Any Good Anti-Spambot Mods for vB??? (Plus a clever idea for Powerboard admins)

Discussion in 'vBulletin' started by jawinn, Dec 5, 2006.

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    Does anyone know of any anti-spambot mods for vB?

    One of my mods ran across a post in a Powerboard forum where they added two fields to the sign up process. The first it simple enough, it asks the new user to enter in a random 6 digit number. The second field asks them to enter in any string of numbers in the format of a telephone number in North America. The forum owners say that this has eliminated spam bots b/c they haven't figured out the new required fields. The problem I see is that it doesn't keep out the human spammers.
     
    jawinn, Dec 5, 2006 IP
  2. Imran

    Imran Notable Member

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    Yes CYb Mod, permissions based on user post count very easy to use.
    If you have a licensed vb, you can register at vbulletin.org with an email that you used at vbulletin.com.
    Just install the product and follow instructions. Really nice mod.
     
    Imran, Dec 6, 2006 IP
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    I second Imran's recommendation.. it's a great free modification and helps keep the spam away from the board.
     
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    jawinn Active Member

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    Good stuff thanks guys.
     
    jawinn, Dec 6, 2006 IP
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    For Signature Spammers, Try using VBSeo Conditional Signature plugin its free one.
     
    Imran, Dec 12, 2006 IP
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    I have been working on reducing spam on my forums for some time, and I seem to have found a method of virtually eliminating spam from vBulletin forums... I wrote a tutorial on explaining how to do this.

    [How To] Reduce spam on your forum

    Its been working for me and I have cut spam down to nearly -ZERO- on my forums.
     
    joeychgo, Jan 13, 2007 IP