How to bann russia and Germany from PHpbb3

I am using phpbb3 and I am constantly being bugged by users from RUssia germany and china how do I block users from these countries so they are unable to register
my forum is centered around indian users only

 

Hi,

I have attached a htaccess file to this post. You need to upload the .htaccess file to the root of your forum. If you are already using a .htaccess file on your forum, then merge the contents.

This should block most users from the countries you have specified. Please be aware blocking a specific country fully will be very difficult. Getting a very updated list of Ip range for any specific country is not easy. Time and again new Ip ranges are added by ISP providers.

Also if you can provide us, what problem are you facing from the users of these countries. Is it the bot registration and spam, it is the real humans spamming or something else.

Let me know.

Best Regards,
MM

 

thanks mm these people from russia china and germany are trying to spam my board with Viagra ads damn I hate spammers

 

hi..my suggestion..
there may some loyal users from those countries also..
so first ban their ip address ..if they still repeat block a range of ip's ..banning a whole country is not a Good Idea...

 

Lol, jsut from people from that country?

 

People always spam my bloog with Viagra ads, you just have to get used to it.

 

@ ad7863 I don't like viagara
@ remember123==> my site is related to exams in india there is nothing a russian or chinese can get from that forum sorry to disappoint them in any case

 

Check the IP owners for the german IPs, i had a free host and i was also spammed by people from Russia and Ukraine, for me the german Ips were usually servers rented in Germany not real users. See what datacencer they are using and send them a complaint with proof.

 

What you can do is, make new members first post or so under moderation. This will certainly help you to get rid of the problem you are facing.'

Go to Admin > Genenal > Board configuration > Posting


Secondly you can also use word censoring feature available in phpBB admin.

Hope that helps.

 

Sometimes spammers sign up just to stick a link in their profile. You can use one of the Stopforumspam integrations to fix that - the one that -only- affects registrations is the best, in my opinion, as it has the smallest overhead.

 

It's such a long list.

 

i am not much familiar with phpbb but i mostly 99% sure they are bots not real humans i rectified this issue by installing human verification system "recaptcha" i hope phpbb allows such option

 

maybe you can bann ip in your firewall, so the countries' IP you banned will not allow to enter

 

you can block visitors based on ip with this tool:

http://www.iplocationtools.com/ip_country_block_htaccess.php

just read use the api and you are ready to go

 

I normally check the ip from ip2location.com , if you have a lot of IPs, maybe u can try to sign up the demo account, free 200 queries per day