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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 - 13 Jan 2025 5:13 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,291
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    JarodPrion rachelmle@yahoo.com 37.139.53.198
    205:1500:600:7:100::00:2 205:1500:600:7:100::00:2 120.40.130.70
    dpo dpo@paninform.hu 120.40.130.70
    notiowhop notiowhop@notaddress.sbs 196.242.114.191
    ScotSwan3966952 claudettebeem@ssl.tls.cloudns.asia 154.90.49.103
    morrismatheny morrismatheny@kzccv.com 168.81.46.63
    gyse.eeszt gyse.eeszt@eszfk.hu 120.40.130.70
    helpdesk helpdesk@eszfk.hu 120.40.130.70
    adatvedelem.lakossag adatvedelem.lakossag@eszfk.hu 120.40.130.70
    josewehner793 jasonholt1970@estabamail.com 217.145.226.234
    karrier karrier@eszfk.hu 120.40.130.70
    gorog.eniko gorog.eniko@eszfk.hu 120.40.130.70
    info info@eszfk.hu 120.40.130.70
    gal.imre gal.imre@eszfk.hu 120.40.130.70
    ekapu ekapu@eszfk.hu 120.40.130.70
    adatvedelem adatvedelem@eszfk.hu 120.40.130.70
    kepzes kepzes@eszfk.hu 120.40.130.70
    jelentkezes.eeszt jelentkezes.eeszt@eszfk.hu 120.40.130.70
    hellandadelsbergxjgar6318 hellandadelsbergxjgar6318@gmail.com 171.224.181.143
    LeonardoSamuel leonardo.samuel.6569@2ty.disciplinethecity.sg 198.20.188.55
    CristinaHutcheso randie@h.thunderecho.store 196.51.132.137
    CarmelaSchnieder carmela-schnieders9332@2ty.disciplinethecity.sg 154.12.105.177
    605a7baede844d278b89dc95ae0a9123 605a7baede844d278b89dc95ae0a9123@sentry-next.wixpress.com 120.40.130.70
    UtaTruesdale uta-truesdale-6701@2ty.disciplinethecity.sg 196.51.137.131
    GeoffreyConnal4 darryl@a.itchydog.online 196.51.161.32
    TiffanyDickson1 louella@b.awsome-gadgets.com 196.51.161.204
    205:1500:600:7:100::00:2 205:1500:600:7:100::00:2 120.40.130.70
    mov1 mov1@websiteselect.top 196.247.168.159
    Josephagigo kimtboland@gmail.com 37.139.53.198
    blakeley blakeley@b.awsome-gadgets.com 196.51.135.56
    kayboothman06 dianeflores1956@sabesmail.com 77.220.193.161
    CoralPemberton acobsondona@ketview.info 196.51.249.93
    ConcettaBradley acobsondona@ketview.info 196.51.201.47
    NildaCatt099710 thalia@i.cosmicbridge.site 196.51.129.136
    tatianarader tatianarader@anonmails.de 198.46.203.5
    lashawnyasmin lashawnyasmin@andindoc.com 196.245.248.66
    aisabelafrances9695 aisabelafrances@126.com 119.18.1.97
    NickolasHimes8 acobsondona@ketview.info 196.51.249.66
    Blakecib danielvanwormer2002@sfirstmail.com 202.134.9.146
    KatricePease4 acobsondona@ketview.info 5.253.161.140
    ShaunaRing acobsondona@ketview.info 154.30.213.251
    GerardoWithers acobsondona@ketview.info 154.30.213.140
    Kennethdep johnny@euphoria.finance 37.139.53.198
    z.a.mok.p.e.trovs.k.y2.02.3 z.a.mok.p.e.trovs.k.y2.02.3@gmail.com 120.40.130.70
    NigelMeece4 acobsondona@ketview.info 196.51.249.102
    205:1500:600:7:100::00:2 205:1500:600:7:100::00:2 120.40.130.70
    tiffiny.odonovan tiffiny.odonovan@take-ur-vites.org 67.218.4.82
    app app@mpreis.at 120.40.130.70
    ajagetufa ajagetufa@adadmailon.com 158.69.119.16
    2003:5:908:600:301:1:779:14 2003:5:908:600:301:1:779:14 120.40.130.70
    roderick-calcagno35 roderick-calcagno35@take-ur-vites.org 130.44.201.255
    ahalytexaxdo8778 ahalytexaxdo@163.com 93.91.112.247
    VZMCleo00106897 hemmings@b.gsaser.world 196.51.161.84
    LemuelWanganeen schultzhelga@ketview.info 196.51.252.88
    RobtWestbrook93 vida@h.thunderecho.store 196.51.161.255
    LoisBritton3146 ronnie@d.dontstress.online 38.154.96.92
    leonelsorokin38 leonelsorokin38@take-ur-vites.org 139.180.225.194
    amberlyambvfgarfi06507 amberlyambvfgarfi06507@gmail.com 27.79.218.74
    5522 5522@mpreis.at 120.40.130.70
    5524 5524@mpreis.at 120.40.130.70
    5525 5525@mpreis.at 120.40.130.70
    npostmaster npostmaster@mpreis.at 120.40.130.70
    5523 5523@mpreis.at 120.40.130.70
    5527 5527@mpreis.at 120.40.130.70
    Leopoldo6150 leopoldo-morrissey66@take-ur-vites.org 67.218.4.240
    5529 5529@mpreis.at 120.40.130.70
    laurimaney4354 laurimaney4354@id.makefunny.org 160.191.224.71
    5526 5526@mpreis.at 120.40.130.70
    ScottBig musaev.misha.1982.3.5@list.ru 185.189.199.75
    5531 5531@mpreis.at 120.40.130.70
    JosephUtice lavenderb715@gmail.com 37.139.53.198
    5509 5509@mpreis.at 120.40.130.70
    5511 5511@mpreis.at 120.40.130.70
    wnatybloomingrkr24 wnatybloomingrkr24@nestmailbox.com 172.71.146.6