smf 2.0. first bot joined/made an account today. :(

[MacGig]

some are like that.

[Eudemon]

if it's human spammer register, it's impossible to stop them
unless you only allow registration through invitation

[xrunner]

I just had this spammer register, and they didn't make any posts. Here's the type of name/email they use -
 
valeriedanielle10

[email protected]

And here's the signature they made (links removed) -

Signature:

sales training perth
sales training videos
Sales Training

[lloydb]

There are plenty of humans aspiring to be spam bots and working on that, for long hours each day. It is not just the bots that do it. If you want to stop spam completely, you need a system that humans can't solve.

One simple benefit that xrumer is famous for, is back links. (Wikipedia has some info, or add the .com to it) It can solve captchas and create a forum profile with a link back to a site. Since it is over $500, people will pay people who have it to create backlinks for them, if they can't afford it. It is a software sold from Russia.

If I see a forum profile with a link back to a scumball site, I just delete it. Don't give them what they want.