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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 - 3 Oct 2019 6:20 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 8,339,514
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    randaller3 jesuszx4@yuji28.kiesag.xyz 185.220.101.6
    AnitraNum aefasefdasef3neutt@yandex.ru 194.187.216.228
    AnitraNum aefasefdasef3neutt@yandex.ru 46.118.155.201
    MargaritoPanos sviblovselahattin952@bk.ru 104.151.74.106
    pattycurti pattycurtiss94@tags.5amail.top 23.105.157.60
    timothycg16 eugenebu18@yuji22.investmentweb.xyz 209.95.51.11
    randaller3 jesuszx4@yuji28.kiesag.xyz 185.220.100.255
    VernZij377 VernBoulger@forum.milltrill.com 104.151.100.250
    13902220099 13902220099@163.com 120.40.130.70
    1264736929 1264736929@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    468122749 468122749@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    13838620381 13838620381@139.com 120.40.130.70
    38202527 38202527@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    723875492 723875492@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    18901360081 18901360081@126.com 120.40.130.70
    s.t.ar.ktony.a.7.3.6. s.t.ar.ktony.a.7.3.6.@gmail.com 213.171.148.23
    115935631 115935631@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    olubacimez ufoperaog@mail.iennfdd.com 195.154.226.67
    leopoldolestrange leopoldolestrange@a.yertxenor.tk (empty)
    13509479725 13509479725@126.com 120.40.130.70
    451277391 451277391@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    591138175 591138175@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    songxinhua919 songxinhua919@126.com 120.40.130.70
    AliStretton9445 xxuarlxq@list.ru 172.96.92.213
    juanitarn3 juanitarn3@akio6010.takumi23.dev256.xyz 120.40.130.70
    Karl57885912 ueasnijyq@list.ru 216.213.24.133
    st.a.n.ley.a.nd.r.e.ws.jl8.41.3.4.6 st.a.n.ley.a.nd.r.e.ws.jl8.41.3.4.6@gmail.com 50.3.196.246
    angelbc60 angelbc60@akio6110.tadao73.kiesag.xyz 178.239.176.73
    13091908866 13091908866@139.com 120.40.130.70
    963545900 963545900@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    galemf11 galemf11@masumi3210.tamotsu26.kiesag.xyz 141.255.162.34
    xuliheao xuliheao@prooor.iennfdd.com 62.210.139.12
    HershelStegall rysxnqibg@list.ru 192.171.94.142
    740866993 740866993@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    13681082433 13681082433@163.com 120.40.130.70
    JosieGardiner0 JosieGardiner75@zero.baburn.com 138.229.107.16
    452139980 452139980@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    345900086 345900086@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    s.tar.kto.n.y.a73.6. s.tar.kto.n.y.a73.6.@gmail.com 213.171.148.23
    13960825832 13960825832@139.com 120.40.130.70
    MargoKline79 MargoKline87@zero.baburn.com 192.171.83.59
    geri geri@wirelesschargers.xyz 45.61.189.168
    13825203191 13825203191@163.com 120.40.130.70
    305719237 305719237@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    merana.mjo.n.a.than.ch.ui.p.ak.is.t.an.i.h.e merana.mjo.n.a.than.ch.ui.p.ak.is.t.an.i.h.e@gmail.com 162.158.142.92
    64819319 64819319@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    shanshui shanshui@163.com 120.40.130.70
    KlausF1966686984 KlausSkerst33@zero.baburn.com 107.152.163.234
    SharylDendy SharylDendy@videos.geomenon.com 168.90.196.201
    18558982181 18558982181@139.com 120.40.130.70
    yuandeucherkai yuandeucherkai@163.com 120.40.130.70
    liuke liuke@163.com 120.40.130.70
    CoryBattle8 CoryBattle91@zero.baburn.com 172.245.253.4
    KelleyArden048 KelleyArden@miss.intained.com 192.198.118.194
    DonnellLugo DonnellLugo@videos.geomenon.com 168.90.196.201
    18137849777 18137849777@126.com 120.40.130.70
    fengzhong557 fengzhong557@163.com 120.40.130.70
    43330690 43330690@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    437561695 437561695@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    maggi maggi@sportwatch.website 75.75.234.53
    zhangjingkai zhangjingkai@163.com 120.40.130.70
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    st.a.r.k.to.nya.736 st.a.r.k.to.nya.736@gmail.com 213.171.148.23
    824699411 824699411@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    helen.gatty helen.gatty@root.factorican.com 23.231.39.149
    evitahong evitahong@163.com 120.40.130.70
    BHSCamilla CamillaChamp40@miss.intained.com 23.236.254.167
    morrisiw1 morrisiw1@yuji22.investmentweb.xyz 185.220.101.31
    sharjah sharjah@163.com 120.40.130.70
    z.z1108 z.z1108@163.com 120.40.130.70
    NormandHeil4 Normand.Heil99@krummel76.ceramicsouvenirs.com 162.244.10.249
    290578079 290578079@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    georgeco16 adelaeh69@masaaki30.kiesag.xyz 144.217.108.10
    13953565136 13953565136@139.com 120.40.130.70
    gf887064 gf887064@163.com 120.40.130.70
    13902945806 13902945806@139.com 120.40.130.70
    18601369712 18601369712@126.com 120.40.130.70
    elviragrattan90 elviragrattan90@de.mondard.com 23.245.195.2
    fw16 fw16@naoki8310.satoshi21.yourfun.xyz 185.220.101.12
    georgeco16 frankwt69@norio6010.hiraku37.kiesag.xyz 144.217.108.10
    296762284 296762284@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    hq198 hq198@163.com 120.40.130.70
    370930102 370930102@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    happy8899 happy8899@126.com 120.40.130.70