fake registrations Topic is solved

[guardiano]

Hello,
I have a Joomla website that uses virtumart.
Yesterday the website starts receiving massive registration fake accounts.
I activated and configured the "recaptcha v2 invisible" plugin, but it did not initially activate.
In the recaptcha settings I have set the safest mode.
I was forced to make some changes to the virtuemart registration form file.
Now it seems to work, but I keep getting fake registrations.
As you see attached picture, human verification is displayed immediately, but if I click out of recaptcha box, it disappear. Is it normal?
Can anyone help me understand recaptcha is working or what if I did something wrong?
I cloned the website on: https://test.eyenet.it/index.php/il-mio ... /edit.html


I thank everyone for any possible help.

[guardiano]

Hello,
if it helps, I am attaching a screenshot of the plugin screen I am using.

Joomla 3.10.9 - Virtuemart 3.6.8

Thank you.

[gws]

I gave up with captcha and use HashCash plugin with very good results. https://www.richeyweb.com/joomla-extens ... ash-plugin

[guardiano]

I gave up with captcha and use HashCash plugin with very good results. https://www.richeyweb.com/joomla-extens ... ash-plugin

Hello GWS,
I tried, but the fake registrations keep coming :-(

thank you.

[guardiano]

I believe that while registering with VirtueMart, you should also enable email or phone number verification to prevent fake registrations. You can also refer to this link for one of the plugins for verification at the registration time :- https://extensions.joomla.org/extension ... or-joomla/

You can use more options like 2 Factor Authentication extension at login time.

Hello jaydeep1010,
thanks for the tip, but first I would like to try to fix it with recaptcha.

[guardiano]

Hello,
I found that if I comment this "button", the fake registrations stop.

Code: Select all

	<?php if($this->userDetails->user_is_vendor){ ?>
    <div class="buttonBar-right">
		<!-- <button class="button" type="submit" onclick="javascript:return myValidator(userForm, true);" ><?php //echo $this->button_lbl ?></button> -->
	&nbsp;
		<button class="button reset" type="reset" onclick="window.location.href='<?php echo JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=user&task=cancel', FALSE); ?>'" ><?php echo vmText::_('COM_VIRTUEMART_CANCEL'); ?></button>
	</div>
    <?php } ?>
    

This button is used to save your personal data when the user decides to change them (name, address, city, etc.).
Could there be a problem in the "myValidator ()" function?

[guardiano]

I was wrong ... this time instead of a few seconds, it took at least 15min and the recordings started again

[guardiano]

Hello,
I finally decided to activate recaptcha v2 "I'm not a robot".
At the moment I haven't received fake registrations yet.
I hope I have solved the problem.
I'll let you know later, thank you all.

[guardiano]

Hello,
a day passed without any other problems.
I can report the topic as resolved.
Thanks everyone for the help.

[Giusy76]

I'm also having problems with mass fake registrations .... thanks for letting me know this function...