The bots are using proxies, they could be anywhere in the world
banning IP and email addresses will keep you behind the curve on them, they get a new IP and email address every time they are deployed
It just seems that all the bots that target my forum are coming from The Netherlands.
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Originally Posted by Swampfox
I recommend you use the question/answer human verification option that comes with vBulletin now, If they cant register they cant spam
I employed the question/answer verification at the same time.
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Originally Posted by Videx
Ya, the question is all I use now. Well, in addition to the timezone mod. Seems like there should be an easy question for people you could use like "What controls the speed of a bike (starts with t)?" throttle. "What fuel do Hayabusas burn?" Gas/gasoline.
Yep... it seems to be working.
This decision to ban the IP's didn't come overnite, I assure you. This was months of aggravation. If I see an influx of new members using new IP's from The Netherlands I'll have to try something else... not sure what. It sucks to ban an entire country, but I did what I needed to do to maintain the quality of my community and for the sake of my sanity.
03-07-2009, 03:19 AM
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