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An idea to stop some spammers
It might just be the guys that are registering on my site, but there seems to be a trend here.
During registration, I've added a custom profile field and it's required. It is called "Where did you come from?" Well, the spambots automatically complete this field with their username. 95% of my spammer registrations do this. Most of their emails don't bounce and their IPs are all over the place. Is there a way to test for this? Something like, "if profile field matches username then ban"? Thoughts? |
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Bump for the Monday crew.
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Try this ;
Create a plugin linked to the register_addmember_process hook. Put this code in it (adjust the two variables to suit). PHP Code:
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Hey Paul,
It works! I tried it myself and I was allowed to register and the very next click gave me the Banned message. It didn't change the User Title to read "Banned", but that's cool. I'll report after a while about how much this has reduced my spambot registrations. THANKS A TON! |
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