[OzzModz] Registration Spaminator Stop Spam Bot Registrations [Paid] 2.2.0

[Ozzy47]

He might have other issues going on, but it is good to check that as well.

 

[diretur]

Have you checked under your main navigation tabs, under the Forums tab? On my site I couldn't initially find it, as our theme buries it away under the forums tab in the navigation.

thanks, it was there but switched off

 

[Ozzy47]

thanks, it was there but switched off

So are you able to see the log now?

 

[diretur]

So are you able to see the log now?

yes, it was just like this:

 

[Ozzy47]

Yeah, I may have inadvertently turned off the navigation on my dev site before I released the update. I have fixed this for future updates.

Glad you got it solved and can see the log now. Have you caught anything yet?

 

[diretur]

Yeah, I may have inadvertently turned off the navigation on my dev site before I released the update. I have fixed this for future updates.

Glad you got it solved and can see the log now. Have you caught anything yet?

yes, it looks like it's working well. I have 2 more sites that need it, if it proves solid (the most spambots arrive during the night) I'll buy more instances.

 

[Ozzy47]

I am sure you won't be disappointed with its performance.

Should you have any other issues don't hesitate to ask.

 

[gerryvz]

I bought it just today

 

[Ozzy47]

Thanks for the purchase. Hopefully you will be pleased with the results.

 

[gerryvz]

I bought it just today

I implemented this mod at about 9:15 AM EDT this morning.

It's now 5:30 PM EDT, and the Spaminator log shows 44 spammer attempts. Already.

 

[Max Taxable]

I implemented this mod at about 9:15 AM EDT this morning.

It's now 5:30 PM EDT, and the Spaminator log shows 44 spammer attempts. Already.

Cuious to know what else if anything you have active, to fight automated registrations?

You can see now they are all obsolete - Spaminator stops them first.

 

[gerryvz]

I did not remove the "stock" XF countermeasures that I have activated - recapcha v2, DNSBL/Project Honeypot, StopForumSpam, and Akismet.

I'm going to disable everything for 24 hours as an experiment and just go with this mod, and see what happens. If nothing, I'll extend the experiment.

 

[Ozzy47]

I implemented this mod at about 9:15 AM EDT this morning.

It's now 5:30 PM EDT, and the Spaminator log shows 44 spammer attempts. Already.

Glad to hear you are having positive results with the addon. Thanks for reporting back.

 

[Max Taxable]

I did not remove the "stock" XF countermeasures that I have activated - recapcha v2, DNSBL/Project Honeypot, StopForumSpam, and Akismet.

I'm going to disable everything for 24 hours as an experiment and just go with this mod, and see what happens. If nothing, I'll extend the experiment.

Understand this doesn't affect human spammers. But we've found most of those use accounts that already auto-registered.

 

[Ozzy47]

And I am rewriting a addon that will circumvent the previous registered accounts from auto logging in to the forum. Same principle as this addon.

 

[gerryvz]

Glad to hear you are having positive results with the addon. Thanks for reporting back.

Up to 47 just since I posted a little while ago !!

 

[gerryvz]

Can you also (for the purposes of potential purchasers and new users) explain what all of the columns mean, along with acronyms, in the spam table log?

 

[Ozzy47]

Possibly, but I am trying to not put too much information out there for the botnet admins to work with.

 

[Max Taxable]

Can you also (for the purposes of potential purchasers and new users) explain what all of the columns mean, along with acronyms, in the spam table log?

Spoiler: clickme

When you put the addon in test mode, then try to register, you will see what's going on. Each "trap" you'll see is one of the columns in the log.

 

[gerryvz]

Ahh, got it — thanks !!