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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 ~1000 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 - 29 Apr 2024 10:44 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,002,145
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    GraceHargreaves margochumley@qiott.com 154.37.177.16
    MableMarcell nonagreener@dcctb.com 154.21.154.26
    najrqlwvd najrqlwvd@rambbarlumbsi.online 37.139.53.32
    dciurzggt dciurzggt@farironalds.com 37.139.53.34
    VeldaI78094764 masonbiraban@qiott.com 154.21.154.26
    martinacarroll264 martinacarroll264@mailbab.com 46.117.110.188
    leohernandez2004 leohernandez2004@gmail.in.net 117.254.37.202
    LaverneMartel darcialton@tekisto.com 45.43.81.207
    IsisLowin42313 isislowin75@arm.powds.com 196.196.169.171
    Mamie39V9257903 mamiesingletary100@arm.powds.com 196.240.105.81
    BradleyLoflin0 bradleyloflin21@arm.powds.com 196.240.143.249
    GilbertoWhitty marywunsch660@mailknox.com 45.95.117.189
    ina.gannon ina.gannon@bizzone.mailtune.ir 93.126.56.30
    FelipeLundie06 felipelundie92@tati.vexint.com 196.196.164.84
    MarianStern2897 julielegros1622@mailknox.com 196.242.141.60
    ForrestDawbin5 javiercary@makekaos.com 196.197.10.251
    franklinlanham franklinlanham@discardmail.com 185.181.245.132
    MellissaN90 darcialton@tekisto.com 23.109.219.110
    drtristingorczany351 drtristingorczany351@mailknox.com 185.192.70.241
    SiennaHayes9738 siennahayes35@focus.oueue.com 23.82.28.202
    Fran28L8789031 kenyattaward886@mailknox.com 5.157.52.137
    FTSBrooke8386 darcialton@tekisto.com 64.137.99.236
    SophieHollander sophiehollander79@tati.vexint.com 5.157.20.112
    QYJZac3860187 zachester67@boy.fxdan.com 179.61.156.114
    HarrietXxu hasnainabbottnashabdulmalachiacostaburgessadkinsma 104.239.42.32
    2601:147:400:1550:18:937:28:0 2601:147:400:1550:18:937:28:0 120.40.130.70
    LeandraBeaumont leandrabeaumont41@arm.powds.com 23.83.179.91
    202:598:96:800::1200:132 202:598:96:800::1200:132 120.40.130.70
    NKMStephania stephaniatobin@yourwebrank.com 154.30.251.131
    briannarasco briannarasco@1secmail.com 38.242.216.92
    ConnorBrunner1 connorbrunner18@arm.powds.com 196.240.105.81
    BellCwr4029 loreenelsie@maskica.com 45.252.59.149
    CharlineSee68 charlinesee97@arm.powds.com 23.83.179.156
    CodyLavallee570 codylavallee42@arm.powds.com 23.83.179.156
    VTCJanina3 janinalarocca11@boy.fxdan.com 196.197.10.21
    ConstanceNaugle constancenaugle17@arm.powds.com 179.61.156.65
    CandiceVaux12 javiercary@makekaos.com 196.240.105.234
    decongestant decongestant@oxycodone.press 185.128.27.106
    JeniferU50 jeniferbolling20@boy.fxdan.com 165.231.105.69
    ChristopherMutch christophermutch63@arm.powds.com 23.83.179.91
    GuyChase590637 guychase89@boy.fxdan.com 196.240.143.249
    Michell3193 lingrubbs@1secmail.com 45.135.32.45
    FranziskaWhitley emerybalfour8736@1secmail.com 109.248.143.85
    ChadMuscio8366 chadmuscio70@arm.powds.com 23.82.28.74
    YongBean7984 yongbean51@arm.powds.com 23.83.179.112
    juanitaburdick6790 juanitaburdick6790@1secmail.org 109.248.142.129
    ovnterbefjuden6138 ovnterbefjuden6138@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    AimeeR67391 nicholgariepy5585@1secmail.com 188.130.129.75
    eprovbelwha eprovbelwha@mail.ru 120.40.130.70
    ArnulfoMacfarlan arnulfomacfarlane83@arm.powds.com 23.83.179.197
    ElijahMonzon480 elijahmonzon-4631@anchor-autoglass.com 154.28.142.86
    BeatrizRomero0 riseseani1971@mailopenz.com 45.139.124.38
    ChandaVarner144 riseseani1971@mailopenz.com 45.139.124.38
    thadedwin19 adamlaven44@lebahsukses.website 192.3.166.43
    lenoresq6 lenoresq6@tpr80.webmaildirect.online 192.42.116.220
    ModestaYali8 vincephilipp@1secmail.com 45.147.192.184
    KathleenBingham riseseani1971@mailopenz.com 45.139.124.38
    LateshaWhitelaw latesha.whitelaw@autoglass-charlotte.net 38.152.174.214
    BernardoHead62 zellaspowers@qiott.com 184.174.26.7
    ElsaBattle1 javiercary@makekaos.com 196.197.10.251
    DaleRide60 daleride77@arm.powds.com 196.196.169.115
    AlbaMendes6 albamendes19@arm.powds.com 23.82.29.216
    JoannLassiter57 joannlassiter@anchor-autoglass.com 154.38.26.147
    JeannieHeld590 jeannieheld84@boy.fxdan.com 179.61.156.114
    xdongnjocv colinsmight@gmail.com 185.220.101.31
    Neil79316824588 neilsidwell37@focus.oueue.com 165.231.105.138
    EldenDoi830 eldendoi@dele.suspent.com 178.20.42.231
    2607:91:77:83:39:2:405:031 2607:91:77:83:39:2:405:031 120.40.130.70
    rickleech rickleech@streamboost.xyz 188.130.129.33
    MarcellaWarren marcellawarren60@gti.pushpophop.com 178.20.42.231
    TemekaTisdall86 temekatisdall97@arm.powds.com 192.241.72.197
    eddy-deakin eddy-deakin@bostoto.link 180.195.211.126
    WindyMartin windymartin16@boy.fxdan.com 165.231.105.138