Just look at the new members, they are going up very fast. just go on the last pages of new members... nearly all of them are from a register-bot!

its just a suggestion but i am almost sure!

WOW, starts around october on page 10, gees thats alot.

wrote on 17.12.07 at 08:39:52:

WOW, starts around october on page 10, gees thats alot.

I'll check into it and pass a note along to FF.

Yeah, it's automated Spam-Bots that manage to Register, but cannot post.

They've done so for more than a year, but activities notably increased around 3 months ago.

I'll look into upgrading the Forum around new year, that should make managing (and banning) these Bots more easy.

Spam-Bots have been quite successful in other unmoderated/managed by inexperienced Admin Forums, I guess that's why the Spammers got so much into them.

Can't you implement one of those things where you have to enter a code as seen on an image in order to be able to register?

Can't seem to recall it's name ???

I believe the acronym you are looking for is "CAPTCHA."

Yes, but that would require deep modifications to this old YaBB Board Version.

I'll implement a comparable function when the Board is up-to-date and I have access to all current Board Modifications needed to solve the problem.