Well if it's nothing to do with vB, explain to me why they're punching straight in. I've had settings in place for a long time that require the full user profile to be filled out (real name, phone number, business name, email address), ReCaptcha on top of the Image Magic library, Q&A, valid email that a validation email is sent to that must be responded to, then once that is done, a moderator or administrator must confirm their information by cross checking their IP. This has worked great for a couple of years and only a very few persistant human spammers have snuck through. Now suddenly none of the profile fields are being properly filled out, just garbage, Q&As are not being answered correctly, validation emails are never getting answered, yet 70-80 bots per day are becoming registered members without a moderator ever even knowing they're in the queue for validation. Nothing has been changed in the configuration of the software on our side. Please explain this to me if it has nothing to do with vB. It's not just one board, it's two boards... both stock vB installs with no addons (well, one has a custom skin). Four other vB boards have not been hit yet, but I imagine it's just because the bots haven't found them yet. None of the SMF, IPB or PHPBB boards that I manitain have been hit.