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I will pay you to secure my phpbb from spam. Im sick of this.

Discussion in 'phpBB' started by nikolaalx, Apr 19, 2007.

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    Hey all,
    I need someone to apply a few hacks to my phpbb. Not a rocket science, but I dont have the time to do this and its getting on my nerves.

    Pls msg me with your approach and rate and lets do this.

    cheers,
    nik
     
    nikolaalx, Apr 19, 2007 IP
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    webhostingoffers Guest

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    #2
    i have sent you a pm
     
    webhostingoffers, Apr 19, 2007 IP
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    ThatForumPlace Peon

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    Link? Asking as I'm curious as to what measures you've already applied (if any)
     
    ThatForumPlace, Apr 19, 2007 IP
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    nikolaalx Well-Known Member

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    #4
    no measures applied. Default phpbb
     
    nikolaalx, Apr 20, 2007 IP
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    ThatForumPlace Peon

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    #5
    Assuming this is for the forum in your sig, ust a few quick hits - see if these make any significant difference:

    Account Activation: change from <user> to <admin>

    Flood Control: Raise to 60 seconds

    See how those go
     
    ThatForumPlace, Apr 20, 2007 IP
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    nikolaalx Well-Known Member

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    I need to make some kind of hindrance to those spambots. They are currently registering and posting without any problems. I need to add some kind of mod to the forum to restrict them.
     
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    #7
    Having had a second look at the spammers on your forum, they're pretty easy to detect starting with their username. Given this, I'd simply change the account activation from User to Admin - that way you can quickly scan and allow/reject new activations, based on the name they pick.
     
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    squeaky Well-Known Member

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    You can always contact an0n who has a very excellent spam mod.
     
    squeaky, Apr 20, 2007 IP
  9. vex

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    OK. I want reps for this:

    Search Textual Registration mod in Phpbb.com and use that. This way, while registering, your users will have to answer a question that you decide such as 2+2=? and no bot in the world can answer this unless they are human beings. It works wonders for me. After I installed it, I never had even 1 single spam from bots.
     
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    0lgi Notable Member

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    Hello !

    As vex said , thats one of the best methods to prevent different bots registering and making spam posts !

    Just download and install this script and lets see the result

    http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=383788.

    Its takes 2 minutes to install this script

    Thanks

    Olgi
     
    0lgi, Apr 21, 2007 IP
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