Great mod , another mod / feature that should come as standard for vbulletin.

I was using Spam Hammer but have just replaced it with this mod due to the fact that it has more options that the SH free version. I like being able to post the blocked attempts in a thread in my Admin section to show the moderators that we are being successful in blocking spammers.

But I doubt that this will be getting much work as Spam Hammer has not been needed to block any bots since I installed the hack to block spam bots by hostname or user agent from registering. But the way I look at things is better safe than sorry! :D

Believe it or not, this will still catch some, it does for me on my site. :)

You're still going to stop alot of auto-registrations with this. The lists for the UA and hostname blocking mods represent only a tiny fraction of what's out there.

Since I installed the UA/hostname blocker, I have only had one registration that was blocked by Spam Hammer and I have had zero false registrations get through both. I'm also running Proxy Alert which may be helping out but I have no real way of knowing how efficient it is because it does not generate any reports or email in the free version.

All I know is that my board is a lot cleaner with these running and that makes me happy!

You're always happier when you know that you are smarter, more creative, better looking, and just overall superior to any botnet admin, spammer supervisor, or spammer alive.

By the way I particularly like the option on this one to give no error message - no "gotcha" message - instead it can be set to give the impression the account was successfully created but it never was. Love that. I hate "gotcha" messages in anti spam Mods. What's the point of them?

Plus it's just clean and simple without any BS and paid bumping of the thread, and endless "updates" that aren't really updates.

It has exactly the options that are needed and no unnecessary padding that does nothing but make it more complex to set up and have more things to go wrong or conflict with other mods. I have no need of a bunch of reports as long as I can get an email or PM or forum post to show me that it is working as it should.

Right now I am using the following: Duplicate IP Report by BOP5; Hostname or Useragent Registration Ban; Multiple Login Detector; Proxy Alert; and finally - Spambot Stopper.
They are all quite simple to install and configure and all work perfectly fine together with no conflicts or other problems.

I previously tried Spam Hammer 1 Series which did a fine job but lacked the options of Stopper, and GlowHost Spamomatic which caused me a few problems right off the bat so I removed it.

I have yet to have so much as one spammer get through to register since setting up this final comprehensive group of blockers. And I have tested the mods I was able to test along with the help of my co-admin on the board and they all work as they should.

And I owe all of this to the link in your signature, Max! :up:

You missed two of the best mods on the list at Ozzy's site, "Ban Spiders by User Agent" and "Rename register.php?"