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Originally Posted by Swampfox

The bots are using proxies, they could be anywhere in the world
banning IP and email addresses will keep you behind the curve on them, they get a new IP and email address every time they are deployed

It just seems that all the bots that target my forum are coming from The Netherlands.

Originally Posted by Swampfox

I recommend you use the question/answer human verification option that comes with vBulletin now, If they cant register they cant spam

I employed the question/answer verification at the same time.

Originally Posted by Videx

Ya, the question is all I use now. Well, in addition to the timezone mod. Seems like there should be an easy question for people you could use like "What controls the speed of a bike (starts with t)?" throttle. "What fuel do Hayabusas burn?" Gas/gasoline.

Yep... it seems to be working.

This decision to ban the IP's didn't come overnite, I assure you. This was months of aggravation. If I see an influx of new members using new IP's from The Netherlands I'll have to try something else... not sure what. It sucks to ban an entire country, but I did what I needed to do to maintain the quality of my community and for the sake of my sanity.