new shopper registration when module is not displayed?

[r_ekkie]

Using J 2.5.14 and VM 2.0.22c

The past days I get new shopper registrations on websites running vm in the catalogue mode and with the registration module not displayed.

is this a little bug or just missing some settings?

Thanks

[jenkinhill]

This is usually spambots (or hackers) accessing Joomla's registration directly by url. Once they find accessible live sites they don't stop unless you take action. Protecting registration with a captcha is usually all that is needed, but if you don't require user registration then turn it off in Joomla's user manager.

[r_ekkie]

Thanks for the answer. Already turned joomla registration of now. Hope that stops it.