Temporary fix for vBulletin 3.7.x users

richba5tard · #1 05-30-2008, 08:50

Since vBulletin 3.7.x, a new security feature has been added to fend of spambots. While this is great, it also keeps hwbot from editing posts. We are working hard on a proper fix, but for those who can not wait, there is a way to solve it manually. You can enter ...

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eva2000 · #2 05-31-2008, 08:11

thanks but doesn't seem to work on vB 3.7.0

richba5tard · #3 05-31-2008, 10:30

Can you show me your "response page" when forcing a scan?

eva2000 · #4 05-31-2008, 12:23

Upgraded to vB 3.7.1 and tried it and same viewed response

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Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing or mismatched.

If this occurred unexpectedly, please inform the administrator and describe the action you performed before you received this error.

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[info] hwbot #3332 is instructed harvest the forum for new results, worker: TP-Processor219
[info] Loaded 0 results from 0 forumposts from previous scans.
[warn] Error in post #89071 [show post]: Unable to retrieve nickname from postcontent!
[warn] Error in post #89126 [show post]: Unable to retrieve nickname from postcontent!
[warn] Error in post #89127 [show post]: Unable to retrieve nickname from postcontent!
[warn] Error in post #89128 [show post]: Unable to retrieve nickname from postcontent!
[warn] Error in post #89243 [show post]: Unable to retrieve nickname from postcontent!
[info] Scanning page #1 [show page]: found 0 entries.
[warn] Error in post #89071 [show post]: Unable to retrieve nickname from postcontent!
[warn] Error in post #89126 [show post]: Unable to retrieve nickname from postcontent!
[warn] Error in post #89127 [show post]: Unable to retrieve nickname from postcontent!
[warn] Error in post #89128 [show post]: Unable to retrieve nickname from postcontent!
[warn] Error in post #89243 [show post]: Unable to retrieve nickname from postcontent!
[info] Scanning page #2 [show page]: this seems to be an empty page
[info] Done harvesting the forum for results.
[info] hwbot #3332 instructed to update the forum ranking.
[info] Preparing content for ranking...
[info] Submitting content to forum...
[info] Editing forum post with new ranking...
[info] Updated your forum with the latest ranking, saved the response here. Check it if the forum ranking hasn't updated.
[info] Done updating the ranking.

Only tried this on one bot for 3dmark vantage at http://i4memory.com/f76/hwbot-3dmark...rankings-5680/

2nd post http://i4memory.com/f76/hwbot-3dmark...680/#post89072 is the one the bot is meant to update which as now says 'scores'