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hutman replied on Mar 23, 2018 at 2:02 pm Permalink Reply

Have you tried switching to a different captcha? If you're using v8 there is a reCaptcha plugin.

Fanflame replied on Mar 23, 2018 at 2:08 pm Permalink Reply

Hi Thanks for the reply Hutman.
I am using version 5.7.5.8. to be honest I haven't upgraded it to the latest version of version 5 as I didn't want the site to go wobbly.

Is there any other captcha's or security I can add? Some of the spam is getting quite rude now!

Thanks

hutman replied on Mar 23, 2018 at 2:10 pm Permalink Reply

This add-on shows it's for 5.7.0.4+

http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/recaptcha...

Fanflame replied on Mar 23, 2018 at 3:18 pm Permalink Reply

Thank you I will give it a go....
Enjoy the weekend!

Gondwana replied on Mar 23, 2018 at 7:52 pm Permalink Reply

Here's another simplistic approach:
https://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/contact-form-no-links1...

Disclosure: it's mine!

Fanflame replied on Mar 23, 2018 at 7:59 pm Permalink Reply

Thanks for the link.

I have added the Google One as previously suggested and will see if that makes any difference. If not I may try your Gondwana.

Thanks you for taking the time to write.

Enjoy your weekend!

Fanflame

StevieB replied on Oct 10, 2018 at 11:08 pm Permalink Reply

Just found this as two of my sites are having this issue in a bad way! I think the C5 team need to think about sorting this out.

A3020 replied on Oct 11, 2018 at 5:09 am Permalink Reply

I wrote a blog post about how to fight spam in concrete5. It might interest some of you https://a3020.com/blog/how-to-fight-spam-in-concrete5...

StevieB replied on Oct 12, 2018 at 8:38 pm Permalink Reply

Thanks for that, a very interesting read, although some of it beyond my ability at present. It is an interesting thought that a honey pot or timer system could easily be built in to the C5 form by the dev team and be available as an extra spam option, turned on with a simple checkbox. Or am I wrong?