Stop Spammer

[quatermass]

Tested before 2.3 mod with known spammers name. After 2.3 same test and spammer was stopped waiting approval.

Removed 2.2 and instaled 2.3 with no problems at all.

Thanks snoopy_virtual for mod and thanks to poster who spotted the problem.

Can you let us know if it highlights a user with a known spammer's name when you test your users?

It doesn't in my version with the latest fix.

[chrishicks]

I did the manual edit posted earlier. I tested it with a known registered spammer on my forum and it changed the username from the normal blue font I use to red. It works for me.

[quatermass]

Well unfortunately it doesn't on our web site.

I suspect a CSS name clash perhaps?
We embed the SMT forum within a MediaWiki page.

See http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/forum/

I guess I'll have to live with it as it appears to work detecting Spammers who try to Register . :-)

[snoopy_virtual]

Well unfortunately it doesn't on our web site.

I suspect a CSS name clash perhaps?
We embed the SMT forum within a MediaWiki page.

See http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/forum/

I guess I'll have to live with it as it appears to work detecting Spammers who try to Register . :-)

It doesn't look like a CSS clash to me.

When a spammer is detected, this mod writes all his details (name, email and IP) with the color defined in the class error inside the CSS.

I have been checking your forum and I can see that in the CSS file of your Theme ( http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/forum/Themes/thefishwiki/style.css ) you haven't got a "class error" defined, but anyway you have it inside the file  http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/skins/monobook/main.css which I suppose belongs to the MediaWiki where you have your forum embeded:

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.error {
color: red;
font-size: larger;
}


Of course, I can see your site only from a visitor's point of view. Maybe when you are inside your "Admin" zone this monobook/main.css file is not available.

Just in case, you can add this anywhere inside your Themes/thefishwiki/style.css file:

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.error {
color: red;
}


Anyway, as I said before, I don't think this is the problem.

It seems that you haven't install the mod properly.

Let me see:

A month ago, before all this problems about the fix I have done, when you had version 2.2, was it working properly?

If it was and you have only uninstalled version 2.2 and installed my new version 2.3 I don't understand it at all.

The fix I have done only changes a small line inside a Source file and it has nothing to do with CSS classes.

But there is another option:

If version 2.2 was not working properly for you then the explanation is that you haven't installed it properly.

I haven't got enough information to see exactly what you have done wrong. I'll wait for your answers, but in the mean time, just another question:

Take a look inside your Theme's folder (thefishwiki).

Can you see inside it any of these two files?

• ManageMembers.template.php
• Register.template.php

If the answer is yes I know where is the problem. If the answer is no I will need to continue thinking about it.

[snoopy_virtual]

Anyone know when M-DVD will be back to put the finishing touches on this?
...

As I said before I even sent him an email, but he didn't answer it yet, so no idea when (if ever) he will be back.

...
In the mean time Kudos to snoopy_virtual, excellent work!
...

Thank you.

And the same goes to everybody else congratulating me. I suppose you'll understand if I don't answer all of you one by one. 



Anyway, I'm sorry if I'm not answering all the questions you are asking here fast enough, but I'm very busy at the moment with a new anti-spammers mod I'm doing.

This new anti-spammers mod is called MOD httpBL.

It's a lot more powerful than MOD Stop Spammer but it's completely compatible with it.

I got both mods already installed together in 10 different forums and I am delighted with the results.

I sent this new mod a week ago to the Customization Team, but apparently there is a long queue of mods waiting for approval, so you won't see it inside the Mod Site for a few weeks yet.

Anyway, if anybody wants to check it and give me some feedback to help me improve it, I am writing a tutorial about the way it works, with instructions to download it from my own server and to install it:

http://www.snoopyvirtualstudio.com/tutoriales/index.php?estudio=httpbl

[quatermass]

Thank you very much for your time and trouble, I really do appreciate it. :-))

I installed thw 2.2 Mod a few weeks ago and then read about the wee fix you did and added it.
So if that is all what "2.3" is, then I have 2.3. :-)


    * ManageMembers.template.php
    * Register.template.php

Inside my theme thefishwiki, I do not have these two files.
Should I have?

