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Spam attack?

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 4:44 pm
by iPlayer
I mean, there were 1-2 new registered members a day at best, today there're about 20, all with 0 posts, weird names etc...

EDIT: They're posting links on their profiles

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 5:15 pm
by Ayuto
Yeah, I noticed that as well. I'm going to ban them soon.

Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2016 11:40 am
by stonedegg
Could you add this captcha, it's the safest there is: https://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=257294

Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2016 12:45 pm
by satoon101
We were using KeyCaptcha when this spam attack started. We moved to using something else, and it has slowed the spam attack down some, though it obviously is still happening. We have a few plans in the works that will cause a lot of changes around here, soon. Hopefully you will see those within the next few weeks.

Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2016 12:59 pm
by iPlayer
Plugin manager confirmed?

I remember when I had spam on my forums, I went with security through obscurity - installed a board plugin which changed fields ID's and names on registration page.
E.g.

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<input type="text" name="username" ... 

became

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<input type="text" name="field1" ... 

and to confuse the bots, it also added fake non-working fileds like

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<input type="hidden" name="username" ... 


The problem was solved.