Sudden flood of fake registrations. Anyone else?

  • Resolved Mugsy

    (@mugsy)


    11 years, 2 months ago

    Just wondering if anyone else has suddenly been receiving a flood of fake user registrations over the past few months… ALL from “@hotmail.com” or “@outlook.com”?

    While I have Captcha’s (both visual and math) on my Registration page, I still get about two a day, always in the same format of “FirstnameLastname” with no space and an email address that looks totally randomly generated.

    Along with the Captcha’s, I require new Registrations to verify their address by email, yet nothing seems to stop these fake registrations with no apparent way to block them. It would seem Microsoft changed something recently in the way Hotmail/Outlook handles Spambots and has a serious problem on it’s hands.

    Anyone else experiencing this recently or does my blog just need tweaking?

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  • onepack

    (@onepack)

    Hi Mugsy,

    Thank you for your reply. At this moment I’m writing my own challenge that will replace the capcha. Only thing left is to make it random so the security is stronger.

    As we get 20 or more fake signups a day it’s necessary to fix it asap.

    Thread Starter Mugsy

    (@mugsy)

    Be sure to make your plugin available to others if it works. ??

    yougotchoices

    (@yougotchoices)

    ok,
    I just posted this problem in a new thread.
    And I’ve read through here because I am having the same problem. But do not understand the solution.

    Can someone PLEASE break it down – what I am supposed to do to solve this issue?

    THANKS!

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    @yougotchoices: If you require assistance then, as per the Forum Welcome, please post your own topic.

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