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Stopping spam in VBulletin

DublinWriter · 2009-01-09 21:28:29

I've set up and currently run a small VBulletin site. I've a huge problem with bots coming in and creating spam messages on just the first forum on the site. To me it looks automated, so that's why I think it's bots. Anyone have any ideas on the best way to stop this? New users already have to type in the characters from…

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09-01-2009 10:28pm

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DublinWriter

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I've set up and currently run a small VBulletin site.

I've a huge problem with bots coming in and creating spam messages on just the first forum on the site. To me it looks automated, so that's why I think it's bots.

Anyone have any ideas on the best way to stop this? New users already have to type in the characters from the gif image when signing up.

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#2 09-01-2009 10:43pm
mneylon

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First off, make sure you've upgraded to the latest version of vb

Then go over to vbulletin.org - there are a couple of plugins that use spamhaus etc., to check for open proxies etc., which can help cut down on the amount of junk you have to deal with

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