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Old 06-16-2010, 06:00 PM
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Hi, just a week ago I migrated my site from SMF 2.0 to Vb4 and got a lot of registrations and SPAM, wich is weird because i did not had any different option in my old board NO captcha, no mail confirmation, no questions....
so i had used the same setting after migration but i just got SPAM... why is that?
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Old 06-16-2010, 06:12 PM
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I doubt it depends on vBulletin, probably a coincidence. I did loads of upgrades from SMF and never had an increase in spam, at least nothing noticeable.

Are you using ReCaptcha in your vBulletin? Also, in our clients' websites, we usually setup the usergroups so that upon registration users are in a usergroup with limited permissions (limited PMs, limited posting). After X posts and/or X days, they are promoted to the real "registered" usergroup. This can cut a lot of spammers because, for many of them, it is simply not worth it.

Anyhow, if your forum offer some service that requires your users to be fully active from the instant they register, then the above tip won't work well for you.
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Old 06-16-2010, 06:25 PM
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thats a good idea you gave me, maybe also a captcha on first post...

yet i say this because the only pattern i see here is the migration :S
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I use several mods here with the latest vbulletin and have yet to get one spambot yet using them mods too.
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Old 06-16-2010, 09:26 PM
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i dont like mods, i dont trust on some of my potencial users using a captcha :S / question
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Old 06-16-2010, 09:55 PM
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The one I have links to the vbstopspam database. I don't even use captcha. That's okay though thought I'd mention it as I have had great success.
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Old 06-16-2010, 09:56 PM
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Try stop the registration bots. Transparent to users, popular with admins, automated to trick spammers.
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Old 06-16-2010, 10:07 PM
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noppid, smf had a similar mod, i was thinking on asking for a port!

thanks!

Charlie98902 any links ?
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Old 06-17-2010, 12:08 AM
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I use this one only without problems - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=239307

I also use this just in case one gets by me - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=232061

There is these two as well I have tagged just in case - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=244746

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https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=230921

The third link was the first one I used but it seemed to block some legit registrations which is why I use the otherone similar to the third link.
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Old 06-17-2010, 12:14 AM
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thanks i will review all of those links
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