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Thread ID: 137079 2014-05-21 08:53:00 Spam bots on forum Jen (38) PC World Chat
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1375420 2014-05-21 08:53:00 Hi all,

It appears the spam bots are being overly attentive on our forum, which leads me to believe our registration human verification Question & Answer test has been cracked again. Sigh. :rolleyes:

Changing the set of questions tends to slow them down for a while, so I am looking for suggestions!

For those who have no idea what I am talking about, we have a list of questions with valid answers set up and at registration the 'person' is randomly given one of them to answer. This is to prove they are human and not a spam bot computer program auto-registering on the forum. This system is not 100% bot proof, but certainly slows down the majority.

The questions cannot be too open ended as I have to provide a limited range of valid answers. I will delete this thread once I have a some suggestions so future bots cannot find this info.

Thanks in advance. :)
Jen (38)
1375421 2014-05-21 09:10:00 "What key is to the left of the G key?"

The same answer applies to pianos and keyboards so we're fine there :)
pcuser42 (130)
1375422 2014-05-21 09:19:00 And I am sorry if someone wanted to buy the sex toys that the latest bot just posted, I've deleted that thread/user. :rolleyes:

Makes a change from the Nike shoes and smartphones.
Jen (38)
1375423 2014-05-21 09:24:00 Hmm. Just found the cause of tonight's little spam bot flurry. The Spam-O-matic plugin cannot connect to StopForumSpam.com to check if the user is a known spammer.

Still keen to re-do our questions, so post away!
Jen (38)
1375424 2014-05-21 09:36:00 And I am sorry if someone wanted to buy the sex toys that the latest bot just posted, I've deleted that thread/user. :rolleyes:

Makes a change from the Nike shoes and smartphones.so it was ok for you to get an order in but not us.
plod (107)
1375425 2014-05-21 11:36:00 ROFL R2x1 (4628)
1375426 2014-05-21 19:19:00 Changing the set of questions tends to slow them down for a while, so I am looking for suggestions
Q) How old is Jen?
A) Twenty one

or

Q) Does Jen Look Sexy In Her Cozzie?
A) Jen's Hubbie is Gonna Rip Off Greg's Head Cos Greg's A Perv
Greg (193)
1375427 2014-05-21 19:33:00 Probably Q2 there Greg my boy. :)

Ken
kenj (9738)
1375428 2014-05-21 20:05:00 Probably Q2 there Greg my boy. :)

Ken
lolololololololol Sad but likely true :-(
Greg (193)
1375429 2014-05-21 21:06:00 Q. What do you catch in Venice, instead of a bus?

A. A Vaporetto.
KarameaDave (15222)
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