Anti-Spam Options - Fassim Anit Spam - (Block Countries, Proxies, SpamBots, Disposable Email Addresses)

PLEASE COPY YOUR API KEY BEFORE UPDATING VERSIONS

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• Blocks spammers via IP / Email.
• Allow or Block countries and Regions (i.e States: Arizona, New York) from registering to your forum.
• Block anonymous proxies.
• Block Top Spamming Domains.
• Block Top Spamming ISP?s.
• Block Disposable Email Addresses
• Scan posts and allow you to moderate the posts
• DNSBL checks

If the new registering member is determined to be a bot or spammer, they will receive a message telling them they are not allowed to register.

It will also scan posts and determine if the post is spam or not. You have 4 options if the post is determined to be spam.

**Note: Post scans will only work with English.
Nothing.
Moderate Post
Soft Delete
Physically Delete

To install: import product-fassim_1.3.xml into your vBulletin Products section. After its installed goto vBulletin Option -> Fassim Anti Spam Options, insert your API key that you will need to get from our website (www.fassim.com).

Also, follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/forumspam) for the latest ipTables and Apache block lists, so you can block spammers at the server level.. why let them waste resources?!

This will work on all versions of vb4. Will work in conjunction with other spam filters, this will just give you more options to kill SPAM.

[Sirus123]

Awaiting for my Key plz

[koneil]

It has been mailed. Thank you!

[moonclamp]

Does this ban countries from accessing the site or just registering?

[koneil]

Originally Posted by moonclamp

Does this ban countries from accessing the site or just registering?

Here's the link to the country codes.

http://fassim.com/country-codes/

And this will only work at the registration process.

[moonclamp]

I noticed the link after I installed, so edited my post. Thanks for that. Considering we're a UK based site and most of our spam is coming from Asia, it makes more sense to block these registrations than waste resources. This may be just what I need and far simpler than glowhost

[koneil]

Originally Posted by moonclamp

I noticed the link after I installed, so edited my post. Thanks for that. Considering we're a UK based site and most of our spam is coming from Asia, it makes more sense to block these registrations than waste resources. This may be just what I need and far simpler than glowhost

No problem.

Thanks! Lets hope if works out well for you!

[moonclamp]

We've had something like 12 thousand attempted spam signups in the last few months - so everything that does the job is appreciated!

When a user is blocked, do they get a specific message or just the standard "we cannot register you right now"?

[koneil]

Originally Posted by moonclamp

We've had something like 12 thousand attempted spam signups in the last few months - so everything that does the job is appreciated!

When a user is blocked, do they get a specific message or just the standard "we cannot register you right now"?

Yes, they're displayed an error telling why they can't register.. whether it be country block or email match.. etc.

[moonclamp]

Hmmm ... I have set the UK as an allowed country (UK website, hosted in the UK).

Anyway, just had a message from a user with a UK IP address asking why his country has been blocked!

86.157.161.***

[moonclamp]

Scrap that! I think it was 'cos I entered UK instead of GB!