How to Stop Spamming in Warez Site

[Boss]

i have warez site and everyday keep on getting 100's of spam topics so can u say anyway to stop it

 

[hulkman]

Experience it,Fix it, Learn it :P.

 

[STiNKY]

Limit posts per day, that is only solution...

 

[uferdamm]

Do you mean "spam spam" or "upload post spam"? Integrate a captcha service (recaptcha or something equal) and disable it for trusted users

 

[Dirtyminder]

For spambots : install this Mod : http://lithiumstudios.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=941

and register a account at http://www.stopforumspam.com/ , enter the API code you recieve their inyour ACp module.

Since I installed thisd mod, my forum is 99% spambot free

 

[DJboutit]

If you run a forum install this http://www.stopforumspam.com/ if a spammer is still able to join and spam your forum find all the info about this fool in your forums admin panel & add it to the stopforumspam list

 

[Krack3r]

Had the same problem and banned lots and lots of fake users created by spam bots but finaly i got to understand how these bots operate.
They search the web for some known vulnerability and use it. by Default Phpbb3 registration page i very simple, this has made spam bots easily find and fill in the fields then for the captcha, they use a OCR to get the characters in the captcha.
From there, they log in and browse through your site looking for 'new topic' button from where they get to work and paste their junk

So how to counter this threat
1. add a new mandatory field in the registration

https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/mod/prime_birthdate_require

2. Add a stronger Captcha my recomendation NuCaptcha

https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/mod/nucaptcha_plugin/

you have to register for (free) an for a API Key at

 http://nucaptcha.com/

Good luck M8

 

[SJshah]

Another tip is blocking IP ranges of certain countries where over 95% of registrations are spam.

 

[MR.KiDO]

Use Anti-Spam Control Panel and set the 5 posts as for new members and so they will be in Newly Registered Users group, which means topics will be moderated. Works for my forum.

 

[Krack3r]

that works if you have few spammers but assuming you have hundreds of spammers, deleting each spam will be a tedious job. Maybe an option is to prevent posting to all forums in the site for new members other than new members area and general discussion area so if its spam you can easily manage it.