Administrative and Maintenance Tools - ragtek Botscout Register Check

This add-on will compare the new users on registration with the data from botscout (botscout is a big botdatabase)

So if the user is a bot, he'll get an errormessage instead of being registered

How it's working:
The Ip and mailadress of the user who tries to register there will be send to botscout
now botscout sends an answer and you will know whetere if its a bot or not

the provider allows 20 requests per day
For more you have to organize a API key which you can get at www.botscout.com/getkey
in the VB Settings by the Userregistry options you have to enter the key(if you have one)



The second function against bots is the timecheck.
This modification is checking the timedifferenz between the call of the registerform and the submiting.
If it is sent to fast, you can be sure that it's a bot.






In the dontuploadfolder you'll find the english language file.

You'll find the seetings in the acp -> vBulletin Options ->User Registration Options

German Info: http://ragtek.org/blog/vbulletin/rag...egister-check/


History:
1.0.0
Added registrationtime check
Added registrationsupport if botscout is down

[algert]

whats the xml in the dont upload for? :| how to see the stats that the bot has been blocked?

And second of all I'd wish the options in admincp of this addon be in english version.. thanks!

[algert]

this mod has blocked my registrations after i reached a limit of registrations.. :S

[jrap]

algert, sign-up for an account at botscout.com. It gives you 300 calls a day, and also keeps track of stats.

Botscout is great, and working for me. My stats read:

Total Tests: 10084
Total Bots: 2065

[ragtek]

Originally Posted by algert

this mod has blocked my registrations after i reached a limit of registrations.. :S

That can't be. Maybe you made something wrong on the installation or you have a other add-on that have a conflict with this?

[mitch84]

installed, works fine, thank you.

[Oblivion Knight]

Nice work, installed and seems to be working fine..

[obmob]

Sounds interesting enough to try, I'll, thank you!

[megroup]

Thank you for this mod. Just to clarify, I modified template called "register" within vb styles in admincp. Is that correct?

[ragtek]

Originally Posted by megroup

Thank you for this mod. Just to clarify, I modified template called "register" within vb styles in admincp. Is that correct?

yes

[megroup]

Originally Posted by ragtek

yes

Thanks.