Spam Everywhere again.

[lawn mower fanatic]

Two new anti-spam measures have been put in place. The registration process now uses a custom image that requires a human to look at an image and answer a question about the image (specifically, about mowers). This should help.

Cool. :thumbsup: Now we have to get rid of the ones that are already here!

 

[Muhammad]

Cool. :thumbsup: Now we have to get rid of the ones that are already here!

We're working on that as well. In fact by the middle of next week we hope to have a system for FAST and easy deletion of the spammers that are already in the system.

 

[davbell22602]

Glad to hear this is getting resolved.

 

[wjjones]

We're working on that as well. In fact by the middle of next week we hope to have a system for FAST and easy deletion of the spammers that are already in the system.

Thank you Muhammad.:thumbsup:

 

[Terry CleanFuel]

Thank you Muhammad.:thumbsup:

Ditto! Are you using capcha? Was it easy to implement?

 

[Muhammad]

Ditto! Are you using capcha? Was it easy to implement?

No, we're not using captcha as the spam bots get past that. We're using a custom image verification that asks people to answer a question about a picture that is shown to them. For example, we have a picture of two mowers and the question is "how many mowers are in this picture?" If they answer "2" or "two" it lets them register. If they answer anything else, it makes them try again with a different picture (such as "what color is this mower?").

 

[davbell22602]

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[Ric]

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Yeah I see there still registering and once they figure it out they'll be a lot more. The only way of stopping them would be by changing the New accounts activation system to Administration approval. That means you would need an Admin here to approve new membership registration daily before there allowed to enter the forum to do anything at all.

 

[davbell22602]

Yeah I see there still registering and once they figure it out they'll be a lot more. The only way of stopping them would be by changing the New accounts activation system to Administration approval. That means you would need an Admin here to approve new membership registration daily before there allowed to enter the forum to do anything at all.

I say lets do the admin approval membership setting.

 

[buzzzmeister]

Yeah I see there still registering and once they figure it out they'll be a lot more. The only way of stopping them would be by changing the New accounts activation system to Administration approval. That means you would need an Admin here to approve new membership registration daily before there allowed to enter the forum to do anything at all.

Every captcha that's out there has been broken and the new ones are usually broken within a week. 'Tis just a mater of time before any sort of challenge questions are broken. If they want in, they'll get in.