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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 - 22 Jan 2026 10:01 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,002,419
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    polyhabs polyhabs@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    polyfab polyfab@nova.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    bobby bobby@nova.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    bois bois@grm.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    2402:000:8134:297:31:433:321:75 2402:000:8134:297:31:433:321:75 120.40.130.70
    gala-implication gala-implication@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    DavidAbirm jreese@vibrantlifeseniorliving.com 178.176.79.90
    comic comic@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    polyvoile polyvoile@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    polytheatre polytheatre@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    rocky-whitelaw rocky-whitelaw@cleardarkpath.com 107.173.211.231
    rosalindapickett rosalindapickett@1secmail.org 172.69.23.191
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    Michaelskeve ashrim422@gmail.com 178.176.79.90
    aaa aaa@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    saouel saouel@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    richard.labrie richard.labrie@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    3c502e320d.8030601 3c502e320d.8030601@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    periard periard@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    tron tron@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    GrazynaFurnell leonreva@solstris.com 191.101.109.81
    ysimard-arin ysimard-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    margarita.stolyarova.26.05.1995 margarita.stolyarova.26.05.1995@mail.ru 172.71.154.178
    accueil accueil@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    francois-2.pelletier francois-2.pelletier@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    richard.labrie richard.labrie@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    magi-repec-request magi-repec-request@liste.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    1eser 1eser@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    carolering3211 carolering3211@anonmails.de 45.92.127.88
    blainewarfield6008 blainewarfield6008@tempr.email 172.71.158.69
    education education@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    engagement engagement@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    0r6dnyvdxmrmnqdervn-gw 0r6dnyvdxmrmnqdervn-gw@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    si-reseau si-reseau@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    romain.couderc romain.couderc@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    dolnovam dolnovam@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    tresorerie tresorerie@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    secretariat secretariat@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    presidence presidence@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    gioele.agostinelli gioele.agostinelli@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    externe externe@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    StephenSmutt kinjadove@msn.com 31.173.84.249
    interne interne@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    stellaarsenault stellaarsenault@hotbird.giize.com 172.69.134.210
    u003eaep u003eaep@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    simon.levesque simon.levesque@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    opensource opensource@eracing.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    gigl-candidats gigl-candidats@liste.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    eric.germain eric.germain@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    micheal-irvine micheal-irvine@3059.wefixsofteners.com 154.13.248.193
    Michaelsah mileydigs@charter.net 37.139.53.230
    0r6dnyvdxmrmnqdervn-gw 0r6dnyvdxmrmnqdervn-gw@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    chongbrune5806 chongbrune5806@mailmenot.io 172.69.134.210
    info info@eracing.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    Byron67U980 byronnail@mem.relieval.com 66.175.44.55
    mftshiji-arin mftshiji-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    MichaelVow florentinotorres@gmail.com 31.173.87.14
    1eser 1eser@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    accueil accueil@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    ysimard-arin ysimard-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    jonathan.dupont jonathan.dupont@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    lvalero-arin lvalero-arin@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    prestige-irk prestige-irk@roigra.fun 148.251.13.126
    bourses bourses@iet.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    0r6dnyvdxmrmnqdervn-gw 0r6dnyvdxmrmnqdervn-gw@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    comic comic@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    saouel saouel@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    3c502e320d.8030601 3c502e320d.8030601@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    periard periard@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    1eser 1eser@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    u003eaep u003eaep@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    faie faie@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    romain.couderc romain.couderc@polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    tron tron@step.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70
    polyvoile polyvoile@aep.polymtl.ca 120.40.130.70