Porn Spam links...

[Jack Black]

I am getting lots of new members registering and then spamming the board with porn links.

I have image verification turned on and verify emails, yet they are still getting through.

i don't really want to moderate all new members, is there any way i can stop them from registering and/or track how they are accessing the site?

They are using variations of a .info email addy, and different IP's every time. I can't just ban .info emails as i have several legitimate members on them.

Help!

[Steve Machol]

There is no easy solution to this. Everyone is being hit with a lot of spam these days. There is no way to stop it unless you want to stop all new registrations. Some things you can do are:

1. Moderate new registrations:

Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> User Registration Options -> Moderate New Members -> Yes

2. Activate email verification:

Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> User Registration Options -> Verify Email address in Registration

3. Activate Image Verification if your server supports it:

Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> User Registration Options -> Image Verification -> Yes

Note: Imagemagick and GD (True Type Font) are more robust than GD (Simple Font) so use one of these
if it's available on your server. And make sure you check all the Image Verification Options, with the possible exception of 'Random Shapes' which can make the captcha very difficult to read.

4. Ban 'free' email domains many spammers use:

Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> User Banning Options -> Banned Email Addresses

Also make sure you upgrade to 3.6.x if you haven't already since this includes an improved captcha for image verification.

[Yes, I realize you've done some of this but I'm posting the whole list in case someone else needs the info. ]

[Jack Black]

Cheers. I have change the Image verification to Imagemagick.

Fingers crossed that may slow them down a bit!