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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 ~1500 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 - 17 Sep 2026 2:57 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,624
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    kmlghgccsOn kmlghgccsOn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    mike mike@michaelxx2.com 2601:38:437:30:8893:296:2859:50
    mike mike@michaelxx2.com 198.182.205.254
    mike mike@michaelxx2.com 2600:1700:6280:540:899:798:188:78
    dcsmpvnelOn dcsmpvnelOn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    rmraoxanaSt rmraoxanaSt@ventura17.ru 120.40.130.70
    mike mike@michaelxx2.com 12.41.141.247
    mike mike@michaelxx2.com 2601:38:437:30:450:004:1066:670
    mike mike@michaelxx2.com 2601:38:437:30:4422::96:87
    mike mike@michaelxx2.com 2600:387::81::
    MaggieTorgerson marianakieran@veauly.com 191.101.114.223
    zsvimpbcxpa zsvimpbcxpa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    Blikinkfak schuklinov.v.v.vs@gmail.com 158.173.166.83
    profjessicavasconcelos profjessicavasconcelos@camporeal.edu.br 120.40.130.70
    Blikinkfak torian.knickmeyer@gmail.com 158.173.166.83
    zxjxeagcvpa zxjxeagcvpa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    Blikinkfak levavan@gmail.com 158.173.166.83
    bonnieluscombe9474 bonnieluscombe9474@anonmails.de 172.71.159.81
    213:5:15:87:221:03:796: 213:5:15:87:221:03:796: 120.40.130.70
    you you@example.com 120.40.130.70
    marg margot.frcs0612@gmail.com 202:8440:50:77::95:435:
    subjectname subjectname@example.com 120.40.130.70
    work work@example.com 120.40.130.70
    adamsstonehasone adamsstonehasone@comusmail.com 188.130.143.107
    mthrikgfes mthrikgfes@rambler.ru 176.98.177.225
    remontbytex remontbytex@yandex.ru 178.34.151.18
    user02 user02@example.com 120.40.130.70
    email email@example.com 120.40.130.70
    gpidawlwjsi gpidawlwjsi@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.182
    pdzsqpqdlpa pdzsqpqdlpa@ventura17.ru 62.197.45.179
    twfrgtijapn twfrgtijapn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    user user@example.com 120.40.130.70
    testing testing@example.com 120.40.130.70
    lancer lancer@www.example.com 120.40.130.70
    randomperson randomperson@example.com 120.40.130.70
    someonesemail someonesemail@example.com 120.40.130.70
    gvokhhjkeOn gvokhhjkeOn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    bt-daily-release bt-daily-release@example.com 120.40.130.70
    test1 test1@example.com 120.40.130.70
    a a@example.com 120.40.130.70
    shaneblohm720 shaneblohm720@anonmails.de 120.40.130.70
    louise louise@example.com 120.40.130.70
    fmbyrrcgmKi fmbyrrcgmKi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    fedo.r.mutan.i.s fedo.r.mutan.i.s@gmail.com 158.173.155.215
    hanx hanx@boostor.com.cn 120.40.130.70
    test1234567890 test1234567890@example.com 120.40.130.70
    cgtffeilopn cgtffeilopn@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.168
    izypohxsiKi izypohxsiKi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    jano jano@example.com 120.40.130.70
    warning warning@example.com 120.40.130.70
    zbmpenlvfOn zbmpenlvfOn@ventura17.ru 148.222.185.49
    jon jon@example.com 120.40.130.70
    jrhodes jrhodes@example.com 120.40.130.70
    revoker revoker@example.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:1260:229:6:511:3:52: 2001:1260:229:6:511:3:52: 120.40.130.70
    sir.maxbo sir.maxbo@yandex.ru 172.71.154.168
    DaifsEmkuc3 DaifsEmkuc3@example.com 120.40.130.70
    john.smith john.smith@example.com 120.40.130.70
    hing hing@example.com 120.40.130.70
    alice alice@example.com 120.40.130.70
    pol pol@example.com 120.40.130.70
    maxmustermann maxmustermann@example.com 120.40.130.70
    irmasoares90 irmasoares90@tuti.oxilv.com 172.71.154.168
    profrodrigodtortorella profrodrigodtortorella@camporeal.edu.br 120.40.130.70
    testtriad1909 testtriad1909@example.com 120.40.130.70
    uhilhsomaKi uhilhsomaKi@ventura17.ru 185.192.20.41
    john john@example.com 120.40.130.70
    valid.email valid.email@example.com 120.40.130.70