2011-10-09, 09:37 AM
Well, I can say that "The most users online at one time was ..." counts spam bots and various other irrelevant IPs, hence the insane amount of users online on my forum in February as opposed to the number of registered members.
This is what I did. Security question fields in particular helped a lot. I used to get spambots registering regularly, but now it is not a problem. I don't know why you've deleted your site. That sounds like a bit of a drastic measure to be honest. You could easily have reset your forum to its original state (a total purge) and implemented the above methods to prevent a spam outbreak.
Quote:To prevent them from registering you can use Re-Captcha, Registration security question and Stop Forum Spam.
This is what I did. Security question fields in particular helped a lot. I used to get spambots registering regularly, but now it is not a problem. I don't know why you've deleted your site. That sounds like a bit of a drastic measure to be honest. You could easily have reset your forum to its original state (a total purge) and implemented the above methods to prevent a spam outbreak.