CAPTCHA Anti-Robot Mod

[DrByte]

Already answered in your other duplicate post: http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.p...-Error-Message

(Please don't post duplicates!!!!!!)

[firstcapitalfirearms]

I uninstalled Captcha and reinstalled it. I am able to go to Admin-Captcha Validation and the page pulls up but there is nothing there. In the readme file it states to set the pages to "true". I am pretty sure something is wrong as I don't have anything on the Captcha Validation. What do I need to do to fix this.

Thanks
Mark

[stantcb]

this is pretty much usless, nothing is sorted by date or even relates to the 1.5.0 issues.

[DivaVocals]

this is pretty much usless, nothing is sorted by date or even relates to the 1.5.0 issues.

and this post isn't helpful either.. (can't tell if you're just posting a general grip or if you've posted in the wrong thread)

What would be helpful is if you posted what issue you are having so that those who volunteer to help others can actually help..

[kencor1]

I have installed captcha verification and some how on the create account page it is displaying 2 verification boxes. If someone could tell me how I can remove one of them that would be great. I am using zencart 151. I have re installed the files but it is still show 2 boxes. I am thinking that it is in the database some how. But i could be wrong

Thanks,
Tom

[g2ktcf]

The activity here seems to have died a while back. Is this still a supported Plugin? I am getting spammed to death lol. I really need this for 1.5.1.

If its not still active, does anyone have a better solution?

Thanks
Chris

[DivaVocals]

The activity here seems to have died a while back. Is this still a supported Plugin? I am getting spammed to death lol. I really need this for 1.5.1.

If its not still active, does anyone have a better solution?

Thanks
Chris

Anti-spam preventions are built into Zen Cart v1.5.x

[g2ktcf]

Anti-spam preventions are built into Zen Cart v1.5.x

ok, I am going to have to ask since I cannot seem to find anything. Where? I get around 50-60 spam messages a day from the "Website Inquiry" side from bots.

[dbltoe]

What 1.5.1 does is include an invisible item that the bots think needs to be filled in. If it is, the bot will get a confirmation of sending but, the email(s) will not go out.

What you are experiencing is happening to a lot of us. In some 4th world country, individuals are being paid to search for contact_us pages and fill each one with a bogus add. Just a single entry that does not raise any flags. And, if needed, the employee will fill in the required captcha data. For around $10 a day, they're getting a human to act as a s p a m bot sending out one every minute or two. In their ten-hour day, that's 300 to 600 a day. I imagine some are faster.

There is no way to stop this kind of spam. You can only take away the form submission process or remove your e-mail address from the site. Even, changing the contact_us page naming convention to something like spamTrap would probably not work for long.

What I use with my e-mail is Mailwasher. There is a free version and a paid version. It allows you to bounce, delete, and/or report emails while preventing the sender from ever knowing that their e-mail was viewed. Any other program will automatically send an acknowledgement if an e-mail is simply viewed in ANY other program.

Using its connection to spamcop.net, I can easily report offenders and do so to the tune of 30 or so a day per site. The more we identify, the more cpanel and other s p a m services will be able to stop.

You have to consider just how many valid queries are coming in and decide if they are low enough to make real customers call versus e-mail. IMHO, if real questions are 25% or more, I'm gonna live with the spam.

[DivaVocals]

ok, I am going to have to ask since I cannot seem to find anything. Where? I get around 50-60 spam messages a day from the "Website Inquiry" side from bots.

It's a "deterrent" which means it will help prevent most normal spam.. but it's not bullet-proof and neither is CAPTCHA..

What 1.5.1 does is include an invisible item that the bots think needs to be filled in. If it is, the bot will get a confirmation of sending but, the email(s) will not go out.

What you are experiencing is happening to a lot of us. In some 4th world country, individuals are being paid to search for contact_us pages and fill each one with a bogus add. Just a single entry that does not raise any flags. And, if needed, the employee will fill in the required captcha data. For around $10 a day, they're getting a human to act as a s p a m bot sending out one every minute or two. In their ten-hour day, that's 300 to 600 a day. I imagine some are faster.

There is no way to stop this kind of spam. You can only take away the form submission process or remove your e-mail address from the site. Even, changing the contact_us page naming convention to something like spamTrap would probably not work for long.

Exactly.. So like you pointed out SOME of the spam battle has to be manage using your e-mail client/host..