No this will not work in vB5, and i doubt you could make it work in vB5 at all.

strange this mod is not working on my board .. When i try to select new captcha it doesn't show up any Verification Options..

this mod doesnt works with vBulletin 4.2.2 Patch Level 1?

When you say " it doesn't show up any Verification Options" what do you mean exactly, is the area at the bottom blank?

Did you select the "new recaptcha" radio button, and then press "Save"? The options won't show up until you press save (I think that detail was left out of the original instructions, and maybe the readme).

If you did, then I'm not sure what's wrong, but it definitely does work with vb4.2.2 patch level 1, because that's what I happened to have installed as a test forum when I created this mod.

Yep option were we enter api key block is missing whatever i do it doesn't show up.

But just for checking when i select reCAPTCHA i see API KEY Options good without any problem but not for NEW reCAPTCHA

I see you have a couple of other add-on hv types (funcaptcha and keycaptcha). Can you try disabling those products and see if it makes any difference?

Actually, the problem is FunCaptcha. It returns from one of the plugins, which stops other plugins from running. You can fix this either by disabling the funcaptcha product, or else you can go to the Plugin Manager, edit the "Show FunCaptcha options" plugin, and change the execution order to something higher than 5 (like 10 for example).

ETA: if you go with the second option above, I found that you have to change the execution order of both plugins. Also, I've sent Funcaptcha a PM about this problem, but I doubt it's important enough for them to do another release just to fix it.

It has been nice, all the spammers are disappeared suddenly.

Installed on 5 sites and working correctly. :)

Do either of you have any other forms of spam protection in place?

@ozzy47

I'm using this mod, kh99 SS, bop5 RR, and the latest one you released back in September. This is all I am using on my new site and between all of them they have kept the bots from registering.

Cool, I thought you might be using more than just this.

Not exactly, but I do use a combination of recaptcha and question verification.

The question verification is mainly used to prevent non-native spammers.

Well then that is why you probably had spammers getting through before, Q & A is not enough to stop them. :)

Hopefully this will work for a good amount of time.

Yeah but I'm still confused. My questions are really hard, they required you to have massive knowledge to be able to answer, even Google cannot help you for all. But bots did get through all the time.

I think most of them are human spammers but not so sure whether it is a system's bug.

Well programs such as XRumer have defeated most forms of Q & A as well as most forms of catcha.

That is why i always recommend the spam mods in this thread, http://ozzmodz.com/showthread.php/50...g-Spam-Is-Over

I might add this to the list, once the track record keeps on the proven pace. :)

Your Right brother :D ! After disabling funcaptcha and keycaptcha only your mod is working bro.

But your mod is worthy cause its ad free and easy interface :D

Thanks

Well I ended up installing this, so we will have to wit and see how it goes.

OH YES, lol.

Cool, thanks for the reply. :)

Thank you! Works like a charm.

I am a bit new to vbulletin, meaning I have only used it for about 3 months. The part of the super simple guide that I got a bit confused on was the import function.

My only thought is if you could make it more clear about the import function. I had never done a product import and accidentally didn't read into your import XML file very well. Even something simple as saying "Use the product import at the bottom left of your admincp" or something like would help.

Anyway, thank you so much for this. It looks like it works and I am hoping I can avoid having 500 bots register each week this time :)

Reading this article should give you a better idea on how to add various mods to your site, www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=201864

Sorry about that. As I'm sure you realize, most members know that part already. But I guess it wouldn't hurt to use a few more words for those who don't. In any case, you might want to check out the online vbulletin manual that's available on vbulletin.com (in the "support" section). It has some instructions for things like that.

Of course.

Make sure you guys use a new key for each site. The global keys do not work.

Yes, and I had actually removed them from the code at one point but they somehow found their way back in to the release.

lol That is google for ya bro!

This is a great mod! Thanks for doing it! :up:

Hi together,

i really would like to use this addon, but i have a general problem enabling these security features: i get the error "reCAPTCHA™ could not be verified due to server issues. Please try again later.".
its the same when using the already implemented, old recaptcha or the image-verifikation, which says that the letters are not typed in correctly. does someone have an idea how to solve this?

You tried this new one and got that same error?

Check your server logs. It sounds like recpatcha cannot connect to your site. It could be your server firewall or something blocking.

We are afflicted with this as well. I obtained new keys by registering a second domain for our forum (the earlier one; registered pre-New reCAPTCHA; was for www.ourdomainname.com) without the www.

With New reCAPTCHA checked, and our chache cleared, we are also getting the error "reCAPTCHA? could not be verified due to server issues. Please try again later."

We really need an answer as to why, when others, who have posted in this thread, say they don't have this issue.

Discovered what is causing this error. It's the GlowHost Spam-O-Matic mod. I disabled it and made a test registration with the New reCAPTCHA option enabled. No error.

Update:

Maybe not! Still researching this problem.

The recaptcha server-side verification needs to connect to google to verify the response, so your php needs to have "allow_url_fopen" set to true, or else you need cURL in your configuration. I don't have a lot of knowledge about how hosting is usually set up, but I suppose there could also be network issues, i.e. maybe some hosts don't allow scripts to make network connections at all, or maybe they're limited to certain addresses.

I install but cant register i see error:
I have https site
help please
Vb 4.2.0

Do you have "allow_url_fopen" set to on, or cURL in your configuration on the server? If you don't know go to ACP --> Maintenance --> View PHP Info and look there.

Which we do, and it is set 'On'. However, enabling reCAPTCHA results in the same "reCAPTCHA? could not be verified due to server issues. Please try again later."

allow_url_fopen is already ON
cURL is already enable

Does the old version of reCaptcha work for you?

Before i use Keycaptcha after i close the registration now i open again after i try keycaptcha its not working and then i try recaptcha i see error both are not working
now i use Question Answer but i really need recaptcha in registration

Amazing! thanks so much!!!!!!

I feel the same.

i really would like to use this addon, but i have a general problem enabling these security features: i get the error "reCAPTCHA™ could not be verified due to server issues. Please try again later.".

The previous version if it works recapcha

People who are having problems with this (and maybe also with the original reCaptcha), can you tell me what version of php and vbulletin you're running? I'm thinking of making a new release of this mod that has a debugging option, but first I thought I'd see if the problems might be related to recent changes in vbulletin code.