Spam?

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  1. Abomination

    Abomination Zealot

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    How is the spam protection doing on AA?

    About this time of day there has been some spam the last 2 nights.
     
  2. Ak Worm

    Ak Worm Grand Master

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    Did you report the threads?
     
  3. Nick

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    It's not doing very well. I intend to implement other protection measures this weekend, such as the StopForumSpam referencing modification.
     
  4. ArnyVee

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    Nick, do you use NoSpam mod coupled with the vBulletin image built-in spam block?

    That combination makes it VERY rare to get some sort of spam posted on my sites.
     
  5. Michael

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    All we use on our forums is nospam and it seems to work perfectly, the only spam we get are human spammers.
     
  6. BabyDesigner

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    I've never really had any spam :) i forget what i use to stop spam but so far its working beautifully!
     
  7. Ak Worm

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    I just installed it last night ^.-
     
  10. kneel

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    all I do is add a question at the beginning....like what kind of car do you drive? one I see its a toyota I know there ok. havnt had a spammer in months. (knocks on wood)
     
  11. cheat-master30

    cheat-master30 Grand Master

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    Some spammer just posted the same promotion rubbish in half the forums. NEWSLINE or something it was called.
     
  12. Yoshi

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    I use the 'Is Bot' mod. Haven't had any spam since I installed it about 5 months ago.
     
  13. Abomination

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    Well it was at least not offensive, at least the ones I saw selling phones. About the same time vB.com had a horrific post put up.
     
  14. Nick

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    This is the combination that I live by and always recommend, so yes, that's the setup we have here. :D

    Seems to defeat the really popular and active sites though.
     
  15. Abomination

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    • No Spam
    • Re-capchca
    • custom question they must answer that requires a human
    • custom question they must answer that requires knowledge about what the forum is about
    • change a character in a box that is prefilled with the wrong contents
     
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  16. Mikey

    Mikey Mikeylicio.us

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    ^ Thats a good one.
     
  17. David

    David Regular Member

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    I use and prefer the custom random question and answer to combat spam.

    It stops all automated spam right there, there isn't a need for 2+ spam prevention methods during a registration process. Having one is bad enough, but if you need more than that, then you may want to reevaluate the one you're using.
     
  18. Nick

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    Thing is, we are using a question+answer modification. ;)
     
  19. David

    David Regular Member

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    OMGWTFBBQ!!!

    Damn those spammers.
     
  20. Michael

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    Theyre most likely humans most of them if theyre getting through, there aint much you can do about human spammers other than be online 24/7 waiting for them :D Maybe use the Check4spam mod to catch links posted within x amount of posts by the user.
     

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