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tuner240
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Forums getting spammed

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Whats going on with some of the relevant forum topics getting spam posted in it, and the spammed topics?
Level: 45, Experience: 1656541, Gold: 47376, RoLS: 0, ElyR: 0, RoL: 0
Hitpoints: 70, Attack chance: 197%, Attack damage: 29-30, Attack cost: 3, Critical hit chance: 20%, Critical multiplier: 3, Block chance: 30%, Damage resistance: 0
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kabbie1882
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Re: Forums getting spammed

Post by 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.
Ha Ha, Made you look.
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Samuel
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Re: Forums getting spammed

Post by Samuel »

kabbie1882 wrote: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.
Level: 101, XP: 18780586, Gold: 358739
HP: 398, AC: 303%, AD: 84-95, AP: 4, ECC: 12, CM: -, BC: 13%, DR: 0
RoLS: 2, ElyR: 1, RoL: 1, ChaR: 1, GoLF: 1, ShaF: 1, SRoV: 2, VSH: 1, WMC: 0, GoW: 0
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tuner240
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Re: Forums getting spammed

Post by tuner240 »

Samuel wrote:
kabbie1882 wrote: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* :D
Level: 45, Experience: 1656541, Gold: 47376, RoLS: 0, ElyR: 0, RoL: 0
Hitpoints: 70, Attack chance: 197%, Attack damage: 29-30, Attack cost: 3, Critical hit chance: 20%, Critical multiplier: 3, Block chance: 30%, Damage resistance: 0
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pelligrini
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Re: Forums getting spammed

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Samuel wrote:
kabbie1882 wrote: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.
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Re: Forums getting spammed

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There is already one required to register, but I will change the Q&A and see if that helps.
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taws34
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Re: Forums getting spammed

Post by 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 :)
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Re: Forums getting spammed

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taws34 wrote: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.
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Re: Forums getting spammed

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Samuel wrote: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.
Level: 101, XP: 18780586, Gold: 358739
HP: 398, AC: 303%, AD: 84-95, AP: 4, ECC: 12, CM: -, BC: 13%, DR: 0
RoLS: 2, ElyR: 1, RoL: 1, ChaR: 1, GoLF: 1, ShaF: 1, SRoV: 2, VSH: 1, WMC: 0, GoW: 0
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Re: Forums getting spammed

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Samuel wrote:
Samuel wrote: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.
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