Strange posts appearing
 

Hi guys we have some cyrilic posts and other spam posts coming up in last few days even tho guests are now allowed to post, I am using the lates verson of vb but they still get through, any ideas how to stop this ?

What security against this do you have in place?

Use Q and A if you do not already have it enabled:

- ACP - Settings - Options - Human verification Options
then
- ACP - Settings - Human Verification Manager

I'd not recommend reCaptcha as there are well known (by spammers) ways to get through it.

You can also use promotion:
- New members only have write access to one forum, hidden from others
- If they behave, then you can promote them to a group with full rights
Admins / moderators can monitor the hidden forum and ban spammers before they do any harm. The promotion can be done automatically.

But first, what have you already done?

I have post and threads hidden from guests , guest cant post, Q& A verification in place and still they get through and have posted as a guest so something isnt right somewhere

You didn't even tell us what version of vb you're running. Update to the very latest first - VB doesn't release these security updates for their own amusement.

There is the possibility they are manually / properly registerd and no technical system can prevent that, if regestering is allowed. Then there is not much to do then but to ban them when they start postig .

Or if it is a forum with limited number of new members and a specific community, then have everyone introduce themselves writing some specifics related to your forum, in a hidden forum that only admins / moderators see. Then promote or ban them depending on how they write their introduction. Most manual spammers will not bother with this step.

I said the Latest version available in original post which I am assuming is the : 4.1.3 which I have, I have all forums set so that guests cannot post!! I also have the question and answer for registration, so it has nothing to do with members registering and then posts as these ppl are posting as a GUEST this is the issue and somehow they are getting in and doing it.

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Yes I did i said the latest version all upto date!

how many others have access to admincp/modcp

just myself and two guys who works for me both trusted and I have checked all permissions, the posts that appear are sometimes in cyrillic language or code or just basic gobledygook, and they are normally within a thread and non related to the actual thread title, its concerning in case they post links to virus or adult orientated sites and could be a new exploit, hope someone can help maybe even an admin or something??

have you looked at the IP of the poster? try banning it.

Right, you said "latest version", but not which latest version. I just wanted to make sure you weren't running 4.02 and thinking that was the 'latest'.

I'd like to try posting as a Guest myself. I mean, can you post as a guest? In all forums?