vBulletin 4.0 Advanced Registration?

[EcoCav]

I upgraded tp vBulletin 4.0 last night, and in less than 18 hours I had 100+ new users sign up. Everyone of them was a spam account. I have verify email turned on, and all that comes with 4.0... but it doesn't stop the spam account.

With 3.8 I used Cyb - Advanced Registration (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=201287) and it killed all the spam accounts, I would get 1 or 2 every couple of months. Is there anything close to this for 4.0? Any help for stopping all these spam accounts? I do ban the email address when they sign up, but that list is getting large and doesn't seem to help.

I really need something lol

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Hello... is this thing on?

Over 150 spam accounts now created, its really getting out of hand. I spend more time deliting account than I do reading my forum posts.... any have any suggestions? (disabling the registration isn't an option)

[EcoCav]

Is there anyway to stop the spam account from signing up other than shutting off the registration? How about some help here?

[Tamtams]

Maybe try changing your Captcha method to ReCaptcha? at least that way bots would be prevented from creating the accounts...

[EcoCav]

Thanks Tamtams, Ill try that now.

[heywho]

Originally Posted by EcoCav

I upgraded tp vBulletin 4.0 last night, and in less than 18 hours I had 100+ new users sign up. Everyone of them was a spam account. I have verify email turned on, and all that comes with 4.0... but it doesn't stop the spam account.

With 3.8 I used Cyb - Advanced Registration (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=201287) and it killed all the spam accounts, I would get 1 or 2 every couple of months. Is there anything close to this for 4.0? Any help for stopping all these spam accounts? I do ban the email address when they sign up, but that list is getting large and doesn't seem to help.

I really need something lol

--------------- Added [DATE]1262455801[/DATE] at [TIME]1262455801[/TIME] ---------------

Hello... is this thing on?

Over 150 spam accounts now created, its really getting out of hand. I spend more time deliting account than I do reading my forum posts.... any have any suggestions? (disabling the registration isn't an option)

Have you tried adding a profile question?I've seen boards with reCaptcha AND a question like "whats 3 +7 " I thought I read that would do it -- haven't tried yet. Cyb -- hope the upgrade soon. Nice solution

[Vaupell]

i switched from reCaptcha
and started using random questions such as 1+1 or one plus one
and spambots went from 7 a week to 0 since early december.

ofcourse i also got email verificaiton on.
and those (10minutte mail accounts) dont seem to register since my webhost
is shit, and registration mails take often up to 25mins to arrive.
howewer a lostpasword mail is instant.. weird.. but wth its working

[captkirk]

This is a proven method, I now get zero spambots and spammers and also I check the ip with their database before accepting registration:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...highlight=spam

[EcoCav]

People who join my forum are only people we know personally. Its not a huge forum (about 70 members), so I don't need something to scan everyone who signs up. Though i do use that site to report the name/ip if the spam accounts.

I just needed something to stop the spam account, I have switched to Question & Answer Verification. rechaptcha didn't help much.