Torminator: Chat Spam Shield

You open a chat, and a week later half the members are ad bots. Torminator fights this in the simplest way possible: it asks every newcomer to press a "Войти" ("Enter") button. A real person presses it, while many spam bots do not. 🛡

One click instead of a puzzle

As its description says, the bot asks newly arrived members to press the button and in this way cuts off spam bots. No pictures of letters, no logic questions.

For an honest member that is half a second. For an automated script that only pushes ads, the extra step is often impassable.

What it looks like in a chat

1. A new person joins the group.
2. The bot writes to them and asks them to press the button.
3. After the press the member becomes a full participant.
4. If the button is not pressed, the bot may keep them from taking part.

The exact rules (how much time is given and what happens on refusal) are not confirmed in public data. Check them on a test group before connecting your main one.

Where the simple check shines and where it is weak

• Easy for people. Newcomers do not leave because of long checks.
• Stops the most common spam. Dumb mass-posting scripts are filtered out at once.
• Does not stop everyone. Advanced bots can press buttons.
• Does not replace moderation. After entry, a person can write anything.

So the button click is the first barrier, not the whole defense. It works well as a base, especially for small and medium chats.

What to do before connecting

Any bot in your group gets access to it. Connect it deliberately. ⚠️

1. Open the bot's profile and read the description.
2. Grant the rights it needs: usually restricting members and deleting messages.
3. Do not grant extras such as adding administrators.
4. Check how it behaves in a test group.

Pairing it with other protection

For a big group, one button is not enough. Add rules in a pinned message, a limit on links from newcomers and a couple of human moderators.

Watch for people arriving in waves: a sharp jump in members can mean a bot attack. If so, temporarily switch the chat to a mode where only trusted people can write.

The bot's profile contains an ad block. Do not treat the ad as an endorsement of the service: the bot's owner decides about it.