Author: Alexander

  • Spam Is Still a Big Problem, 99.6% comments/register are spam bots!

    CleanTalk is dynamically developing cloud service of web-sites protection from spam. It is the powerful tool that becomes a serious competitor for leaders like Akismet and Mollom.

    Spam is a big problem for Web sites or blogs. Even just launched WordPress Blog is likely to receive traffic from spam bots.

    In 2013, the share of bot traffic was 61.5%. In comparison with 2012 the growth of bot traffic was 21% and this growth continues. This non-human traffic is search bots, scrapers, hacking tools, and other human impersonators, little pieces of code skittering across the web. (Source Incapsula)

    Without effective automated counter measures, dealing with spam is time consuming, annoying and painfully slow.

    CleanTalk seeks to provide reliable protection, thus contributing to strengthen information security in the world. Every day CleanTalk processes about 2.5 million requests. In general only 0.4% are comments, registration, etc. from real visitors and the remaining 99.6% are spam bots!

    CleanTalk detects and stops spam witout CAPTCHAs or other math-based, human/bot testing techniques. Analyzing behavioral factors, the parameters of filling out forms and structure of the text, CleanTalk has a very high efficiency. According to the founder of the project Denis Shagimuratov “At 2.5 million queries the service makes a mistake in 40-45 cases, i.e. CleanTalk detects spam with 99.9982% accuracy. We constantly monitor these errors and make adjustments to our algorithms”, so the team is aiming to improve those figures over time.

    All of this makes CleanTalk powerful tool against spam and it is easy for users at the same time.

    Novadays CleanTalk is generally recognized by users who say CleanTalk is one of the best anti-spam services.

  • CleanTalk anti-spam is now sponsoring the open source community Joomla!

    CleanTalk anti-spam is now sponsoring the open source community Joomla!

    We are proud to partner with Joomla!, one of the most popular and fastest growing content management systems.

    To help community development that promotes professional development. It integrates of thousands of developers, webmasters, designers to take full advantage of the plethora of new resources, people, knowledge, etc.

    We understand the value and impact of Joomla globally and promote its use internationally.

    With a one-click install CleanTalk, it’s easy to protect your Joomla! site against spam bots.

    About Joomla!

    Joomla! is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications. Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made Joomla! the most popular Web site software available. Best of all, Joomla is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone.

    About CleanTalk

    CleanTalk is a SaaS spam protection service for Web sites. CleanTalk uses protection methods which are invisible for site visitors. The team CleanTalk has been developing a cloud spam protection system for 4 years and has created a truly reliable anti-spam service designed for you to ensure your safety.

  • Extend to storage time of detail of the service for 45 days

    CleanTalk company pleased to inform you that we have made it possible to extend storage time of detail of the service. The previous period of 7 days for some users of the service was not enough and we have decided to increase it, and now you can plug an extended detail, which will be available within 45 days.

    To enable extended detail, go to Control Panel> Profile and mark the check box “Keep history 45 days”.

    CleanTalk reminds that these data can be useful for improving the service and feedback, identifying incorrect response filters, view details on each post/registration (IP (country), email, text messages, date/time processing and URL of the page on which was made comment). Also, you can see the details of the activity of spam IP address is blacklisted, it is enough to go to the link.

  • CleanTalk releases official anti-spam module for IPS Community Suite 4.х.

    CleanTalk company has released official anti-spam module for IPS4. The new version features optimized programme code and improved antispam check for better spambot protection.

    The module allows forgetting about CAPTCHA, question-answer, puzzles and other methods, that complicate website experience. Those protection methods decrease website conversion significantly.

    CleanTalk uses check methods that are invisible for the user, user or spam bot behavior is transferred to CleanTalk server for analysis, and the server decides whether it’s a spambot or a regular user.

    CleanTalk saves time and resources spent on moderation and verification of questionable users or comments. Unnoticeable Protection from spam and registration forms, which does not require the visitor to prove who they are, increases the conversion in registration and is not annoying.

    You can now download the new module version for IPS Community Suite 4.х.

    Setup manual anti-spam for IPS4.

    For clients’ convenience, the company offers free mobile apps, enabling you to control and receive information about registrations/comments through your mobile device (for Ipad/Iphone and Android).

    The company is already providing automatic spam protection service to popular CMS: Joomla, phpBB, WordPress, DataLife Engine, SMF, IP Board, vBulletin, VirtueMart, Drupal, XenForo, 1C Bitrix, MediaWiki and prepared class libraries for PHP, Perl, Python, NET, Yii.

    © CleanTalk.org 2015

     

  • Hostname provides free CleanTalk to all clients

    Hostname provides free CleanTalk to all clients

    Hostname.club has already announced Cloud anti-spam CleanTalk Solution for Website owners and designers today. This is a free extra bundle costs $8 per year per domain which provides maximum protection from spam bots.

    Why CleanTalk?

