Comments on: Advice on cutting down phpBB spam http://spamhuntress.com/2006/09/14/advice-on-cutting-down-phpbb-spam/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:52:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Asma http://spamhuntress.com/2006/09/14/advice-on-cutting-down-phpbb-spam/#comment-354314 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:47:00 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2006/09/14/advice-on-cutting-down-phpbb-spam/#comment-354314 Hi, I run an automobile forum using phpBB. Spamming was off the hook. Around 20 registration per day and nasty posts. Looked for solution for ever on google. with no luck i tried this myself and reduced spamming 99 % for phpBB. Adding to what Mike at the top does this solution has few more steps. Check it out at http://appleicase.com/board.htm Cheers Hi,

I run an automobile forum using phpBB. Spamming was off the hook. Around 20 registration per day and nasty posts. Looked for solution for ever on google. with no luck i tried this myself and reduced spamming 99 % for phpBB. Adding to what Mike at the top does this solution has few more steps. Check it out at http://appleicase.com/board.htm

Cheers

]]> by: olpa http://spamhuntress.com/2006/09/14/advice-on-cutting-down-phpbb-spam/#comment-234841 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:09:25 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2006/09/14/advice-on-cutting-down-phpbb-spam/#comment-234841 The phpBB team recently published official recommendations: http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=427852 The phpBB team recently published official recommendations:

http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=427852

]]> by: mycar http://spamhuntress.com/2006/09/14/advice-on-cutting-down-phpbb-spam/#comment-234626 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:58:39 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2006/09/14/advice-on-cutting-down-phpbb-spam/#comment-234626 I use the spam protection from www.xmonitor.net, which works fine. I use the spam protection from www.xmonitor.net, which works fine.

]]> by: JPG http://spamhuntress.com/2006/09/14/advice-on-cutting-down-phpbb-spam/#comment-142134 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:55:00 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2006/09/14/advice-on-cutting-down-phpbb-spam/#comment-142134 I still haven't seen a link to manfred's mod. Can some one post it. Thanks I still haven’t seen a link to manfred’s mod. Can some one post it.

Thanks

]]> by: Tick http://spamhuntress.com/2006/09/14/advice-on-cutting-down-phpbb-spam/#comment-123999 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 08:36:05 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2006/09/14/advice-on-cutting-down-phpbb-spam/#comment-123999 Manfred that is a good one! There is another problem and that is just posting link spam. I dont get much anymore but out of desperation I removed the profile page and the URL for the websites during signups. I will give you one a try next. Manfred that is a good one! There is another problem and that is just posting link spam. I dont get much anymore but out of desperation I removed the profile page and the URL for the websites during signups. I will give you one a try next.

]]> by: Alain http://spamhuntress.com/2006/09/14/advice-on-cutting-down-phpbb-spam/#comment-119095 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 16:58:23 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2006/09/14/advice-on-cutting-down-phpbb-spam/#comment-119095 i want to go on record as saying that manfred's suggestion was a lifesaver! my bostondog.org forum was getting slammed w/ at least 8-10 bogus registrations per day and i was ready to throw in the towel. manfred helped me implement his mod to the usercp_confirm.php script and we haven't had a single bogus registration on over a week! Bravo, Manfred! i want to go on record as saying that manfred’s suggestion was a lifesaver! my bostondog.org forum was getting slammed w/ at least 8-10 bogus registrations per day and i was ready to throw in the towel. manfred helped me implement his mod to the usercp_confirm.php script and we haven’t had a single bogus registration on over a week! Bravo, Manfred!

]]> by: Alex aka The Lizard http://spamhuntress.com/2006/09/14/advice-on-cutting-down-phpbb-spam/#comment-96557 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 17:55:28 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2006/09/14/advice-on-cutting-down-phpbb-spam/#comment-96557 We were also getting hit with spam-bots, beginning mainly around last August. At first we banned the members and deleted their messages, but I got fed up with it and changed the board so I have to approve all new memberships. We are running vbulletin 2.2.8. Stop laughing at me! We just topped 4,000 members, and we typically get 10 - 20 new members per day, of which approximately 1/3 are spammers. I realized these were bots because of the way they would populate the registration fileds - we have a field named Your Car, which most bots populate with "1" If I'm suspicious, I'll google the username or email address. Usually the bots have been signing up to ~50 boards within the last week, and I've learned to spot phrases in the results such as "___ is not a member of any groups yet" (in any of several languages). We have a "Bad-Kicked" member category that I change these applicants to. So, technically, they are still members and they add to our total count, but you would never know they are there because they can't post. I checked today, so far we have 109 of these. Man, sometimes just out of curiosity I follow a link or two in the google results and find boards so completely choked with spam that you can't tell what the original purpose was! This is a tedious process, but it has completely stopped all of our spam. So far we mainly get online meds and a few porn spammers; we got out first mortgage refinancer last week, but so far no poker or other gaming, or stocks, etc. We were also getting hit with spam-bots, beginning mainly around last August. At first we banned the members and deleted their messages, but I got fed up with it and changed the board so I have to approve all new memberships.

We are running vbulletin 2.2.8. Stop laughing at me!

We just topped 4,000 members, and we typically get 10 - 20 new members per day, of which approximately 1/3 are spammers. I realized these were bots because of the way they would populate the registration fileds - we have a field named Your Car, which most bots populate with “1″

If I’m suspicious, I’ll google the username or email address. Usually the bots have been signing up to ~50 boards within the last week, and I’ve learned to spot phrases in the results such as “___ is not a member of any groups yet” (in any of several languages).

We have a “Bad-Kicked” member category that I change these applicants to. So, technically, they are still members and they add to our total count, but you would never know they are there because they can’t post. I checked today, so far we have 109 of these.

Man, sometimes just out of curiosity I follow a link or two in the google results and find boards so completely choked with spam that you can’t tell what the original purpose was!

This is a tedious process, but it has completely stopped all of our spam. So far we mainly get online meds and a few porn spammers; we got out first mortgage refinancer last week, but so far no poker or other gaming, or stocks, etc.

]]> by: Russell http://spamhuntress.com/2006/09/14/advice-on-cutting-down-phpbb-spam/#comment-89822 Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:15:59 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2006/09/14/advice-on-cutting-down-phpbb-spam/#comment-89822 Definitive Guide to phpBB Spam Control: http://www.linux.org.bd/russelljohn/journal/index.php?itemid=93 Happy new year! Definitive Guide to phpBB Spam Control:
http://www.linux.org.bd/russelljohn/journal/index.php?itemid=93

Happy new year!

]]> by: Tester http://spamhuntress.com/2006/09/14/advice-on-cutting-down-phpbb-spam/#comment-88796 Sat, 30 Dec 2006 22:46:09 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2006/09/14/advice-on-cutting-down-phpbb-spam/#comment-88796 Hi! I have added one lable with variable. if ( empty($username) || empty($new_password) || empty($password_confirm) || empty($email) || $HTTP_POST_VARS['new_variable'] != '123456' ) I think it will help Hi!

I have added one lable with variable.

if ( empty($username) || empty($new_password) || empty($password_confirm) || empty($email) || $HTTP_POST_VARS[’new_variable’] != ‘123456′ )

I think it will help

]]> by: terry http://spamhuntress.com/2006/09/14/advice-on-cutting-down-phpbb-spam/#comment-72355 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 03:36:01 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2006/09/14/advice-on-cutting-down-phpbb-spam/#comment-72355 "I came across a modification for the usercp_confirm.php script" Manfred where did you run across it at. How would you write the code for that? “I came across a modification for the usercp_confirm.php script”

Manfred where did you run across it at. How would you write the code for that?

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