Persistant forum spammers

[markt]

Can you stop them Qbik? Thought you had to have a login to post?
Not a very good advert for a security software company I would have thought.... (yes I know you are using phpBB which isn't your product)

[deftech]

ya but how will I get free vi@gra and help the poor guy in Africa get his money of his swiss bank account??

:D

It is wierd how they post, even though a login is required.

[Nev]

Can you stop them Qbik? Thought you had to have a login to post?
Not a very good advert for a security software company I would have thought.... (yes I know you are using phpBB which isn't your product)

Hi all,

Just checked one and is shown as a member since today making one post.

The only way to control this 'pest' is to approve members and moderate posts, quite a lot of work and somewhat defeats the purpose a little.

I am sure the guys at Qbik will come up with a solution.

[olaf.krause]

Just checked one and is shown as a member since today making one post.

The only way to control this 'pest' is to approve members and moderate posts, quite a lot of work and somewhat defeats the purpose a little.

I am sure the guys at Qbik will come up with a solution.

I've had the same problem on my forum, the problem is that they automatically create an account (also if you use the graphical verification).

The only solution for me to get rid of this spambots was to introduce a "VIP" code. Currently this cannot be handled by the bots but should not be a problem for real humans.

example: http://bergwerk-union.de/BWUForum/phpBB ... greed=true

the vip code is a textual string published on the main website (here "cobalt").