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Welcome To BotScout

BotScout helps prevent automated web scripts, known as "bots", from registering on forums, polluting databases, spreading spam, and abusing forms on web sites. We do this by tracking the names, IPs, and email addresses that bots use and logging them as unique signatures for future reference. We make this signature data available through a simple yet powerful API that you can use to test forms when they're submitted on your site.

Stop The Bots

You can manually search our bot database to find bots in your forums, but you can also use a little bit of code in your forum, contact form, or other web application to test for bots and automatically ban or reject them on the spot. To make use of our database in your application, all you need to do is query it correctly. You can also download a list of the most recently-caught bots (shown below) from this URL: http://botscout.com/last_caught_cache.htm.

If you need to do more than about ~1000 automated lookups a day you'll probably want to get a free API key so you can do as many as you need. We even provide some sample code that you can use in your forums, contact forms, mailing lists, and other parts of your site.

There are also anti-bot plugins available for popular forums and CMS applications, including SMF, VBulletin, phpBB, Phorum, PunBB, Invision Power Board, FUDForum, Ikonboard, W-Agora, Wordpress, Joomla, and Drupal.

Who Uses BotScout?

People and companies all over the world rely on BotScout to help screen out bots, including:
  • University of Washington
  • University of Milan
  • Fibromyalgia.com
  • UC Berkley
  • Georgia Courts
  • UNC Machine Vision Lab
  • Discover Seattle!
  • Banca Popolare del Verona
  • AspergerPlanet
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • BME Cancer Communities
  • US Motorcycle Rally
  • Snitz Forums
  • University of Georgia
  • Marriott International
  • The Standard Bank of South Africa
  • University of Pittsburgh
    • and thousands more!

    We can provide secure form protection and bot-screening solutions for your group or organization too- please contact us to find out more!

    Want To Help?

    You can help make life harder for bots by using the BotScout plugin on your site, because the more bot signatures we collect the more effective our filters become. Although we collect large numbers of bot signatures through our "bot honeypots", we can't catch them all. To submit bot data, all you need to do is get an API key and use BotScout on your site(s).

    You can also put a BotScout logo, button, or badge on your site to help let other people know about BotScout.

    Click Here To Help Keep BotScout Running

    Most Recently Banned Bots - 5 May 2024 6:49 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,866
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    naroo naroo@migros.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    migrosizmirtoptan migrosizmirtoptan@migros.com.tr 120.40.130.70
    ToddGrimes elkekay@wuuvo.com 185.181.103.5
    david.havlik david.havlik@seznam.cz 120.40.130.70
    bob bob@example.com 120.40.130.70
    SanfordEwen580 amosluettgen1665@mailknox.com 212.30.33.96
    2001:8004:4531:19:415:175:78:898 2001:8004:4531:19:415:175:78:898 120.40.130.70
    LinoGov72782 indiramcanulty@discard.email 185.181.103.5
    202:8108:8100:324:358:513:4:602 202:8108:8100:324:358:513:4:602 120.40.130.70
    david.havlik david.havlik@seznam.cz 120.40.130.70
    OliviaCju5780614 mandyandrus@8.dnsabr.com 185.181.103.5
    DevonGreenfield franklinborrie@spambog.ru 185.181.103.5
    tonivc2 tonivc2@tpr80.webmaildirect.online 205.185.113.180
    JeffreyOverton0 julissayounger@pooma.servemp3.com 91.103.252.64
    RenateOGrady karendyson6934@adult-work.info 91.103.252.64
    careers.customerservice careers.customerservice@daraz.lk 120.40.130.70
    JaquelineSparks gretchenhoyle8009@adult-work.info 91.103.252.64
    BrennaHertzog7 brennahertzog72@frio.claxyn.com 192.198.125.211
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    ZeldaHensman9 aleciadempsey@ketview.info 154.30.213.109
    EstelleStone305 chantemeans@ketview.info 196.51.204.138
    DustyWand69809 aleciadempsey@ketview.info 196.51.140.175
    Florene8687 aleciadempsey@ketview.info 5.253.161.174
    DuaneH32023 myrtleschaffer@1secmail.com 5.196.78.175
    SalvadorHalverso aleciadempsey@ketview.info 5.253.161.174
    TanjaBergmann2 aleciadempsey@ketview.info 38.152.253.122
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    OnitaOconnor1 aleciadempsey@ketview.info 38.152.253.36
    CharmainPaschke aleciadempsey@ketview.info 196.51.201.240
    jilluo69 jilluo69@syf3710.mgm95.mailguardianpro.online 192.42.116.193
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    DarylFarrell aleciadempsey@ketview.info 196.51.252.121
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    RochellPri erinhenderson1980@mailsdomes.com 38.152.7.191
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