(I added the .error class into the thefishwiki/style.css just in case.)

I added manually a known spammer account and as before if I look in the  'Awaiting Approval (1) ' there is the spammer all lit up as before. That bit works with the mod you did.

I enclose a small screenshot of the Jollygirls spammer after I ticked the right-hand box and then 'check these members'.

The other one is from the awaiting approval window with the spammer all lit up.

[quatermass]

Anyway, I'm sorry if I'm not answering all the questions you are asking here fast enough, but I'm very busy at the moment with a new anti-spammers mod I'm doing.

This new anti-spammers mod is called MOD httpBL.

It's a lot more powerful than MOD Stop Spammer but it's completely compatible with it.

I got both mods already installed together in 10 different forums and I am delighted with the results.

What does it do?
You didn't mention why we'd want to use it.

[snoopy_virtual]

Anyway, I'm sorry if I'm not answering all the questions you are asking here fast enough, but I'm very busy at the moment with a new anti-spammers mod I'm doing.

This new anti-spammers mod is called MOD httpBL.

It's a lot more powerful than MOD Stop Spammer but it's completely compatible with it.

I got both mods already installed together in 10 different forums and I am delighted with the results.

What does it do?
You didn't mention why we'd want to use it.

Read the tutorial.

It's very long to resume it here.

[snoopy_virtual]

    * ManageMembers.template.php
    * Register.template.php

Inside my theme thefishwiki, I do not have these two files.
Should I have?

No. Very few custom themes have these files inside them.

When SMF needs a template file always looks first inside your custom theme's folder. If it's not there then uses the one inside your default theme's folder.

Every time you install a mod, it only modifies the files inside the default theme's folder and this mod only modifies these 2 files, so if you had any one of them in your custom theme's folder you should have modify them manually, but that's not your case.

(I added the .error class into the thefishwiki/style.css just in case.)

And I suppose it hasn't sort the problem.

I enclose a small screenshot of the Jollygirls spammer after I ticked the right-hand box and then 'check these members'.

The other one is from the awaiting approval window with the spammer all lit up.

As I can see, it changes to red only in the "Awaiting Approval" list, but it doesn't do it in the "View all members" list.

The modifications for these 2 lists are both of them done inside the file Themes/default/ManageMembers.template.php so if the mod has made one of the changes properly should have done the another one as well.

Try this:

• Uninstall the mod. (If you have change manually the line I fixed in the Sources/Subs-Members.php the uninstaller it's going to complain about it, so maybe you will need to put it back as it was before to uninstall the mod properly.)
  
  
• Check in your default theme's folder to be sure that the file ManageMembers.template.php is the original one from SMF. (Even better download an updated version of SMF and upload that file to your server overwriting whatever you have there. Be careful though if you have any other mods installed which may have change this file. You will need to uninstall them as well before you upload the original file from SMF and install them again later.)
  
  
• Download and install the version 2.3 I have done.
  
  
• Tell us if it works now.
  
  

[M-DVD]

MOD Stop Spammer v2.3
=================

New features:

• Changes in the Code
• Regex repaired (the API XML SFS's was changed) - Thanks all for notify and thanks snoopy_virtual for help-version
• You can go to check & report a member via his profile - Thanks Jade Elizabeth & kitz for idea
• If the member is approved is showed in blue - Thanks MissyNL & snoopy_virtual for idea
• If the API limit query is exceded (5000 querys per day), you will be notified

How do I upgrade?

• Uninstall the previous version
• Install the new. Isn't neccesary reedit templates files

=======================================

Características Nuevas:

• Cambios en el Código
• Regex reparada (la API XML de SFS sufrió cambios y quedó incompatible)
• Puedes ir a administración para revisar o reportar un usuario, directamente desde su perfil
• Luego de aprobar un usuario marcado sus datos serán mostrados en azul
• Si es excedido el límite de consultas a SFS (5000 consultas por día), serás informado

¿Como actualizar?