    CleanTalk is a simple and convenient form of comments/registrations without annoying CAPTCHAs and puzzles. Website owners who run websites that allow comments face a major problem: spambots tend to flood comments sections, filling them with ads and irritating regular visitors. Some websites use captchas and other tools to filter out spambots, but this also annoys visitors who just want to leave comments without having to jump through hoops. Clean Talk can scan every incoming comment automatically using cloud-based analytics, decide whether the comment is coming from a visitor or a spambot, and then either block or allow the comment.

    All shared in severs are suscribled to Cleantalk premium membership. Cleantalk is ready to be used. Just need to install plugin for popular scripts like WordPress, Joomla,.. for your websites you are protected by this great service!

    Which services are protected by Cleantalk?

    We know what problems spam bots brings to our clients. By using Cleantalk, Hostname.club wish to provide the maximum protection from spam to the websites” said Khoi Nguyen, the CEO of Hostname.club. “This convenient anti-spam solution is already included in our hosting, reseller hosting and master reseller hosting packages from now”.

    Hostname.club is a team of committed Server Experts, Systems Engineers, Server Administrators, and Support Technicians who truly bring great services to all clients. In 7 years of hosting, Hostname.club is grown to serving thousands of clients all over the world. Along with anti-spam Cleantalk, we also provide a lot of benefits to customer like WHMXtra, Softaculous, Cloud Backup, etc…

    By Hostnameclub.

  • The new version 1.30 of the anti-spam mod for SimpleMachinesForum

    The new version 1.30 of the anti-spam mod for SimpleMachinesForum

    We are pleased to inform you that CleanTalk released an updated version of MOD for SMF.

    Mod version 1.30 has been released.

    • Updated library for working with API Cleantalk.
    • Disable logging responses from CleanTalk in SMF (default). New option in mod settings added to enable/disable logging.
    • New protection against bots at Javascript.
    • Implemented system upgrade mode for versions 1.21 (current) and up through the system package manager SMF. Now you do not need to uninstall the old version of fashion, to establish a new one.

    Extension may download from official catalog.
    http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/i … p?mod=3851

  • A new kind of WordPress anti-spam plugin settings page

    We have simplified the plugin settings page and added new elements.

    1. Add visual display protected forms and the user can immediately see that the protection is active.
    2. We’ve removed in a drop-down advanced settings, these settings for 99.99% of the users  are optimal and do not require changes.
    3. In the status bar we’ve added  plugin statistics of processed events in the past 24 hours. You’ll always know how many comments was added and how many spam attacks was stopped. Statistics has a link to the CleanTalk Control Panel to view detail and service management, as well as a quick link to the plugin’s settings.

    We will be grateful to you if you say your opinion. Thank you!

  • Select a language for service messages

    We have added an ability to select the language for service messages. These messages are issued to visitors at the service’s event handling online.

    Depending on the audience of your site, you can use next to display messages:

    English, Russian, French, Spanish, German, Danish, Polish, Portuguese and Italian.

    To change the language for service messages, go to Control Panel-> Settings-> API response language

  • For WordPress users, checking existing comments for spam

    For WordPress users, checking existing comments for spam

    CleanTalk offers more protection from spam bots to sites by WordPress. The new version provides a unique opportunity to test existing spam comments.

    CleanTalk adds new features in CleanTalk Anti-Spam, our solutions are reliable, easy and efficient. Work of the module is absolutely invisible for visitors and allows to renounce forever the ways of protection complicating communication on the website (CAPTCHA, question and answer, etc.). CleanTalk allows you to automate protection from spam and registering of spam bots.

    Cloud anti-spam service CleanTalk released a new version of the anti-spam plugin for WordPress, the new version has a unique function of automatic check for spam of the existing comments on the site.

    This allows administrators of the Web sites automatically check and identify spam bots comments, which were not detected by conventional anti-spam tools.

    This function is present only for WordPress, it will gradually be introduced for other CMS.

    CleanTalk identifies spam bots, using its own algorithms to estimate the parameters visitor, on the basis of these tests is formed its own database of spam bots. Checking existing comments is made on the basis of the nearly 2 million of certain spam bots. Detailed statistic allows CleanTalk customers to control the whole process.

    “The team CleanTalk has been developing a cloud spam protection system for four years and has created a truly reliable anti-spam service designed for you to guarantee your safety”.

    Download the new version anti spam by CleanTalk for WordPress

  • How to add more web sites

    Many webmasters have more than one website, and Cleantalk can unite several websites under one account. You will not need to set up individual log in and password for each website, no need to remember and store such data. All you need to do is add a new website to an existing account. It takes mere seconds, and you can add antispam for the second website and for each subsequent one.

    Go to Control Panel and click button “CREATE”

    mysite cleantalk.org   Antispam control panel

    Fill in the Site URL, Service name and select your CMS. Push the button CREATE and go to the next page.

    New website

    Here we see the parameters you provided the new site and the access key. Access key must be entered in the settings of your plugin. You can download and read manual settings on the plugin the link to the page, or go to the Control Panel service.

    Website options  service

    After setting up the plugin, you can test using a test email st********@ex*****.com Do not forget to get out of the account administrator website.