[Forum] Any idea how to stop bots from signing up?

[Brad Padgett]

Is there any option in vbulletin 4 that can stop bots from signing up to your forum?

I realize there going to be there either way but I'd like to stop them from signing up at least. We had a few spam the blog before I disabled it.

Let me know. Thanks Vbulletin.

[Bryanb]

I've been using "Stop the Registration Bots" from .org for some time now. https://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=244746 It seems to work. I also add a few fields that are mandatory when signing up. e.g. "About You" "Your location" "Favorite Beverage". All new registrations are moderated, and when I see nonsense answers I delete the account. The person receives an email stating that the account was probably deleted because it was a possible bot. Rarely do they respond saying I got it wrong, because I usually get it right.

[Brad Padgett]

I've been using "Stop the Registration Bots" from .org for some time now. https://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=244746 It seems to work. I also add a few fields that are mandatory when signing up. e.g. "About You" "Your location" "Favorite Beverage". All new registrations are moderated, and when I see nonsense answers I delete the account. The person receives an email stating that the account was probably deleted because it was a possible bot. Rarely do they respond saying I got it wrong, because I usually get it right.

Hey thanks for the information. I'll take this into consideration. I don't think it will become a huge problem but we've had a handful of real sign ups and also bot sign ups at the same time.

[Rhody401]

When it gets to hundreds per day (bots), youll want to add one of the free tools that checks against blacklists and prevents them from registering.

I have Q&A require specific answers, at the registration screen. Im also using vb bad behavior, glowhost spam-o-matic, and spambot stopper.

We havent seen a spammer in years

Rhody