• Desinstalar la anterior versión
• Instalar la nueva. No es necesario reeditar manualmente archivos de themas

[snoopy_virtual]

Hi M-DVD.

Nice to see you're back.

I think the issue about the 5000 querys per day limit you are talking about is related to something we talked ages ago:

You are using just one API key for all of you, so there are a lot of people doing querys through the same API key.

Maybe you should consider again the small modification I told you I am using so every one can use their own API key instead.

[M-DVD]

Hi M-DVD.

Nice to see you're back.

I think the issue about the 5000 querys per day limit you are talking about is related to something we talked ages ago:

You are using just one API key for all of you, so there are a lot of people doing querys through the same API key.

Maybe you should consider again the small modification I told you I am using so every one can use their own API key instead.

Thanks for help while I was on hiatus

And not, the API key only is necessary for report, not for check.

The limit in query is for check (example), and this limit works per IP host (who make the remote check).

[Astra_200]

Tested before 2.3 mod with known spammers name. After 2.3 same test and spammer was stopped waiting approval.

Removed 2.2 and instaled 2.3 with no problems at all.

Thanks snoopy_virtual for mod and thanks to poster who spotted the problem.

Can you let us know if it highlights a user with a known spammer's name when you test your users?

It doesn't in my version with the latest fix.

Hi quatermass.

Sorry for the late reply. I did try registering with a known spammers name and it was picked up after the update.

The spammer's user name was highlighted in red in members list and spammer was held waiting for approval too.

I am running SMF 2.0 RC1.2 and a custom theme, Hope that helps.

[Eclipse16V]

Here is it in German:

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$txt['stopspammer_error'] = 'Fehler mit der DB Anti SPAM. Verbindungsfehler.<br />Bitte versuche es sp&auml;ter oder kontaktiere den Webmaster';
$txt['stopspammer_count'] = 'Spam User wurden geblockt';
$txt['stopspammer_title'] = 'Suche mehr Infos bei Stop Forum Spam';
$txt['stopspammer_enable'] = 'Ein-/Ausschalten des Stop Spammer MODs';
$txt['stopspammer_show01'] = 'Zeige den "Mehr Infos" Link bei allen Usern';
$txt['stopspammer_show01_sub'] = 'Du kannst jeden User zu jeder Zeit ganz einfach mit einem Klick &uuml;berpr&uuml;fen.';
$txt['stopspammer_faildb'] = 'Wenn die Verbindung mit der DB von Anti SPAM fehlschl&auml;gt...';
$txt['stopspammer_fail01'] = 'Zeige Fehler und Anmeldung abbrechen';
$txt['stopspammer_fail02'] = 'Erlaube immer die Registration';
$txt['stopspammer_fail03'] = 'User erlauben aber Icon zum pr&uuml;fen anzeigen';
$txt['stopspammer_faildb1_sub'] = 'Dein Host kann eine neue Verbindung zur DB herstellen';
$txt['stopspammer_faildb2_sub'] = 'Dein Host kann keine neue Verbindung zur DB herstellen. Bitte versuche es sp&auml;ter noch einmal.<br />Sollte die immer noch nicht gehen, siehe im Support Thema nach und suche ';
$txt['stopspammer_not_translate'] = '<a href="http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=283309.new#post_issues"><span class="error"><b>Fehler gefunden</b></span></a>';
$txt['stopspammer_leyd01'] = 'Kein Spam User: Diese Daten sind nicht in der Spam DB.';
$txt['stopspammer_leyd02'] = 'Unbekannt: Diese Daten konnten nicht gepr&uuml;ft werden.';
$txt['stopspammer_leyd03'] = 'Spam User: Diese Daten sind in der Spam DB verhanden!!!';
$txt['stopspammer_profilecheck'] = 'User &uuml;berpr&uuml;fen';
$txt['stopspammer_limitexceded'] = 'Du hast das Pr&uuml;flimit f&uuml;r diesen Tag schon erreicht (5000 API Anfagen pro Tag).<br />Du musst warten und es morgen nocheinmal probieren.';
$txt['in_stop_forum_spam'] = 'In Stop Forum Spam Web:';
$txt['spammers_checks'] = 'User &uuml;berpr&uuml;fen';
$txt['spammers_report'] = 'User melden';
$txt['confirm_spammers_checks'] = 'Bist Du sicher, dass Du die gew&auml;hlten User pr&uuml;fen m&ouml;schtest?';
$txt['confirm_spammers_report'] = 'Bist Du sicher, dass Du die gew&auml;hlten User melden willst?\n\nDenk daran das gemeldete User später bei SFS als Spammer auf der ganzen Welt makiert sind und sich somit in kein Forum mit SFS anmelden können.\n\nBitte nutze diese Funktion nur wenn Du dir ganz sicher bist.';


