Sticky How to protect my forum from spam

We are still using the setting from FireBoard to check if the user posted in x seconds and block him from sending the message:

Configuration > Security > Flood Protection, defaults to being off (just like in FB).

Hi guys

Like kunena 2.0.4 as it works perfect except for security where spammers keep coming into as unwanted users using some sort of .php.

1. Captcha did not stop them.
2. Only registered user can post did not stop them.
3. Set to Flood control to 1 sec, not sure it stop them.
4. Ticker exaByte, my host, to extend their spam tools that is covering the email to cover this but they said nothing.
5. Meanwhile i click on to www.stopforumspam.com at the security dialog but due to lack of knowledge, cannot move forward. Will appreciate the lead to what to do to get it moving eg where to put the codes and what are they? Unfortunately someone in this forum said it also won't work.
6. Also thinking about using spmbotcheck plugin. Can this work?

So i am getting desperate and has unpublished Kunena for the time being until i learn more to fight this menance. Help~~ :sick: :evil:

I use SpambotCheck
extensions.joomla.org/extensions/access-...pam-protection/14027

Here is my settings

Spam statistic module from Sozzled:
www.vi-solutions.de/en/forum/15-joomla-p...ambotcheckdisplayv10

FuzMic: There are some great ideas in this topic.

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I was getting over 100 spam registrations a day that I had to delete and had re-captcha on first post (registered guests only) and there were some days that I would have a dozen spam posts on the forum.

Once I migrated from J1.5 to J2.5 I could add a captcha to the registration. I installed the are you a human captcha and in the few weeks I have used it I haven't had a single spam registration that was able to register (and I no longer need to use a captcha for the first post).

While I wouldn't have an open forum for mon registered guests ... it would be interesting to see how effective it was on a first post captcha ... and it's a lot easier and more enjoyable to use than re-captcha.

Phoenix