Stop Forum Spam

[ITA003]

Thanks!!

[ITA003]

The release for SMF 2.0 RC4 is ready!!

[Bugo]

Please add russian translation.

[Mztex]

I'd love to get this mod installed but wonder if the current download of SFS_StopForumSpam.0.6.tar.gz  is for 1.1.12? I've tried it get this error:

An Error Has Occurred!
The package you tried to upload either is not a valid package or has become corrupted.

Thanks

[ITA003]

Try to download it again.
I used that package for my production site (SMF 1.1.12) and works fine.

[Mztex]

Thanks, I got it to work!

[nikan]

Greek translation by faiza and nikan

[nax]

Tried to install this on my SMF 1.1.11 board and got an error when trying to apply it ./Themes/default/Register.template.php test failed.  I'm no coder so havent much idea how to get around this.  The above file was flagged 604, I tried setting it to 777 and reapplying the mod but I still got the error.  I don't think I have changed this file, I have attached it in the hope that someone can help.

[lazym4n2010]

Hi, i installed this mod and i think its causing me registration problems!
when someone tries to register they are redirected back to the register page and not registered?
can anyone help?

[ITA003]

Tried to install this on my SMF 1.1.11 board and got an error when trying to apply it ./Themes/default/Register.template.php test failed.  I'm no coder so havent much idea how to get around this.  The above file was flagged 604, I tried setting it to 777 and reapplying the mod but I still got the error.  I don't think I have changed this file, I have attached it in the hope that someone can help.

Your problem is a conflict with recaptcha mods...


Try to:


- uninstall the recaptcha mods
- install Stop Forum Spam mods
- install recaptcha mods


I hope this works!

[ITA003]

Hi, i installed this mod and i think its causing me registration problems!
when someone tries to register they are redirected back to the register page and not registered?
can anyone help?

The registration step works fine or get some errors?


Uninstall the Stop Forum Spam mods and check if the registration works!!

[lazym4n2010]

I was getting bots registering on my forum , after installing stopforumspam they all stopped but for some reason now anyone can't register , I uninstalled and deleted the mod and still the same thing , it just loops back to register page once a person clicks on register after filling in their details??
I'm confused , should I restore default registration files?

[ITA003]

SMF Version??


Do you have any message in the log error??


When uninstall a mods the SMF restore the original file.


Try to send me the Register.php file

[nax]

Tried to install this on my SMF 1.1.11 board and got an error when trying to apply it ./Themes/default/Register.template.php test failed.  I'm no coder so havent much idea how to get around this.  The above file was flagged 604, I tried setting it to 777 and reapplying the mod but I still got the error.  I don't think I have changed this file, I have attached it in the hope that someone can help.

Your problem is a conflict with recaptcha mods...


Try to:


- uninstall the recaptcha mods
- install Stop Forum Spam mods
- install recaptcha mods


I hope this works!

Thanks this seems to be ok

[lazym4n2010]

SMF Version??


Do you have any message in the log error??


When uninstall a mods the SMF restore the original file.


Try to send me the Register.php file

smf version 1.1.12  With theme:Blackrain v2. and tinyportal
error messgae when register u mean? no ,
i have attached register.php if u can have a look please?
thanks!

[lazym4n2010]

my problem has been solved here :
http://www.smfsupport.com/support/general-support/can't-register-32023/

but because i'm not hosted by smf for free they can't help me .,,.:/

[societyofrobots]

I'm just reporting that this mod, as a function of how it inherently works, is becoming less effective daily. It's only catching half of all spammers for me.

The reason is because spammer usernames are randomly generated, emails are randomly generated, and IP pools of 100,000 infected computer bot nets out number the SMF forums.

In addition, mobile phones (especially Verizon), cycle through IP addresses many times per hour. So a single infected mobile device that randomly generates user names can spew spam without ever being blocked.

Point being, we need to rethink this mod as it'll be obsolete by next year.

[ITA003]

In my site the mod works fine... in this two year only less then 10 spammer were able to register... and I use also the capthca code!!


Sure, the mods works fine if the database of the Stop Forum Spam (www.stopforumspam.com) is frequently updated (as is).


I'd like to know (from user that use this mod) if they have the same societyofrobots's problem...

[lazym4n2010]

I was getting bots registering on my forum , after installing stopforumspam they all stopped but for some reason now anyone can't register , I uninstalled and deleted the mod and still the same thing , it just loops back to register page once a person clicks on register after filling in their details??
I'm confused , should I restore default registration files?

Hi, just to clarify registartion problem was not with this mod but with TP , but has been sorted out now 

[forumuser]

In my site the mod works fine... in this two year only less then 10 spammer were able to register... and I use also the capthca code!!


Sure, the mods works fine if the database of the Stop Forum Spam (www.stopforumspam.com) is frequently updated (as is).


I'd like to know (from user that use this mod) if they have the same societyofrobots's problem...

I agree. Using this mod in tandem with the reCaptcha mod has been very successful.

Adding a new usergroup like newbie* and setting a minimum for posts before being able to create links is another effective layer of defense and has recently caught one that made it through the first two layers.

I also modded the Error Log and Who's Online pages to allow immediate verification of spammers. See attachments below for examples.

Here is the code:

File Edits for SMF 1.1.12

Add StopForumSpam to Error log.

./Themes/default/Errors.template.php

Code (Find) Select Expand


<b><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=trackip;searchip=', $error['member']['ip'], '">', $error['member']['ip'], '</a></b>&nbsp;&nbsp;


Code (Replace) Select Expand


<b><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=trackip;searchip=', $error['member']['ip'], '">', $error['member']['ip'], '</a></b>&nbsp; <a href=http://www.stopforumspam.com/search?q=',$error['member']['ip'], ' title="Check IP at StopForumSpam.com"','><img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/sfs2.png" alt="', 'Check IP at StopForumSpam.com', '" /></a>


Add StopForumSpam to Who's Online.

./Themes/default/Who.template.php

Code (Find) Select Expand



(<a href="' . $scripturl . '?action=trackip;searchip=' . $member['ip'] . '" target="_blank">' . $member['ip'] . '</a>)';


Code (Replace) Select Expand


(<a href="' . $scripturl . '?action=trackip;searchip=' . $member['ip'] . '" target="_blank">' . $member['ip'] . '</a>)&nbsp;<a href=http://www.stopforumspam.com/search?q=',$member['ip'], ' title="Check IP at StopForumSpam.com"','><img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/sfs.png" alt="', 'Check IP at StopForumSpam.com', '" /></a>';


Add sfs.gif to ./Themes/default/images
Add sfs2.gif to ./Themes/default/images

-forumuser