[flutter]

Thank you.  This mod is great and it confirmed a lot of profiles I suspected as spammers without me having to search them all out individually.  Initially they all came up as clean when I applied the mod, but I ticked the box and did a check and half of the ones suspected showed in red and had a history of spamming.

Well done on this one

[boudie]

Here is the new complete Dutch translation.

//   MOD Stop Spammer - Translation by Laurens73 and boudie

$txt['stopspammer_error'] = 'Fout in de Anti SPAM database. Verbinding is mislukt.<br />
Probeer het later nog eens, of neem contact op met de beheerder';
$txt['stopspammer_count'] = 'Spammers zijn tot volgende data geblokkeerd';
$txt['stopspammer_title'] = 'Zoek meer info in `Stop Forum Spam`';

$txt['stopspammer_enable'] = 'MOD Stop Spammer in/uitschakelen';
$txt['stopspammer_show01'] = 'Link "More Info" tonen voor alle leden';
$txt['stopspammer_show01_sub'] = 'Je kunt op elk moment elk lid controleren met een simpele muisklik';

$txt['stopspammer_faildb'] = 'Indien de verbinding mislukt met de database van Anti SPAM...';
$txt['stopspammer_fail01'] = 'Fout tonen en registratie stoppen';
$txt['stopspammer_fail02'] = 'Directe registratie toestaan';
$txt['stopspammer_fail03'] = 'Lid goedkeuren an icoon tonen ter controle';
$txt['stopspammer_faildb1_sub'] = 'Je host kan een verbinding maken met de database';
$txt['stopspammer_faildb2_sub'] = 'Je host kan geen verbinding maken met de database. Probeer het later nog eens.<br />
Indien dit aanhoudt, kijk dan bij ondersteuning en zoeken ';
$txt['stopspammer_not_translate'] = '<a href="http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?P=3a793817999b1d750a910970866950d3&topic=283309.new#post_issues"><span class="error"><b>Bekende gevallen</b></span></a>';

$txt['stopspammer_leyd01'] = 'Geen Spammer: Deze gegevens stonden niet in de database, maar je kunt dit controleren';
$txt['stopspammer_leyd02'] = 'Verdacht: Dit lid kon niet worden gecontroleerd. Nu controleren';
$txt['stopspammer_leyd03'] = 'Spammers: Kijk voor meer info over de activiteiten van deze spammers';

$txt['in_stop_forum_spam'] = 'In het Stop Forum Spam Web:';
$txt['spammers_checks'] = 'Controleer deze leden';
$txt['spammers_report'] = 'Rapporteer deze leden';
$txt['confirm_spammers_checks'] = 'Ben je er zeker van deze leden te controleren?';
$txt['confirm_spammers_report'] = 'Weet je zeker dat je deze leden wilt rapporteren?\n\nDenk goed na voordat je een lid rapporteert aan SFS hij/zij wordt gemarkeerd als spammer over de gehele wereld\nen kan bij geen enkel verbonden forum met SFS wereldwijd meer registreren of posten.\n\nDoe dit alleen indien je volledig zeker bent dat ze spammers zijn en mocht je je vergissen, meld dit dan zo snel mogelijk aan de orginele auteur van deze mod om deze fout binnen de SFS database te herstellen.';

