Anti-Spam Options - Spambot Stopper - Prevent Spambots from Registering

What is it?
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This mod rejects registrations where the form is filled out in less than a minimum time. You can configure one of the following actions to be taken when an automated registration is detected:

- Show a "No Permissions" page
- Display the "Successful Registration" message but without creating an account
- Redirect the user to any URL you choose
- Reload the registration page with an error message of your choosing

You can also provide a list of email addresses to be notified each time a registration is blocked.

Added for version 1.1.1: Time delay enforcer, maximum time option, time limits to cut down on email notifications, posting to a thread.

In the future, I'd like to add some simple logging and statistics, and a summary type of email notification (because people seem to quickly get tired of the single emails).

Note: I coded this myself from scratch, but I would like to acknowledge a couple of previous mods that used this same idea, by users Calorie and noppid, and maybe others. In any case, I believe this one adds some features that the others don't have.

Other advantages: no ads or links, no abuse of update notifications, no disappearing features, no threats to delete the mod (it will never be deleted, at least by me). Also, translations are allowed.

Installation:
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1) If you have "Is Bot", "Stop the Registration Bots", "Spammers Suck!", or another mod that works on registration time, note any admincp settings for that mod then uninstall it.

2) Import the product XML file from the Product Manager.

3) Go to Settings > Options > Spambot Stopper Options and configure the desired settings.

4) IMPORTANT: try to register a new user to make sure that there are no problems with humans registering. If you want, you can also temporarily set the minimum time to a higher value (like 60 seconds) and test to see if the spammer rejection is working.



History:
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1.1.1 (Feb 16, 2013)

• Added timer for enforcing minimum time
• Added maximum registration time limit
• Added time limits for email notifications
• Added posting notificatiosn to a thread

1.0.1 (Feb 01, 2013)

• Fixed bug
• Added check for fake timestamps

1.0 (Jan 31, 2013)

• Initial Release

[mservis]

Hello my vBulletin 4.2.2 Patch Level 1 not working.

Installed and configured as 600 seconds, but allows registering about 40/60 seconds, which is what it take to complete the fields.
the submit button is not disabled

You have to do something else besides install and configure?

Using the original template vbulletin

Greetings

sorry for the English of google, I'm Spanish

[ForceHSS]

600 secs is far to high set it to 20

[mservis]

It's just for a test.
now get only 70 seconds

for 70 seconds and allowed to register
the submit button is not disabled

greetings

[kh99]

Originally Posted by mservis

Hello my vBulletin 4.2.2 Patch Level 1 not working.

Installed and configured as 600 seconds, but allows registering about 40/60 seconds, which is what it take to complete the fields.
the submit button is not disabled

You have to do something else besides install and configure?

I'm sorry that it's not working for you. It looks to me like you have it set up correctly. Unfortunately I really have no way to know why it isn't working for you. Are you using the mobile style? Someone else said it didn't work when using that style.

Edit: Do you still have this mod installed? If you do, and if you want to PM me a link to your site I can look at the html of the registration page and see if the hidden form fields are being inserted correctly.

[mservis]

send pm

greetings from Barcelona

[kh99]

Originally Posted by mservis

send pm

greetings from Barcelona

OK, I looked at your site and I don't see the hidden fields being added to your registration page. They are supposed to be added to the end of the time zone information, and I see the time zone options, so I don't know what's going on. Do you still have this mod enabled?

You could try disabling your other mods temporarily (especially if any of them have to do with registration) and see if that makes any difference. Also you could try turning off human verification temporarily to see if that makes any difference.

Sorry I can't be of any more help.

[mservis]

I've seen that puts the control panel:
Warning: Plugins are currently globally disabled from the config.php file

I have looked in config.php and had this:

PHP Code:

define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);
define('SKIP_DS_ERRORS', true); 


It may be that?
I have removed and leaves no warning.

plugins installed:
Innovative Google Analytics
Auto Database Backup
Spambot Stopper

Greetings

Note:
Its works

Wait to Complete Registration in ...


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[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by mservis

It may be that?

Yes.

[mservis]

Error it's:

PHP Code:

define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true); 


if you put that in the config stops working

greetings

[ozzy47]

Yeah, that will stop any mods from running.