Detecting AH bots statistically is trivial.
Along with the usually high clicks/refresh rate per hour, all they would have to do is a database query
Number of similar items purchased per hour/day.
Number of bids entered in the last <1Minute.
Number of items purchased within 5 minutes of listing.
Number of bids placed in 24 hours.
Number of auctions won in 24 hours.
etc etc, I'm sure you can think of many more easily detectable telltale patterns that AH bots will display.
Almost all of these are unavoidable if you are actually trying to exploit the AH in an aggressive and efficient manner.
Last edited by Wakizashi; 07-11-2012 at 12:01 PM.
Just received bans on all 5 of my accounts, while I was at my computer. Ran a AutoIt Sarkoth script 24/7. Main account had been running about a month, 4 other accounts just over a week. US realm.
two accounts band same time sarkoth 24/7
4 accounts got banned. running sarkoth autoit 24/7
I was doing level services for people on jsp and my acct was the only one banned. I'm going to assume they are banning people based on time not the program or script itself. I would advise that you guys take decent bot breaks now and then or just stop completely. Idk if this is the right place to post but i am just wanting to prevent others from being banned. My script was averaging 12-13 seconds per turn in and i had been running it nonstop with like 1 hour break since 10-11 pm eastern yesterday.
I could take a s/s of the message, but i have yet to receive an email.
e: my friend running a very similar speed script as mine but done in macro creator also got banned.
Screenshots
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Last edited by Arturoo; 07-13-2012 at 12:31 AM. Reason: adding screenshots, added what i did
4 banned
I was running 3 DB and 2 IB (Demonbuddy 1 pc IB another PC) I was running them all at the time. All the DB banned 1 IB banned.
Safe non bot mule acct clean.
Odd enough the IB acct I first starting using over a month ago with over 300m didn't get banned either...
1)Were you using DemonBuddy on the account at the same time the ban/suspension occurred? (Kicked offline due to being Banned)
I was running 3 DB and 2 IB (Demonbuddy 1 pc IB another PC) I was running them all at the time. All the DB banned 1 IB banned.
Safe non bot mule acct clean.
2)If not, when was the last time?:
3)If using a public profile please name it here:
AGB on two
Inrego's Monk one on the other
IB was running core.
4)What combat class were you using? if None Just put Default then the Classname:
AGB
Default Monk
5)What plugins are you using?:
AGB on the DH
Inregos on the monk
6)How many hours per day did you bot for?:
20
6.5)What honest percentage of time did you supervise your bot?
10%
7)How many auctions per day did you have?:
didn't auction on bot accts
7.5) Did you use the Real Money Auction House (RMAH)?
no
Did you Use Any Other Bots, Hacks, Mods, or Exploits?
IB on another PC
9)Was your account involved in gold selling?
Not the bots, I sold from the mule acct that was not banned.
10)What server region where you connected to (The Americas, Europe or Asia)?
America
5 accounts just got banned -- running AutoIT only and Sarkoth 24/7 for 3 weeks.
were your accounts banned while your bots were still running?
sarkoth bots banned 21/7 hours two months (took breaks every 8 hrs, changed ip every 16 hrs) dam, i just transferred 50m to one of my bots yesterday to sell but didn't sell it yet, then ban. funny cause three of my bots hit 100m collected this week, that's what might have triggered it, couple already 100m for a while
used db for a week, then switched back to autoit this week. but even accounts i only used autoit got hit, they really are manually looking into the accounts and I guess deciding if you look like you're willing to buy more accounts and start over again
each bot had a vm, still banned
another acc i was leveling with autoit since two days ago is untouched, prob gonna get a refund now ><
but the joke is on them! yes i am finally freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
damn, i was gonna mule off all the 2nd best items onto a fresh account yesterday but i was too lazy ><
looks like they are hitting everyone everywhere, db blowing up also
Last edited by TanookiLover; 07-11-2012 at 07:05 PM.
both of mine are still running, but i stop to id / sell / reset every 6 hours...crossing my fingers.
two of my accounts got banned.....how are they doing this AHHH
sakroth botting aorund 20 hrs a day