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AdiGri · #1 09-10-2012, 01:49 PM

My forum (with the latest updates) gets spammed in a matter of minutes regardless of all the restrictions that I put in place. I have email confirmation set yet despite the obviously faked emails, all sorts of bots manage to register and spam the forum. I added special Questions/Answers as method of verification for human vs bot yet they register and post without problems. I know it is a bot and it cannot possibly answer the question. They must use some bug in vBulletin that allows them to bypass the verification system.

I cannot possibly continue using this forum software as all the spam brings down the reputation of my site.

Any suggestions?

betterthanyours · #2 09-10-2012, 02:03 PM

I use this on its own and it works great for me:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=236117

I used to use Spam-O-Matic but it was preventing real people from registering...it is excellent though
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=248042

You could also use the http://www.stopforumspam.com/ API too...

AdiGri · #3 09-10-2012, 03:45 PM

Thank you, I have just installed VSa - Advanced Registration and enabled the "Random questions" option. I will see now if it makes any difference.

betterthanyours · #4 09-12-2012, 01:30 PM

Can you feedback if it worked well for you? Has it helped prevent?

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