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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 - 28 Sep 2023 11:14 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,799
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    josefsencohen034 josefsencohen034@foundationmails.com 198.46.137.6
    adairmitchell739 adairmitchell739@foundationmails.com 38.154.167.181
    schackgammelgaard163 schackgammelgaard163@foundationmails.com 23.236.148.63
    beasleychurchill119 beasleychurchill119@foundationmails.com 38.152.9.194
    terphodges497 terphodges497@foundationmails.com 46.146.230.89
    hutchisonmcfarland422 hutchisonmcfarland422@foundationmails.com 198.46.202.126
    buttkinney383 buttkinney383@foundationmails.com 134.73.188.70
    bauerboll310 bauerboll310@foundationmails.com 170.83.176.200
    buschsalas661 buschsalas661@foundationmails.com 162.214.205.59
    chaneywilliford572 chaneywilliford572@foundationmails.com 38.154.195.187
    muhinkaspar108 muhinkaspar108@mail.ru 172.94.73.171
    udsenrichardson783 udsenrichardson783@foundationmails.com 134.255.243.213
    garciaburks475 garciaburks475@foundationmails.com 162.214.205.59
    kampmathiassen543 kampmathiassen543@foundationmails.com 69.58.1.136
    havemcclain198 havemcclain198@foundationmails.com 162.214.205.59
    nicholsonhoyle146 nicholsonhoyle146@foundationmails.com 193.28.182.140
    hyldgaardbaxter886 hyldgaardbaxter886@foundationmails.com 162.214.205.59
    woodthorup044 woodthorup044@foundationmails.com 162.214.205.59
    tychsenotte326 tychsenotte326@foundationmails.com 170.83.176.200
    krasnhello krasnhello@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    2001:448:6135:00:358:5:1:690 2001:448:6135:00:358:5:1:690 120.40.130.70
    wilsonberg958 wilsonberg958@foundationmails.com 162.214.205.59
    coxfletcher711 coxfletcher711@foundationmails.com 36.255.188.40
    teigetrbhm.fredinbvpf teigetrbhm.fredinbvpf@a.casinogamblerman.com 45.33.156.216
    broeestes569 broeestes569@foundationmails.com 223.29.254.227
    hildebrandtgfqtrujillo hildebrandtgfqtrujillo@gmail.com 103.166.182.68
    barrettallison020 barrettallison020@foundationmails.com 170.83.176.91
    2607:91:1:290:39:772:6:1 2607:91:1:290:39:772:6:1 120.40.130.70
    mirandafabricius341 mirandafabricius341@foundationmails.com 160.20.10.118
    mccullochoh402 mccullochoh402@foundationmails.com 23.81.231.55
    OBAazKbcNCLN callvisvetlana@list.ru 162.158.86.33
    acevedoduffy902 acevedoduffy902@foundationmails.com 103.166.182.68
    bjerrekloster746 bjerrekloster746@foundationmails.com 14.248.135.122
    langemitchell360 langemitchell360@foundationmails.com 103.166.182.68
    JustinziDeelo solisk@inrus.top 185.179.214.49
    christiansenpolat862 christiansenpolat862@foundationmails.com 36.255.189.239
    ebbesenyildirim299 ebbesenyildirim299@foundationmails.com 46.146.230.89
    carmelowomack carmelowomack@qiott.com 36.37.123.6
    lykkebarefoot909 lykkebarefoot909@foundationmails.com 173.213.93.28
    mccraysteffensen847 mccraysteffensen847@foundationmails.com 23.81.232.151
    202:598:64:800::3100:11 202:598:64:800::3100:11 120.40.130.70
    gtaletmcve jakryesjy@essytop.site (empty)
    2405:600:303:01:401:571:975:785 2405:600:303:01:401:571:975:785 120.40.130.70
    juelguerra561 juelguerra561@foundationmails.com 5.135.102.216
    pedersenfunch668 pedersenfunch668@foundationmails.com 5.135.102.216
    dudleyharrison470 dudleyharrison470@foundationmails.com 107.174.232.239
    DerrickV19 stephaniedoucette@pfui.ru 196.245.229.79
    richsilver817 richsilver817@foundationmails.com 173.213.93.28
    burksziegler349 burksziegler349@foundationmails.com 103.187.243.192
    milyanrbuv.diviusseep milyanrbuv.diviusseep@a.casinogamblerman.com 193.38.241.131
    sumnerdecker584 sumnerdecker584@foundationmails.com 196.240.254.103
    egebergheller552 egebergheller552@foundationmails.com 50.3.197.159
    stephansenhatcher163 stephansenhatcher163@foundationmails.com 103.166.182.68
    ortizcoates994 ortizcoates994@foundationmails.com 168.90.199.195
    ctslink.customerservice ctslink.customerservice@computershare.com 120.40.130.70
    chaseenemark726 chaseenemark726@foundationmails.com 43.225.191.192
    2001:8003:36:1900:5::387:04 2001:8003:36:1900:5::387:04 120.40.130.70
    200:10:0:148:69:292:0: 200:10:0:148:69:292:0: 120.40.130.70
    hobbskondrup729 hobbskondrup729@foundationmails.com 162.212.173.165
    singerravn358 singerravn358@foundationmails.com 36.255.191.244
    loweryhampton900 loweryhampton900@foundationmails.com 103.187.243.122
    boyettenash374 boyettenash374@foundationmails.com 14.248.135.122
    vertlamber vertlamber@yandex.com 120.40.130.70
    2001:1460:2:0:121:8:00:17 2001:1460:2:0:121:8:00:17 120.40.130.70
    terkildsenjohansen186 terkildsenjohansen186@foundationmails.com 103.166.182.68
    rutledgegamble135 rutledgegamble135@foundationmails.com 142.111.93.244
    O.del.llano.ramirez O.del.llano.ramirez@accenture.com 120.40.130.70
    mccormickmouridsen286 mccormickmouridsen286@foundationmails.com 5.135.102.216
    kirbychapman393 kirbychapman393@foundationmails.com 176.137.142.38
    riggscole304 riggscole304@foundationmails.com 176.137.142.38
    MarilynMcKinley cab@ezpostpin.com 196.244.48.133
    yusufismail875 yusufismail875@foundationmails.com 38.154.200.57
    dogansheppard403 dogansheppard403@foundationmails.com 185.3.134.53