Seems to work ok for me on 3.8

This is a GREAT mod! Thanks!

Like other users, I would like to see the IP address of the denied registration for the same reason. If too many from a certain area/country are coming in, I can ban the whole lot.

Installed on 3.7.4 PL1 at http://forum.whatismyip.com

Brian

Can this be setup to put the user in a different group if he is suspected? I'd like to create a group for suspect registrations and not allow them to post until mod checks the account.

hopefully this helps, really annoying these bots..

Sorry I have not replied, I have not gotten a notice of posts until today.

I have upgraded to 3.8.1 and will do some tests and see if these complaints need addressing. As far as I can tell, this sill works. But we will have a look.


That's a pretty great idea. Let them in, but throw them in moderation perhaps. We can look into that.


EDIT: We just tested on 3.8.1 and had no issues. If you have issues, please give us details. Thanks

Can you add the ability for this mod to ban the IP address of the bot trying to register?

Currently installed on Vbulletin 3.6.5 and testing. I have 3 other anti-spam options which do not work, hopefully this one will do the trick.

Current Installs:
NoSpam! question during registration
Advanced Captcha image verification
Bot database

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Tested it out and I have received 23 notifications of failed registrations all under 5 seconds. This is working like a charm! I have this running with email verification and the above anti-spam items.

Thank you again! *Marked Installed*

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This is working fine on my 3.8.1 forums. Just wanted to let you know.

Greg, do you plan to add an option for the admin to received the emails or not. Many of my clients are asking for this.

Hi Peggy,

Thanks for the note. I had actually done this and forgot to post it. So, I moved the hook code to files to reduce overhead too while I had it open checking out what we could do with your suggestion.

So, I'll post 1.2.2 right now for ya'll.

Thank you!

I'm afraid that I'm in the same boat. A clients' forum did the same thing.

When it's fixed, I'll enable it again. I've contacted noppid on his forum about this issue.

I just tested on two different forums on vB 3.7.5 and 3.8.1 and cannot duplicate the problem.

Missing field is usually a template edit that is not done or done incorrectly. If someone can link me to a forum with the issue I can look for clues. But I can't fix what I can't duplicate.

Holler back.

The zip file has been replaced in case it was perhaps damaged. I tested the code on both 3.7.5 and 3.8.1 and can't duplicate a problem.

Best I can suggest to try to download again.

If the problems continue, show me and I'll see what I can do.

I'm going to enable it after uploading the files again and checking my template edits. I'll let you know what happens.

Thanks noppid

Great mod to stop registration bots

I checked the one forum you linked me to. The default skin does not have the STB edits. However, style ID 2 does and STB works fine.

Check that you applied the template edits to all active styles.

I did and that was indeed the problem.

Thanks noppid!

just noticed this too after a couple emails to our Contact Form.

tried a test registration and got the missing field error.

i went ahead and removed the template edits, stb_functions.php, and uninstalled xml

i was using Stop the Registration Bots 1.2.1 and noticed that noppid updated to Stop the Registration Bots 1.2.2 so i upgraded to this one and it is working now.

not sure how long it was like this but might've occurred when we upgraded to vB3.8.1

all i know is it was previously working fine and when i uninstalled/removed the previous version, everything looked fine in terms of the xml, includes folder, and template edits!

wierd! lol

anyways, like i said, it is working now with v1.2.2

HTH

btw, didn't notice any email when this hack was updated?...i thought vbulletin.org sends one?

I think the coder is supposed to send the notice?

Is there anyway for the response email to include the IP address of the bot? I'm getting about 50-70 of these a day. It would be nice to record the IP and block it.


Fantastic mod by the way. :up:

Just a side note - if you want to ensure that your forum is 100% bot free, make sure you moderate registrations. I still have some that sneak through.

I have a number of fields to fill out when registering (hobbies, favorite movies, etc.) it's going to take at least a minute to fill out the registration form, so I have the minimum time set to 25 seconds. I have about a bot a day filling out the form longer than this, thus ending up in the moderated queue. Just a heads up.

Could anyone show me how to add the IP address of the bot in the response email??

