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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 - 2 May 2024 5:42 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,686
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    LaurindaMatters celineharlow@ketview.info 196.51.201.74
    SalliePenn7 celineharlow@ketview.info 5.253.161.194
    JonathanShick celineharlow@ketview.info 154.30.213.65
    JasperKruse9 richardheredia@ketview.info 154.30.213.74
    JinaTib97257792 sheridan@friedrice.click 194.169.93.223
    hattiereinhart hattiereinhart@clementia.xyz 66.146.233.43
    TiffinyCurtain marcyhooper@ketview.info 196.51.249.93
    RaquelMalizia5 hasnainabbottnashabdulmalachiacostaburgessadkinsma 64.137.60.34
    2001:1640:163:142:549:70:4:373 2001:1640:163:142:549:70:4:373 120.40.130.70
    ManuelaBancks6 celineharlow@ketview.info 196.51.249.155
    DelorisY00 katharinepool@ketview.info 5.253.161.182
    TraceeTarenorere richardheredia@ketview.info 196.51.140.166
    GraigFullw graig.fullwood@nanang.gacorin.click 81.16.128.158
    Brigette3395 nickiruth@ketview.info 196.51.249.255
    tylekeo3 tashavonnietashaamanda1224@gmail.com 113.181.219.14
    brittanymacredie6280 brittanymacredie6280@1secmail.net 103.250.10.146
    OpheliaH24 celineharlow@ketview.info 196.51.204.138
    LorenzoPiazza lorenzopiazza61@duck.glinxy.com 196.51.112.39
    morgansgoi m.k.sads.mai.l@gmail.com 206.206.73.250
    AurelioHely celineharlow@ketview.info 38.152.253.135
    RoslynBlankenshi auguste@friedrice.click 194.169.94.249
    PhillippRowe6 dewittblank@legoshi.cloud 216.173.99.254
    ZaraBuss20424 chiquitatam@ketview.info 154.30.213.78
    nysug nysug@merepost.com 149.88.19.241
    ToniaGtp152421 chiquitatam@ketview.info 196.51.201.74
    VTALeanna05427 auguste@friedrice.click 194.169.94.156
    TessaWorley nickiruth@ketview.info 38.152.253.13
    RaulStroud4335 nickiruth@ketview.info 5.253.161.182
    GenaKirch55 celineharlow@ketview.info 196.51.140.166
    EmmaMorrow871 marcyhooper@ketview.info 196.51.140.136
    SusannaJeppesen susannajeppesen72@dia.xylzen.com 130.185.154.20
    erinhopetoun61 erinhopetoun61@bestcamporn.com 172.69.134.43
    ChadNickle997 chiquitatam@ketview.info 196.51.249.35
    MerleStubbs1086 katharinepool@ketview.info 196.51.204.175
    MayaDingle nickiruth@ketview.info 196.51.204.159
    rondocuwvw ma.l.sin.coul.ombe@gmail.com 104.233.54.4
    Johnson01W celineharlow@ketview.info 38.152.253.215
    ChetKearney chetkearney66@focus.oueue.com 179.61.156.104
    Henry762607 hasnainabbottnashabdulmalachiacostaburgessadkinsma 104.238.8.74
    KristinaHalvorse gregorio@friedrice.click 194.169.95.103
    LatriceGrimwade katharinepool@ketview.info 196.51.140.222
    nereidahazon53 nereidahazon53@freelivesexporn.com 172.69.135.22
    DoreenDanielson chiquitatam@ketview.info 196.51.201.240
    DonaldSchaw2148 celineharlow@ketview.info 196.51.252.151
    ShaylaDavid nickiruth@ketview.info 196.51.249.155
    EfrainLigertwood marcyhooper@ketview.info 196.51.252.44
    OdessaTolmie17 marcyhooper@ketview.info 154.30.213.123
    ChasityRidgeway clemente@m.portableblender.club 107.172.229.152
    AnitaNairn39258 anitanairn63@arm.powds.com 196.197.10.21
    lindsy lindsy@president.institute 194.32.120.46
    Werner7316 katharinepool@ketview.info 196.51.201.74
    GGWEusebia eusebia-edmiston70@bizzone.mailtune.ir 31.223.189.210
    Nestor70H840 daisey@m.visagency.us 185.3.134.249
    LenoraBlub lenora-blubaugh@leimodelcitizen.com 67.201.33.40
    rostafvyeo lu.n.ak.a.iseon.eo@gmail.com 45.9.127.85
    attribution-web-store-developer attribution-web-store-developer@snapchat.com 120.40.130.70
    aearneibrb s.qu.ad.s.a.m.ple.5@gmail.com 152.89.1.130
    KatherinHoutz5 richardheredia@ketview.info 38.152.253.122
    JasminAronson90 meridithstowers411@1secmail.com 154.22.60.93
    KandiceFrantz75 hanna@h.caraccessories.ltd 181.177.111.151
    RamonitaDiggs61 nickiruth@ketview.info 154.30.213.168
    halcheni1990 halcheni1990@mail.ru 172.71.184.146
    001a113ec770b17056051a74642c 001a113ec770b17056051a74642c@google.com 120.40.130.70
    gwennobzjv m.ks.a.ds.m.a.i.l@gmail.com 173.0.9.21
    Hugh12F33289332 esperanzaspragg@1secmail.com 38.152.14.249
    AntonioMad katharinepool@ketview.info 154.30.213.78
    AntonTheus8 reginaldgurley@1secmail.com 154.13.104.201