Re: BuddyPress Spam
Not sure of the process but even if you haven’t got bbpress running locate and remove the file. If spambots are managing to get around hidden fields that should remain empty it suggests they are not using whatever form that protection is on.
For CURL try adding this: (but check carefully things still work!)
# trap curl registration downloaders – block in allow,deny rules
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent “^curl” blog_spammer
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from All
Deny from env=blog_spammer
Be careful about blocking IP ranges it’s a difficult practice and one that technically you are supposed to notify about in case innocent yet important sites get blocked, you can add further rules to the deny lines above but unless there is a very persistent IP it’s probably not worth it and likely spoffed anyway.
