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Arsh
02-08-2011, 03:27 AM
Hi.

I've had an insane number of guests on my forum for a while now and I've decided to investigate this further. I know that they are not normal guests. I originally thought they may be spiders but they are not. Any idea what they could be and how to get rid of them to get a more accurate number? Here's what it's currently saying

Currently Active Users
There are currently 1972 users online. 14 members and 1937 guests and 21 spiders

Thanks
WEBDosser
02-08-2011, 03:51 AM
prob just bots looking for a way in.
Arsh
02-08-2011, 03:58 AM
prob just bots looking for a way in.

Any idea/mod to get rid of them? Number like that one makes us look fake and inauthentic.

--------------- Added 1297226317 at 1297226317 ---------------

Anyone?
need2fart
02-09-2011, 04:24 AM
Can you view their IP address? If you can then you can block their IP address using IP tables or cPanel IP Banning.
Arsh
02-09-2011, 04:36 AM
Can you view their IP address? If you can then you can block their IP address using IP tables or cPanel IP Banning.

Thanks, but it's almost impossible to ban 2000+ bots one by one. I probably need to ban IPs from countries like Germany, Russia, France and Czech Republic. These four countries alone suck 1GB of bandwidth/month and I don't even have any genuine members from those countries. I also think it's highly unlikely that I will ever have a member from those countries.
Boofo
02-09-2011, 03:25 PM
Is your spiders listing up to date?
Arsh
02-09-2011, 03:40 PM
Is your spiders listing up to date?

I think so. Here's my robots.txt: http://indianwatchdogs.com/robots.txt
Boofo
02-09-2011, 05:03 PM
No, the spiders list.

forums/includes/xml/spiders_vbulletin.xml
Videx
02-12-2011, 12:59 AM
We've been seeing these "Guest attacks" lately too. 10X the normal number at random times of the day, all doing different things, and all from different IPs. Very odd.

I noticed early on my cpanel Referrers had 10X referrals from mikle.com (Feedwind) (about 3000 compared to FB's 300). Not sure if it's relevant but I removed my Feedwind forum blocks this morning.