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Reducing Disk Load in High-Traffic PHP Applications: Switching from SQLite to Redis for Anti-Crawler Storage
Automated crawlers and scraping bots are a growing problem for modern websites. While search engine bots are useful, many other crawlers generate excessive traffic, scrape content, or overload servers. To help website owners control this type of traffic, we recently released the Anti-Crawler PHP Library by CleanTalk, an open-source tool designed to detect and limit
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Apology for Duplicate Security Report Emails on October 2
On October 2, a technical error caused our system to send duplicate copies of the Security Report email to some users of our Security Service for Websites. In a few cases, the same report was sent multiple times. We identified and fixed the issue within a few hours, but unfortunately, the duplicate emails had already…
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Spam Bot irinademenkova86@gmail.com — How to Block It and Stop Website Attacks
The email address irinademenkova86@gmail.com has been reported for sending spam and launching automated malicious requests on thousands of websites. This bot attempts to exploit website forms — both contact forms and comment sections, using automated messages that appear to inquire about pricing but are actually spam attempts. Common Spam Messages Used:The bot sends messages in…
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Client Review: Climate Change Dispatch
We are happy to share feedback from one of our clients — Thomas, the owner of climatechangedispatch.com Great support, even better spam killer I was using Akismet for WordPress for years until I found Cleantalk. I got an email from Automaticc, which owns Akismet and Jetpack, stating that because I had some ads on my…
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CleanTalk Anti-Spam is Now Available for Calculated Fields Form Users
With this new integration, Calculated Fields Form users can now activate CleanTalk Anti-Spam directly from their form settings. This means: ✅ No CAPTCHAs needed – CleanTalk works invisibly in the background✅ Protects all form types – From simple contact forms to complex calculators✅ Real-time spam detection – Advanced algorithms identify spam submissions instantly✅ 99.998% accuracy…
