Didn't think vB4 users would want this. I'll get it in the editor and see what we can do.

Why not?

I had it for an old 3.8 board and it worked wonders. I haven't found anything similar for vb4.

Great. But I figured the vB 4 registration would be pretty strong. However, I guess more hurdles for spammers to get stuck on can't be bad.

I'm uploading the 4.0 code to a test server right now. PM me if you can help.

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=244746" target="_blank">Stop the Registration Bots for vB 4.x</a> is posted.

Excellent, thank you.

Will nominate.

Works on vB 3.6.12?
Or is there an alternative?

One available alternative is ZB BLOCK. It just requires a single line of CODE added to your global.php file and your vB forum is protected from many kinds of bad 'bots.. Oh yeah, and it's FREE!


This php security script is designed to detect certain behaviors detrimental to websites, or known bad addresses attempting to access your site. It then will send the bad robot (usually) or hacker an authentic 403 FORBIDDEN page with a description of what the problem was. If the attacker persists, then they will be served up a permanently recurring 503 OVERLOAD message with a 24 hour timeout.

This page does not look very serious

Thanks noppid!
Before -100-500 registers per day
After - 50.

I have been using this for a long time and LMAO at competitor boards who are slammed daily with bot registrations. I concur this is a great mod!