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Hey guys,
A forum that I moderate (www.Chemicool.com Ironically I failed Chemistry) is infested with bots. Every new account that is made is from a different ip address, so I cant ban them all. Is there any way to limit the amount that come through?
Thanks,
Hiji
Alexander the Pretty Good
05-29-2006, 16:58
You could get one of those "input the funky text" tricks that a lot of sites do. Essentially, there is a graphic with a code that is a little hard to read (but presumably impossible for bots) that you have to enter to confirm an account creation. I don't know what they're called, but I've seen them.
Already have that, but thanks anyhow.
fatsheep
06-01-2006, 01:25
That's strange, I've never heard of a bot that could bypass those. :dizzy2:
We get at least 10 a day, mostly porn and "natural male enhancement" crap.
LeftEyeNine
06-01-2006, 10:59
..Ever suspected a registered user (maybe one with even more privileges), Hiji ? The image blockage is a hard one for the bots to overrun, I think you should watch internal activities.
_Martyr_
06-01-2006, 19:05
No, sadly its pretty common. We over at www.metw.net get a lot of them as well. We have an image verification system as well.
..Ever suspected a registered user (maybe one with even more privileges), Hiji ? The image blockage is a hard one for the bots to overrun, I think you should watch internal activities.
We have me, another mod, and an admin whos pretty inactive. They were the original founders of the forum, so I doubt they would spam their own.
The bots come from extremely different ip address, so I really cant "wildcard" ip bans.
LeftEyeNine
06-02-2006, 01:34
I don't think such intruder would be fool not to jam the IPs. People have too much spare time indeed.. Hope you find a way to get rid of all this mess. I assume you have the latest version of your forum software ?
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