start to break through a few different plugins and recaptcha only over the last few weeks. They all use gmail, and somehow can't get themselves validated properly.

Will give this a go, looks promising. Thanks :)

I've had bots start to break through a few different plugins and recaptcha only over the last few weeks. They all use gmail, and somehow can't get themselves validated properly.

Will give this a go, looks promising. Thanks :)

Rag,

I have a few instances of vB running, powering total of 10+ domains (each with their own license).
But I can only get one API key for each instance. So if I put it on http://wetalk.tv/ and someone comes in from http://wetalkmovies.net/ the API key will return invalid and users can't register?

why it should return invalid?
the api key is just that you can "check" for more bots
with api key you can check more

installed but dont know its working and when i try to import language file and i this got error
( This file was created using a different version of vBulletin from the one you are running.

Your version: 3.8.2
File version: 3.7.2 )

and also i want know whats that mean

Registrierung sperren
Soll die Registrierung gesperrt werden, falls der Botscout Service nicht verfügbar ist? Yes No
what i have to slect for it yes or no
please help me

Just tell it to ignore version in regards to the language file.

Anyway this looks very good, will check this out tomorrow.

I must be missing something but from what I can see so isn't there any plugin code at all in the zip file. Also when going to the plugin manager and asks to check the php code for the hooks it's empty.

autsch
you're right, sorry

ok
now the archiv is ok

I tested the new 1.0.1 version and yes now its correct. Tested both with a correct and a bot user. Thanks! Hopefully this will keep the last few bots away from the forum.

Just installed something similar which checks a database of bots twice the size of BotScout :o But if that one fails i'll definitely be giving this one a go, because reCaptcha is useless.

Still looking for an answer on the edit for the register template.

Hi
Sorry, now the readme.txt & templateedits.txt are in english

Thanks ragtek :up:

Thank you!

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what does this mean??

hmm i thought i have translated everything, strange
it means: If the registration should be closed if botscout is not available

pls click installed if you use it;)

Lol... thanks for kind your explanation.. I forgot to click installed...
anyway, done... thanks again... :D

whats the xml in the dont upload for? :| how to see the stats that the bot has been blocked?

And second of all I'd wish the options in admincp of this addon be in english version.. thanks!

this mod has blocked my registrations after i reached a limit of registrations.. :S

algert, sign-up for an account at botscout.com. It gives you 300 calls a day, and also keeps track of stats.

Botscout is great, and working for me. My stats read:

Total Tests: 10084
Total Bots: 2065

That can't be. Maybe you made something wrong on the installation or you have a other add-on that have a conflict with this?

installed, works fine, thank you.

Nice work, installed and seems to be working fine.. :)

Sounds interesting enough to try, I'll, thank you! :D

Thank you for this mod. Just to clarify, I modified template called "register" within vb styles in admincp. Is that correct?

yes

Thanks.