Xrumer Software

[Myth?]

Do anybody know how to stop this program on a vBulletin forum?

For thsoe who dont know what Xrumer is.

It is a Windows blackhat SEO program that is able to successfully register and forum spam with the aim of boosting search engine rankings. The program is able to bypass security techniques commonly used by many forums and blogs to deter automated spam, such as account registration, client detection, many forms of CAPTCHAs, and e-mail activation before posting. The program utilities socks and http proxies in an attempt to make it more difficult for administrators to block posts by source IP and features a proxy checking tool to verify the integrity and anonymity of the proxies used.

Myth? Reviewed by Myth? on 13th Feb 2011. Xrumer Software Do anybody know how to stop this program on a vBulletin forum? For thsoe who dont know what Xrumer is. It is a Windows blackhat SEO program that is able to successfully register and forum spam with the aim of boosting search engine rankings. The program is able to bypass security techniques commonly used by many forums and blogs to deter automated spam, such as account registration, client detection, many forms of CAPTCHAs, and e-mail activation before posting. The program utilities Rating: 5

[CammyD]

Use recaptcha for human verification or Q&A. It'll help cut down on them .

[SuicidalMedia]

Add some random QA for registration, or make it like on KWWHunction, special group for new registered users. So they aren't able to post anything first 24 hours.

[Myth?]

What modification I can use for that Probation thing on KWWHunction?

But just looking for a way to block the program.

[immortalxx]

just add a question on register and that will stop the bots. if ur using ipb add a profile file and require it something like antispam write 'imafia' in the box

[Myth?]

I actually tried that, but spam still gets through, and these XRumer bots are advanced.

[SuicidalMedia]

I'm not sure which modification KWWHunction is using, as el_jentel1 is always saying that they like to code their own modifications. I've searched on vB.org and couldn't find anything regarding this.

I'm not sure, but I think that this could work, vBulletin cron job. It should move all users from specific usergroup into the new one after 24-48 hours.
I don't know how to do it, but it's the only thing I can think of at the moment...

Probationary usergroup would be same like all others, only different thing is that user wouldn't have permissions to post/reply in topics, or to use private messages system.

[mRAza]

just add question/answer challenge modification, also there is some image verification available.

[Maniac_]

Just use advanced questions mate.. It will also help you get rid of stupid members!

Example: "When i say Bonnie, what masculine name comes first in your mind?"

[Myth?]

Alright thanks guys. I'll see what I could do to prevent it.