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SpamBots Getting Through

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I use WordPress as my blogging system, and a while back, I installed the Challenge Captcha. But recently the SpamBots broke it and have been able to find the correct answer to the math questions. As a result, they’ve been leaving their nasty comments. So, I’ve reconfigured the Challenge to ask the question in a more English style. I guess it’s pretty easy for the SpamBots to evaluate “3 x 4 + 2″. But now we’ll see how easy it is for them to evaluate “What is the sum of 2 and 4″.

I really don’t know who has the time or energy to waste on such things. And I don’t know what they are trying to accomplish other than being a nuisance.

Comments

One Response to “SpamBots Getting Through”

  1. Robert Fischer on December 6th, 2007 4:58 pm

    Try out Akismet: http://akismet.com/

    It’s worked wonders over at Enfranchised Mind.

    Some people are also a fan of HashCash, although I’m not using it (Akismet works well enough for me): http://wordpress-plugins.feifei.us/hashcash/

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