Spam User Signups at AGD and elsewhere

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Simmo! said:
Make sure you test the registration process afterwards and the confirmation link in the email Daera - its been a while since I used it :)
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I added the following code to my registration.php. Unless I forgot how to count, the number of characters in my domain is also 25.

<?php
//Check its a link from within the site (stop direct bots)
if (substr($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'],0,25) != "http://www.hpgambling.com") {
//Now check its not a click from an activation email
if ($_GET['a'] != "act" && $_GET['a'] != "ver") {
echo "<html><head><title>Register</title><META NAME=\"ROBOTS\" CONTENT=\"NOINDEX\"></head><body></body></html>";
exit;
}
}

//Check standard fields for "123456" string (spammers use it)
foreach ($_POST as $p) {
if (strpos($p,"123456") !== false) {
exit;
}
}

//Check userfields for "123456" string (spammers use it)
foreach ($_POST['userfield'] as $key => $p) {
if (strpos($p,"123456") !== false) {
exit;
}
}
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After uploading the changed script, I clicked on our register link and got the following error.

register_link_error.png


So I just put the original register link back. It was worth a try though.

The isbot mod is working fairly well. Yesterday, I ended up with over 100 BLOCKED registrations from isbot, with only about 2-3 spam bots that were able to register. So that's not too bad.
 
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Were getting hit now over at Gambling Affiliate Place....had so many signups i got excited until i saw all the "suspicious" usernames and ips.....so i may have to read through this entire thread now to figure out how to stop the "madness"! lol

THanks for the good read.

pat
 
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Daera said:
I added the following code to my registration.php. Unless I forgot how to count, the number of characters in my domain is also 25.



After uploading the changed script, I clicked on our register link and got the following error.

register_link_error.png
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Ah ok - you should just remove the two sectins that relate to 123456 then Daera. The first (and main) bit seems OK.

Cheers

Simmo!
 
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This one is controversial and won't suit everyone's site (and we don't run vBulletin), but it has proved effective in blocking 99% of human spam on our sites: if possible make your site read only (or block completely) to visitors from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nigeria (and wherever else you are receiving a problem from that does not supply you with revenue earning traffic).

We were getting multiple spammer registrations a day, bogus threads and posts, all coming from 2-bit "SEO" companies. But since making the site read only (they can read anything on site but are blocked from registering for an account or logging in) for these countries a few months ago, our spam problem is almost zero.
 
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