Joomla anti-spam

Just a quick note to say thanks for providing this port to Joomla!.

A little plug and a BIG THANKS to you for this port. 
 
Crack Google provides search engine tips for google. 
Our readers could use this product for their websites. 
Please let me know if you want to publish an article for us on our site, we will be happy to help out. 
 
Thank you, 
 
 
Crack Google

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

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

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

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?

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.

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 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.

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.

thanks a lot 
 
i clicked on ur google ads :D

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

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.

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

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.

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!!

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

Silly question but how do you change the Verbose parameter?

this mambot work well, thank you..

I installed this on my Joomla RC3 install and I get "Restricted access" Help!

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

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

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

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

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?

Please help !!! 
i've already installed....but when i want to try... 
my homepage sais RESTRICTED ACCESS... 
what should i do???? 
 
Joomla! [ 1.0.11 Stable ]

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

^ 
it's workin for me :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!

This took down 10 of my sites for days. It blocked all the forms. Argh!

I'm looking for the download link -- but can't find it. Also I see a logon form -- but no register link.  
 
 
????? Rowby

I see the link now and have downloaded badbehavior. 
 
Thanks!

Hi, 
 
I get this error message whenever I post on the forum or a private message: 
PHP Notice: Undefined variable: screener2 in ***\mambots\system\bad-behavior\post.inc.php on line 39 
 
After a short look at the code (and I am in no way a php expert) I've seen that screener2 is used to take some data from the post. 
 
Any idea what's this problem and how can it be solved? 
 
P.S. 
I've seen someone complaining about screener1 several comments a go. 
What was the issue?

ok, I was checking it up a bit, and it looks like this error is happening on all posts. 
 
The problem with forum posts and PM is that I also get a blank page...

Just uninstalled the buggy 2.010 bot and downloaded/installed the 2.011. Argh, i still get the 403 message on my regular Windows desktop. However on a second linux pc, the site is working ?? 
What could be the problem here. Would somehouw my regular PC (on the same network and behind the same router/firewall as the linuxPC) be blacklisted. Using no static IP-adress for the desktop. 
Please Help !!

stupid me: i reread the 403 message (after reading it many many times) and went over the settings for the firewall again (after so many times). During testing i even tried to disable the firewall all together but then my browser didn't work at all. Finally i found an option for stealth mode browsing and, hey let's disable that --> It works !!! Now i can use the mambot and still browse the sites on my desktop. 
(I also had problemss on viewing teachmejoomla.net and dutchjoomla.org with that particular firewallsetting) 
 
Lesson learned : RTFM. (read the f*ing manual) 
Michael and Tudor : thanks for the work.

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

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

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.

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

I like this bot. tx anyway

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!

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 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!!

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.

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?

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.

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

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?

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).

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...

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.