Lots of SPAM lately....last couple of weeks

[scoyote]

I'm running a modified version of 3.73 and I'm getting a LOT of SPAM lately.

I have re-Captcha installed and up to date but they are bypassing it or they have it figured out?

Anyone else besides me getting bombarded like this all of a sudden?

What else can I do to stop it?

[Gamelobby]

NoSpam - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=183329

Works like a charm.!!

[scoyote]

Thanks for the reply.......

re-Captcha is supposed to be the "industry standard" and how can a robot cheat that?

Did someone crack that code or find a work around or something?

I hate to remove re-Captcha unless that is the only solution.

I was wondering if I'm the only one being attacked and it's a "personal vendetta" or if others were experiencing the same thing just recently.

[Talacha]

I read the other day that re-Capcha code was cracked, it was here in the forum but I can't find the thread.

[TNCclubman]

Im getting hit large as well. They're defeating my question/answer and there is no way a bot is beating the questions. Its been bulleet proof up until 3 weeks ago. Something tells me they're finding a way straight into the database bypassing the question/answer.

[pelicanparts]

Me too, I'm getting hit with a lot of spam. I think it's just people in Asia that these companies have hired for a nickel a day to post this stuff...

-Wayne

[Naan-Kadavul]

Use the option - moderate new members.. thats the best way of controlling spammers.

[scoyote]

I'm trying to block IP blocks at the server level until I can figure out what the fix is.

If it's an actual person doing this....there is no blocking them.

Moderating new members isn't the cure because you won't know the new member is a spammer until after you grant access......I don't see that as the fix.

Something is going on, somehow they are bypassing the anti-spam.

[pelicanparts]

There's a plug-in I installed a long time ago called "prevent spam", I forget who created it. I just changed the settings to include [url and it immediately flags all posts from users with less than three posts. It places them in the moderation queue. I suspect this will finally stop the spammers cold, as all they care about is linking to their site. If they cannot do that, then they will hopefully give up. In the meantime, any posts with URLs in them from new members will be flagged for moderation.

-Wayne

[TNCclubman]

there is something definitely going on. My question answer is something only a select group of people know. No way a german, russian or asian guy knows across the ocean. They're signing up and all have the same TIMEZONE.