Anthony Parsons
Well-known member
The one you need specifically is: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/stophumanspam-anti-human-spam.1480/
The reason why @Ridemonkey cites the package, is because there are realistically three of exceptional use, and I will explain why:
The human anti-spam - When setup correctly, it makes it impossible to post a link anywhere on your site until they meet x requirement.
DeDos - https://xenforo.com/community/resources/dedos-anti-dos-for-spam-bot-scrapers.3305/ stops spambots smashing your server resources by scraping pages / trying to spam your site. Extremely important so your users don't leave due to poor server performance.
Stop Country Spam - https://xenforo.com/community/resources/stopcountryspam-spam-combat.1016/ which you don't need to block actual countries from registering, but the proxy banning options in that add-on alone are worth the install, as it stops anyone trying to register to your site from an anonymous proxy. Commercial grade proxies will still be allowed, such as what most companies use, so it won't stop employees registering from work, but it will stop all the nasty proxies, the free IP hiding types and types used by spammers.
Those 3 add-ons singularly cost more than 25GBP, hence buying the package is the cheaper solution to what is an impenetrable anti-spam barrier to Xenforo.
There used to be four, being the honeypot solution, but that is now default XF... and XF's is slightly more advanced as well, thus stopping all automated bot registration.
The reason why @Ridemonkey cites the package, is because there are realistically three of exceptional use, and I will explain why:
The human anti-spam - When setup correctly, it makes it impossible to post a link anywhere on your site until they meet x requirement.
DeDos - https://xenforo.com/community/resources/dedos-anti-dos-for-spam-bot-scrapers.3305/ stops spambots smashing your server resources by scraping pages / trying to spam your site. Extremely important so your users don't leave due to poor server performance.
Stop Country Spam - https://xenforo.com/community/resources/stopcountryspam-spam-combat.1016/ which you don't need to block actual countries from registering, but the proxy banning options in that add-on alone are worth the install, as it stops anyone trying to register to your site from an anonymous proxy. Commercial grade proxies will still be allowed, such as what most companies use, so it won't stop employees registering from work, but it will stop all the nasty proxies, the free IP hiding types and types used by spammers.
Those 3 add-ons singularly cost more than 25GBP, hence buying the package is the cheaper solution to what is an impenetrable anti-spam barrier to Xenforo.
There used to be four, being the honeypot solution, but that is now default XF... and XF's is slightly more advanced as well, thus stopping all automated bot registration.