Stop the Registration Bots
 

Stop the Registration Bots for vBulletin 4.2.0 PL3 and up.

This mod will check the the time it takes for a vBulletin registration form to be submitted. If the form is submitted faster then humanly possible, the registration will be denied and the admin contact can be emailed about the event.

First we will add a custom hidden field with a hash. Second we will insert a randomly named hidden field with a random value. This should make it a bit difficult to program a bot since the field names on all sites will be different as well as the values.

Time stamps to check the time spent on registration submission are stored in a DB table and private.

Installation is very easy.
Template edits.
Files to upload.
Product xml file to import.

Backup your database before any install or upgrade.

To upgrade from 2.x to 4.0.2, remove the existing Stop the Registration Bots product in the ACP and then follow the installation file instructions.


History

4.0.2
Added 10 minute delete interval
Fixed bug in part 3
updated table query
removed old hook code from product.

4.0.1
modify phrase vars
modified install instructions for 4.2.0 pl3 templates.

4.0.0
modified to work with vB 4.x.

2.0.2
Edited file includes/stb_reg_process.php
Added IP and Proxy IP to email notification.

2.0.1
Added tabindex="1" to input box template edit.
Fixed onsubmit code in input box template edit.

2.0.0
Conversion from vB 3.x version to vB 4.x
Reduced template edits to one.
Edited all arrays to include single quotes.
Removed ACP Setting StopBotReg_rulespage_hash
Removed Rules page instructions. All one page now.
Removed file includes/stb_reg_signup.php
Removed hook register_signup
Edited includes/cron/strb_cron_job.php Removed Rules page query.
Removed `rf_name` and `rf_value` fields from DB table.
Moved register_form_start hook code to register_form_complete hook
New Phrases
stop_reg_bot_please_wait
stop_reg_bot_seconds_more
stop_reg_bot_seconds_remaining
Removed phrase stop_reg_bot_enter_prereg_name
Removed phrase setting_StopBotReg_rulespage_hash_title
Removed phrase setting_StopBotReg_rulespage_hash_desc

Seems to be a great idea ;) Will install and see if it does the job.

Thank you for the Add-ons, good job :)

Thanks for taking a look. We've had this available for vB 3.x versions. Then some folks in the original thread requested an upgrade to vB 4.x.

How does this compare to calorie's isbot?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=135094

It's very similar I would have to say in some respects. We talked about many details that concerned you in the original thread. Nothing has changed really except that we made it work on vB 4.

BTW, the template edit code for the register template, while it works, is wrong. In 4.0.1 it will be...

Anyone with 4.0.0 will need to redo the register template edit on upgrade. You can fix it now if you wish to.

noob question here,
do i have to edit the template of every theme i have?

Yes, unless edits cascade down from a parent to child style.

Sorry about that. I was offline for a while after posting in that thread and forgot about our conversation. Thank you for pointing it out.

How could I forget a legacy name like Boofo? Not many old timers around anymore.

It seems like the older I get, the better I was. ;)