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khalled
06-28-2009, 08:09 AM
all my forum threads transferred to another site

i discover that some site withdraw all my forum threads and all reply to this threads as it is and distribute it in its PHP forum i surprised what script can do that and how can i prevent that from happening in the future

deadlySniper
06-28-2009, 10:40 AM
Somehow, the other site may of got a backup from your forum.

khalled
06-28-2009, 02:49 PM
i don't think so , i think there script which copy all my thread contents to the new site threads

deadlySniper
06-28-2009, 03:18 PM
Oh, in that case, I don't know. Sorry.

khalled
06-28-2009, 03:26 PM
now problem , i search internet and i found that threads which explain that there is script called vBulletin Bot [ Leecher ] do that , we hope that vbulletin support help us to overcome this problem and prevent this script work
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1248181
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1269015&highlight=vBulletin+Bot+[+Leecher+]&page=2
http://www.vbseo.com/f46/forum-posts-leecher-script-controversial-32523/

deadlySniper
06-28-2009, 03:27 PM
Oh, yes. I've heard of vBulletin Leecher. People can Leech threads from your site, and it automatically posts it onto their site.

I don't think there is a way to stop this.

khalled
06-28-2009, 05:07 PM
may be there is a way to prevent certain IP address which have huge request to the forum

Dismounted
06-29-2009, 04:30 AM
An Apache module called mod_evasive could possibly help you counter large amounts of concurrent requests.