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New bot registrations getting past botscout [message #185655]

Sat, 26 April 2014 19:27

GaryM

Messages: 118
Registered: May 2013
Location: Seattle

Karma: 3

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FYI- I've had several suspicious registrations come in to our forum. The error log has shown numerous attempts that botscout has blocked in the last 2 days but some are getting through. The hint seems to be a birthdate of 2014 and a generic occupation filled in.

Real Name: Archie
Last Visited: Sat, 26 April 2014 19:08
E-mail: [Send user an e-mail message]
Private Message:
Buddy: add to buddy list
Gender: Male
Location: Kobenhavn K
Occupation: high school
Date Of Birth: Mon, November 17, 2014

As I look at the new registrations here on this forum, I see them here as well.

Good thing is they haven't confirmed their email so the system might take care of this. I run a small forum and I had 6 new registrations in the last 24 hours. I'm lucky if I get 6 in one month. Definitely something new has surfaced in the bot world.

http://vintagegruen.org

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Re: New bot registrations getting past botscout [message #185657 is a reply to message #185655]

Sun, 27 April 2014 19:01

TheDude
Messages: 120
Registered: November 2012
Location: France

Karma: 2

Senior Member

Yep, I got lots of attempts like that in the last few days and a few actually got past the stopforumspam and botscout plugins !

http://www.bartopmania.com

[Updated on: Sun, 27 April 2014 19:01]

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Re: New bot registrations getting past botscout [message #185660 is a reply to message #185655]

Mon, 28 April 2014 15:01

FirstWizard

Messages: 7
Registered: March 2014

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I am seeing the same thing on my site. About 50 over the last 48 hours. Mine is a small site also and I normally would only get 2 or 3 new registration per week.

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Re: New bot registrations getting past botscout [message #185661 is a reply to message #185660]

Mon, 28 April 2014 15:28

TheDude
Messages: 120
Registered: November 2012
Location: France

Karma: 2

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Stopforum plugin + botscout do a good job anyway, especially botscout, cause they block many bots. Nearly 100 over these last 3 days !

http://www.bartopmania.com

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Re: New bot registrations getting past botscout [message #185666 is a reply to message #185660]

Tue, 29 April 2014 15:02

FirstWizard

Messages: 7
Registered: March 2014

Karma: 0

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Setting up the plugins (StopForumSpam, and BotScout) seems to have stopped the bot messages from getting thru now. I have only had 1 in the last 24 hours get thru.

I also set up Recaptcha service instead of the default captcha, but I don't know if this has help more so than the StopForumSpam, and BotScout, but figured it couldn't hurt.

I would call this resolved.

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