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Spammers registered even with active captcha

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Hi,

i get some spammers registered in my website even with active captcha (Google's recaptcha). I also using JFBConnect for social connect with LinkedIn profile. The spammers registered thru JomSocial registration, fill all the requered fileds and activate their profiles thru email in gmail.com.

What is the solution of this problem?

Thanks.

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If they bypasses ReCaptcha and activation emails it means that they are humans.
The only thing you can do is check IP or email domain they are login/register from and ban it.
This is rather overall Joomla! authorization problem so you could also ask for advice on Joomla! forum.

extensions.joomla.org/extensions/access-...e-access/ip-blocking


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Here is some example:

User name: afoq29isoa
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Name: afoq29isoa
Gender: Male
About me: i am a beatiful girl i like this Website
Phone Number: 5224413365665
State: guangdong
Current Location: shenzhen

and etc. so this is some user spammer, not bot? There are other registered spammers with that exact information (gender, about me, phone, state, location) filled in custom fileds.

Okay, I will try your advice to block their IP addresses, but they never login, where can I see the IP addresses?

Thanks.

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Bots can't bypass ReCaptch, so It has to be live user.

You'll not see IP in Joomla out-of-the-box. You'll need to uses 3rd party extensions:
extensions.joomla.org/extensions/access-...e-access/ip-blocking

You may try also check server logs.

Ask on Joomla! forum: forum.joomla.org/ I'm sure they tell you more how to fight user spammers.


- Instead of saying: 'it's not working', explain the problem in detail.
- Screenshots with the URL visible in them and the problem marked are more than welcome.
- Tell us how to replicate the problem, we can't fix it if we can't find it.
- Make sure that your site/server meets JomSocial System Requirements
- Make sure to setup JomSocial Cron Job
- Always provide us with access details to the backend and ftp. We need it to debug problems.
- If you have a similar problem, but a solution you found isn't working, open a new thread instead of 'merging' with an existing one.

- Use the "Thank You" feature on any post that helped you
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