Administrative and Maintenance Tools - vbStopForumSpam

At the point of user registration, the mod checks if the IP number / provided username / email addresses appear on a block list and can block the registration. This queries the StopForumSpam database (where I am a coder and administrator) to see if a new users IP address/email address/IP number are listed as known spammer sources.

Whilst this isnt the most perfect way to stop all forum spam, its another step that spammers have to overcome.

What it does

It checks with a remote database of known forum spammers. Their IP number, email address and forum username are tested and based on your configuration, you can reject / log / accept user registrations based on what you get back.

This version doesnt have
- whitelisting or the ability to submit users to the database but it will within the next week.
- automatic user deletion / post / PM purging. There are good tools out there already, this does something else.

Currently, I would say this is an beta codebase. Please treat it as such.

Instructions are included in the installation.txt file - PLEASE read it first and dont forget to actually upload the files in the upload folder, otherwise it WILL kill your registration progress and you wont see the log file options in admincp.

This is the exact same version that is on the 3.6 forums because it works with 3.54 to 3.84 (at time of wriing, the latest version)

Changes to vB
- 3 new database tables
- 2 database table alternations
- No new templates.
- 2 Hook (register_addmember_process & register_addmember_complete)

Known to work - tested by me
- vBulletin 3.6.8 on Apache 2.2 / PHP 5.1.2 on Linux using cUrl
- vBulletin 3.7 Gold on Apache 2.0 / PHP 4.4.3 on Windows without cUrl (template changes wont work on 3.7 - thats in the next version with auto template changes)

For code to submit spammers to the database, check this post for code changes
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showp...&postcount=288

Reported in the thread to work
- 3.5.4 3.6.1, 3.6.2, 3.6.9, 3.6.10, 3.7.0, 3.7.1, 3.7.2, 3.7.3, 3.74, 3.80, 3.81, 3.82, 3.83, 3.8.4

Installers should remember to refresh their ACP navigation window when they first install it so they can see the new log file menu item.

REQUIRES MySQL 4.1.1+

If you want to submit data directly from the user admincp to the database, then you can install an addon mod (Coded by Wired1) here https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=288

You need to have an API key from www.stopforumspam.com in order to submit data, its free and easy to get... The code above is a quick hack that changes the pages "form" so that it submits to the database. As its a quick hack, this relies 100% on javascript being enabled and makes no tests that it is enabled.

Please click Installed

[adwade]

I know this is a two-edged sword, but it there a way to indicate to a person who was been denied registration as to 'why' that just happened?

I ask, because after receiving an email yesterday stating...

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Your registration has been denied. This forum maintains a zero tolerance policy against Spammers. Please contact us (via the "Contact Us" Link below) if you believe this is in error.

have tried registering several times and always get the same message...not cool!
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...I realized a common name like 'sean' should not have been dis-allowed registration just because a spammer somewhere, at sometime has apparently used that common name before.

For now, I disabled the test user name function of this MOD, but wondered if there was anyway to inform the user as to what the problem was with completing the registration process? I don't think bots would realize the information was there, and it might allow legitimate users to try and re-register given the info.(i.e. Registration Denied due to username, etc)

[JesterP]

Question,

I installed the manual submit via ACP, it worked for quite a while, now all I see is a white page in the ACP frame when clicking the submit button.

What would cause this all of the sudden?

[Chimpie]

Originally Posted by JesterP

Question,

I installed the manual submit via ACP, it worked for quite a while, now all I see is a white page in the ACP frame when clicking the submit button.

What would cause this all of the sudden?

We are experiencing the same problem.

[Itchy Nips]

suggestion:
can you add an option to email the daily logs to an email address we specify? I'd like to be able to monitor blocked registrants without having to log onto the forum to check the logs. this is not a huge deal but would be nice if included.

[realmr]

what to do if the spammer registers somehow and spams ? Is there a way to put up a verification method daily to stop the spammer/bot from posting on a day ?

[blackberry]

For code to submit spammers to the database, check this post for code changes

i cant find this code the link is not working please update me
thanks

[blackberry]

Originally Posted by Chimpie

We are experiencing the same problem.

was having same issue, then updated it now i cant even see submit button or thingy to submit data of spammer.

[TPTP]

Originally Posted by pedigree

I just installed a clean 3.8.4 and imported the plugin (once I enabled plugins) and it installed with no issues at all.

I'm getting the same "Invalid File Specified" error on 3.8.2. Pretty simple site, so...

BTW, this is after disabling all of the few products that I have installed, except for vBa.

[adwade]

[s]My vBStopForumSpam LOGS are no longer being generated for some reason.[/s] When I look under the product, the Scheduled Task Manager has no entry. I'm guessing I've done something to delete it, but how do I add an entry back in to get the LOGS to generating again??

I've tried re-importing the product w/overwrite, but to no avail.

EDIT: Well, nevermind. Somehow it seems to be working perfectly again w/o any scheduled tasks, so I don't guess it needs one. Sorry to interrupt, now back to your regularly scheduled discussions.

[mholtum]

*Installed. Install went smoothly. Thank you very much. I have been getting hit by spammers hard and had put many things into place and have curbed it some. I am hoping that this will take it a litter further..