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'Video' Captchas
Topic Started: Jun 15 2011, 07:35 PM (434 Views)
Daruke
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I noticed that recently, the word/text captchas seem to have been replaced by videos. A couple issues with this has come to my attention - One being that an administrator thought the page was infected with an adware/spyware and closed the page instead of registering his account, and another in which my other co-admin told me she's unwilling to risk playing any videos at all to register.

I'm fearing this may be a major problem in getting members, especially since I'm aiming for members and a community outside of the zathyus network. I'm disabling the captcha feature for now, but I would like to have some form of protection against bots registering on the forum.

Is there any way of reverting to the old text/word captcha, or at least having a choice in the ACP between text/word and video?
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Nicolas
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"PLES RING IF AN RNSER IS REQIRD."

Hello,

While it is not possible to select the type of captcha that you would like users to see, you can disable that captcha on your forum altogether.
You can do this by going to Preferences in your board's Admin CP then clicking Security and switching the setting labelled to Enable additional protection against spambots? to No.
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Daruke
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Alright, that I'll do. Thank you.
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Brian
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Go Irish!

Daruke - you shouldn't have to worry about bots registering even without the CAPTCHA in place. ZB has sophisticated anti-spambot measures that work to prevent spam on your forum. The CAPTCHA is simply an optional tool that we've introduced at the request of admins that prefer to have that type of system in place as well.

As Nicolas mentioned, you're free to turn it off and your board should stay secure from unwanted spam.
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Daruke
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Ah, that's good to hear and a relief. Thanks guys.
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