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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 - 16 May 2024 8:22 PM Unique Bot Signatures: 10,001,787
    Bot Name Bot Email Bot IP From
    wilfredobarringer wilfredobarringer@1secmail.net 192.3.93.45
    Thelma1315nuv Thelma1315nuv@comfort.celebrationapp.click 104.148.5.153
    2606:4700:0020:0000:0000:0000:43:427 2606:4700:0020:0000:0000:0000:43:427 120.40.130.70
    PIXVerona5697633 veronaketner10@sre.dummyfox.com 193.188.20.238
    OmaD8717819 pennidewayne@soulvow.com 172.245.157.158
    2001:088:100:000:0000:0000:0000:02 2001:088:100:000:0000:0000:0000:02 120.40.130.70
    XEHElliot063029 rodgerpansy@ipbeyond.com 216.19.217.213
    AbbyEpps292671 britneyprince@corebux.com 154.95.1.248
    VallieHomburg piperperalta@discardmail.com 103.30.194.173
    2606:4700:0020:0000:0000:0000:43:4858 2606:4700:0020:0000:0000:0000:43:4858 120.40.130.70
    SanfordRuth piperperalta@discardmail.com 103.30.194.173
    201:048:0171:12:0007:0000:0000:0002 201:048:0171:12:0007:0000:0000:0002 120.40.130.70
    CarmellaMartel2 feliciajesus@tekisto.com 45.43.71.205
    201:048:0140:449:0007:0000:0000:0002 201:048:0140:449:0007:0000:0000:0002 120.40.130.70
    NannieFuller5 piperperalta@discardmail.com 103.30.194.173
    BetsyBeauvais30 lavernetanja@corebux.com 198.240.115.12
    2606:4700:0020:0000:0000:0000:681:022 2606:4700:0020:0000:0000:0000:681:022 120.40.130.70
    Brodnax9127wjo Brodnax9127wjo@comfort.celebrationapp.click 161.123.101.26
    DanutaMedeiros danutamedeiros80@frog.glinxy.org 77.90.157.14
    201:048:0171:1530:0007:0000:0000:0002 201:048:0171:1530:0007:0000:0000:0002 120.40.130.70
    2001:088:100:000:0000:0000:0000:029 2001:088:100:000:0000:0000:0000:029 120.40.130.70
    MeganE0888 ivyaaliyah@maskica.com 119.42.39.23
    2620:01:0046:0000:0000:0000:0000:0045 2620:01:0046:0000:0000:0000:0000:0045 120.40.130.70
    206:981:3121:0000:0000:0000:0000:0003 206:981:3121:0000:0000:0000:0000:0003 120.40.130.70
    201:048:0211:12:0007:0000:0000:0002 201:048:0211:12:0007:0000:0000:0002 120.40.130.70
    200:1828:1000:2470:0000:0000:0000:0002 200:1828:1000:2470:0000:0000:0000:0002 120.40.130.70
    LillaWilber345 lillawilber16@frog.glinxy.org 212.192.39.101
    rh.ia.n.na.c.r.uz.printin.g. rh.ia.n.na.c.r.uz.printin.g.@gmail.com 172.98.33.147
    JamieHooley pennidewayne@soulvow.com 194.31.162.52
    AdolphMut inbreakercon1986@op.pl 94.46.220.5
    gormfantoni1959 gormfantoni1959@int.pl 91.103.252.64
    Maribel72K maribelcalloway100@frog.glinxy.org 77.90.157.14
    HeribertoStookey heribertostookey93@frog.glinxy.org 194.226.160.169
    PureganicsIngredients hedi@drown.institute 102.129.152.189
    AugustinaMaki01 hasnainabbottnashabdulmalachiacostaburgessadkinsma 64.137.100.235
    inclusif.communication inclusif.communication@presidence.gouv.tg 120.40.130.70
