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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 - 1 Jun 2020 4:09 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 8,336,724
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    arabel arabel@c.wirelesschargers.xyz 104.227.107.131
    madelainegreenwell52 madelainegreenwell52@scholar.dummyfox.com 185.158.148.173
    gracielaou4 ermaxo20@yuji8910.takayuki29.pushmail.fun 45.9.148.217
    badamasdaky2827 badamasdaky@126.com 45.9.148.217
    wakamatsuya wakamatsuya@zeus.eonet.ne.jp 120.40.130.70
    nawalbirton nawalbirton@inbox.ru 104.203.58.101
    rc60 rc60@akio67.yagoo.website 185.220.101.4
    alyssawh7 alyssawh7@ayumu96.gomailxyz.space 185.220.101.145
    phyllisdm60 phyllisdm60@haruto24.forcemix.online 185.220.101.195
    matilda matilda@masashi3010.sora91.forcemix.online 120.40.130.70
    ishikawtoshi ishikawtoshi@hyper.ocn.ne.jp 120.40.130.70
    catch458nws catch458nws@swing.ioswed.com 198.91.93.22
    moiclaks clementina2216@mailfix.xyz 10.10.111.13
    blue-blackbird1012 blue-blackbird1012@docomo.ne.jp 120.40.130.70
    mytotoro3 mytotoro3@poppy.ocn.ne.jp 120.40.130.70
    violettopper95 violettopper95@happy.ioswed.com 121.128.142.189
    tagurin0405 tagurin0405@ezweb.ne.jp 120.40.130.70
    Analisa1077 analisa-laboureyas25@h.bali-traveller.com 23.95.237.33
    yasu-mizocchi yasu-mizocchi@ezweb.ne.jp 120.40.130.70
    andy andy@masashi3010.sora91.forcemix.online 109.70.100.26
    bmw98981201 bmw98981201@docomo.ne.jp 120.40.130.70
    t.togashi1104kira t.togashi1104kira@i.softbank.jp 120.40.130.70
    olivecomeau58 olivecomeau58@kid.foooq.com 196.245.251.146
    cvnbcunlingPloreglipt cvnbcunlingPloreglipt@groovys.online 62.210.202.98
    dopesounds dopesounds@kca.biglobe.ne.jp 120.40.130.70
    ishikawa.yoshiki.65 ishikawa.yoshiki.65@docomo.ne.jp 120.40.130.70
    clintonzd3 clintonzd3@akihiro34.yagoo.website 212.47.229.4
    pe6 pe6@eiji5510.naoki42.yagoo.website 185.220.100.240
    derek derek@akihiro7510.norio70.yagoo.website 185.220.100.247
    bola1208madam.y.o bola1208madam.y.o@docomo.ne.jp 120.40.130.70
    laurella laurella@d.gameconsole.site 98.180.146.178
    rosarioortiz2 rosarioortiz2@one.rowrowleft.com 181.215.159.199
    roxie-dow26 roxie-dow26@h.bali-traveller.com 204.44.77.150
    fiboritio1989 fiboritio1989@frontarbol.com 89.35.39.213
    revu.ande.11-2 revu.ande.11-2@docomo.ne.jp 120.40.130.70
    eizo eizo@fb4.so-net.ne.jp 120.40.130.70
    catch340xez catch340xez@swing.ioswed.com 89.248.174.39
    CorinaMc karla@colar.site 207.148.70.18
    catch56mm0 catch56mm0@swing.ioswed.com 80.82.64.229
    dbstyle dbstyle@clock.ocn.ne.jp 120.40.130.70
    twentypence twentypencenme@yahoo.com 46.229.168.152
    Benny9130261281 sheiladematteoed2@yahoo.com 23.231.37.10
    ugoowa ugoowa@fsda.fpakkea.com 62.210.180.164
    hideoamo hideoamo@ezweb.ne.jp 120.40.130.70
    tina tina@takayuki72.forcemix.online 95.211.230.211
    hughes hughes@e.hamstercage.online 107.174.149.186
    hiromi-kurahasi hiromi-kurahasi@tkcnf.or.jp 120.40.130.70
    masa-tsuyuki masa-tsuyuki@hi3.enjoy.ne.jp 120.40.130.70
    cwdhf287 cwdhf287@ybb.ne.jp 120.40.130.70
    banira.dayo banira.dayo@docomo.ne.jp 120.40.130.70
    aoki2431 aoki2431@wing.ocn.ne.jp 120.40.130.70
    go.m123turi go.m123turi@docomo.ne.jp 120.40.130.70
    k.9434.hideki k.9434.hideki@ezweb.ne.jp 120.40.130.70
    2016779848 2016779848@qq.com 120.40.130.70
    jorgdunford jorgdunford@happyfreshdrink.com 124.248.190.215
    chukirwan49 chukirwan49@palm.gasbin.com 27.85.2.81
    jillian jillian@rzesomaniak.pl 206.41.184.111
    preoabrr preoabrr@i.softbank.jp 120.40.130.70
    pa60 pa60@yoshito3110.yoshito24.gomailxyz.space 45.9.148.216
    hawser hawser@i.softbank.jp 120.40.130.70
    JeannetteWoore7 jeannettewoore13@tree.frequiry.com 124.13.53.93
    old-river old-river@rinku.zaq.ne.jp 120.40.130.70
    gracielaou4 ermaxo20@yuji8910.takayuki29.pushmail.fun 185.220.101.194
    gracielaou4 ermaxo20@yuji8910.takayuki29.pushmail.fun 185.220.101.20
    maxim9680 maxim9680@rambler.ru 120.40.130.70
    opalchinner opalchinner@their.findingperry.com 192.241.75.155
    Rogerabirm aisp@course-fitness.com 118.169.78.20
    WilliamEquix gq0m@course-fitness.com 118.169.78.20
    Dysonhgi jstephens9959@gmail.com 200.97.10.91
    GlennDouri deandre1994@yahoo.com 95.179.253.59
    KitchenAidlxk marisa.frackman@westwicke.com 46.172.69.76
    Holographicqyb jstephens9959@gmail.com 181.31.155.126
    DannyZef zuzannamarysiahnd37@wp.pl 62.210.202.34
    Speakerotz ccampbell@sandscap.com 36.68.28.96
    Wieman18649EURinvestirtumpssivsinommnzugenerierenhttpikbgdecustomguitarscom vallekana226@lycos.de 196.52.84.14
    Vintageqwp jgoldsmith@sandscap.com 195.138.93.232
    Speakerzxq ccampbell@sandscap.com 182.52.108.104
    Focusgpw wbarimbao@yahoo.com 112.250.209.248
    Clamcasexnk jordan.kohnstam@westwicke.com 80.64.26.177
    Foamlab jstephens9959@gmail.com 223.242.246.60
    Glenngerge deandre1994@yahoo.com 95.179.253.59
    Rickeyamura no-reply@apistudio.ru 2.95.222.230
    Lesleydeeva artustik@seolovin.site 62.173.154.183
    CHIRPsvc jstephens9959@gmail.com 112.85.45.204