$txt['stopspammer_profilecheck'] = 'Controleer dit lid';
$txt['stopspammer_limitexceded'] = 'Je hebt de check limit overschreden (max 5000 API queries per dag).<br />Wacht tot morgen om nieuwe checks uit te voeren.';]]></add>
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//   MOD Stop Spammer - Translation by Laurens73
$txt['stopspammer_error'] = 'Fout in de Anti SPAM database. Verbinding is mislukt.<br />
Probeer het later nog eens, of neem contact op met de beheerder';
$txt['stopspammer_count'] = 'Spammers zijn tot volgende data geblokkeerd';
$txt['stopspammer_title'] = 'Zoek meer info in `Stop Forum Spam`';

$txt['stopspammer_enable'] = 'MOD Stop Spammer in/uitschakelen';
$txt['stopspammer_show01'] = 'Link "More Info" tonen voor alle leden';
$txt['stopspammer_show01_sub'] = 'Je kunt op elk moment elk lid controleren met een simpele muisklik';

$txt['stopspammer_faildb'] = 'Indien de verbinding mislukt met de database van Anti SPAM...';
$txt['stopspammer_fail01'] = 'Fout tonen en registratie stoppen';
$txt['stopspammer_fail02'] = 'Directe registratie toestaan';
$txt['stopspammer_fail03'] = 'Lid goedkeuren an icoon tonen ter controle';
$txt['stopspammer_faildb1_sub'] = 'Je host kan een verbinding maken met de database';
$txt['stopspammer_faildb2_sub'] = 'Je host kan geen verbinding maken met de database. Probeer het later nog eens.<br />
Indien dit aanhoudt, kijk dan bij ondersteuning en zoeken ';
$txt['stopspammer_not_translate'] = '<a href="http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?P=3a793817999b1d750a910970866950d3&topic=283309.new#post_issues"><span class="error"><b>Bekende gevallen</b></span></a>';

$txt['stopspammer_leyd01'] = 'Geen Spammer: Deze gegevens stonden niet in de database, maar je kunt dit controleren';
$txt['stopspammer_leyd02'] = 'Verdacht: Dit lid kon niet worden gecontroleerd. Nu controleren';
$txt['stopspammer_leyd03'] = 'Spammers: Kijk voor meer info over de activiteiten van deze spammers';

$txt['in_stop_forum_spam'] = 'In het Stop Forum Spam Web:';
$txt['spammers_checks'] = 'Controleer deze leden';
$txt['spammers_report'] = 'Rapporteer deze leden';
$txt['confirm_spammers_checks'] = 'Ben je er zeker van deze leden te controleren?';
$txt['confirm_spammers_report'] = 'Weet je zeker dat je deze leden wilt rapporteren?\n\nDenk goed na voordat je een lid rapporteert aan SFS hij/zij wordt gemarkeerd als spammer over de gehele wereld\nen kan bij geen enkel verbonden forum met SFS wereldwijd meer registreren of posten.\n\nDoe dit alleen indien je volledig zeker bent dat ze spammers zijn en mocht je je vergissen, meld dit dan zo snel mogelijk aan de orginele auteur van deze mod om deze fout binnen de SFS database te herstellen.';

[snoopy_virtual]

Thanks for help while I was on hiatus

And not, the API key only is necessary for report, not for check.

The limit in query is for check (example), and this limit works per IP host (who make the remote check).

It's OK then.

A limit of 5000 querys a day per IP host is big enough.

[FragaCampos]

Thanks a lot for the update!

