Help - how to avoid bots

Discussion in 'Legal Issues' started by suckitupx, Apr 8, 2011.

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  1. #1
    I've recently lunched my forum, but I face a trouble which is ... users registering only to post threads about pharmacy and buying pills, domains, etc...

    How to avoid those "Bots" I believe they are?
    Help please, I'm new to this
     
    suckitupx, Apr 8, 2011 IP
  2. AstarothSolutions

    AstarothSolutions Peon

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    #2
    why post this in the legal section?

    Look for captcha or other plugins for your user registration process and then specify that links can only be posted by members of a certain standing
     
    AstarothSolutions, Apr 8, 2011 IP
  3. contentboss

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    What did the forum order? Steak? Or did it go for the pasta?
     
    contentboss, Apr 9, 2011 IP
  4. theAdviserMe

    theAdviserMe Active Member

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    There are a lot of good anti-spamming procedure you can implement on your forum aside form regular monitoring. Spams coming from bots are really annoying.
     
    theAdviserMe, Apr 11, 2011 IP
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    Update forum's engine and turn on capcha, also you may add extra security to sign in or hide/change default paths.
     
    razorrazor, Apr 11, 2011 IP