Joomla anti-spam

Use this for Joomla 1.5 
http://trac.4theweb.nl/jprojects/wiki/plg_badbehaviour

Hello Guys, 
 
I also installed it on my joomla 1.5.8, the installation was successfully, but how can i check if it is running as there was no refresh page at the end of the installation. I previewed my site to make sure it start running but i dont know if it is running fine ?? 
can any body plz share the experience on joomla 1.5 
 
thank  
sandeep.

Hi there, 
 
First of all: TX for all the good & hard work you're doing here. then, there's a new version out 2.0.25, any chance to have this one up here soon? I could also well do with a short description on how to update that bot myself - if there is time to do a write-up on that, that would be too cool.

I'm really happy to be able to protect my site a little more. However, when I installed it I never saw the window I had to refresh. It basically didn't happen, but the mambot/plug-in was installed successfully. What went wrong? 
 
Thank you guys! I will be sharing this with everybody!. 
 
k.

Hey i found this new versión of this plug in but for joomla 1.5 enjoy it coz is very good. 
 
 
http://extensions.joomla.org/component/option,com_mtree/task,viewlink/link_id,2891/Itemid,35/

I agree i have a public shoutbox and spammers started to send ads to my shoutbox. 
 
I used this pluging in joomla 1.x and it worked great!!! so please upgrade it

I use RSform and I spam the rest of teh world with this. Please I want this component for v1.5!

How about a big leap to J! 1.5 and Bad Behavior 2.0.22? Would be a great improvement!

installed the bot. clicked on it to see config parameters. Paged refreshed with a 'restricted access' message. Cannont get to my site's front end or back end.  
 
Any help would be appreciated.

How can I get this to work, I get the errors 
 
Warning: stripos() expects parameter 1 to be string, NULL given in /home/mydomain/public_html/includes/compat.php50x.php on line 105 
 
.... 
 
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/mydomain/public_html/includes/compat.php50x.php:105) in /home/mydomain/public_html/mambots/system/bad-behavior/screener.inc.php on line 8 
 
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/mydomain/public_html/includes/compat.php50x.php:105) in /home/mydomain/public_html/includes/joomla.php on line 1463 
 
I tried to load it a few times as others have said it only shows once but it shows all teh time. 
 
Using J1.0.15 
Sobi 2.8.6 (several clones) 
Joomsef 2.2.6 
and others...

You're right, strict mode isn't documented. This is my oversight. In brief, it enables some checks which block even more spammers by ensuring strict conformance to the HTTP specification but which, in practice, may block actual human beings (typically those in large corporate networks and developing countries).

Please, skip my previous message, I installed an older version... Stupid. 
 
New issue with BadBehavior v2.0.15 mambot is that I receive immediately the message 'Access Restricted' 
 
This message is on the front and backend! There was only one solution to get the access back: rename the .php file with FTP ! 
 
What's wrong?

I have installed the plugin and get the message: succesful installed. 
 
Where can I found: Next, you should click "Site->Preview in new window" in your admin. You should get a first install message that will dissapear when refreshing the page. 
 
There's nothing to see in the front or backend... 
 
Kind regards

Fantastic component, we were having real problems with spammers attacking our www.betgizmo.com website. Almost immediately after install our stats reported just real customers again.

You write, "Strict mode parameter - please review BadBehavior Documentation for this", but I don't find anything in the documentation about this. Can you please show me where it is?

A small problem after installing this on a Joomla 1.5.2 site. When I try to upload pictures they fail at about 90% of the upload. Turn off your module and they upload OK.

Hi and thanks for your highly appreciated mambot, I wonder if you are going to develop it for the new version of Joomla, it would be great!!

Will there be a version for Joomla 1.5? 
I love this program and will not build another Joomla site without it. But I like to build 1.5 sites! 
 
greetings 
Patrick

Hi, Great bot! Works fine, but have a question: 
I would like to blacklist a single (or range) ip-addresses like you can do in the whitelist.inc.php. 
Any suggestions? 
Thanx!

Hi bad-beahavior release new version 2.0.13, please can you update the mambot ... 
 
More info: 
http://www.bad-behavior.ioerror.us/2008/01/27/bad-behavior-2013/ 
 
Greeting's

Anyone who would like a version utilising the recently released 2.0.12 version: Simply overwrite the files inside the installation zip with the identically named ones in the newer, official BB distribution.

I have just made a small contribution via PayPal towards the next version of this plugin, in the hope it might bring it about a little sooner. 
 
TIA

Hi bad-behavior have a new release you can check please: 
http://www.bad-behavior.ioerror.us/2008/01/18/bad-behavior-2012/ 
 
Greeting's

This is how I crassly got the update to work, as in my case the "official" route -- i.e. going into the Joomla Admin menu, uninstall BB2 mambot and reinstall the updated version (and don't forget to re-publish it...) -- didn't work, due to the 403s I got smacked with. 
 
