List of MODs designed to stop or detect spam on phpBB3

[Highway of Life]

We have collected a list of Modifications for phpBB3 that are designed to detect and prevent spambot registrations and spammers posting on your phpBB3 Bulletin Board. phpBB.com and STG do not officially endorse any of these MODs. Please note that MODs that have not been validated by the phpBB.com MOD Validation Process and the MOD Team may contain security vulnerabilities, compatibility issues, or stability (bugs) problems. These MODs are provided without any warranty. Support for the below MODs should be asked in the accompanying MOD Support Topic from where you downloaded the MOD.

If you find a phpBB3 spam prevention/detection MOD that is not listed below, please reply with the a link to the MOD and we will add it to this list.

MOD Name: Anti-Spam ACP
MOD Author: EXreaction
MOD Description: Pre-Registration Captcha, Spam Log, IP Search, Spam word catcher, CPF minimum post control, User Flaging, Stop Forum Spam Integration, One Click Ban.
MOD Download: http://www.lithiumstudios.org/forum/vie ... f=31&t=941

MOD Name: No more spambots
MOD Author: jalaln
MOD Description: Blocks registrations from timezone UTC - 12 (Baker Island Time) that is used by almost all spambots.
MOD Download: http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... 0&t=776345

Spoiler:

Code: Select all

#
#-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------
#
includes/ucp/ucp_register.php

#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#

$data = array(
         'username'         => utf8_normalize_nfc(request_var('username', '', true)),
         'new_password'      => request_var('new_password', '', true),
         'password_confirm'   => request_var('password_confirm', '', true),
         'email'            => strtolower(request_var('email', '')),
         'email_confirm'      => strtolower(request_var('email_confirm', '')),
         'confirm_code'      => request_var('confirm_code', ''),
         'lang'            => basename(request_var('lang', $user->lang_name)),
         'tz'            => request_var('tz', (float) $timezone),
      );

#
#----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#

         if ($data['tz'] == -12.00)
         {
            die('Die, bot! Die.');
         }

#
#-----[ SAVE/CLOSE ALL FILES ]------------------------------------------
#
# EoM

MOD Name: phpBB3 reCAPTCHA
MOD Author: mtotheikle
MOD Description: Integration for reCAPTCHA with phpBB3.
MOD Download: viewtopic.php?f=127&t=9549

MOD Name: Prime Anti-bot - Anti-spambot Text Verification
MOD Author: primehalo
MOD Description: Implements a text-based human validation system in order to verify that a form submitter is human and not a SPAM robot. It will remember a successful validation so the user won't have to re-validate each time. The validation phrases/questions and responses are fully customizable; you can put as many or as few as you want (one is picked from the list at random each time it's needed). Can be configured to validate on new registrations and guest postings.
MOD Download: http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... 0&t=570929

MOD Name: Anti-Bot Question
MOD Author: CoC
MOD Description: Add an Admin controlled anti-bot question to the registration page and ACP.
MOD Download: http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... 9&t=645075

MOD Name: Advanced Textual Confirmation for phpBB3
MOD Author: bbAntiSpam
MOD Description: While registering or posting, the user must answer a question to prove the user isn't a spambot.
MOD Download: http://bbantispam.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=378

MOD Name: Automatic Spammer Detection
MOD Author: mtotheikle
MOD Description: Uses Stop Forums Spam and Bot Scout to check username, email and IP for potential spammer. If anything is returned, the MOD can notify staff members on the site in various ways, from creating a post in a topic, adding onto a post, or send a PM to a group. More features will be added soon, and everything is configurable in the ACP.
MOD Download: viewtopic.php?f=127&t=9177

MOD Name: Activation Justification
MOD Author: TerraFrost
MOD Description: How do you know, when admin activation is enabled, whether or not the person who's just signed up for your forums signed up just to spam it? Letting people justify their activation can help you decide exactly who should be activated and who shouldn't be.
MOD Download: http://www.phpbbhacks.com/load.php?id=8839

MOD Name: Authorize URL for Groups
MOD Author: RMcGirr83
MOD Description: A new user/group auth that will disallow all users the ability to post url links in forums. A group/user must have the auth to post url links or they won't be able to post either url links or image links (image links are url links)
MOD Download: http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... &t=1544945

MOD Name: AntiSpamBot by timezone
MOD Author: 3Di
MOD Description: Stops every registration attempted using timezone '-12'
MOD Download: viewtopic.php?f=127&t=9511

MOD Name: Anti-bot Registration of Username Field
MOD Author: Nicolas Fraga
MOD Description: This mod change the name of field "Username" for prevents bots registration.
MOD Download: viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1487

MOD Name: Advanced Visual Anti Bot
MOD Author: lsjames
MOD Description: Advanced Visual Anti Bot is an effective solution for preventing spambot. It replace the default visual confirmation background with a random picture. So spambot can not check them out by OCR. The background pictures are replaceable. Advanced Visual Anti Bot does not require any database modifications or admin panel configuration.
MOD Download: http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... &t=1545695

MOD Name: 3DCaptcha Olympus
MOD Author: 3Di
MOD Description: A brand new captcha for your phpBB3, it's 3D.
MOD Download: viewtopic.php?f=127&t=9639

[bonelifer]

MOD Name: Authorize URL for Groups
MOD Author: RMcGirr83
MOD Description: A new user/group auth that will disallow all users the ability to post url links in forums. A group/user must have the auth to post url links or they won't be able to post either url links or image links (image links are url links)
MOD Download: http://www.rmcgirr83.org/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=102

I use this with phpBB3's ability to Queue posts for Guests. Therefore not allowing Guest to post URL's. It has cut down on spam posts with URL's to zero for us using this method.


We're are also using 3DI's version of the Timezone UTC-12. It uses phpBB's error system.

MOD Name: AntiSpamBot by timezone
MOD Author: 3Di
MOD Description: Stops every registration attempted using timezone '-12'
MOD Download: viewtopic.php?f=127&t=9511

[Highway of Life]

Awesome, thanks!!
Added those to the list.

[clhenry]

Thanks for the posts. This has been a huge problem for me in the past month. been getting 40 to 50 a day. I'm set up to where i have to approve them before they are allowed in. Makes it very painful for me.

Any suggestions, as to which should tried first? Thanks

[Mr_Bond Deadpool]

Thanks for the posts. This has been a huge problem for me in the past month. been getting 40 to 50 a day. I'm set up to where i have to approve them before they are allowed in. Makes it very painful for me.

Any suggestions, as to which should tried first? Thanks

I suggest the 'Anti-Spam ACP'

[3Di Marco]

Thanks for the posts. This has been a huge problem for me in the past month. been getting 40 to 50 a day. I'm set up to where i have to approve them before they are allowed in. Makes it very painful for me.

Any suggestions, as to which should tried first? Thanks

Mine it is a piece of cake I can say. Just two small edits, simple but very effective.

[clhenry]

Thanks

[indiefilmmaker Dennis]

Anyone try this?

[Add-on] Anti-bot Registration of Username Field 1.0.0 Beta1
viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1487

[Highway of Life]

Added to the list.

[wired076]

In the list can it also include what the current status of each mod is?? E.g. in development, alpha, beta, gold??

I know that this may become outdated but makes it easier to quickly see what the likely status of each one is?