Fake registrations

  • Hello, how to definitively stop bot registrations to my blog?
    Every day i delete fake users accounts from my site. How to stop it?
    I’m using “Stop Spammer Registrations Plugin” and “Bot Blocker” but i still receive fake registrations almost every day!
    How to finally solve this problem?

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  • Thread Starter smartmouse

    (@smartmouse)

    I discover that the “problem” was 3 changed files:

    wp-includes/version.php
    wp-config-sample.php
    readme.html

    I compared with the original files and the differences are related to localization (translation). So no worries about them and no need to upload WordPress again.

    Now i try “Theme My Login” plugin…

    Thread Starter smartmouse

    (@smartmouse)

    I don’t understand how to use Theme My Login, anyway i deleted it.
    Now installed added a captcha on registration form, so now there are 2 captcha!

    I will update you if this works.

    Thread Starter smartmouse

    (@smartmouse)

    Wow, no fake registrations in the last week!
    I finally solved my problem!

    What does it mean? Bots can bypass reCaptcha?!?

    Yes, many of them can. But more likely is some flaw either in the captcha-plugins or the registration system (which may be altered by the plugins) that gives backdoor access to registrations. I’m glad you found a solution, though I would caution against the use of captcha-plugins in general. One of the plugins likely plugged whatever hole was in your security.

    @smartmouse, what 2 captchas plugins are you using?

    I’m having the same problem. I have SI Captcha and Spam Free WordPress, but neither seems to be working now.

    I was getting 20-30 bogus registrations a day. Adding the Register Plus Redux plugin, which adds standard fields like first name, last name, website, personal info, did not slow the flood. The bots seemed perfectly at home with those fields and filled them with random urls and texts. But adding the Stop Registration Spam plugin did the trick. This plugin adds one “challenge” type field. You define a question, such as “What animal goes meeow?” and the user has to fill in the answer. So far this has stopped the fake registration bots dead cold. Not a single successful bot registration.

    BTW I don’t completely get the point of fake registrations. The site already has strong spam comment controls and I haven’t had a single spam comment get through. All I can think of is that the mass of fake users could all decide to log on at the same instant, swamp the server, and somehow wreak havoc on the site. Otherwise why are they bothering?

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