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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 also provide 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 (or use the simpler, comma-delimited text version here).

If you need to do more than about ~100 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 submitting their information to our database. 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.

    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 - 20 Oct 2019 3:30 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 8,336,302
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    bolgausasday496 bolgausasday@gmail.com 177.37.199.175
    Rolanib larinira@mail.ru 177.37.199.175
    CrystleBoag911 justcbdstoreflorida@gmail.com 95.142.121.31
    Rolanib larinira@mail.ru 103.76.23.99
    Rolanib larinira@mail.ru 177.84.148.91
    douglas.saiz douglas.saiz@nerd.vocating.com 107.172.88.43
    elmiraf5f7va+qkhg elmiraf5f7va+qkhg@mail.ua 31.44.61.4
    elmiraf5f7va+tfdf elmiraf5f7va+tfdf@mail.ua 31.44.61.4
    genavk1 genavk1@masaaki4010.akio76.investmentweb.xyz 185.220.101.35
    elmiraf5f7va+lsyp elmiraf5f7va+lsyp@mail.ua 31.44.61.4
    rosliam rosliam@gtimail.org 14.162.183.29
    jimdown jimdown@probbox.com 5.188.210.65
    elmiraf5f7va+yikv elmiraf5f7va+yikv@mail.ua 31.44.61.4
    uramoto12459 uramoto12459@ybb.ne.jp 120.40.130.70
    elmiraf5f7va+bbjj elmiraf5f7va+bbjj@mail.ua 31.44.61.4
    hurleymunksgaard32bvxggp hurleymunksgaard32bvxggp@yourmailhost.com 64.145.94.102
    elmiraf5f7va+ubww elmiraf5f7va+ubww@mail.ua 31.44.61.4
    sandraaa3 sandraaa3@hiraku27.yourfun.xyz 162.247.74.201
    jacklyntuh jacklyntuh@email-for-all.com 178.159.37.140
    estefaniavillanueva.dg estefaniavillanueva.dg@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    pushkin.vi.t.a.l.i.y1979 pushkin.vi.t.a.l.i.y1979@gmail.com 45.133.88.24
    ebony ebony@c.mashed.site 23.108.50.144
    c9cfd c9cfd@ezen74.pl 120.40.130.70
    alexsv1 alexsv1@fumio1710.sho91.yourfun.xyz 89.234.157.254
    elmiraf5f7va+bkmc elmiraf5f7va+bkmc@mail.ua 31.44.61.4
    rastreb rastreb@list.ru 154.57.3.36
    lolani69 lolani69@masaaki30.kiesag.xyz 109.70.100.27
    marinahomaced marinahomaced@dverioptomtut.ru 162.158.62.109
    paigeht11 paigeht11@michio6210.haruki52.kiesag.xyz 51.15.117.50
    barbrarintel barbrarintel@most.exiix.com 107.173.179.179
    minesaki528 minesaki528@ybb.ne.jp 120.40.130.70
    elmiraf5f7va+xpko elmiraf5f7va+xpko@mail.ua 31.44.61.4
    wwwtidewatervault wwwtidewatervault@probbox.com 5.188.210.79
    tawannafreed tawannafreed@edu.intained.com 198.46.212.251
    elmiraf5f7va+mrsg elmiraf5f7va+mrsg@mail.ua 31.44.61.4
    maklemug maklemug@yandex.com 120.40.130.70
    1184165437 1184165437@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    CharleneCornish justcbdstoreflorida@gmail.com 95.142.121.31
