Invision Community 4: SEO, prepare for v5 and dormant account notifications Matt November 11, 2024Nov 11
Posted June 21, 20231 yr Just had an influx of them, about 8 from various places, who keep getting past the hCaptcha. Is there anything else I can do..? Any helpful tips?
June 21, 20231 yr Community Expert Have you increased the sensitivity in hCaptchas site itself? Also, do you have questions and answers in place? Unfortunately spam has indeed been somewhat of an issue lately
June 21, 20231 yr Author Have you increased the sensitivity in hCaptchas site itself? Also, do you have questions and answers in place? Unfortunately spam has indeed been somewhat of an issue lately The IP ban on the 'people' who are trying to spam is currently doing a good job. It's banned about 15 others since I posted. But I'll look at hCapta settings too Thanks Marc, as always. Top stuff. Edited June 21, 20231 yr by Owlsonline Admin
June 21, 20231 yr Author I've had 30 "people" register on our site today, it seems the IP and hCaptcha change is catching the majority but I've never seen an influx of spammers like this before at all!
June 21, 20231 yr Community Expert It's happening across the board. It's targeting all sorts of sites. Not just IPB, but anything online where users can submit content.
June 21, 20231 yr Author It's happening across the board. It's targeting all sorts of sites. Not just IPB, but anything online where users can submit content. Annoying! But in a weird way, glad it's not just us!
June 21, 20231 yr Community Expert Annoying! But in a weird way, glad it's not just us! If you have not already looked into it... there is a 3rd party company called CleanTalk that has been a big help in reducing spam on my site as well. It's 12 bucks a year, and there are lots of ways of getting additional free time. It's not perfect, but it catches a lot. When combined with IPS anti-spam and hCaptcha, I only have 1-2 that get through a week with more than 400 attempts weekly.
June 22, 20231 yr Author We're working on an update to help combat this increased wave of spam. #ThingsYouLoveToRead
June 22, 20231 yr Management #ThingsYouLoveToRead Unlike the final score at Hillsborough on a certain Thursday night in May, as a Posh fan. 😅
July 5, 20231 yr Author Unlike the final score at Hillsborough on a certain Thursday night in May, as a Posh fan. 😅 Hi Matt.... I was there, At the bottom of the 'C' in the stand opposite... 🤣
July 5, 20231 yr Management You had a great view to watch Dan Butler's penalty zoom over the stadium.
July 10, 20231 yr We're working on an update to help combat this increased wave of spam. How’s this going? I’m suddenly getting hit with spam registrations as well. Edited July 10, 20231 yr by Allen Bradford
July 10, 20231 yr Community Expert How’s this going? I’m suddenly getting hit with spam registrations as well. Please bear with us on any updates. Of course, we would need to write them first of all
July 10, 20231 yr Management The project is well underway. Not firm ETA, but it's coming to v4, so you won't need to wait for v5.
July 10, 20231 yr Community Expert Matt, it will be available for Cloud only customers? Also - free of charge or…? Best regards.
July 10, 20231 yr Management Matt, it will be available for Cloud only customers? Also - free of charge or…? Best regards. Almost all functionality will be available to those with active licenses, certainly more than enough to combat the surge we've seen. We may add a little more algorithm-crunching stuff for cloud given access to AWS computing power and more room to swallow additional costs given cloud pricing. It's very much in progress, so we'll have news when everything has been completed.
