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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 9:15 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,363
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    QuyenHeney96 naelder@ketview.info 196.51.252.121
    AdelaideQmp gemma@anemia.makeup 194.169.94.102
    budget budget@almaz-antey.ru 120.40.130.70
    eprovbelwha eprovbelwha@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    irc.ze.n.k.os.ve.tl.a.na.s.2030 irc.ze.n.k.os.ve.tl.a.na.s.2030@gmail.com 188.126.89.118
    sheridan sheridan@drown.college 87.116.135.108
    SherrylI68 sherrylwestgarth@themanlythings.com 38.152.2.53
    slopegame1168 slopegame1168@funkoo.xyz 120.40.130.70
    matt.allison.spam-sucks matt.allison.spam-sucks@experian.com 120.40.130.70
    Marylin5846 ilanastanton@makekaos.com 155.254.49.4
    tpaglapeapunctals6269 tpaglapeapunctals6269@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    ElidaMcLaren887 opalina@cooldown.hair 194.169.94.162
    Marissagrepe ukqndenson@outlook.com 5.42.65.51
    525suck10720129212on130519525 525suck10720129212on130519525@amazonaws.com 120.40.130.70
    Svetlhfc ir.c.ze.nk.o.s.vet.l.a.n.a.s.2.03.0@gmail.com 188.126.89.118
    BradSlavin5404 naelder@ketview.info 196.51.204.205
    MarlaBrunton49 willy@helpmeto.host 194.169.95.97
    FrancesWhitham ilanastanton@makekaos.com 216.173.98.70
    ledev ledev@almaz-antey.ru 120.40.130.70
    s.zaikin s.zaikin@almaz-antey.ru 120.40.130.70
    bradleybailey bradleybailey@soulvow.com 191.101.109.35
    bashkatov bashkatov@almaz-antey.ru 120.40.130.70
    finance finance@almaz-antey.ru 120.40.130.70
    CraigequafRP goldboy1931@gmail.com 172.71.99.40
    FallonMcCready1 trinitylash@ketview.info 196.51.204.138
    BernieceRubbo4 naelder@ketview.info 196.51.201.240
    polus polus@almaz-antey.ru 120.40.130.70
    Elizabeth61N naelder@ketview.info 196.51.204.138
    JonathanIbbott5 jamajewell@ketview.info 196.51.204.138
    JacquesDaecher4 katharinepool@ketview.info 196.51.249.89
    siegavmut siegavmut@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    FredericKingston frederickingston92@boy.fxdan.com 196.196.169.115
    CathleenLefevre cathleenlefevre80@boy.fxdan.com 179.61.156.34
    DongMerewether4 trinitylash@ketview.info 196.51.249.255
    ybaikov ybaikov@almaz-antey.ru 120.40.130.70
    Regena34V176571 naelder@ketview.info 5.253.161.194
    Renate1692 trinitylash@ketview.info 38.152.253.36
    Lea0746227 ethelella@maskica.com 161.123.209.117
    dwebmocompteoreatpo dwebmocompteoreatpo@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    LeiaBentley1 leiabentley82@arm.powds.com 192.241.72.157
    LawannaMincey katharinepool@ketview.info 196.51.249.219
    EmersonSainthill trinitylash@ketview.info 196.51.204.175
    AugustinaV35 antoneluciano@ketview.info 38.152.253.135
    a.arutyunyan a.arutyunyan@almaz-antey.ru 120.40.130.70
    budget2 budget2@almaz-antey.ru 120.40.130.70
    XTRSharon458809 sharonbromby50@sasu.ophixy.com 196.198.211.130
    MelodeeZ22 jamajewell@ketview.info 196.51.140.136
    RoyalGillison richardheredia@ketview.info 154.30.213.109
    d.borisova d.borisova@almaz-antey.ru 120.40.130.70
    PaulineFairbank naelder@ketview.info 5.253.161.182
    Dann04F7950 dann-tyner53@post.holidayhills.click 38.152.10.249
    RodrickBynum1 katharinepool@ketview.info 5.253.161.194
    albane.chombart-daubigny albane.chombart-daubigny@swisslife-am.com 120.40.130.70
    202:212:241:4000:03:46:6:24 202:212:241:4000:03:46:6:24 120.40.130.70
    projectberg projectberg@proton.me 172.69.112.168
    ZenaidaBryce909 antoneluciano@ketview.info 196.51.201.170
    TanishaSeccombe javiercary@makekaos.com 196.240.105.98
    FlorenceWhitehou naelder@ketview.info 196.51.252.125
    iuser03 iuser03@almaz-antey.ru 120.40.130.70
    UQKQuentin quentinescobedo53@arm.powds.com 196.196.169.89
    jingjong.shyue jingjong.shyue@facebook.com 120.40.130.70
    Tessa267057998 tessalovekin45@arm.powds.com 23.83.179.197
    BlondellBrantley blondellbrantley16@arm.powds.com 196.240.143.236
    EthanMcLerie richardheredia@ketview.info 38.152.253.104
    v.er.b.ri.d.g.ekend.ab v.er.b.ri.d.g.ekend.ab@s1rx3.tobu-wedding.com 125.228.216.16
    RosalindF05 antoneluciano@ketview.info 196.51.204.205
    MaureenVillalpan jamajewell@ketview.info 196.51.201.47
    2603:8001:8101:50:898:8:3047:651 2603:8001:8101:50:898:8:3047:651 120.40.130.70
    d.kuzkin d.kuzkin@almaz-antey.ru 120.40.130.70
    TawannaMckenney naelder@ketview.info 38.152.253.13
    deacren deacren@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    ColetteCarringto jamajewell@ketview.info 38.152.253.215
    GordonPassmore1 jamajewell@ketview.info 196.51.201.187