I have been trying to make it so if I catch a url I can ban it from the message thus breaking the URL and I think it works when my board gets spammed I have just simply banned the url they link to and no same person with the same site has spammed my board again I made it so that the word censors would be able to block the url in this form *somesite.com* and replace it with (URL REMOVED)

I want to know if any body has any other tips on removing spam on my forum?

Can someone on this forum May be a moderator from webmaster-talk.com can give me some advice I use PHPBB.

http://www.technologyforever.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=151

This is an example of a blocked message I need some advice please maybe some extra steps to take.

Hi John,
I wasn't going to reply to this post because I fear my advice might not be very helpful to you.
I used to use phpBB for a fairly popular community that I ran. After a couple of years, however, I had to move to another platform (Simple Machines) due to the sheer volume of spam I was receiving.
Without blowing my own horn, I'd say I'm a pretty competent php developer - I even wrote a few mods for phpBB back in the day, but I couldn't find any good way of combating the spam short of requiring my approval for all new members.
I guess what I'm saying is that phpBB is an old project, and has some pretty fundamental shortcomings when it comes to spam.
But seriously, good luck!

Add the url string to the bad words filter is the most logical choice.

I have affectively stopped spam using a mod called Anti-spam ACP by EXreaction.

Try googling it. Stopped the spam