They're like cockroaches

[Sangersteve]

The spammers must have taken double shots of five hour energy. Yesterday and today, every time I look at the computer I have to whack a spammer. Somewhere around 30 of them in two days.

I don't want to restrict new members, but if this keeps up.....................

[BillB]

It'll get worse. There'll be 50 to 100 a day before you know it. It increases exponentially.
I was on a small Dallas forum that went belly-up because of it.
When people start coming here and the first two pages are nothing but spam they won't come back.
You need 5 or 6 deputies to help you with it.

[BigTex]

It's hard to believe it's actually lucrative, but it must be or there wouldn't be any.

[BillB]

It's hard to believe it's actually lucrative, but it must be or there wouldn't be any.

I wonder what they get out of it.
Someone here must be clicking their links and buying stuff.

[FlashM]

It sounds like "Whack-a-Mole". Thanks for hanging in there!

[PlanoSooner]

is there a captchya plugin available?

[Just Me]

Steve, you may have seen these already, but just in case you haven't, here are a few suggestions:


How to Prevent phpBB Registration Spam
http://www.appthemes.com/blog/how-to-prevent-phpbb-registration-spam/

5 anti-spam measures for phpBB 3.0
http://www.michel-kraemer.com/5-anti-spam-measures-for-phpbb3

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

Anti-Bot Question
https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=645075

[jellowrestling]

I thought this was going to be about Democrats.