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Spammers registration | Forum

allen kusiluka
allen kusiluka May 9 '14
Hi, 

There is a new registration of a user, I found that he/she's a spam, and there is this problem:- Every new user defaults to basic account type, admin will then change his/her account type when they complete their profile. This spammer's account type is a link of a certain website, as shown on the attached picture, I don't know how he do this, I delete the user and after a few hours or days he registers again with a different name, I know it's the same spammer because he/she uses the same avatar, and the account type will be a link to a certain website. 

I really need your help.


Kieron H Leader
Kieron H May 9 '14
that does seem very severe if spammers can do this 
The Forum post is edited by Kieron H May 9 '14
Sen Projects
Sen Projects May 9 '14
We had that problem last year in our demo sites. Looks like no one has ever solved this problem yet. What we did is disable registration in our demo sites but I'm sure you cannot do that in your operations.
kevinL
kevinL May 9 '14
spammer can put a link under " real name" box.  how to restrict it.
Steve Winter
Steve Winter May 9 '14
Blocking the IP of the bad person can prevent re-registering.
John
John May 9 '14
It's a good suggestion and shouldn't be hard to do as a hack.

See if you can catch Aliia's attention. Shes already helped me fix a curly one.