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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 - 24 Apr 2024 5:18 AM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,000,424
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    20081104125608.ga12143 20081104125608.ga12143@the.earth.li 120.40.130.70
    AguedaVonStiegli aguedavonstieglitz22@dia.oxilv.com 196.196.31.214
    ArielleNix4337 ariellenix3@dia.oxilv.com 196.196.254.123
    duftahdrlc ma.yaabra.hamsa@gmail.com 38.152.32.190
    20061020010520.gc12290 20061020010520.gc12290@the.earth.li 120.40.130.70
    202:810:120:5714:06:8453:46:02 202:810:120:5714:06:8453:46:02 120.40.130.70
    RositaHust6 alineaaliyah@joeymx.com 45.43.83.170
    201:599:602:227:8:9:80:826 201:599:602:227:8:9:80:826 120.40.130.70
    20080616224713.ga31229 20080616224713.ga31229@the.earth.li 120.40.130.70
    MiriamShears42 miriamshears98@dia.oxilv.com 196.196.169.232
    RXBHildegard juneblanch5916@1secmail.com 188.130.211.142
    20021207002703.ga20578 20021207002703.ga20578@the.earth.li 120.40.130.70
    pine.lnx.4.21.0106060847560.27814-100000 pine.lnx.4.21.0106060847560.27814-100000@the.earth 120.40.130.70
    20040520184127.ga27515 20040520184127.ga27515@the.earth.li 120.40.130.70
    20071007232910.ga24241 20071007232910.ga24241@the.earth.li 120.40.130.70
    Nannette83 robbi@a.president.institute 184.178.172.18
    MaiNea775616 chadwicksusanne@soulvow.com 45.43.186.171
    MohammadDubose0 mohammaddubose57@dia.oxilv.com 165.231.159.118
    MargaretteLascel delphiapounds6182@1secmail.com 45.135.32.45
    hafgarqwzp ma.y.aabr.ah.ams.a@gmail.com 38.152.32.190
    MelodeeCostantin annettahermine@makekaos.com 154.194.8.215
    soltoslxco vi.vi.an.spe.ights@gmail.com 38.152.33.149
    20080409140202.ga22634 20080409140202.ga22634@the.earth.li 120.40.130.70
    ar.iya.lea.ch.9 ar.iya.lea.ch.9@gmail.com 178.168.114.40
    mihai mihai@payforqualityporn.com 154.13.103.96
    AnnettMountgarre sborpis.em.al.l@gmail.com 109.234.35.41
    JoellenDeMole87 drewreagan@maskica.com 198.240.115.63
    OrlandoEudy79 profbrielleohara1038@mailknox.com 84.33.243.252
    20110831122301.gb12126 20110831122301.gb12126@the.earth.li 120.40.130.70
    aureenfnmw v.iv.i.a.ns.peights@gmail.com 38.152.32.190
    RickeyCock trans.gende.r.d.og.lgb.t.qfag.sf.ff.f.f.f.f@gmail. 166.137.143.84
    20060418123823.gb31704 20060418123823.gb31704@the.earth.li 120.40.130.70
    meghadeyyh phil.l.ipkk.bur.ns@gmail.com 38.152.32.190
    202:3100:558:00:259:42:145:91 202:3100:558:00:259:42:145:91 120.40.130.70
    claryakhim maya.a.br.a.ha.ms.a@gmail.com 23.236.156.223
    MeriMacart merimacarthur86@heel.oueue.com 138.94.217.88
    CatalinaDyring beaujodi@tekisto.com 216.19.206.10
    ChrisMcdowell2 sborpis.em.al.l@gmail.com 109.234.35.41
    JamieVinson6 beaujodi@tekisto.com 107.181.142.183
    kittycaitlinx h.arr.isona.n.ica476@gmail.com 154.22.149.186
    PartheniaRuggier nateanglin@1secmail.com 188.130.137.35
    freaghtdso ph.illipkkbu.rn.s@gmail.com 23.236.156.223
    felicitasrickard87 felicitasrickard87@dry.rixyle.com 196.242.21.97
    JocelynStedman counraatrav@mail3go.online 109.248.14.67
    CelsaTemple368 rosarialavigne@ketview.info 196.51.140.175
    gasior78 gasior78@wp.pl 37.248.253.209
    minerva-kingston14 minerva-kingston14@pornlivechats.com 172.69.135.89
    JanineHawker johnnymakowski9607@1secmail.net 45.151.162.214
    no.reply.KeillBertrand no.reply.KeillBertrand@gmail.com 181.214.218.240
    AltaBox1233491 rosarialavigne@ketview.info 196.51.249.255
    majorely3816 majorely3816@wuuvo.com 178.175.133.150
    gwyneywgst vivi.a.nspe.i.ght.s@gmail.com 38.152.33.149
    LelaFrey96143 hortensemargene@corebux.com 119.42.38.10
    poppy.gaskins poppy.gaskins@sexcameralive.com 172.69.23.140
    Maren4570qjx Maren4570qjx@anniversaryly.click 45.41.177.233
    Trealdjuimb trenaldchift@gmail.com 37.115.216.33
    migorca migorca@mailcos.site 188.130.211.142
    hillarycc60 hillarycc60@tech5810.qrvo28.mailsecurenet.online 178.175.142.26
    ithrisjpgo may.aabr.a.h.am.sa@gmail.com 23.229.73.82
    jadonbayer210 jadonbayer210@mailknox.com 85.65.129.161
    BradleyO66 bradley-pinedo@tweetmysmile.com 5.62.43.182
    KathyPottinger8 rosarialavigne@ketview.info 196.51.204.159
    RosellaPqi jacquettasylvester@tekisto.com 216.158.205.240
    LoraAinslie9 joelzulma@corebux.com 104.239.84.191
    nathaniellaroche nathaniellaroche@pw.epac.to 103.184.192.95
    TerrellRodway5 antondalton@soulvow.com 91.217.72.94
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    allx allx@wineonline.one 104.234.29.9
    anderarigh m.ayaab.rah.ams.a@gmail.com 38.152.33.149
    hebethcufh ma.y.a.abrahamsa@gmail.com 23.229.73.82
    202:3030:60:13:64:37:144:1514 202:3030:60:13:64:37:144:1514 120.40.130.70
    GabrielaShimp81 galenblake@ipbeyond.com 45.41.176.147
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