Comments on: Dealing with vBulletin Spam http://www.forumdr.com/dealing-with-vbulletin-spam/748/ Practical Advice for Running an Online Forum Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:16:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: Admin http://www.forumdr.com/dealing-with-vbulletin-spam/748/comment-page-1/#comment-4649 Admin Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:46:49 +0000 http://www.forumdr.com/?p=748#comment-4649 My best guess would be 75% of users with number in there username are link droppers or profile spammers. If they are not banned immediatly, we check them a few days later for the link drop. A real red flag is a number in the username that is different to the number in the email address -- but that is not always the case, so we still check them. The problem with a blanket ban is that some users, becasue usernames they want are taken often add their age or year of birth to the user name and that is legit. There is this mod: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=230058 Which prevent the use of a username with all numbers in it, which in my expereince is 100% a link dropper. My best guess would be 75% of users with number in there username are link droppers or profile spammers. If they are not banned immediatly, we check them a few days later for the link drop. A real red flag is a number in the username that is different to the number in the email address — but that is not always the case, so we still check them. The problem with a blanket ban is that some users, becasue usernames they want are taken often add their age or year of birth to the user name and that is legit.

There is this mod:
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=230058
Which prevent the use of a username with all numbers in it, which in my expereince is 100% a link dropper.

]]> By: Edward Hamilton http://www.forumdr.com/dealing-with-vbulletin-spam/748/comment-page-1/#comment-4646 Edward Hamilton Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:07:08 +0000 http://www.forumdr.com/?p=748#comment-4646 I have a number of high value members with numbers in their username. I wouldn't even consider disallowing usernames based on numbers. I have a number of high value members with numbers in their username. I wouldn’t even consider disallowing usernames based on numbers.

]]> By: Admin http://www.forumdr.com/dealing-with-vbulletin-spam/748/comment-page-1/#comment-2568 Admin Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:04:22 +0000 http://www.forumdr.com/?p=748#comment-2568 Thanks David. I came across http://www.fassim.com a while ago and it was not ready to launch then. I had not been back to their site since. Will now install and see how it goes. Thanks David. I came across http://www.fassim.com a while ago and it was not ready to launch then. I had not been back to their site since. Will now install and see how it goes.

]]> By: David http://www.forumdr.com/dealing-with-vbulletin-spam/748/comment-page-1/#comment-2567 David Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:57:18 +0000 http://www.forumdr.com/?p=748#comment-2567 I've read a lot on digital poiint forums and disabled and enabled this and that, it helped for a while, but then another way came around like they found another way to register. I've been testing the fassim.com anit spam plugin and it has cut a of the registrations down a lot, i like the post mod feature too. I’ve read a lot on digital poiint forums and disabled and enabled this and that, it helped for a while, but then another way came around like they found another way to register. I’ve been testing the fassim.com anit spam plugin and it has cut a of the registrations down a lot, i like the post mod feature too.

]]> By: Admin http://www.forumdr.com/dealing-with-vbulletin-spam/748/comment-page-1/#comment-2165 Admin Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:12:55 +0000 http://www.forumdr.com/?p=748#comment-2165 A mod has just been released on vbulletin.org for vB4: MARCO1 Preventing Guests to Register Numbers as Their Username http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=230058 This mod blocks the registration for those who just use numbers as their username (usually means they are a spammer) A mod has just been released on vbulletin.org for vB4:
MARCO1 Preventing Guests to Register Numbers as Their Username
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=230058

This mod blocks the registration for those who just use numbers as their username (usually means they are a spammer)

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