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  • webgeek247
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2006
    • 291
    • 5.7.X

    spam bots?

    lately ive been getting loads of spam bots signing up on my forum. i approve all posts now and also dont allow registered users to show in the memebers list if post count is lower than 1

    but they are showing in the whats going on section like

    Threads: 3,726, Posts: 10,661, Members: 1,339
    Welcome to our newest member, BuyViagraOnline

    can i stop the Welcome to our newest member bit from showing? if so, how?

    i have all the spam stuff active so not sure why loads having been registered lately for. been happening for a couple of months now and is getting worse and worse. im having to prune around 500 + members a week

    whats wrong?
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  • beishe8
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2005
    • 6782
    • 4.2.X

    #2
    Originally posted by djpassion
    whats wrong?
    Are you using Human Verification Q&A or the NoSpam hack from vB.org ?


    vB5 is unequivocally the best forum software, but not yet...

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    • Rik Brown
      Senior Member
      • May 2005
      • 345
      • 4.2.X

      #3
      Originally posted by djpassion
      lately ive been getting loads of spam bots signing up on my forum. i approve all posts now and also dont allow registered users to show in the memebers list if post count is lower than 1

      but they are showing in the whats going on section like

      Threads: 3,726, Posts: 10,661, Members: 1,339
      Welcome to our newest member, BuyViagraOnline

      can i stop the Welcome to our newest member bit from showing? if so, how?
      Yes, see this post: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...ghlight=remove

      We've done the same to our forums. -- Rik

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      • greatballzofire
        New Member
        • May 2008
        • 13
        • 3.6.x

        #4

        We recently installed this to stop spammers. It is the squiggly letters one must type in..we've all seen that. It foils bots.

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