Post by Rupert_B » Mon May 02, 2022 11:13 pm

Hi:

I know this has been asked before, but I thought I had this under control for a while. I removed all the "login" links from the homepage. However, now I think the "problem" customers are adding an item to their shopping cart to get access to the "create account" page. The "new customers" usually arrive with a name that looks like code or a long password. I've been blocking their IP addresses, but that can go on forever. I have basic Captcha and using v3.0.3.8 Thanks!
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Post by JNeuhoff » Tue May 03, 2022 12:00 am

Captchas are pretty useless nowadays against Spambots. Our SpamBot Buster uses a different approach and should be able to fully prevent fake account registrations.

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Post by kestas » Tue May 03, 2022 2:02 am

You can try this STOP SPAM extension: https://www.opencart.com/index.php?rout ... Smartechas

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Post by Rupert_B » Tue May 03, 2022 9:39 pm

Thank you everyone for the help and good suggestions! I did sign up for the Google V2 captcha, but I can't see any "are you a robot" prompts anywhere. Do I need to install any code to get that going, or is it not working because I've removed some of the "create new account" links?

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Post by ADD Creative » Tue May 03, 2022 10:26 pm

Have you set the settings in the Captcha section of the Option tab in System -> Settings?

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Post by Rupert_B » Tue May 03, 2022 11:05 pm

aah! That's very helpful! I changed it in settings...now the Captcha box appears at the end of the account registration fields ....I'll see how it goes now.

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Post by Rupert_B » Tue May 10, 2022 12:46 am

Thanks everyone! Adding the Google captcha seemed to solve everything....no fake sign-ups and very few strange IPs visiting now. I appreciate the help!

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