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  1. R

    How do you deal with SMART Russian bots? Any tips? Banning Russian IPs didn't do anything, because they learned how to use VPNs from European and US.

    Yes, my forum requires Email Verification before Guests are able to post on my forum. I don't want to do Manual Approval for every new user, because I get hundreds of new Russian/Turkish spammer registrants per day. I don't want to deal with shifting through this to find legit users to...
    • Risa
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    • antibots bot bot detection spam spam blacklisting
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Forum management
  2. tenants

    Xrumer 16.0 spam now targeting hidden fields / honeypots (core antispam)

    I predicted correctly that next version would have this in, see: https://xenforo.com/community/threads/foolbothoneypot-paid-stop-spam-bots-elegantly-with-a-custom-registration-page-honey-pots.37063/page-37#post-1129233 Can people let me know when the core honeypots start becoming ineffective...
    • tenants
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    • antibots antispam bots fbhp foolbothoneypot hidden fields honeypots spam spamers xrumer
    • Replies: 43
    • Forum: Off topic
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