    hrkknakai hrkknakai@ybb.ne.jp 120.40.130.70
    MillieTompson81 MillieTompson81@while.ppoet.com 23.250.125.21
    elmiraf5f7va+ayye elmiraf5f7va+ayye@mail.ua 31.44.61.4
    MavisTill49 MavisTill49@stair.ppoet.com 23.250.125.21
    xlmevgz qrpbnayvt@gmailn.xyz 175.136.131.233
    201:23:8474:8300:7:942:857:4 201:23:8474:8300:7:942:857:4 120.40.130.70
    MURADYANVOLODYA MURADYANVOLODYA@INBOX.RU 37.194.40.61
    rondaim5 rondaim5@fumio1710.sho91.yourfun.xyz 91.210.59.145
    jacklynasser jacklynasser@email-for-all.com 178.159.37.140
    kanji773 kanji773@ybb.ne.jp 120.40.130.70
    b.or.i.s19.77.gor.b.un.ov b.or.i.s19.77.gor.b.un.ov@gmail.com 185.191.205.139
    lorrine.mccloskey lorrine.mccloskey@must.frienced.com 107.173.179.172
    elmiraf5f7va+eabs elmiraf5f7va+eabs@mail.ua 31.44.61.4
    westbojsen13rfncno westbojsen13rfncno@yourmailhost.com 185.104.218.54
    elmiraf5f7va+oqeo elmiraf5f7va+oqeo@mail.ua 31.44.61.4
    trinidadcheel trinidadcheel@postinbox.com (empty)
    amberqc16 amberqc16@takayuki63.dev256.xyz 192.160.102.169
    o7nhk o7nhk@xnne5.pl 196.196.220.42
    elmiraf5f7va+ciuw elmiraf5f7va+ciuw@mail.ua 31.44.61.4
    elmiraf5f7va+foqx elmiraf5f7va+foqx@mail.ua 31.44.61.4
    jacklyncouse jacklyncouse@email-for-all.com 178.159.37.140
    elmiraf5f7va+goxq elmiraf5f7va+goxq@mail.ua 31.44.61.4
    bs2 bs2@masato4810.takayuki68.funnetwork.xyz 95.216.145.1
    jacklynFet jacklynFet@email-for-all.com 172.69.10.151
    sheena.jensen sheena.jensen@sheep.milltrill.com 107.175.141.213
    jacklynrof jacklynrof@email-for-all.com 178.159.37.140
    clintonmt6 clintonmt6@takumi55.investmentweb.xyz 195.176.3.23
    elmiraf5f7va+xyax elmiraf5f7va+xyax@mail.ua 31.44.61.4
    aileenef6 aileenef6@naoki70.funnetwork.xyz 195.123.228.161
    60309 60309@yahoo.com (empty)
    curtisvq18 curtisvq18@norio34.kiesag.xyz 109.70.100.27
    21491.... 21491.... 120.40.130.70
    ekaterina123 ekaterina123@gmail.con 37.194.40.61
    elmiraf5f7va+fbfs elmiraf5f7va+fbfs@mail.ua 31.44.61.4
    elmiraf5f7va+bumo elmiraf5f7va+bumo@mail.ua 31.44.61.4
    Forrestdpxj4082 Forrestdpxj4082@youtext.online 125.27.16.53
    annmarie-wyselaskie732 annmarie-wyselaskie732@nice.islaby.com 107.175.141.173
    fanny.beg636 fanny.beg636@nerd.vocating.com 107.173.112.208
    sanchezproctor74ghammg sanchezproctor74ghammg@yourmailhost.com 84.21.188.45
    elmiraf5f7va+dmre elmiraf5f7va+dmre@mail.ua 31.44.61.4
    mfulmer44 mfulmer44@myimail.website 5.188.210.22
    tanna tanna@c.southafricatravel.club 140.82.24.76
    ajagtumu ajagtumu@eerr.namnerbca.com 37.115.198.143
    elmiraf5f7va+ldrb elmiraf5f7va+ldrb@mail.ua 31.44.61.4
    elmiraf5f7va+uzti elmiraf5f7va+uzti@mail.ua 31.44.61.4
    AlanaGee AlanaGee@mailculture.xyz 5.157.24.252
    pw2 pw2@akio81.dev256.xyz 79.172.193.32