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A lot of inactive users on my PHPBB3 forum.
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 7:33 am
by froggyboy604
Is it something to worry about. I got about 20 inactive users who did not activate their account with e-mail vertification.
I think my Captcha code might be letting spambot register easily.
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:08 am
by Skeithex
inactive users on a forum is common, and people not activating there accounts don't do that due to that feature or they didn't get their e-mail activation (might want to check on that). but spam bots joining up without a problem is a problem.
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:03 am
by froggyboy604
I figured out why I had so many new register on a forum I did not advertised. It is because the phpbb3 captcha code got cracked meaning bots can register on phpbb3 forums easily.
I decided to make the captcha code harder to read and see if I get as many bots.
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:30 am
by Skeithex
froggyboy604 wrote:I figured out why I had so many new register on a forum I did not advertised. It is because the phpbb3 captcha code got cracked meaning bots can register on phpbb3 forums easily.
I decided to make the captcha code harder to read and see if I get as many bots.
I herd that code got cracked, I hope your fix works.
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 1:04 am
by froggyboy604
I currently have zero new registrations from bots. I also added a required registration question, word censored, and banned words in usernames.
I hope this works if not I might need to use a better captcha program.