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    • Even more opportunities to provide protection from spam on Joomla.

      Even more opportunities to provide protection from spam on Joomla.

      CleanTalk is a SaaS spam protection service for Web-sites. CleanTalk uses protection methods which are invisible for site visitors. Connecting to the service eliminates needs for CAPTCHA, questions and answers and other methods of protection, complicating the exchange of information on the site.

      Many don’t think about the importance of reliable spam protection. But, it’s something we all must face. Yes, eliminating spam attacks takes time, and valuable resources. However, not providing such protections looks bad in the eyes of clients. And, it can lead to a loss of reputation.

      Just think what would be done to owners of Joomla web sites, if spam attacks mislead clients, directing them to malicious websites. Intruders add loads of malicious content to web sites and there is no time to eliminate it. Spambots are the problem for every website on the Internet and CleanTalk is meant to get rid of such situations. CleanTalk is a preventative system of spambots protection, invisible to the website visitors and providing 100% efficiency.

      CleanTalk Company is happy to announce to all Joomla users, that they have launched the newest version of anti-spam plugin.

      In the new version, CleanTalk is able to employ the spam protection mechanism for free forms (contacts, comments, registrations). Before, CleanTalk could only provide protection for the most popular or standard forms. The employment of protection for the new forms took time and complicated the development. Considering the great number of plugins, it seemed impossible to create protection for each one separately.

      The new plugin mechanism enables support to various forms of different authors. The idea is for the plugin to monitor actions on websites and every time there’s a registration or a new comment, CleanTalk estimated the parameters of the form filling and the visitor’s behavior. The service checks these parameters for signs of spambots and makes decisions, whether it’s a person or a spambot. The spambot protection for free forms is set via the plugin settings.

      CleanTalk sends a weekly report of all activity. It lets you access a record of each (trans)action, at any given moment. Users can also see the dynamics of spam attacks and useful comments. With the help of a mobile app, you can control and receive information about registrations/comments directly to your mobile device (available for iPad/iPhone and Android).

      Considering the amount of comment and registration plugins that are susceptible to spam attacks, by one means or another, CleanTalk becomes an important tool in provision of spam protection, and which is necessary for companies to keep in their arsenal.

      Forums and blogs without spam

      CleanTalk is a SaaS spam protection service for Web-sites. CleanTalk uses protection methods which are invisible for site visitors. Connecting to the service eliminates needs for CAPTCHA, questions and answers and other methods of protection, complicating the exchange of information on the site.

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

      The new version v1.20 improved spam protection, added anti-spam for guests posts and new members posts.

      Now you can do on the forum SMF guests topics that can write each visitor without registering on the forum. Not all the visitors who came to your forum want to go through the registration procedure for the sake of one or two posts, but your voting can express in an open topic.

      Despite the fact that the topic is open without registering on the forum, however, it is protected from spam bots and spam. Behavior parameters visitor or spam bot transmitted to the server anti-spam service CleanTalk, service evaluates them and decides, spam bot or a person.

      Spam check for new users is necessary in cases where an account on the forum registers an ordinary person, and then transferred to a spam bot account to send spam. Anti spam service CleanTalk exclude such an option on your forum. The first reports of new members undergo the same multi-stage spam filtering.

    • Spam filtration policy changes

      In the spam filter police for registrations/comments added changes, now if a request there are no data for multiple antispam tests, the requests considered as spam, the server returns response,

      *** User forbidden. Check plugin setup. Request number 412dfcd6925edac260874365f9f3fcf6. Antispam service cleantalk.org. ***

      Please do dummy registrations/comments with email st********@*****le.com, you shouldn’t see plugin response as described agove.

    • CleanTalk Released an Application for the protection of MediaWiki Against Spam and Spam Bots

      CleanTalk Released an Application for the protection of MediaWiki Against Spam and Spam Bots

      CleanTalk completed the development application for the MediaWiki, to protect the site against spam and spam bots.

      This application allows users to quickly and easily connect to anti spam server CleanTalk. Its service provides 100% protection from spam bots for website administrators and a simple and convenient commentary/sign-up form for visitors.

      This application allows protection from automatically distributed spam, as well as from spam bots registrations. The protection method offered by CleanTalk allows users to switch from the methods that trouble the communication (CAPTCHA, question-answer etc.) to a more convenient one.

      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.

      CleanTalk is a cloud service, security module, installed on a website, which sends the behaviour parameters of the visitor or spam bot. These parameters are estimated, and the service makes a decision – to post a message or to define it as spam and reject.

      On the basis of such checks, the service forms its own list of email addresses used by spam bots. Likewise the registrations of visitors are checked. The service adds not only email addresses to the blacklist, but also IP addresses and domains of the websites that are promoted through spam mailout. The CleanTalk company developed unique algorithms to assess the behavior of the visitor, and with 100% accuracy we keep spam messages at bay. All of this happens automatically and requires no action from the administration of the website.

