NYCPHP Meetup

[John Campbell]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 11:48 AM,  <mikesz at qualityadvantages.com> wrote:
> Hello Brian,
>
> Thanks for the reply...
>
> I only work on vBulletin and I always make sure I have the latest stuff
> installed. Earlier versions didn't have problem but since 3.7 seems like the
> badguys have found a way to just bypass the whole registration process. Like
> I said in the previous post with captcha and moderation turned on, they
> still end up in the "registered" member queue. I have not a clue how they
> got there.

The tools to defeat captchas are getting better and easier to use.
What is the registration process?  If it is passing a captcha and
confirming an email address, then you may be getting brute forced.
Are your forum links "no follow"?  If not, you could try taking the
incentive to spam away.

-jc