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thecore762 · #1 06-03-2010, 02:53 AM

I've tried the vBulletin addon reCAPTCHA and its no help, I am just not able to stop spam bots joining my forums and stop them from posting.
I am also using cyb advanced registration and its no help either.
Any other advice that you guys can give me?

Speysider · #2 06-03-2010, 10:17 AM

Try Questions and Answers or vbStopForumSpam.

BirdOPrey5 · #3 06-04-2010, 12:20 AM

Do you use the feature where you ask an easy question, like : What is 10 m-i-n-u-s 7? (I guess that's questions and answers)
I use that along with reCAPTCHA and we get maybe 1 every other day, certainly manageable.

funmasti · #4 06-04-2010, 05:09 AM

Q&A is helpful.. make a new registered user group and place Q&A on new thread. after X post user may promote to regular registered group.

this helped me

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