      The Company provides automatic spam protection services for popular CMS: WordPress, Joomla, phpBB, Drupal, DataLife Engine, IP Board, vBulletin, MediaWiki, SimpleMachinesForum and open API for PHP, Perl, Python, NET, Yii.

    • CleanTalk Released an Application for the Protection of Yii Framework Against Spam and Spam Bots

      CleanTalk Released an Application for the Protection of Yii Framework Against Spam and Spam Bots

      CleanTalk completed the development application for the Yii Framework, to protect the site against spam and spam bots.

      This application allows users to quickly and easily connect to anti spam server CleanTalk. Its service provides 100% protection from spam bots for website administrators and a simple and convenient commentary/sign-up form for visitors.

      This application allows protection from automatically distributed spam, as well as from spam bots registrations. The protection method offered by CleanTalk allows users to switch from the methods that trouble the communication (CAPTCHA, question-answer etc.) to a more convenient one.

      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.

      CleanTalk is a cloud service, security module, installed on a website, which sends the behaviour parameters of the visitor or spam bot. These parameters are estimated, and the service makes a decision – to post a message or to define it as spam and reject.

      On the basis of such checks, the service forms its own list of email addresses used by spam bots. Likewise the registrations of visitors are checked. The service adds not only email addresses to the blacklist, but also IP addresses and domains of the websites that are promoted through spam mailout. The CleanTalk company developed unique algorithms to assess the behavior of the visitor, and with 100% accuracy we keep spam messages at bay. All of this happens automatically and requires no action from the administration of the website.

      The Company provides automatic spam protection services for popular CMS: WordPress, Joomla, phpBB, Drupal, DataLife Engine, IP Board, vBulletin, MediaWiki, SimpleMachinesForum and open API for PHP, Perl, Python, NET.

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    • Anti-spam MOD for phpBB3, version 3.76 ready

      Anti-spam MOD for phpBB3, version 3.76 ready

      Anti-spam MOD for phpBB3 updated, in the new version optimized PHP code.

      Archive module cleantalk-spam-protect-3.76.zip.

    • Anti spam module for Simple Machine Forum

      smf-logoWe are glad to inform you about SMF anti-spam MOD, the MOD protects the forum against attacks from spam bots. The module completely invisible to the visitors of the forum and does away with the ways of protection, impairing communication of visitors to the site(CAPTCHA, question-answer, etc.). The application allows you to automate the protection from automatically send spam, and from registration by spam bots.

      To determine the spam bots are using multi-level test in the blacklisted IP/Email, JavaScript support, time filling out forms and other. This allows to achieve 100% protection from spam bots.

      Installing the module is simple and will not take much time. All registration (approved and blocked) can be monitored in the Control panel, you can also use the mobile application and receive notifications to your phone.

    • CleanTalk launched mobile application which is to control sign-up/commentary on a website

      We have developed and launched a mobile application for clients of our service. Now all iPhone/iPad users will be able to monitor messages, commentaries and sign-ups controlled by the CleanTalk anti-spam service.

      The application is unified with the anti-spam service by the CleanTalk company – it collects all data about commentaries and sign-ups on your website that is necessary for website administrators and instantly sends it to your mobile device. You will no longer need to sign in on your website or email as long as the application automatically notifies you about new information.

      It is especially useful when you may not miss and important message, for instance, online shops owners will absolutely value such functions as you will be able to get instant information about an order received.

      The application is available free in AppStore. Version for Android is currently being developed and will be released in the nearest future.

    • An exception from the algorithm of filtering spam links on photo hostings and tiny-urls web-sites

      The algorithm for spam filtering has new exceptions for links to photo hostings and tiny-urls web-sites. For example, links to sites such as img.gd, goo.gl bit.ly etc. will be ignored when determining the links to spam active web sites.

      The type of the web site – blog, forum, photo hosting, tiny url and etc. is determined automatically by analyzing the structure of HTTP links.

      Innovation will reduce the number of messages sent  to the moderators of websites.

    • Anti-spam plugin for Joomla, version 1.70 on Feb 19, 2014

      Anti-spam plugin for Joomla, version 1.70 on Feb 19, 2014

      Available updated anti-spam plugin for Joomla, changes in the new version,

      • Improved spam protection for VirtueMart 1.x, 2.x.
      • Added protection from spam to One Page Checkout for VirtueMart (Rupostel).
      • Fixed bug with checking account for spam when editing profile account.

      We remind all the plugin functions,

      • Protection from spam bots registrations at Joomla,
      • Protection from spam bots at feedback form,
      • Anti-spam support for Rapid Contact, VTEM Contact.
      • Support Joomla 1.5, 2.5, 3.x.

      The archive with the updating UNZIPFIRST.cleantalk.joomla.plugin-v1.70.zip.