Need help with Vietnam spam

[gamaken]

Originally Posted by Max Taxable

You find out for sure with the plugin I linked earlier. The biggest percentage of spam by FAR is automated. Actual, paid human spammers are few and far between.

I'm using https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=256026 which is pretty much the same idea.
I use a number of different methods to stop bots from registering, and it seems to be working well. This Vietnam spam is the first I've had in a long time.

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by gamaken

I'm using https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=256026 which is pretty much the same idea.
I use a number of different methods to stop bots from registering, and it seems to be working well. This Vietnam spam is the first I've had in a long time.

It's really not the same idea at all. It tips off botnet administrators that there's a time check involved. It also would tend to annoy actual humans. The one I linked is stealthy and annoys no humans - since they have no idea at all it exists. It also, REPORTS all of the failures and has option to ban the IP address to the miserable user's Mod..

The one you link just says "hey, you didn't take the time required to read the rules" and let's them have at it again.

Why do people want to tip off the spammers and also annoy legitimate humans?

[arcadejunkie]

If you have a htaccess file you could try adding this

<Files *>
order deny,allow

# Vietnam (VN)
deny from 1.52.112.0/20 42.112.0.0/13 58.186.0.0/16 58.187.96.0/20 58.187.112.0/20 112.78.0.0/20 112.197.0.0/16 112.213.80.0/20 113.22.0.0/16 113.23.0.0/17 113.160.0.0/11 115.72.0.0/13 115.84.176.0/22 116.96.0.0/12 117.0.0.0/13 118.68.0.0/14 123.16.0.0/12 125.234.0.0/15 171.224.0.0/11 175.100.64.0/20 183.81.0.0/17 183.91.0.0/19 202.78.227.0/24 203.113.128.0/18 203.162.0.0/16 203.210.192.0/18 210.211.96.0/19 210.245.80.0/21 220.231.124.0/22 222.252.0.0/14
</Files>

[Thangvip9x]

If they fake ip and used tools auto reg nick then deny all ip Viet Nam will no active

You use answer and question in register, thanks now

[SamirDarji]

I've been hit by these guys lately even though I have some very, very topic specific Q&As to get registered. Luckily I moderate all users, so seeing international phone numbers in the hidden 'name/number' field and .vn emails everywhere has been a dead giveaway.

I think these are actual people. I bet if we dialed some of the numbers they've left in the hidden fields during registration, we'd reach the people doing the spamming.