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Spam in K2 comments with recaptcha on
- Bas Boerman
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13 years 10 months ago #98350
by Bas Boerman
Spam in K2 comments with recaptcha on was created by Bas Boerman
I have a lot of spam messages in my comments of K2 these days (about 60 a day). reCAPTCHA is turned on...
Does anybody know if there is a beter/other way to project K2 from spam in it's comments system.
Does anybody know if there is a beter/other way to project K2 from spam in it's comments system.
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13 years 10 months ago #98351
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Replied by Wil Cleland on topic Spam in K2 comments with recaptcha on
We counted 3600 lines of comments in the DB this morning of one of our clients. This is a very necessary solution and I too would appreciate any help or suggestions.
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13 years 10 months ago #98352
by Ron Moralis
Replied by Ron Moralis on topic Spam in K2 comments with recaptcha on
I had the same issues with reCaptcha on my other blogs, not to mention usability issues, so we switched to Nucaptcha and so far so good.....crossing my fingers.
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13 years 10 months ago #98353
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Replied by william white on topic Spam in K2 comments with recaptcha on
@ron Did you do the integration or did you find a plugin? Can you elaborate on your methods?
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13 years 10 months ago #98354
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Replied by Joom_Lee on topic Spam in K2 comments with recaptcha on
Same problem.
There is a plugin thought to be an engine for other developers: ideal.fok.com.br/joomla-extensions/free-extensions/plugin-mu...
I checked some implementation: Basically there needs to be a parameter to check if turned on and a trigger for the plugin in k2 comments. I am not advanced enough in PHP to quickly implement it, so if anybody is better and posts some guidance, I will welcome it since I do not want to install Discuss on all sites, specially if small with few comments.
There is a plugin thought to be an engine for other developers: ideal.fok.com.br/joomla-extensions/free-extensions/plugin-mu...
I checked some implementation: Basically there needs to be a parameter to check if turned on and a trigger for the plugin in k2 comments. I am not advanced enough in PHP to quickly implement it, so if anybody is better and posts some guidance, I will welcome it since I do not want to install Discuss on all sites, specially if small with few comments.
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13 years 10 months ago #98355
by Travis Prebble
Replied by Travis Prebble on topic Spam in K2 comments with recaptcha on
I had this happening for days, clearing out 20-30 spam comments every 24 hours. I finally just had to require login for comments, which I really didn't want to do. Since making that move, the spamming has stopped, but so has my comment traffic.
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13 years 10 months ago #98356
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Replied by BBC on topic Spam in K2 comments with recaptcha on
Use Jcomments for K2 commenting ?
Just install plugin for K2. You have option to import old K2 comments to Jcomments tables.
Jcomments use captcha that generates image with letters randomly from one list of alphabet and symbols. You can even chose your own in the list.
Very difficult for automatised script to break this captcha. For humans there is no help, beside registration.
So long i haven´t had single script spam in K2.
Just install plugin for K2. You have option to import old K2 comments to Jcomments tables.
Jcomments use captcha that generates image with letters randomly from one list of alphabet and symbols. You can even chose your own in the list.
Very difficult for automatised script to break this captcha. For humans there is no help, beside registration.
So long i haven´t had single script spam in K2.
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13 years 10 months ago #98357
by Travis Prebble
Replied by Travis Prebble on topic Spam in K2 comments with recaptcha on
At the time that I was getting hit, this Google search query was in my referer logs:
"2011-07-04_14-17-22" -"enter the two words you see below"
Which, when searched in Google, turns up a whole bunch of K2 based sites. So, it seems as though somebody determined a flaw in K2, set up a bot to comment on each site it could find to leave the 2011-07-04_14-17-22 string in the comments, and then returned to take advantage of the vulnerable site.
In the search results, you'll also see what I'm guessing are the reCAPTCHA public and private keys for each site.
"2011-07-04_14-17-22" -"enter the two words you see below"
Which, when searched in Google, turns up a whole bunch of K2 based sites. So, it seems as though somebody determined a flaw in K2, set up a bot to comment on each site it could find to leave the 2011-07-04_14-17-22 string in the comments, and then returned to take advantage of the vulnerable site.
In the search results, you'll also see what I'm guessing are the reCAPTCHA public and private keys for each site.
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13 years 8 months ago #98358
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Replied by HJM Cortooms on topic Spam in K2 comments with recaptcha on
Is there a solution for this spamming problem?
