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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 - 18 Sep 2024 7:34 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,570
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    605a7baede844d278b89dc95ae0a9123 605a7baede844d278b89dc95ae0a9123@sentry-next.wixpress.com 120.40.130.70
    chau-goloubev chau-goloubev@mainrajawin.art 64.137.106.57
    penny-whitis6681 penny-whitis6681@mainrajawin.pro 166.88.83.177
    erniestopford9432 erniestopford9432@23.8.dnsabr.com 45.134.79.164
    EmeliaPardue80 flavienpatrushev1987@onet.eu 14.199.30.127
    TheMoneyMenMegawaysBlaine odessahornick@1secmail.com 89.149.93.19
    TheMoneyMenMegawaysKina lolitagarran@1secmail.com 89.149.93.19
    kevin.d.brazie.mil kevin.d.brazie.mil@army.mil 185.40.4.92
    jacquessco jacquesscorfield66@loss.dewuch.com 196.245.164.81
    cefcathlee cathleencarl87@out.tubna.com 185.158.106.32
    DeliaArcher303 guiseppeweimann407@mailbays.com 198.145.170.29
    KarenCes j.am.es.w.oo.d.s.i.i.i.i.v@gmail.com 216.24.210.8
    PansyTrost87917 ofeliabustos@anonmails.de 154.194.22.23
    bucha.n.a.o.n.m.att bucha.n.a.o.n.m.att@gmail.com 45.13.191.42
    205:1500:600:7:100::00:2 205:1500:600:7:100::00:2 120.40.130.70
    2001:190:6001:718:5400:5:19:591 2001:190:6001:718:5400:5:19:591 120.40.130.70
    ekshteyn ekshteyn@fvmaily.com 51.75.144.201
    kengasky kengasky@fvmaily.com 51.89.6.184
    kareemodom kareemodoms58@info.holidays2017.click 146.70.89.117
    royalxmass2Temeka hudsonbraun@1secmail.com 89.149.93.19
    RandolphS14 randolpharent10@hard.hivoltz.org 130.44.201.113
    una una@palletkraft.ru 120.40.130.70
    salvador51 newtonhightower9846@dcctb.com 185.220.101.109
    gretapickr gretapickrell89@tired.tubna.com 45.92.28.76
    royalxmass2Edna kristoferlefler276@1secmail.com 89.149.93.19
    martinzqw martinnoll26@dna.bouyee.com 198.154.80.136
    noe-gogiashvili noe-gogiashvili@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    OwenA17439 lonnypoltpalingada@1secmail.com 94.131.19.49
    GidgetBidencope gidgetbidencope86@hard.hivoltz.org 130.44.201.109
    FreddieHorstman freddiehorstman75@dia.ophixy.com 185.104.219.43
    ChanaCollings0 agnesmelancon8651@1secmail.com 94.131.22.142
    JanieQuaife2 janie-quaife@spersort.com 152.22.117.27
    jolene.vallejos jolene.vallejos@mainrajawin.today 92.112.239.72
    Brock587710 brockeden77@hard.hivoltz.org 130.44.203.152
    MadelaineGoodell madelainegoodell52@gambolly.click 91.90.122.13
    TEJAdrianne adrianneparks@bedfordguildhouse.org 212.103.125.48
    royalxmass2Aracely fidelhuie@1secmail.com 89.149.93.19
    LakeshaBollinger lakesha.bollinger@qna.gambolly.click 154.16.105.200
    FinnFlanery4181 gregorylawson@ketview.info 154.30.213.74
    Lisanne.Meyer-grandpierre Lisanne.Meyer-grandpierre@messefrankfurt.com 120.40.130.70
    aumlashawn lashawndabeirne2@son.oueue.com 45.95.39.202
    BettieTbx7635795 bettiekobayashi48@dia.ophixy.com 196.196.169.17
    pasquale32 pasqualegunn100@issue.dewuch.com 154.16.69.100
    RondaHoch7208 gregorylawson@ketview.info 196.51.201.170
    dwighttfo7 dwightmooney62@issue.dewuch.com 223.29.253.188
    205:1500:600:7:100::00:2 205:1500:600:7:100::00:2 120.40.130.70
    theocasill theocasillas100@wipe.oueue.com 191.101.109.27
    lashayalva lashayalvarez59@dust.claxyn.com 193.34.74.140
    AmyHarvey1321 juliannemaccarthy3303@1secmail.com 109.120.187.154
    checkrowvuno1980 checkrowvuno1980@op.pl 94.46.220.4
    ss ss@palletkraft.ru 120.40.130.70
    chasitybeh rolandona@nestmoon.com 45.92.28.134
    MarianoChristiso jesuscordero3829@koes.justdied.com 93.90.228.9
    noelia noelia@seoneo.info 104.223.48.75
    NVQJung407152 mollyswanston581@wuuvo.com 109.120.187.154
    beulahrosenberg beulahrosenberg@mainrajawin.art 172.69.65.6
    evonnep099 evonnehefner59@use.tubna.com 165.231.105.29
    stewartrot stewartrotton24@issue.dewuch.com 190.123.210.178
    LeathaSeabolt stevemaness@qiott.com 109.120.187.154
    Mamie06644 gregorylawson@ketview.info 196.51.249.89
    luciomathe luciomathew99@spot.phbob.com 23.95.81.136
    shanelmft shanelchandler20@pale.papte.com 45.95.39.136
    EmmettHueber emmetthueber98@dia.ophixy.com 91.132.115.46
    trisacrislong1979 trisacrislong1979@op.pl 216.131.108.248
    thelmaamat thelmaamato2@huge.ernsys.com 196.245.164.232
    ElkeMckenna152 rosellanathan@1secmail.net 190.2.148.35
    Christy93X christywhittemore34@dia.ophixy.com 91.132.115.119
    RosalindaCastane jeanettedoherty4237@anonmails.de 190.2.148.35
    skyelamber holliscarruthers@1secmail.com 185.216.35.76