I am getting too much spam

Hi!

I have phpbb installed in my site and everyday i see a new spam post and spammers are registering instead of real people!

What should i do to stop those spammers?

Any have any idea?

 

Go to your control panel's General Admin, Configuration, and Enable Visual Confirmation. Most are bots and don't get past it.

Check out http://www.phpbbhacks.com for more security/spam hacks you can use.

 

trinsic, you got it right there. I don't run a phpbb forum, but a vbulleting forum. We have to do that same thing to keep the spammers off of our boards. I am sure it's a similar hack!

 

Are you using vBulletin by any chance?

 

i am using phpbb, but even though i have some hacks installed but still spamming is a big issue!

 

Switch to SMF

 

Check their mails and add them in to the banned address, I am using IPB and its easy to add banned email address banned list, like this *@spam.com.

- Imran

 

that will take even longer and i don't want to check every single member..

Do you think its a good idea?

 

You don't need to check every member, Only those members who are just joined and spamming ( These are bots ) check their email address, add them in Ban List and you will see the big difference in your forum.

- Imran

 

Yes, its a very good idea.

 

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=205799.0

See also http://www.forummatrix.org

 

Thanks for your help!

I will try the method by funforums first and then will see what happens!

 

There are many antispam mods available for vbulletin. The most effective is NoSpam but I also had great results with spam list blockers.

 

I'd say develop a custom field using CAPTCHA, not image, text. Perhaps a simple question, that should eliminate spam.

Meti

 

could you tell me how to do that? Coz i am not sure what to edit and where!

 

If you’re using phpBB, you have to install:

Anti Bot Question

I actually tried a couple of different mods myself, and this seems to be the only one that works. Without this mod, your phpBB message board will perish …

 

Also make sure they need to activate their membership if you don't do that already.

 

I run a Phpbb forum and had the same problem from day one. The two things I did to stop spam bots are:

1. Select registration type to 'admin' from admin panel - this means the admin needs to activate any new accounts.
2. I used this mod, which adds a questions on the registration page only humans can answer.

Hope this helps.

 

I just had a preview on the latest vB version that should be available soon, it has this feature installed (Anti Bot Questions) which is a great addition to the script, it also comes with tons of features. I believe they just made a great script greater


Meti

 

phpbb is typically horrible with spam, but SMF is much better from experience.