Read the first post.headguy wrote:I have been a fan of phpBB2 for many years but lately the spambots are flooding my clients sites with as many as 50 a day.
I did my own hack in the code but that did nothing.
They still seem to find their way in and bypass the captua like it was a piece of wet tissue.
Suggestions please.
George
Read what I wrote in the post immediately above yours!carmel01 wrote:please help. I get porn posts everyday. How can I prevent this on phpbb forum?
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profile.php?mode=register&agreed=true
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"U_AGREE_OVER13" => append_sid("profile.$phpEx?mode=register&agreed=true"),
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"U_AGREE_UNDER13" => append_sid("profile.$phpEx?mode=register&agreed=true&coppa=true")));
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if ( $mode == 'register' && !isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['agreed']) && !isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['agreed']) )
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<input type="hidden" name="agreed" value="true" />
See this topic. Apparently your method works but isn't 100% reliable.BAGHDAD-RAWA wrote:so I replaced the word agreed with another word in usercp_register.php
It is where the phpBB forum files are saved on your web server. What is the address of your board?Lonewolf1888 wrote:Hello...as ive said in another thread ive been having trouble with spammmers on my site. OK i have downloaded this PHPBB Admin ToolKit v2.1b - Starfoxtj . Now it says "Installing the toolkit is very simple, just upload toolkit.php into your forum folder, and run it in a browser...Can anyone tell me where my forum folder is please i have no clue!
thanks a lot