Spam prevention

Started by Nibble, March 30, 2011, 04:52:07 AM

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Nibble

Hi,

Recently I found a simple but effective method to stop spam bot from registering.
The the user is presented with a simple question and has to drag the answer.
Example:
Question: What goes in tomato soup?
On the right there is a column with: Banana, Apple, Tomato.
The user has to drag the Tomato field to the empty column on the right.

Is there a similar anti spam tool for SMF?

Another one is based on pictures. The user is asked to, for example, select the horse.

I know Captha is very effective against bots, but unfortunately many people find them difficult too.

Illori

actually many CAPTCHA have been broken by bots and allow them to register, there should be other ways to block them from registering. please check the mod site if you dont see a mod there that does what you want then you can request one. there are many spam preventing mods on the mod site that will help control spammers.

Arantor

The most effective method right now for SMF is the verification questions, which can be enabled from Admin > Configuration > Security and Moderation > Anti-Spam

Nibble

Thanks for the answers. I found one I like!

Thanks.

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