Thanks!

I am new to this and I am already experiencing bots. Excuse the Newbie questions...

Does this work in the newest version of vbulletin 3.8?

The includes folder that is in this download.......Where do I upload it to since I already have an includes folder in my site from vbulletin?

Thanks

I had installed this, but Im running vb 3.8.1, and I found that it doesn't allow registrations at all..
Would this mod be made for 3.8.x vbulletin by any chance?
I really hope so because the spam registrations are out of control.

Above is the portion of the installation text file, where I am stuck? Where do I upload the contents of the upload folder, specifically? And the contents in the upload folder are in another folder called "includes". Do I want to copy it, the folder with everything in it, or go down further to the seperate files? Again, where do I copy it for the next step?

Then it says to go to vBulletin Admin Control Panel Product Manager Add/Import. I do not find that on the menu? What am I missing?

And step six really confuses me? I did the first three steps and saved it so, if I could get the rest, "Help" The bots are killing me!

Jerry in KC

Jdwyer@ptsnetwork.com

After finishing this mod, I tried the registration to make sure it would work for a normal human and I got this as soon I clicked on registration:
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Warning: require_once([path]/includes/stb_functions.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/register.php(81) : eval()'d code on line 4

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/pts123/public_html/k0gq.com/forums/includes/stb_functions.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/pts123/public_html/k0gq.com/forums/register.php(81) : eval()'d code on line 4
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I thought I did the template edits very carefully. Can anyone see what this error is telling me, ahhh?

Jerry in KC

Greetings....

Operational question...

I was using IsBot ver 1.0 that more or less did a time check. I had A LOT of mails coming in about BOT's that were stopped.

I just installed this version onto 3.7.X Vb on two different sites. The thing is...No more notices have been sent. (Yes, I have the setting to send the mail.)

So, the question is, what needs to take place for the e-mail to be sent? I see this new version has a count down before a registration button can be clicked so I am guessing this might have something to do with it??? Heck I even went as far as turning off the human verification check to see if I then would be flooded with notices. But nothing when I was getting a number of isBot notices.

Can you please advise one

1) What needs to take place for the e-mail to be sent?
2) Any way to test it?
3) Anyway to verify any of this is working?

As mentioned, the older one that just checked amount of time that had past was sending out notices.

Thanks you.

On sites... http://www.avsforum.com & http://www.dbstalk.com

Regards,

In thinking about the issue above, as I have yet to receive one notice of attempt, does the count down before they can click "register" kind of defeat the purpose of the timing between the page submission? As such, does an e-mail ever get sent then as the time has always gone past the value set before they can submit? I mean, all the bot's need to do is now set a timer or something. (for this time they know the site is using this method of checking.) They can see the setting after all in the page...

countdown = 15;
actualcountdown = 15;

Anyone, any thoughts as the author has not been on the site from the beginning of February.

Please advise.

Thank you.

Well I just installed this and if it works you are a life saver. I just pruned out 1000 damn spam bots.

Still no answer on the above two posts.

This hack DOES has an issue with the hidden fields as we do have people saying a required field is missing when they go from the agreement page. It is NOT all the time and seems to only be with IE 8 users.

I have gone back to the standard timer one IsBot at this point.

David, you may want to try on his site, as this really is an excellent mod.
Here's the url - http://www.cpurigs.com/forums/index.php

Scroll down to the vBulletin Hacks and Template Mod Releases.

This is an excellent mod... since installation, approximately 20 bots per day have been denied. And that's 20 or so spam threads my mods don't have to deal with. :) So, many thanks!!!

Glad to hear it's working out for ya'll. :)

I had a problem with this install on a previous website of mine, but since I'm taking it down and re-installing everything. I will try try again . . . slowly!

<font size="3">Will this mod work with version 3.8.2 ?</font>

I do not know yet. Perhaps someone else can confirm that or shoot it down.

Sorry but it didn't work for me .
I get a blank page at rules page ..

Why ?

I have it working on a 3.8.2 board without any problems.

doesnt work, it have stop registration for everyone.. :S