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There are TWO clear answers to questions marked in bold.
1. No.
2. No.
To protect against a bot, you need to do it at the core level – with a simple check (logical condition). Therefore, the user needs to have FULL access to the core, not just be a MODERATOR – which means they need the HOST password.... If you have any questions, feel free to send me a private message....
Something similar to advice was sent by support:
Hello. At a minimum, you need to update the forum version and install a module to protect against spam bots, for example http://www.phpbbguru.net/community/topic32021.html
or http://cleantalk.ru/itkitchen/2011/06/%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%8B-%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%89%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8B-phpbb3-%D0%BE%D1%82-%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0/
If you don't like these solutions, search for "Protecting phpBB from spam" in any search engine.
All that remains is to find a person with the necessary access rights. I don't see the point in looking for Arma, as he won't do anything on his own. You need to look for Balamut.
Possible contacts:
1) His phone number should be with Beshi or Arma. If anyone sees them on ICQ, please ask.
2) Classmates. I can suggest a possible search: Stepan Shah, Belarus, did not graduate from a Minsk school, education at BSU, age will be around 30+. He is clearly interested in Heroes 3. There are definitely a lot of people there who have an account. Do a good deed – find him and redirect him here.