These days I am getting too many spam.
I think they are bots "bypassing" the captcha because they have usernames like:
...Cosy
...Cosy
...Cosy
and
...34
...35
...36
etc etc
I switched from recaptcha to question/answer option but they keep on joining.
I added 2 custom fields but they keep on joining
Any other tip please ?
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so many spam
This is a discussion on so many spam within the Off-Topic & Chit Chat forums, part of the Focus on Members category; These days I am getting too many spam. I think they are bots "bypassing" the captcha because they have usernames ...
- 03-09-2009 06:18 PM #1Member
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so many spam
- 03-09-2009 06:38 PM #2vBSEO Staff
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It could be a human registering. Are they they the same IP or all different?
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- 03-09-2009 06:43 PM #3Member
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All different
- 03-09-2009 07:05 PM #4Member
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The only thing is always the same is .cn domain
- 03-09-2009 07:07 PM #5vBSEO Staff
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You should ban the domain name in your admincp
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- 03-09-2009 07:13 PM #6Member
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Yeah I am doing that but the domain is almost always different.
- 03-09-2009 07:24 PM #7Member
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At the moment I banned .cn emails
- 03-09-2009 07:34 PM #8Member
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haha
OMG I banned .cn emails and they now register with gmail.org
- 03-09-2009 07:36 PM #9vBSEO.com Webmaster
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Why dont you switch to recaptcha
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- 03-09-2009 07:50 PM #10Member
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Because I had recaptcha and I switched to question/answer.
- 03-09-2009 08:06 PM #11vBSEO.com Webmaster
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I never had spam problem with ReCaptcha
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- 03-09-2009 10:13 PM #12vBSEO Staff
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I too have had little to no problems with recapcha.
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- 03-09-2009 11:49 PM #13Senior Member
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gmail.org doesn't even exist. i'd suggest turning on email verification, at least for the time being.
- 03-10-2009 05:41 AM #14Member
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ok I switched to recaptcha, banned .cn gmail.org e-mail.com hotmail.org
Do you think I have to enable "Aggressive Email Banning" ?
- 03-10-2009 05:59 AM #15Member
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Anyway, I write some typical bots usernames. It might help some other forum owner:
AcropsCosy
agefGegeCosy
AgrickCosy
alulgeCosy
arravyCosy
avarseCosy
burfMuttSore
CluhVelpSore
DorulpSore
EmbavaSore
envistSore
PS: I am not sure they are bots. When I banned .cn emails some of them registered with real gmail.com account
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