Is there any way to stop spammers from

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bestbackpageposter

Newbie

Oct 9, 2012

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• Nov 4, 2012

• #21

install operating system again

 

gettinthere

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Apr 17, 2010

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• Nov 5, 2012

• #22

maybe also try running through https://www.cloudflare.com/ to weed out some of the spambots before they get to you?

 

florinovic

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May 8, 2009

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• Nov 5, 2012

• #23

I was looking for something similar, maybe some Question&Answer customizable plugin. Found few but they are not supported anymore.
Finally I chose one that looks decent: wordpress.org/extend/plugins/captcha/ ... it's using some math logic, and can be used for comments, register or login.

 

srb888

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Jul 30, 2008

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• Nov 5, 2012

• #24

IP block can be 1 solution.

For Wordpress: This is 1 such plugin you can try:

Code:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/spam-free-wordpress/

The maker says:

Code:

"... comment spam blocking plugin that 
[U]blocks 100% of the automated spam with zero false positives[/U]."

 

rockong

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Jan 19, 2012

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• Nov 5, 2012

• #25

If you're using wordpress, you can install an anti-spam comments pllugin. If it is their first time commenting, the plugin will not allow them to use links. I believe you can also ban based on IP.

Hope that helps!

 

Lordsenf

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May 22, 2009

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• Nov 5, 2012

• #26

futurestic06 said:

Why don't you add the comment moderation ? I think its th best way to protect the spamming.

Click to expand...

Did you even read the thread? He already is doing that - but with 500 spam comments a day it is not the "best" way to protect, since nobody got time to read through 500 comments a day.

Back to the op - "wp anti spam bee" plugin worked wonders for me, way better then Aksmit

 

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proweb

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Feb 24, 2011

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• Nov 5, 2012

• #27

Pretty much all you need to do is to create a captcha that breaks the most used posting bots.

I did this by creating a math problem that is half image half text and it's not wrapped in any type of DIV container. Of course, my site's not that popular yet, so once they start getting around this, I'll randomize the captcha types, ids, and names.