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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 - 17 Jul 2025 5:20 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,524
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    a.m.amafa.pox.u.4.9. a.m.amafa.pox.u.4.9.@gmail.com 195.26.237.240
    2001:0:5245:847:937:122:569:2 2001:0:5245:847:937:122:569:2 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:4790:58:11:754:92:353 2001:0:4790:58:11:754:92:353 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:47:4:91:34:704:21 2001:0:47:4:91:34:704:21 120.40.130.70
    donnacline1910 donnacline1910@salpingomyu.ru 188.130.185.181
    2001:0:468:4994:550:36:04:804 2001:0:468:4994:550:36:04:804 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:471:999:123:3403:92:423 2001:0:471:999:123:3403:92:423 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:5744:84:2:286:810:4366 2001:0:5744:84:2:286:810:4366 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:466:66:85:3:5:816 2001:0:466:66:85:3:5:816 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:43:4391:01:92:3715:21 2001:0:43:4391:01:92:3715:21 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:4301:979:24:94:12:34 2001:0:4301:979:24:94:12:34 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:439:39:908:68:628:80 2001:0:439:39:908:68:628:80 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:461:878:2816:140:95:98 2001:0:461:878:2816:140:95:98 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:43:819:942:517:118:77 2001:0:43:819:942:517:118:77 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:4726:363:84:7639:8:509 2001:0:4726:363:84:7639:8:509 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:4423:8:2:350:51:5978 2001:0:4423:8:2:350:51:5978 120.40.130.70
    Andrewdoown gzenoiikas@rambler.ru 135.181.125.113
    2001:0:436:7979:8178:9::51 2001:0:436:7979:8178:9::51 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:5187:67:298:552:16:4442 2001:0:5187:67:298:552:16:4442 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:429:06:2403:8189:6:1 2001:0:429:06:2403:8189:6:1 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:46:684:886:92:613:656 2001:0:46:684:886:92:613:656 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:511:334:1:357:2204:254 2001:0:511:334:1:357:2204:254 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:43:581:44:68:3:60 2001:0:43:581:44:68:3:60 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:435:542:45:424:829:221 2001:0:435:542:45:424:829:221 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:4310:359:9979:34:338:70 2001:0:4310:359:9979:34:338:70 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:42:92:909:829:660:9 2001:0:42:92:909:829:660:9 120.40.130.70
    MazieAas72 mazietrevascus.1481@greatemails.online 186.179.42.11
    2001:0:437:450:565:87:23:567 2001:0:437:450:565:87:23:567 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:434:34:5:296:48:887 2001:0:434:34:5:296:48:887 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:435:429::673:878:84 2001:0:435:429::673:878:84 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:46:3:40:591:888:5 2001:0:46:3:40:591:888:5 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:43:74:1840:675:7135:229 2001:0:43:74:1840:675:7135:229 120.40.130.70
    MadelaineProsser hedda@b.fruitingbodymushrooms.online 38.152.177.131
    2001:0:434:429:5459:435:979:49 2001:0:434:429:5459:435:979:49 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:429:12:6934:757:50: 2001:0:429:12:6934:757:50: 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:43:63:449:5:122:321 2001:0:43:63:449:5:122:321 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:4294:57:9579:340:37:1198 2001:0:4294:57:9579:340:37:1198 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:7856:5:6:41:963:964 2001:0:7856:5:6:41:963:964 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:5384:63:5:994:05: 2001:0:5384:63:5:994:05: 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:43:322:079:46:19:6506 2001:0:43:322:079:46:19:6506 120.40.130.70
    2601:601:1583:260:42:11:44:38 2601:601:1583:260:42:11:44:38 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:4255:81:146:121:17:425 2001:0:4255:81:146:121:17:425 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:425:71:913:958:203:0 2001:0:425:71:913:958:203:0 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:5743:802:45:810:273:31 2001:0:5743:802:45:810:273:31 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:441:153:58:8:658:020 2001:0:441:153:58:8:658:020 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:42:48:51:89:52:839 2001:0:42:48:51:89:52:839 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:43:3573:596:41:311:27 2001:0:43:3573:596:41:311:27 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:471:3:6844:9:23:71 2001:0:471:3:6844:9:23:71 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:43:8905:00:1:9:677 2001:0:43:8905:00:1:9:677 120.40.130.70
    GEMAsa30230197 asabernard@56dd.phil789.com 103.58.149.121
    Colinvioms gzgfraztun@rambler.ru 135.181.119.248
    2001:0:434:2029:5037:26:921:16 2001:0:434:2029:5037:26:921:16 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:43:42:559:79:216:76 2001:0:43:42:559:79:216:76 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:435:92:91:87:37:27 2001:0:435:92:91:87:37:27 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:437:8:2862:74:9079:919 2001:0:437:8:2862:74:9079:919 120.40.130.70
    oliwen0 oliwen0@ligmamail.com 102.129.234.5
    2001:0:4681:6500:9:5780:442:58 2001:0:4681:6500:9:5780:442:58 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:461:96:515:92:3:852 2001:0:461:96:515:92:3:852 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:4423:944:9872:8532:29:662 2001:0:4423:944:9872:8532:29:662 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:435:753:241:58:246:1 2001:0:435:753:241:58:246:1 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:439:3:807:84:88:3 2001:0:439:3:807:84:88:3 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:47:21:784:9:92: 2001:0:47:21:784:9:92: 120.40.130.70
    itproger itproger@uniquemailx.com 57.129.24.111
    2001:0:510:690:795:89:8657:057 2001:0:510:690:795:89:8657:057 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:5444:751:19:87:58: 2001:0:5444:751:19:87:58: 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:42:46:37:4:602:547 2001:0:42:46:37:4:602:547 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:436::96:9:379:47 2001:0:436::96:9:379:47 120.40.130.70
    200:237:527:001:465::8:4245 200:237:527:001:465::8:4245 120.40.130.70
    202:020:551:4:775:3641:949:203 202:020:551:4:775:3641:949:203 120.40.130.70
    202:80:4268:121:90:42:212:8 202:80:4268:121:90:42:212:8 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:438:74:90:7277:38:7387 2001:0:438:74:90:7277:38:7387 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:436:322:550:540:37:348 2001:0:436:322:550:540:37:348 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:5484:797:6992:61:79:42 2001:0:5484:797:6992:61:79:42 120.40.130.70
    gauss312 gauss312@uniquemailx.com 57.129.24.129
    2001:0:433:4:820:181:4482:85 2001:0:433:4:820:181:4482:85 120.40.130.70
    2001:0:43:522:80:249:97:4 2001:0:43:522:80:249:97:4 120.40.130.70
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