Posted 4 years ago #
I am getting more users signing up from the ukr.net domain.
These take the form of:
bestreferatsru@ukr.net
superreferatsru@ukr.net
allbestreferats@ukr.net
So to me it looks lke these are not "real" people. What advantage is there in them registering, what can they do, should I be worried?
Posted 4 years ago #
Really can't say for sure, but you could very well be right that these are bots, and it is probable that they are going to start posting comment spam. Hopefully you have akismet or another good filter set up. Again, I can't be sure, but watch your comments to see what comes in from these "subscribers".
They are bots. I've written a plugin to deal with them. but it's currently not working with WP-2.5.
And to be honest, the best way to deal with them is to rename/edit all the files that use the fields used for the real registration submissions, but leave user_login or one of the default fields in tact in the form, but hidden by CSS. You can then check to see if the hidden field was used.
A bot will see the hidden field.
Those that do, are sent off elsewhere.
For instance, here is a recent series of post submissions to my own registration form:
user_login = shoneetek
user_email = helga_krasavitsa@mail.ru
submit = Register
action = register
78.157.143.200I check to see if user_login is filled in. If it is, they are scurried away to another site, never to be seen again. I get no email, and they dont get to register.
That's confusing to you prolly, but its very effective.
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