This is (was) my case: I still had access via FTP, but couldn't delete the /bad-behavior/ plugin folder inside /mambots/system/ (i.e. because all its files were set to nobody/nobody ownership by Joomla, so I couldn't kill it on my remote host). What I did was rename the /bad-behavior folder to an arbitary other name, e.g. TRASHME, as well as the two BB2 plugins that reside "loose" inside the /mambots/system/ folder (i.e. bb2_bot.php and bb2_bot.xml) which effectively disables BB2. 
 
Then, log into Joomla/Admin (yay!) and to be sure "uninstall" the BB2 mambot, then upload and install the updated file... Done! Of course, those "old" renamed files still need to be deleted, but your sysadmin (i.e., your hosting tech support) should be able to manually delete them with their high-level system privileges, overriding the nobody/nobody (or www/www in some cases) owner/group ownership rights. 
 
All in all - problem solved, thanks for the fast turn-around update for the Joomla community!

Hello 
Looks like the home page for bad-behaviour aint working 
http://www.homelandstupidity.us/software/bad-behavior/

Does Bad Behavior protect phone numbers on a site from being harvested by bots? 
 
In fact, doesn't BB protect all content on a Joomla site from being harvested by undesirable bots?

Thanks for porting  
Did not manage to find the proper documentation first, so here it is for everyone else: 
http://www.bad-behavior.ioerror.us/2006/07/04/bad-behavior-2/ 
 
Cheers

I got this bot spamming all my comment boxes, it gets on my nerves. I use the same akocomment as urs and everyday I had to delete 200-300 comments.. 
 
I wonder how thing tool will work eager to find out

What documentation would you be referring to? I found the link on a Joomla 1.5 extension list. 
 
http://extensions.joomla-org.com/

@24: the bot only works for Joomla version < 1.5. 
Did you even bother to read 2 lines of documentation?

Silly question but how do you change the Verbose parameter?

PHP Notice: Undefined variable: screener1 in /.../mambots/system/bad-behavior/post.inc.php on line 39

Hi, 
 
WOW, what a great mambot! 
I'd like to stay updated when your module to see stats will be available. 
But I can't find any place to write my email. 
So keep me informed please!!

I really wish it work, but it doen't not seem work out for me. so i just uninstall it. please give some advices. here is my website: http://daitangkinhvietnam.org and the message: 
Error 403 
We're sorry, but we could not fulfill your request for / on this server. 
 
An invalid request was received from your browser. This may be caused by a  
malfunctioning proxy server or browser privacy software. 
 
Your technical support key is: 456a-6ba9-45b3-5e30 
 
You can use this key to fix this problem yourself. 
 
If you are unable to fix the problem yourself, please contact daitangkinhvietnam at yahoo.com and be sure to provide the technical support key shown above.

At first run ! The page produce garbage! and I am really shock! almost panick!  
 
But then I read the readable msg that say something like you only got this msg once!  
 
Whoaaaa! what a relief! I thought your plugin really messed up my system!  
 
Anyway thanks for the great plugin! I am having problems with these spammer using my tell a friend modules as well as registration. 
 
Hopefully this plugin will reduce if not eliminate the problems 
 
thanks again 
 
ronn

Hi i installed this mambot. and it gives me problems.  
i installed it in a test site that nobody knows yet except me. and when i want to test it it gives me.  
 
Error 400 
 
We're sorry, but we could not fulfill your request for /joomla/ on this server. 
 
An invalid request was received. This may be caused by a malfunctioning proxy server or browser privacy software. If you are using a proxy server, bypass the proxy server or contact your proxy server administrator. 
 
Your technical support key is: 5248-2a48-a52f-0448 
 
You can use this key to fix this problem yourself. 
 
i dont run a proxy and all and im the only person that views it so there is somekind of problem in the script or so? i use firefox no idea where to look what might block it.

Hi hope you can help I get these errors when viewing an article on my Joomnla site after activating the BB2 bot 
 
Warning: stripos() expects parameter 1 to be string, NULL given in /home/mysite/public_html/includes/compat.php50x.php on line 105 
 
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/mysite/public_html/includes/compat.php50x.php:105) in /home/mysite/public_html/mambots/system/bad-behavior/screener.inc.php on line 8 
 
Notice: SSI.php was unable to load a session! This may cause problems with logout and other functions - please make sure SSI.php is included before *anything* else in all your scripts! in /home/mysite/public_html/forums/SSI.php on line 160 
 
Any ideas? 
 
Thanks

i am having this problem using awardspace. it seems to work find using site preview but afterwards viewing the homepage says there's an error and there's a problem using a error document to handle it.

I have no skills with php nor mysql but i am really upset about comment spammers at my forum... 
 
I was looking for a solution and found Bad Bevaiour for Joomla!: 
http://extensions.joomla.org/component/option,com_mtree/task,viewlink/link_id,2081/Itemid,35/ 
 
It works pretty fine but its database is not up to date so a few spammers get my forums. 
 
