CAPTCHA Images for Registration

[ZERO]

In order to reduce and basically prevent bots I am looking into changing the CAPTCHA so that it is image based. This should prevent the bots from actually working. You can see more info here: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=257294

An example of it in use is here: http://hidemail.at/6wies41pga


So what do you all think?

[blackmail242]

So long as there are no re-registrations needed then I'm down

[brett friggin favre]

in addition, i don't think it'd hurt to add a captcha requirement to make a blog post either. we raaaaaaaaaaaaaarely if ever make blog posts and that's where most of the bot activity is going on, so i don't think it'd be a bother to us and it would cut down on the blog flooding.

[XX0wnsXY]

I am for this. Those damn bots annoy the FUCK out of me.

[ZERO]

For the existing spam I am going to clean 1-2 days worth of spam entries each day and so after about a month we should have everything cleaned up. I do not expect bots to get past this check b/c for one it requires mouse input and second actual logic and visualization.

[maynard]

how often we gonna have 2 do this? cause if every time we post we gotta arrange a stupid picture I'll be pretty angry.

could we not just close down the blog section that no one uses?

even when we weren't getting spammed... it wasn't being used, so I don't see why we need the section. we have a discussions section which lets people discuss whatever they want... so it's not like we need the section on those grounds either.

sure we get a few bots here and there on the actual forums, but it's manageable... changing how the entire forums works for a section no one has ever given a shit about seems really pointless... unless you can limit this 2 JUST the blog section.

[ZERO]

This is for when users register on the forums... to replace the existing captcha

[maynard]

Thank God!

I still think we should Nuke the blog section though lol.

[ZERO]

OK it is done, I have tested with IE and here is some pics

[Hitman]

Why do I have a feeling that some of these new registrations will be screaming bloody murder because they can't complete the puzzle.....lol