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13 years 8 months ago #98359
by Travis Prebble
Replied by Travis Prebble on topic Spam in K2 comments with recaptcha on
The bug I put in has been updated to say the reCAPTCHA library for K2 has been updated to v1.11. So it looks like that's the solution.
code.google.com/p/joomlaworks/issues/detail?id=111
Harrie said:
Is there a solution for this spamming problem?
code.google.com/p/joomlaworks/issues/detail?id=111
Harrie said:
Is there a solution for this spamming problem?
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13 years 8 months ago #98360
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Replied by william white on topic Spam in K2 comments with recaptcha on
Thanks, spam is bad!
this may help
this may help
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13 years 8 months ago #98361
by Travis Prebble
Replied by Travis Prebble on topic Spam in K2 comments with recaptcha on
It doesn't look like it's just as simple as dropping in the new version of the library (my comments got stuck on the spinner when I tried to post with reCAPTCHA), so if anyone know what else is needed, the info would be appreciated.
William White said:
Thanks, spam is bad!
this may help
William White said:
Thanks, spam is bad!
this may help
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13 years 8 months ago #98362
by Lefteris
Replied by Lefteris on topic Spam in K2 comments with recaptcha on
@Travis Prebble
Clean your browser's cache and check your page for java-script errors. If the new library does not solve the issue then it is a reCAPTCHA issue not K2. If that's the case then we should start thinking for using another kind of captcha. Please let us know if you have anything better than reCAPTCHA in mind.
Clean your browser's cache and check your page for java-script errors. If the new library does not solve the issue then it is a reCAPTCHA issue not K2. If that's the case then we should start thinking for using another kind of captcha. Please let us know if you have anything better than reCAPTCHA in mind.
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13 years 8 months ago #98363
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Replied by HJM Cortooms on topic Spam in K2 comments with recaptcha on
OK, but where can I find that new lib v1.11 ?
Travis Prebble said:
The bug I put in has been updated to say the reCAPTCHA library for K2 has been updated to v1.11. So it looks like that's the solution.
code.google.com/p/joomlaworks/issues/detail?id=111 Harrie said:
Is there a solution for this spamming problem?
Travis Prebble said:
The bug I put in has been updated to say the reCAPTCHA library for K2 has been updated to v1.11. So it looks like that's the solution.
code.google.com/p/joomlaworks/issues/detail?id=111 Harrie said:
Is there a solution for this spamming problem?
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13 years 8 months ago #98364
by Travis Prebble
Replied by Travis Prebble on topic Spam in K2 comments with recaptcha on
recaptcha.googlecode.com/files/recaptcha-php-1.11.zip
Harrie said:
OK, but where can I find that new lib v1.11 ?
Travis Prebble said:
The bug I put in has been updated to say the reCAPTCHA library for K2 has been updated to v1.11. So it looks like that's the solution.
code.google.com/p/joomlaworks/issues/detail?id=111 Harrie said:
Is there a solution for this spamming problem?
Harrie said:
OK, but where can I find that new lib v1.11 ?
Travis Prebble said:
The bug I put in has been updated to say the reCAPTCHA library for K2 has been updated to v1.11. So it looks like that's the solution.
code.google.com/p/joomlaworks/issues/detail?id=111 Harrie said:
Is there a solution for this spamming problem?
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13 years 8 months ago #98365
by HJM Cortooms
Replied by HJM Cortooms on topic Spam in K2 comments with recaptcha on
I did saw that one. But that has a datestamp of 25-may-2010.
In the one published with K2 it contains the text "2010-06-16 16:11:42Z joomlaworks"
Which one is the newer one.
Travis Prebble said:
recaptcha.googlecode.com/files/recaptcha-php-1.11.zip
Harrie said:
OK, but where can I find that new lib v1.11 ? Travis Prebble said:
The bug I put in has been updated to say the reCAPTCHA library for K2 has been updated to v1.11. So it looks like that's the solution.
code.google.com/p/joomlaworks/issues/detail?id=111 Harrie said:
Is there a solution for this spamming problem?
In the one published with K2 it contains the text "2010-06-16 16:11:42Z joomlaworks"
Which one is the newer one.
Travis Prebble said:
recaptcha.googlecode.com/files/recaptcha-php-1.11.zip
Harrie said:
OK, but where can I find that new lib v1.11 ? Travis Prebble said:
The bug I put in has been updated to say the reCAPTCHA library for K2 has been updated to v1.11. So it looks like that's the solution.
code.google.com/p/joomlaworks/issues/detail?id=111 Harrie said:
Is there a solution for this spamming problem?
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