Stop Forum Spam

[ITA003]

Hi!! I updated with the new release... there's no new feature only new languages added:





Version 0.7
- Add french language (thanks teknautomotive)
- Add greek language (thanks faiza and nikan)
- Add russian language (thanks Bugo)
- Add turkish language (thanks PLAYBOY)
- Add ukrainian language (thanks olex)


Bye

[Kindred]

However...   with this mod, we have the registration set to member activated... Which means that the registrations are counted in the stats as soon as the registration is completed, and then this mod catches them and sets the account to "requires approval".

This mod works  before SMF save the user info and doesn't change any info user.


Bye

Unfortunately, this is demonstrably untrue. The users/spammers who I reject are still counted in the new users statistics.

[ITA003]

I developed this mod and I Know that works before SMF save the info user and doesn't change any info about the current user. Maybe there's a problem with another mod or something else...


In my forum (1.1.12) works fine!! User must activate by link in email and the counter doesn't change... I just tested it!!


Try to uninstall only this mod (Stop Forum Spam) and retry. Let's me know!


Send me in PM with your forum link.


Bye

[Kindred]

ITA,

we have 3 of us, all SMF team or friends, who have noticed this same issue...   I know that you developed the mod, but it seems that you possibly missed something.

The mods that I have affecting registration is
SFS, Bad Behavior, HoneyPot and reCPATCHA.  SFS is the only one which affects the user's status (activated or non-activated)

[butchs]

The mods that I have affecting registration is
SFS, Bad Behavior, HoneyPot and reCPATCHA.  SFS is the only one which affects the user's status (activated or non-activated)

What did I do this time?

[ITA003]

Kindred: did you try to uninstall SFS mods and check the issue?

[SulevFan]

I can't get this to work on one of my forums.

On one forum, everything works fine and I see the little searchglasses and the buttons for checking members, as well as the "check this member" link on the user's profile page.

In another forums it is just as if I did not install SFS at all?  It shows up in the list, I enabled it by checking all 3 checkboxes in Settings, but nothing.

Where can I look?

[KB]

SulevFan....
Sorry, but I believe you are expecting features that arent there with THIS mod. 

I would like to say that I had no issues installing this new version on the SFS mod (0.7) from the package manager..worked like a charm this time..thanks ITA003

[SulevFan]

I guess you are right!  My bad and apologies. I did download different packages on the two different forums.

[larryhyman]

I just wanted to say that this mod works 100%, but the big question is this: why are spammers coming to my board in the first place?

Thanks

see log:

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   Guest
109.230.246.45   
    Today at 07:32:00 am
b671f113a9dd20513942a1b7634eb532
Type of error: General 
http://hyman.sytes.net/smforums/index.php?action=register2The user KeveSlogale with Email [email protected] (IP 109.230.246.45) is a Spam, please contact forum administrator.
   Guest
92.241.169.234   
    Today at 07:10:25 am
ea32d96cb8877ee0585cb876f705ef61
Type of error: General 
http://hyman.sytes.net/smforums/index.php?action=register2The user linkexchangexxpaczka2 with Email [email protected] (IP 92.241.169.234) is a Spam, please contact forum administrator.
   Guest
109.230.246.45   
    Today at 06:11:36 am
ebc457f78305d7e7ea6de2de493c6281
Type of error: General 
http://hyman.sytes.net/smforums/index.php?action=register2The user KeveSlogale with Email [email protected] (IP 109.230.246.45) is a Spam, please contact forum administrator.
   Guest
178.32.81.224   
    Today at 02:57:01 am
c54fba14bde39fa61b4014846fce88b2
Type of error: General 
http://hyman.sytes.net/smforums/index.php?action=register2The user PleahBlileMuM with Email [email protected] (IP 178.32.81.224) is a Spam, please contact forum administrator.
   Guest
109.230.246.47   
    Today at 02:37:09 am
8375e28f9f9735412a174bf60f0dbb27
Type of error: General 
http://hyman.sytes.net/smforums/index.php?action=register2The user choichExaph with Email [email protected] (IP 109.230.246.47) is a Spam, please contact forum administrator.

[Kindred]

they come because they are spammers.

[GJSchaller]

I just wanted to say that this mod works 100%, but the big question is this: why are spammers coming to my board in the first place?

There are Bots / Scripts / evil things that go bump in the night that crawl the web and look for forums, and then register accounts to spam them.  Some of them are people (I had a few "smart" ones post intelligent posts looking to spread their spam), but many just put their message in their account info, and leave it there - when someone looks at the member list, they will see a bunch of links to the sites the spammers want to push.

[larryhyman]

evil things that go bump in the night that crawl the web and look for forums, and then register accounts to spam them

But are they using google to search for a certain string ie: "Powered by SMF 2.0 RC4"

what I mean is, why don't regular people find my forum, why do only spammers try to sign up?

I know I am in Google.....

[KB]

@larryhyman
You have to remember that spammers dont care what the theme or discussion subject is..they are just looking for "web-estate" to post their spam or worst case..a foothold to gain access to your site in order to take over, mess with your world. 
On the otherhand...a genuine member is going to look for a subject they want to talk about before joining.  And there are some that prefer to just look around and not take part in posting for one reason or another..which may not require them to join at all.  Spammers dont care about those things, which is why there are more of them than legit registers in most cases. 

[Fiery]

ITA,

we have 3 of us, all SMF team or friends, who have noticed this same issue...   I know that you developed the mod, but it seems that you possibly missed something.

The mods that I have affecting registration is
SFS, Bad Behavior, HoneyPot and reCPATCHA.  SFS is the only one which affects the user's status (activated or non-activated)

ITA, I am having the same issue in 2.0 RC4.  You mentioned that you tested in the 1.x branch, have you tested this issue in the 2.x branch?  Thanks

[ITA003]

Yes! TEsted on SMF 2.0 RC4 Clean install!

[PLAYBOY]

Will this work for to block the ip adresses for the forums which accept members only with invitation?
So there is no registration page. Spam ips keep guessing my members user and passes. I want to block them.

[Mari-chi]

  Cool mod. I used it on my previous forum (will use on my new one as well XD). It frustrated one of my members because it kept thinking her IP was a spam IP haha. I think it's because she had a dynamic IP. :3

[ITA003]

Maybe... you can check the user's IP address directly on www.stopforumspam.com

[PLAYBOY]

Maybe... you can check the user's IP address directly on www.stropforumspam.com..

You mean www.stopforumspam.com
I agree. I think it would be lot better.