Here's my small contribution with the portuguese translation:

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// MOD Stop Spammer
$txt['stopspammer_error'] = 'Erro com BD Anti SPAM. Falha na liga&ccedil;&atilde;o.<br />
Por favor tente novamente mais tarde, ou contacte o WebMaster';
$txt['stopspammer_count'] = 'Spammers bloqueados at&eacute; hoje';
$txt['stopspammer_title'] = 'Pesquisar por mais informa&ccedil;&atilde;o em `Impedir Spam no F&oacute;rum`';

$txt['stopspammer_enable'] = 'Activar/Desactivar MOD Stop Spammer';
$txt['stopspammer_show01'] = 'Mostrar link "Mais Info" para Todos os Membros';
$txt['stopspammer_show01_sub'] = 'Pode analisar qualquer membro a qualquer altura com apenas um clique';

$txt['stopspammer_faildb'] = 'Se a liga&ccedil;&atilde;o com a BD Anti SPAM falhar:';
$txt['stopspammer_fail01'] = 'Mostrar Erro e Impedir Registo';
$txt['stopspammer_fail02'] = 'Permitir Registo Imediato';
$txt['stopspammer_fail03'] = 'Aprova&ccedil;&atilde;o de Membro e mostrar &iacute;cone para an&aacute;lise';
$txt['stopspammer_faildb1_sub'] = 'O seu host pode fazer liga&ccedil;&otilde;es remotas &agrave; BD';
$txt['stopspammer_faildb2_sub'] = 'O seu host n&atilde;o conseguiu estabelecer liga&ccedil;&atilde;o &agrave; BD, tente novamente mais tarde<br />
Se o problema persistit veja o T&oacute;pico de Apoio e pesquisa ';
$txt['stopspammer_not_translate'] = '<a href="http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=283309.new#post_issues"><span class="error"><b>Known Issues</b></span></a>';

$txt['stopspammer_leyd01'] = 'N&atilde;o &eacute; Spammer: estes dados n&atilde;o estavam numa BD. Mas pode averiguar.';
$txt['stopspammer_leyd02'] = 'Suspeito: Este membro n&atilde;o p&ocirc;de ser averiguado. Averiguar agora.';
$txt['stopspammer_leyd03'] = 'Spammers: Veja mais informa&ccedil;&atilde;o sobre a actividade deste spammer.';

$txt['stopspammer_profilecheck'] = 'Verifique este utilizador';
$txt['stopspammer_limitexceded'] = 'Excedeu o limite de verifica&ccedil;&atilde;o (5000 API queries por dia).<br />Dever&aacute; esperar por amanh&atilde; para tentar novamente.';

$txt['in_stop_forum_spam'] = 'No Stop Forum Spam Web:';
$txt['spammers_checks'] = 'Averigue estes Membros';
$txt['spammers_report'] = 'Reporte estes Membros';
$txt['confirm_spammers_checks'] = 'Tem a certeza que quer averiguar os membros seleccionados?';
$txt['confirm_spammers_report'] = 'Tem a certeza que quer reportar os membros seleccionados??\n\nN&atilde;o se esque&ccedil;a que quando reporta um membro ao SFS ele/ela fica marcado como spammer em todo o mundo\ne ele/ola n&atilde;o poder&aacute; usar nenhum dos f&oacute;runs ligados &agrave; SFS por toda a Internet.\n\nFa&ccedil;a-o apenas se tivere certeza absoluta que s&atilde;o spammers e se por qualquer motivo você cometer um erro\ncomunique o mais rapidamente poss&iacute;vel o autor do mod para que ele possa corrigir o erro na base de dados da SFS.';

[FragaCampos]

Me again.

I had to unistall the mod, because when i try to register a new user i receive the following error:

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare checkdbspammer() (previously declared in public_html/Sources/Subs-Members.php:1136) in public_html/Sources/StopSpammer.php on line 58

can anyone tell me why this happens?

[DragonKith]

I have been getting spammers like every day registering on my board there was a time i had like 20 to 30 spammers registered on my board and this is with Stop Spammer install on my board.Is there going to be a new version of Stop Spammer coming out soon