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

[sv1cec]

I think I've found the reason. I have renamed my register.php file to something else. Your plugin refers to register.php in two locations. I've manually edited the xml file to point to that new file and I am awaiting to see the results.

[sv1cec]

Well still no email messages and no posts in the thread that I've specified, but at least I am not receiving any registrations by spambots. I do not know if it is your hack that stops them, or something else, but I sure miss those emails that I got, they made me feel safe.

[kh99]

I'm not sure why that would happen. I guess you probably double checked the email addresses you're sending to. Did you set "Limit Notifications By Registration Time" to anything?

[sv1cec]

Nope, that was not the problem.

I am dead right now, it is 10:30 pm and we just returned from the kids soccer match, but if you agree, I can PM you tomorrow morning with all the details. I think I have a pretty good idea of what was happening.

If you feel like it, I have some ideas on how to improve this hack, I used to have all these implemented in my vb 3.0.13 site and we had reduced spam to almost none.

The hack works fine now, so don't worry about it. Email addresses were fine, and no I didn't have anything in Limit Notifications.

More tomorrow.

[kh99]

Absolutely, if you think you've got info that will help me figure out your problem, send it to me. And send me any other ideas you have for the mod, although I can't promise anything right now.

[webmastersitesi]

can you integrate stopforumspam database api check

[sv1cec]

Just use this hack and also use vbStopForumSpam. They work fine together.

[rhody401]

This also works well beside spam-o-matic, which checks the db.

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by rhody401

This also works well beside spam-o-matic, which checks the db.

There's no conflict, that is true. But with this working, SoM will have little to do since it won't see autospam anymore.

[rhody401]

That is true. Very few spammers get as far as SOM, on our forum, with this installed. But I still like having that extra layer of security

Some of them are hiring students to physically create the accounts, at human speed.