Anti-Spam Options - Is Bot: Registration Time Check

This mod calculates the time it takes to go between these two pages:

• /forum/register.php?do=register
• /forum/register.php?do=addmember

The point is to try and prevent bots from registering at your forum when the time between the two pages is humanly impossible, assuming that humans actually take the time to complete the registration page.

Should a user be blocked from registering at your forum, an email will be sent to your vB webmasteremail address and the user will see the vB noregister phrase message, so no screenshot is necessary.

[vinzphua]

Originally Posted by Boofo

I thought you had to pre-register the variable, to make it viable for that hook, if you used it in another hook, too. The pre-register stuff is still new to me.

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Pre-registering is NOT necessary for hooks.

Pre-registering is necessary if you want to write a PHP variable into a template, which is what the isBot code in the register_form_complete hook needs to do.

Pre-registering is NOT necessary for extracting values from the web form, which is the case for the other hook.

[Boofo]

Noted. Thanks.

[Boofo]

Well, it is working fine on 4.0.6:

The following user name with email address was blocked by the Is Bot mod: Ebuthmarc - xxxxxxxxxxx@gmail.com (1 seconds transpired) The IP Address is: xxx.xx.xxx.xxxxx

[VAG]

Originally Posted by vinzphua

The mod is NOT compatible with vb4 out of the box, but there is a few simple change you can make to make it work.

1. Install as instructed, except add this line to the register template instead:

PHP Code:

<input type="hidden" name="isbot_time1" value="${vb:raw isbot_time1}" /> 


2. Go to Admin CP -> Plugins & Products -> Plugin Manager.
3. Look for the register_form_complete hook for the isBot product and click Edit.
4. In the Plugin PHP Code text box, add the following line below the only line of code there.

PHP Code:

vB_Template::preRegister('register',array('isbot_time1' => $isbot_time1)); 


5. Click Save and you're done.

Now you just have to wait for a bot to come along to test it.

Where in the template must I add this line ?
<input type="hidden" name="isbot_time1" value="${vb:raw isbot_time1}" />

[vinzphua]

Follow the instructions that come with the mod. There is only one instruction that requires you to add a line into one of the templates. That would be the place.

[VAG]

Followed all instructions, but the bots keep registering. Driving me nuts.

[Boofo]

What do you have the time to check set at?

[bplinson]

Originally Posted by VAG

Followed all instructions, but the bots keep registering. Driving me nuts.

Your problem is probably not bots. Humans are now doing the registering. Check this thread out....http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...14#post2098014

[VAG]

Originally Posted by Boofo

What do you have the time to check set at?

I kept it at default. 15 seconds.

[Boofo]

Try setting it higher. Start with 20 and see if that helps at all.