Unmaintained Block spam COMPLETELY with no addons

Members now must make 1 post before filling in their location, occupation, homepage and "about me" on the personal details page.

It was brought to my attention that [url] can also be used to post links, rendering the filter for [url=* useless. Thanks @Nuno
Simply replace [url=* with [url* in your spam phrases.

You may also want to add additional spam phrases to prevent those who don't post links. The top words I've noticed are:

Code:

investment
fullz
credit card
forex
mortgage
pharmacy
casino
viagra
outlet
prada
marketing
seo
vn
maletestosterone
supplements

Keep an eye out for extra words, it will differ per forum.

BLOCKING SNEAKY SPAMMERS
Add the following spam phrases to block sneaky spammers:

Code:

*.com
*.net
*.org
*.info
*.ru
*.asia
*.us
*.in
*.de
*.tk
*.com.br

Bots usually post links, but human spammers may recognize your url blocking method and try posting domains without hyperlinks.

QUICK REPLY NOTICE

You can add a notice above the quick reply in addition to notice at the top of each page, or you can use this exclusively. It will save space.

Edit the template quick_reply and find:

Code:

<xen:require js="js/xenforo/discussion.js" />

add after:

Code:

<xen:if is="{$visitor.message_count} < 3"><h2 style="color:white;background:#f72600;border-radius:2px;padding:2px;text-align:center;">You need 3 posts to add links to your posts! This is used to prevent spam.</h2></xen:if>

This will show a notice to users with less than 3 posts. Here is mine:

Any more suggestions?

Use [ur l=*[/b] instead of http://* in spam phrases.
(space added to preserve formatting)

[/URL]