I did continue my search and found Project Honey Pot: 
http://www.projecthoneypot.org 
 
Obviously, it looks like a final solution but i have not experiencie to code a bot for joomla. 
 
Finally, totally freak with the spam, I decided to try including some lines to my INDEX.PHP and amazing it works. 
 
I copy and paste the lines i put at the very top of my index.php in order to pray for help to get those lines into a proper structure for a mambot: 
---------- 
// My http:BL key 
$apikey = 'YOUshouldPUTyourOWNkeyHERE'; 
 
// IP to test : your visitor's 
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; 
 
// build the lookup DNS query 
// Example : for '127.9.1.2' you should query 'abcdefghijkl.2.1.9.127.dnsbl.httpbl.org' 
$lookup = $apikey . '.' . implode('.', array_reverse(explode ('.', $ip ))) . '.dnsbl.httpbl.org'; 
 
// check query response 
$result = explode( '.', gethostbyname($lookup)); 
 
if ($result[0] == 127) { 
// query successful ! 
$activity = $result[1]; 
$threat = $result[2]; 
$type = $result[3]; 
 
if ($type & 0) $typemeaning .= 'Search Engine, '; 
if ($type & 1) $typemeaning .= 'Suspicious, '; 
if ($type & 2) { 
$typemeaning .= 'Harvester, '; 
$kurl="http://www.inosanchez.com/stopspam.php"; 
header("location:$kurl"); } 
if ($type & 4) { 
$typemeaning .= 'Comment Spammer, '; 
$kurl="http://www.inosanchez.com/stopspam.php"; 
header("location:$kurl"); } 
$typemeaning = trim($typemeaning,', '); 
} 
---------- 
The only thing you need is a Honey Pot Key, don't worry it is free, and you can get it from: 
http://www.projecthoneypot.org/httpbl.php 
 
Those lines are working great but i'm totally sure they should not be placed like i did nor where i did. 
 
Any guides or help to make a bridge of Honey Pot with Joomla! will be really apreciatted. 
 
Thanks in advance for your help.

oh okay... 
 
read this page below 
 
http://www.bad-behavior.ioerror.us/2005/09/30/what-to-do-when-bad-behavior-blocks-you-or-your-friends/ 
 
hmm... not sure if I can be be bothered to deal with this if the first person I test in on - Me! - falls at the first hurdle! 
 

I get the following message below when activated - any ideas why? 
 
Error 403 
We're sorry, but we could not fulfill your request for / on this server. 
 
An invalid request was received from your browser. This may be caused by a malfunctioning proxy server or browser privacy software. 
 
Your technical support key is: 5198-ae63-45b3-5e30 
 
You can use this key to fix this problem yourself. 
 
If you are unable to fix the problem yourself, please contact info at hackneyindependent.org and be sure to provide the technical support key shown above.

Hiya, 
 
We've installed this on our site but it seems to be blocking legitmate surfers. The bb2_log shows the ip address etc but to be perfectly honest, I do not understand what the logs are telling me. Can anyone help me understand what the logs mean?

Hi, please go to the BB2 homepage and read more about how it works.

Hi, 
 
 
how can you tell it is not blocking 'legal' http requests? 
 
Tnx a lot for the work done!

Don't worry, those are harmless warnings, because the plugin outputs this one-time message before Joomla! expects. If you had your error reporting set to simple(in Administration->Global Configuration->Server), you would never have seen the warnings.

Hi! 
 
After instalation bot and logout i've warning messages 
 
BB2_bot was installed. You only get this message once, at the first run. Enjoy! 
 
Please refresh this page to clear this message 
 
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /srv/www/htdocs/mambots/system/bad-behavior/bad-behavior-joomla.php:196) in /srv/www/htdocs/mambots/system/bad-behavior/screener.inc.php on line 8 
 
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /srv/www/htdocs/mambots/system/bad-behavior/bad-behavior-joomla.php:196) in /srv/www/htdocs/index.php on line 250 
 
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /srv/www/htdocs/mambots/system/bad-behavior/bad-behavior-joomla.php:196) in /srv/www/htdocs/index.php on line 251 
 
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /srv/www/htdocs/mambots/system/bad-behavior/bad-behavior-joomla.php:196) in /srv/www/htdocs/index.php on line 252 
 
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /srv/www/htdocs/mambots/system/bad-behavior/bad-behavior-joomla.php:196) in /srv/www/htdocs/index.php on line 253 
 
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /srv/www/htdocs/mambots/system/bad-behavior/bad-behavior-joomla.php:196) in /srv/www/htdocs/index.php on line 254 
 
I hope so thats don't some security hole in Joomla.  
 
I used joomla 1.0.12 
apache2-prefork-2.0.49-27.26 
apache2-mod_fastcgi-2.4.0-243.1 
apache2-2.0.49-27.26 
apache2-mod_php4-4.3.4-43.31 
apache2-mod_python-3.1.3-37.6 
apache2-mod_perl-1.99_12_20040302-38.1