I recommend you to use Better captcha from here: http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=473222 one more is here: http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.p...p;hilit=captcha After installing the same, the spam bot registration on my forum has been reduced ( No its totally solved : ) You can see my custom captcha image here in my forum registration page: http://www.fun.niranvv.com/profile.php?mode=register You can change the background properties of the captcha images and many more custom options will be there on admin control panel! You can use some new fonts and update the captcha system regularly! Niru

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you're using phpbb that means it's open to hackers and spammers try vbulletin almost no spam. but anyhow. to i would install the following mods.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=136984
EasyMOD is a script for phpBB that installs mods automatically on your phpBB installation. it basically will make it easy to install any mod you just pop them into easymod and they install automatically.

http://www.phpbb-security.com/check.php
This tool will check your phpBB forum for the risk of being spammed. It will NOT check the phpBB version or perform general security checks! In order to stay secure, please be sure to always have the latest version of phpBB and all mods!

In order to perform the anti-spam check, our tool may try to post automated messages to your forum. After the check is finished, you can remove these messages, although we advise to leave the links to our site, as this tool may be useful to others too.

Depending on the speed of your server the check may take between 10 seconds and 10 minutes. During this time you won't be able to see the check progress. Please, be patient! Enter your email in the form below to have a copy of the report delivered to you as soon as the check finishes.

 

 

 

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Thats the same thing with my forum site althoughth iam new but i used a differnt Forum hoster well i just postto say that Spam is overloading all forums

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I'd have enough with these spammers. I was creating ease of use for my visitors to drop support requests or improvements they want to suggest without registering. However, the spammers are abusing that, so on my forums (powered by Quicksilver Forums) is now registered-only users can post.

xboxrulz

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First to avoid the spam you have to of changing of phpBB to a much better forum as Vbulletin or SMF this is it better and that in addition have few bugs, and possesses small systems to prevent it from taking placespam, since to add a small image in the system register. The phpBB are good but they are very insecure, like that that my recommendations that you were changing.

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Download some Spam Prodection

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Running With Scissor’s Five Steps to a Spam Free Forum.

1. If you forum allows you to enable admin approval of accounts enable it. That way you can stop the spam bots before they even get in. You can typically tell by the email address and things that it is not human.

2. Don’t use phpBB. Most of the people I here talking about spam bot problems on there forums all have one thing in common they are using phpBB or an out of date forum software. Upgrade to the latest version of a reliable forum company. I like SMF because it’s good when it comes to security and it’s free.

3. Make sure you have to be registered to post on the forums.

4. Ban the spammers using this * as it works as a wild card. Example: 219.7* will ban 219.734.3434 and 219.7342.343 as well as any other ips starting with 219.7. This feature allows you to ban an entire area and computers that have ips that always change.

5. Some forums have the option of only allowing active members or members with a certain amount of posts to post links and or send private messages. This will cut down on a lot of the spam and should be turned on.


Try these things and see if they work. I have had trouble in the past with spaming on phpBB but then I did some of these things and its not bad any more. I am now using SMF which is so far a really great forum. Hope my five steps help.

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