ragtek Botscout Register Check
 

This add-on will compare the new users on registration with the data from botscout (botscout is a big botdatabase)

So if the user is a bot, he'll get an errormessage instead of being registered

How it's working:
The Ip and mailadress of the user who tries to register there will be send to botscout
now botscout sends an answer and you will know whetere if its a bot or not

the provider allows 20 requests per day
For more you have to organize a API key which you can get at www.botscout.com/getkey
in the VB Settings by the Userregistry options you have to enter the key(if you have one)



The second function against bots is the timecheck.
This modification is checking the timedifferenz between the call of the registerform and the submiting.
If it is sent to fast, you can be sure that it's a bot.






In the dontuploadfolder you'll find the english language file.

You'll find the seetings in the acp -> vBulletin Options ->User Registration Options

German Info: http://ragtek.org/blog/vbulletin/rag...egister-check/


History:
1.0.0
Added registrationtime check
Added registrationsupport if botscout is down

Looks good, I've installed without any problems. I already use recaptcha, so bots weren't really a problem, but you can never be too safe.

If its working its outstanding.

very nice. ive neen wondering if something like this is possible. will most likely be installing this feature.

Thanks for this :)

Has been installed without any problems

Thanks...

Seems good so far.

Thanks!

works a treat!... tested it and comes up "your a bot" brilliant stuff

but when it comes for you, its not good:D

Does this work with 3.7.x ?

yes
it should work with every version!

Thank you very much. ;)

So it gives false positives?

Is it now working?
It shouldn't give false answers back

For me its realy working fine, here the screen from botscout^^

Very nice thanks.

Ive installed it but cant find the options :erm:

In the acp -> vBulletin Options ->User Registration Options

haha just found it as you wrote that thanks mate ill give it a bash
Thanks

Could somebody give feedback?*g* Is it working for you or not?

Am just setting it up mate happy to tell you after its all up and running

BTW whats a submitter.php :confused:

submitter.php? where have you seen this?

Here mate so i can see if its working or not

Attachment 96657

Thats something complete other!
ATM you don't need this;)

Thats for "trapping" bots. (updating the botscout database)

When the botscout guys finish this feature(not it's not working) i'll release a modification for this^^

Ahh right oki mate thanks ill post tomorrow if this is working night :)

what do we do with the language file? where does that get imported?

ya i did that and it gave me a error

Check off that you don't care which version is allowed or edit the xml file.

what am i suppose to do? overwrite this into the english language file??

yes

i see. what is the language file for anyways? everything looks like its in english to me already

Hi

Have been looking to code something like this for a while, so many thanks for doing the hard work for me.

Seems to have installed ok, just waiting the api key to come to me.

One question, in ACP>User reg option, I see only one option related to this, for the API key

Is this right, in other words, no other options to config, such as turning on or off etc.

Also, roll on the submission parts, its about time us forum owners were able to fight back a little.

Many thanks

tony

Yes, there are no other options.

[offtopic]
I never make a option like "turn add-on on/off" this setting makes no sense to me.
Why i should install something when it's turned off?*g* And you can turn every modifiction off when you deactivate it in the acp^^[/offtopic]

Getting a 404 when going to:
http://www.botscout.com/getkey

Just goto http://www.botscout.com and click on get a free API key

oh
thx 4 info
it seems they changed it

Nice mod. Seems to be working fine for me.

I've been looking for something like this for a while. Could you also make it check the 'stop forum spam' site too? If it checked both of those databases then there is very little chance of a spammer getting through. They also have a API query.

I was thinking, what would happen if for some reason the botscout site was down? Would that mean legit people couldnt register as it cant access the API?

atm yes

there is a new version i'm working on which will include a option for this

Tagged, will check out @ home - Good Idea btw :D