[OzzModz] Registration Spaminator Stop Spam Bot Registrations [Paid] 2.1.1

[Baby Community]

ozzy47 submitted a new resource:

[OzzModz] Registration Spaminator - Registration Spam Bot Fighting Tool



Read more about this resource...

my man

 

[Ozzy47]

Is this addon stopping these?

Should be. 🙂

 

[cwe]

So I installed the registration and contact us spaminator add ons a couple of years back. They've been working great as I've not had to worry about spam very much. It's been working so well, that I completely forgot how to view the logs. I'm in the ACP this morning trying to find them and apparently I'm blind, because I can't find them.

 

[oldford]

The log links aren't in the ACP. They are in your main forum top nav bar. I'd post a screenshot, but I'm on the road.

 

[cwe]

Thanks. I found them!

 

[cwe]

@Ozzy47 - are your spaminator mods compatible with PHP 8.0 (I'm considering upgrading my PHP and want to make sure I won't break anything)?

 

[gerryvz]

@Ozzy47 - are your spaminator mods compatible with PHP 8.0 (I'm considering upgrading my PHP and want to make sure I won't break anything)?

100% compatible. I’ve been using it with php 8.1.x for months now with zero issue.

 

[Muddy Boots]

Likewise running it on 8.1.x for ages now and just to say this is a must have spam eliminator, it just works.....

 

[Omar Adil]

I tried this addon and it is perfect really the best decision I made when I purchased this addon.
I need this add on for (posting reply of guests), but you say that you are not accept addon requests for now, so I will waiting your free time to request it.
thank you very much

 

[Max Taxable]

I tried this addon and it is perfect really the best decision I made when I purchased this addon.
I need this add on for (posting reply of guests), but you say that you are not accept addon requests for now, so I will waiting your free time to request it.
thank you very much

It's something we need to add. Easy to apply this to guest posting. We're very happy this product has helped you.

 

[Brettflan]

Just to be sure, if a registration attempt is all checkmarks in the Spaminator log, as opposed to there being at least one "X", that means it passed through Spaminator, right? I haven't seen an X in the log in quite some time, though admittedly I rarely check it.

I am also using Cloudflare Turnstile as a CAPTCHA alternative alongside this addon, and disabled this addon for a week or so and noticed no change in the frequency of spammers that are able to complete registration. Hmm.

Example log:

As you can see above, the "Captcha" field in the log seems to always have some spam link when I click the arrow to view that field, despite there always being a checkmark there. Not sure what that's supposed to be accomplishing as a result.

 

[Max Taxable]

to be sure, if a registration attempt is all checkmarks in the Spaminator log, as opposed to there being at least one "X", that means it passed through Spaminator, right

No. Everything in the Spaminator log is a stopped spambot. No account was created and the event was logged.

The "captcha" trap is often filled with nonsense or, the spam link the bot is trying to post.

 

[Brettflan]

No. Everything in the Spaminator log is a stopped spambot. No account was created and the event was logged.

The "captcha" trap is often filled with nonsense or, the spam link the bot is trying to post.

Ah, that's a relief.

Out of curiosity, what's the difference between checkmarks and "X"s, then? I definitely saw some "X"s back when I first installed this addon.

 

[Max Taxable]

Ah, that's a relief.

Out of curiosity, what's the difference between checkmarks and "X"s, then? I definitely saw some "X"s back when I first installed this addon.

The X indicates that trap was not tripped.

Bot only needs to trip one of the many traps, to be denied registration. Most of the time even on big busy boards that have half a million log entries, every trap is tripped.

83,000 logged for you is impressive!

 

[Max Taxable]

the "Captcha" field in the log seems to always have some spam link when I click the arrow to view that field, despite there always being a checkmark there. Not sure what that's supposed to be accomplishing as a result

To clarify, we felt it would be useful to include the bot's input into this field. That admins might pick up patterns from studying them. It's actually not really useful, other than just curiosity. But it's definitely coming from the bots and not our add-on.

Only just realized it could be interpreted as us, spamming you!

 

[Brettflan]

Only just realized it could be interpreted as us, spamming you!

My confusion was that it had a checkmark with that input, which I was incorrectly interpreting as being a "pass" for that field.

I guess we've just had a dumber crop of bots visiting our forums lately, considering they now basically all seem to fail every field. Odd since there used to be some mixed passes and fails, but I'll take it.

 

[dougdirac]

Any reason why this plugin can't run alongside this one?

Signup abuse detection and blocking

From (simple) multiple accounts detection to isp/connection fingerprinting with score-based moderating/rejecting logic. These are very effective low-hanging fruit at reducing spam. Supports migration configuration from the following XF1 add-ons...

xenforo.com

Thanks.

 

[Ozzy47]

Not that I’m aware of.

 

[Max Taxable]

Any reason why this plugin can't run alongside this one

Can you be more specific? We've never seen this asked before.

Xon's stuff is really good, he follows all the resource rules well. There should be no conflict.

 

[dougdirac]

This plugin seems more about stopping bots while Xon's seems more about stopping human users breaking rules. Both affect the registration process, so I wondering if they might conflict.