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cs347 · #1 06-11-2009, 04:59 PM

i hope this not is wrong section
well i want to know if any1 can tell me how i can
protect my forum from bots my last forum failed becouse of it

please a little help?

DragonBlade · #2 06-11-2009, 05:04 PM

Well, for many bots, you can create a robots.txt file and put it in the root directory of your server.

http://www.robotstxt.org/faq/prevent.html

Note that not ALL bots search for this file, though.

[EDIT] Unless you meant spambots. XD Sorry, wasn't even thinking about that.

Mellymonster · #3 06-11-2009, 05:08 PM

These are great and have worked for me

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...highlight=bots
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...=Captcha+Image

Wired1 · #4 06-11-2009, 08:49 PM

Do you mean search bots from google, yahoo, etc., or spammer bots?

If the latter I'd HIGHLY recommend vbStopForumSpam.

cs347 · #5 06-12-2009, 08:52 AM

well this bots spams alot it that i want away

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