Forums getting spammed

[tuner240]

Whats going on with some of the relevant forum topics getting spam posted in it, and the spammed topics?

[kabbie1882]

This happens with almost every forum.

We try to get to them as fast as we can. I boot about 6 a day myself.

[Samuel]

This happens with almost every forum.

We try to get to them as fast as we can. I boot about 6 a day myself.

As the most Spam is created by bots we should introduce a custom captcha when someone tries to register a new player. (IMO the most effective way to prevent spam)

For example we could add a question like: What game is this forum for?
If the answer does not contain "andor" or "trail" the registration process is aborted.

[tuner240]

This happens with almost every forum.

We try to get to them as fast as we can. I boot about 6 a day myself.

As the most Spam is created by bots we should introduce a custom captcha when someone tries to register a new player. (IMO the most effective way to prevent spam)

For example we could add a question like: What game is this forum for?
If the answer does not contain "andor" or "trail" the registration process is aborted.

*Thumbs up*

[pelligrini]

This happens with almost every forum.

We try to get to them as fast as we can. I boot about 6 a day myself.

As the most Spam is created by bots we should introduce a custom captcha when someone tries to register a new player. (IMO the most effective way to prevent spam)

For example we could add a question like: What game is this forum for?
If the answer does not contain "andor" or "trail" the registration process is aborted.

I've found that custom questions are the best way to keep out the spambots.

[sdevaney]

There is already one required to register, but I will change the Q&A and see if that helps.

[taws34]

Would it be possible to update the forum to a more recent phpbb version? There are also add-ons that support Captcha.


That would help

[sdevaney]

Would it be possible to update the forum to a more recent phpbb version? There are also add-ons that support Captcha.


That would help

Well those suggestions would help if we weren't running the most recent phpBB version (3.0.8), and there is also a register captcha that uses recaptcha.

[Samuel]

As the most Spam is created by bots we should introduce a custom captcha when someone tries to register a new player. (IMO the most effective way to prevent spam)

For example we could add a question like: What game is this forum for?
If the answer does not contain "andor" or "trail" the registration process is aborted.

You did not add a custom question, do you?
In my test registration there was only an standard captcha asked for.

[sdevaney]

As the most Spam is created by bots we should introduce a custom captcha when someone tries to register a new player. (IMO the most effective way to prevent spam)

For example we could add a question like: What game is this forum for?
If the answer does not contain "andor" or "trail" the registration process is aborted.

You did not add a custom question, do you?
In my test registration there was only an standard captcha asked for.

Check again, there should be a custom profile field asking for your OS version.