    JuliannMulkey hasnainabbottnashabdulmalachiacostaburgessadkinsma 45.146.180.232
    201:048:010:9832:0000:0000:0000:0001 201:048:010:9832:0000:0000:0000:0001 120.40.130.70
    201:048:0120:4201:0007:0000:0000:0002 201:048:0120:4201:0007:0000:0000:0002 120.40.130.70
    2606:4700:0020:0000:0000:0000:681:00 2606:4700:0020:0000:0000:0000:681:00 120.40.130.70
    201:048:010:25:0007:0000:0000:0002 201:048:010:25:0007:0000:0000:0002 120.40.130.70
    203:4000:0061:3950:0000:0000:0018:1775 203:4000:0061:3950:0000:0000:0018:1775 120.40.130.70
    FayWessel068 faywessel45@tuso.lyvix.org 192.241.64.121
    marquis.shellshear marquis.shellshear@ax102-2.marymarshall.co.uk 37.143.63.215
    201:048:0172:08:7777:0000:0000:0002 201:048:0172:08:7777:0000:0000:0002 120.40.130.70
    201:048:0120:9233:0007:0000:0000:0002 201:048:0120:9233:0007:0000:0000:0002 120.40.130.70
    2606:4700:0020:0000:0000:0000:43:4511 2606:4700:0020:0000:0000:0000:43:4511 120.40.130.70
    201:048:000:8484:0000:0000:0000:0002 201:048:000:8484:0000:0000:0000:0002 120.40.130.70
    2001:088:100:000:0000:0000:0000:0244 2001:088:100:000:0000:0000:0000:0244 120.40.130.70
    SommerBrittain4 marcosaleisha@soulvow.com 154.95.32.42
    201:048:0151:7069:7777:0000:0000:0002 201:048:0151:7069:7777:0000:0000:0002 120.40.130.70
    DortheaKinsey3 rodgerpansy@ipbeyond.com 185.245.25.1
    201:048:0161:3285:0007:0000:0000:0002 201:048:0161:3285:0007:0000:0000:0002 120.40.130.70
    Susie1923923 susiewainscott50@tuso.lyvix.org 139.180.224.32
    201:048:0231:085:0007:0000:0000:0002 201:048:0231:085:0007:0000:0000:0002 120.40.130.70
    201:048:013:159:0007:0000:0000:0002 201:048:013:159:0007:0000:0000:0002 120.40.130.70
    KurtisSalazar72 lavernetanja@corebux.com 91.217.72.125
    KeiraShoebridge robbybrain@corebux.com 198.240.115.53
    KristoferH74 jerricharlene@tekisto.com 196.196.169.95
    2001:088:100:000:0000:0000:0000:0200 2001:088:100:000:0000:0000:0000:0200 120.40.130.70
    Wilda11647952 wildakang30@tuso.lyvix.org 192.241.87.212
    EloiseFlack8 eloiseflack@kucan90.browndecorationlights.com 112.51.96.118
    201:048:0241:11:0007:0000:0000:0002 201:048:0241:11:0007:0000:0000:0002 120.40.130.70
    MeaganMyrick3 meaganmyrick81@tuso.lyvix.org 154.13.100.64
    LynellGall79484 rodgerpansy@ipbeyond.com 216.173.72.88
    BettyHutson56 bettyhutson60@arm.powds.com 23.83.179.246
    SvenHenke5556 svenhenke60@arm.powds.com 23.82.28.45
    201:048:0212:31:0873:0000:0000:0002 201:048:0212:31:0873:0000:0000:0002 120.40.130.70
    ve.rb.ri.d.ge.ke.nda.b ve.rb.ri.d.ge.ke.nda.b@s16rx2.tobu-wedding.com 125.228.216.16
    2001:1460:2:0:121:8:00:17 2001:1460:2:0:121:8:00:17 120.40.130.70
    inbreakercon1986 inbreakercon1986@op.pl 172.71.178.84
    AuraGlowAntiAgingFaceCream lyssa@drown.institute 46.246.8.90