This is a very simply anti-bot modification but as it's quite custom it works against like 99% of all bots, even most dynamic ones.
The trick is just to add a "Are you a bot question" dropdown box in the registration page and make "YES" default, so even the dynamic bots stumble over it. I know there are better anti-bot mods available (Mikes seems to be awesome), but i was looking for a leightweight solution that doesnt produce much more traffic and SQL requests, so this is what i came up with.
here's how to implement it:
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1. Open your inc_profile.asp and search for this block:
(Just search for <select name=""ReceiveEMail, as i deleted unnecessary spaces and tabs in my snitz)
if strMode = "Register" then
Response.Write "<td bgColor=""" & strPopUpTableColor & """ valign=""middle""><font face=""" & strDefaultFontFace & """ size=""" & strDefaultFontSize & """>" & vbNewLine & _
"<select name=""ReceiveEMail"">" & vbNewLine & _
"<option value=""1"" selected>Yes</option>" & vbNewLine & _
"<option value=""0"">No</option>" & vbNewLine & _
"</select></font></td>" & vbNewLine
BELOW add the following:
'#############Kyodai bot check
Response.Write "<tr valign=""middle"">" & vbNewLine & _
"<td bgColor=""" & strPopUpTableColor & """ align=""right"" valign=""middle"" width=""10%"" nowrap><b><font face=""" & strDefaultFontFace & """ size=""" & strFooterFontSize & """>Are you a bot: </font></b></td>" & vbNewLine
Response.Write "<td bgColor=""" & strPopUpTableColor & """ valign=""middle""><font face=""" & strDefaultFontFace & """ size=""" & strDefaultFontSize & """>" & vbNewLine & _
"<select name=""IsBot"">" & vbNewLine & _
"<option value=""1"" selected>Yes</option>" & vbNewLine & _
"<option value=""5"">No</option>" & vbNewLine & _
"</select></font></td>" & vbNewLine
'##############Kyodai bot check
Open register.asp and search for the following block of code:
(Again just search for "UserName already in Use, Please Choose " as i got rid of unnecassary spaces and tabs)
Err_Msg = Err_Msg & "<li>UserName already in Use, Please Choose Another</li>"
end if
rs.close
set rs = nothing
AFTER add the following:
'##############Kyodai bot check
if Request.Form("IsBot") = "5" then
'nothing, everything fine
else
Response.write "<br><br>You have stated that you are a bot. However, bots may not register. Please check your info and try again.<br><br>"
response.end
end if
'##############Kyodai bot check
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That's it. No additional SQL queries and just a few more bytes on loading the register.asp due to the additional dropbox. I know it sounds to simple to be true but it really works against all bots so far on my forums. Maybe there's really intelligent dynamic page loading and parsing bots, but so far i haven't run into one.
