XF 1.1 Too Much Spam Issue

[Pankaj Biswas]

Hi there,
In my forum I am getting too much spam posts tough "Email Verification" and "Captcha" are enabled for user registration. I want to know if there is a way to limit newly registered users ability to post link and images to a certain post counts etc, or any other suggestion to stop the spammers?

 

[Digital Doctor]

Hi there,
In my forum I am getting too much spam posts tough "Email Verification" and "Captcha" are enabled for user registration. I want to know if there is a way to limit newly registered users ability to post link and images to a certain post counts etc, or any other suggestion to stop the spammers?

Use XenUtiles

 

[kprojects]

Another vote for xenutiles.

 

[Jake Bunce]

There is a new spam program called Xrumer that spammers are using to attack forums everywhere.

Here is a good discussion about dealing with spam:

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/my-forums-getting-lots-of-spam.35195/

One of the easiest things you can do to block spam registrations is to enable Q&A captcha:

Admin CP -> Home -> Options -> User Registration -> Use Question & Answer CAPTCHA

But you need to create some good questions. Ideally you should avoid numeric answers, and also avoid having questions where the answer is contained in the question.

 

[Cryptaline]

Easier = better = profit
I ve solved this with Q&A (easy to google/wiki questions about NASA, YouTube, Earth, Google & famous ppl) this type of question wont annoy people and wont let spamers to break through your security.

E.G:

Earth, alternative names?

Terra, Gaia
Terra
Gaia


/

NASA, motto?

For the Benefit of All

Don't have even a single spam attack.

 

[Sadik B]

I want to know if there is a way to limit newly registered users ability to post link and images to a certain post counts etc, or any other suggestion to stop the spammers?

http://xenforo.com/community/resources/splendidpoint-com-antispam-prevent-links-and-emails.106/

 

[DFI]

I too switched to Q&A and get rid of 200+ spammers/day. And since yesterday switched from re-captcha to keycaptcha. Life is Easy now

 

[Brandon Sheley]

Try changing your Q&A's
That helped me reduce the spam.. but this has been posted in at least 3 threads lately as well.

 

[Pankaj Biswas]

Thank you guys for the suggestions. Using XenUtiles and Sadik's AntiSpam it looks "Solved".