Mod Name:

Anti-Bot: Are You Human/Bot?

Created By:

.LORD.

Type:

Security and Moderation

First Created:

October 27, 2007, 04:05:02 PM

Last Modified:

September 02, 2009, 08:41:27 PM

Latest Version:

2.3

Compatible With:

1.1.4, 1.1.7, 1.1.8, 1.1.9, 1.1.10, 2.0 Beta 3 Public, 2.0 RC1, 2.0 RC1-1, 2.0 RC1.2

Total Downloads:

40602

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Description:

Anti-Bot: Are You Human/Bot? v2.3

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A simple Anti-Bot Registration Check that requires registering users to confirm that they are HUMAN (or NOT BOT). Otherwise the registration will not proceed.

It is a cat and mouse game between forum software and bot-creators to secure forums against spam bots.
Using generic/centralised anti-spam measures makes it viable for bot-creators to try to get past them.
If every forum employs completely different anti-bot measures it makes it almost impossible to create bots for mass-automated registration.

Version 2.0: Work for SMF 1.1.X and SMF 2 Beta & RC1 and many more (See ChangeLog)

2.3 - 23th May 2009
o Now the page in cache is ignored and alwys is reloaded.
  It is useful against "Send Form" and "Go Back".
o Have been added an error message that notified that the page has expired.
2.2 - 17th May 2009
o Fix bug in the Register.template.php SMF1.1.X - tranks Sabre™ for report
o Fix bug in the languajes.xml english-utf8 - tranks stp46and2 for report
2.1 - 11th May 2009
o Add change to improve the security - tranks szcoder for notify
o Fix bug in the Register.template.php SMF1.1.X - tranks Mystiquo for report
2.0 - 2nd May 2009
o .LORD. Take the development
o Work for SMF 1.1.X and SMF 2 Beta & RC1
o You can Configurate this MOD in: Members > Registration > Settings
o You can enable and disable this MOD
o A new question is added "Are you Bot?"
o You can select the question or select random question
o You can enable "shuffle answers" (to avoid the trial and error)
o You can add easily new "incorrect answers" (to hinder the success chance for random)
o Randomly generated values now also being used in options
o Changed some code
1.3 - 24th March 2008
- First bots believed to be getting pass this mod
o Randomly generated field name now being used
o Changed it up a bit
o Changed/reworded language strings
1.2 - 21st March 2008
o Fixed align/valign issue affecting w3c xhtml 1.0 validity
o Tweaked to get it to work for SMF 2.0 Beta 3 Public
1.1 - 27th January 2007
o Added 2.0 beta 2 support
o Improved some code
1.0 - 25th October 2007
o Initial release

REQUIRED: A manual edit is REQUIRED for ALL themes (other than SMF Core Default) which have a custom Register.template.php
If you don't do perform the edit, nobody will be able to register using those themes.