I recently have been getting some spammers posting stuff with links that this hack is not catching. Anyone else getting this too?

Nope. It's been working perfectly. Compare your word list to what is being posted.
This should be standard with vB!

Oh wait. I just saw the coming attractions in vB v3.7.

Does anyone know whether this hack works with 3.6.8

Yes it does.

Thats fantastic news to hear :)

UPDATE: Installed in under 1 minute and working like a dream :)

Note: SirAdrian, just a quick note to perhaps mention on the opening page that there are two xml files and to point out which is to be used which would save a bit of head scratching i.e.

product-siradrianpreventspam.xml for use with 3.6x
product-siradrianpreventspam_35.xm for use with 3.5x

Siradrian,

I installed this hack with 3.6x but as i tried to break in with a newly registered account, i found a way to bypass this hack. while the user post count is still less than the set minimum required post counts, the user can edit his post and put the spam words in without getting filtered. Are there any ways to fix that?

Yeah it's a known workaround, but it hasn't happened yet to me so I don't stress about it. Unfortunately I'm too busy to add that feature, but I might in the future.

As of 3.7 vB has added more spam protection so this will probably become obsolete anyway.

Sorry for the bad news!

thanks for your feedback siradrian.

pnd you can reduce or stop this workaround from happening by limiting the time posts can be edited by users via the admin CP panel options. I think that limiting the time posts can be edited is very important in the case of abusive posts.

SirAdrian, am not sure whether the posts counted include the posts made by users that are showing on the forum, or the number of posts sitting in the moderation queue, obviously the former would be more useful.

Have to say it's a great idea, working tirelessly 24/7, even when the mods are sleeping :D

The Inline Spam Management takes the issue after fact, unlike your mod which prevents troubled posts. I think vB and your system will compliment each other very nicely. If possible, I'd like you to continue with this mod. :)

BTW...It does seem to function properly in Beta 3. :up:

I agree that this is a great mod and offers ability that vB doesn't. I need to be able to prevent sensitive info from being posted, not catch it after the fact.

Hopefully you'll continue to update it.

First, SirAndrew, thanks for the great mod!

Maerten, yes, I'm interested in your solution. What exactly did you have to change to accomplish this?

Just tested in Beta 4 and it works. Still hoping you'll reconsider this Adrian for the final 3.7.
Thanks, Cliff

I installed this a couple of days ago and tested it with a new account. It worked perfectly but the spam kept on coming. Huge posts with long lists of URLs, etc are still appearing in the forums.

I thought maybe they are posting a simple, harmless message then editing to add the spam so I added all the letters of the alphabet, numbers, the most common words like in on at, etc expecting to stop every first post but still the spam keeps coming and not being caught.

If I can just set it so that every post by a user with less than the minimum post count is moderated it would be good enough for me but I can't seem to do it.

Anyone got any suggestions?

P.S. I suspect many were being posted by users who registered a long time ago so I deleted all old users with zero posts but I don't see how that will make a difference.

Saw this a while ago and didn't think I'd need it. After this morning, I need it.

Thanks

*installed.

Sorry guys,

I just realized that I am seeing all the spam posts because I am admin. They are in the moderation list. Its working fine.

I just realized I never did say thank you to the author. The spam has been driving me crazy and this stopped it dead. It was only my own senility that made me think it wasn't working right from the start.

Thank You. This is probably the best and most useful script I have ever used with vBulletin.

Is this working on 3.7, anyone?

I changed this plugin:
1) also searching in title

2) send email to moderator when message with spam detected

3) For this change to work emails to moderators need to be set ON. But with this change only emails for spam messages are sent.


* 1)
changed XML-file see attachment:
I added a global parameter for the emailsending. I know this is quick and dirty, but it works.

* 2)
add in file includes/functions_newpost.php below line 1015:

$emails = array_unique($emails);

#### NEW
if($GLOBALS['EMILE_spammessage'] != 1) {
$emails = array();
}
#### END NEW
return $emails;

Is there a way to get the post to show to the person that posted even tho its sent to the mod queue? Although this is a great system and its catching everything, i'm actually not using this as it was originally intended. My board is an auction site, and as such im actually using this to catch ppl using the kind of terms as "buy now" and things like that. However because the post doesn't show, we are getting members come back to us saying they can't post even tho they have. What i would like to do is maybe alter the code slighly so that the person that posts, gets to see their own post and it still get sent to moderation queue of which i have the pop alert installed so that my staff know that an auction has just been won.

The main problem is when someone uses the quick reply as most of my members do, you don't the message telling them the post has been sent to moderation. The only way i see round this is to allow the member posting it to see it so they are none the wiser or maybe a pop up alert informing them that there post has been sent and will not show until a moderator is available.

Hope someone can help with this soon as it is confusing some of my members.

Thanks in advance.

thanks for this mod (3.6.8 pl2)

installed

came in handy for the first time this morning

I agree. From what I can tell the built-in spam system is not going to fully take the place of this. I'm not interested in a pay system anyway - yours works perfect.. please keep it up for 3.7

Tested and working perfect on 3.7.0. Gold.

This should be released as a standard with VB. Without this addon you really have no proactive defense. This fills a big gap...thx!

I would love for it to continue to be supported & updated as needed.

I've been using this for so long now, I felt it only right to contribute some money to show my appreciation. Sorry it took so long. :up:

I very much agree. I just installed this add-on last night, it works, and I worry that many new members will not know why they cannot see their postings. There is a very brief message telling them their posting will appear after it has been approved, but the message is so short - only about a second or two - and I think most users will not be able to read it, even if they notice the message at all.

Is there a way to extend the length of time for the message (10 seconds would be nice)?

I agree, an extended display would be nice

In my case all the posts to my forum and/or replies are already under moderation for all members. But lately, I am really facing a lot of spammers and even though it is under moderation, it is still very annoying to move these posts to a particular section i.e. Deleted Posts. Is it possible to redirect such posts to the deleted Posts forum immediatly after its been posted with a change in the subject clarifying that its been "auto moved a suspicious spam"?

Thanks

This needs to be updated to do the same for Visitor messages for 3.7. Bots seems to register then do some visitor messages for themselves or others.

:) Just a thought.

This would be a huge help to us as well. Our Mods are getting tired of spending so much time moving all the moderated spammage

very good mod. Finally an answer to the spammers who keep signing up and posting

"Apple Iphone 8Gb,16Gb..3G Iphone also available"
"Brand new nokia n95 for sale.........300usd"

ours works and our
Add New Product Dependency
and
Add New Install/Uninstall Code
are blank. we are also back in 3.6.x so I'm not sure what the problem is

The problem I've been having is sig spam. They make some useless comment in their post, which can't even be considered spam, but then they add a link in their sig later. I guess what I need is something to keep new users from using url's in their sigs.

Would this do aways with url's in the signature..
Admin CP -> Usergroups -> Usergroup Manager -> Edit Usergroup -> Signature Permissions -> Allow HTML -> No

OR

Try censuring words like http: or www.

<font face="Georgia">Help!

This mod is targeting posts that DO NOT have key spam words in them! Most of these posts are perfectly legitimate. Is there a way to make it ONLY target posts with the key spam words?

Best Regards,

AO</font>

I don't believe that is a function built into vBulletin.

You need to look at your keywords again.
I have two usergroups. After x posts members are moved into another usergroup so the mod only looks at people with fewer than 5 posts.

I don't think this mod currently checks subject headings, but maybe it can be added as well?
I'm finding keywords in the subject that are not used in the body so the post bypasses the mod.

Installed! Thanks m8! :)