Are these spam bots?

[Venom]

Are these members on my forum spambots?

they made these spam posts:


spam 16 by Dennis8162, on Flickr

so i was going to delete their accounts but they filled out custom profile fields, so im not sure if they are bots?.

http://xnerogaming.com/memberlist.php?m ... ofile&u=73
http://xnerogaming.com/memberlist.php?m ... ofile&u=72
http://xnerogaming.com/memberlist.php?m ... ofile&u=71

Are the accounts.

thanks.

 

[Saruman]

usually if they fill out those fields immediately, they're bots

 

[Venom]

LAWL!

Look at the emails:

[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]<br /><br />-- 25 Nov 2012, 15:14 --<br /><br />EDIT:

Thought i'd post the ips however pointless it is:

Username: moksslece
Ip:218.93.205.112
Email:[email protected]

Username: sahoceale
Ip: 218.93.205.112
Email: [email protected]

Username: 85ajrpclnd
Ip: 222.77.234.71
Email: [email protected]

 

[master412160]

Get better security at your sign up page will prevent you to deal with these spammers.

 

[Venom]

ok, they have been deleted anyways 😛

ill add q & a

 

[CyberFreak]

[email protected]
[email protected]

Just so you know, your forum will treat those emails as different emails although emails to both of those addresses will go to the same gmail account... [email protected]

 

[Venom]

[email protected]
[email protected]

Just so you know, your forum will treat those emails as different emails although emails to both of those addresses will go to the same gmail account... [email protected]

Thanks that helped 🙂

 

[Fullmoon]

I have been getting similar bots, 15 pages a day. They have filled out our custom fields. Have set our forum to admin activation, so at least they aren't posting all over the forum.

This might be something to do with it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XRumer

 

[Venom]

i say we all post a list of bots ips and emails so we can ban them from all our forums

 

[CyberFreak]

There kinda is already a list that is updated by loads of sources - http://www.stopforumspam.com/

 

[Venom]

LOL i deleted them and they reregistered

Name: Sluccultwet
IP: 218.93.205.112
Email: [email protected]

 

[The Reverend]

LOL i deleted them and they reregistered

Name: Sluccultwet
IP: 218.93.205.112
Email: [email protected]

Dont delete them, ban their IP's.

 

[Venom]

ah ok thanks i banned the ip then deleted them this time. dont want incorrect stats on my forum.

 

[Patrick W.]

Download the KeyCAPTCHA plugin from the phpBB database and install and configure it. I have been using it for a couple months and it has eliminated all spam bots from registering.

 

[Venom]

thanks ill give it a try. 🙂

 

[Ashley]

LOL i deleted them and they reregistered

Name: Sluccultwet
IP: 218.93.205.112
Email: [email protected]

I got yelled at for this by my tech admin once when I had Chatting Time. You NEVER delete their accounts. Simply ban and deactivate, and by doing that they won't be able to reregister. That's one lesson I wound up learning the hard way.

 

[Ghost]

There kinda is already a list that is updated by loads of sources - http://www.stopforumspam.com/

Definitely use this.
However, don't ever restrict people by IP. Don't ever ban by IP either. IP's renew randomly and thus you could ban a spammer one month and then the next month be banning a normal (and potentially great member) person.

StopForumSpam is an amazing plugin & database, but avoid their IP settings for sure.