[Scummvm-devel] "Intelligent" forum spam bots

Filippos Karapetis philipk79 at hotmail.com
Sun Sep 20 17:02:05 CEST 2009


> phpBB 2 (and thus the ScummVM forum) already has captcha images. I don't think the most recent version of phpBB (3.0.5) has much more to offer on that area than version 2. It does 
> have more features on the moderation and reporting side, but that does not prevent bots from registering and does not make it much easier to decide if an intelligent bot is just that or a 
> stupid user.
I disagree, the captcha image in phpBB 2 is far too easy to be read by spambots. They improved it a lot with phpBB 3, and even more with 3.0.5, as you mentioned.

This thread might be useful:
http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=1437125

Regards
Filippos
 		 	   		  
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