Bots are devouring my monthly execution limit/bandwidth. Love some help

[obglobal.net]

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2013/11/11.png

I'm massively unaware of what to do, and my site's monthly execution limit has been bumped twice in the last 3 days to get the forum back online.

Needless to say, I'm clueless as to what I should do to stop this from happening.

Any help or suggestions (perhaps a portion of assistance) would be rad.

Thanks, everyone.:confused:

[ozzy47]

I would be willing to bet, most of them are unwanted spiders, try this mod, https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=268208

[obglobal.net]

Thanks, ozzy. You're a gem.

Hopefully it works! Any advice if it doesn't? I seem to constantly have at least 3 bot IPs registering at once. Annoying!

[Disco_Dave]

Stick this in your .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^BlackWidow [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Bot\ mailto:craftbot@yahoo.com [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ChinaClaw [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Custo [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^DISCo [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Download\ Demon [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^eCatch [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EirGrabber [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EmailSiphon [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EmailWolf [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Express\ WebPictures [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ExtractorPro [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EyeNetIE [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^FlashGet [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GetRight [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GetWeb! [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Go!Zilla [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Go-Ahead-Got-It [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GrabNet [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Grafula [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^HMView [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} HTTrack [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Image\ Stripper [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Image\ Sucker [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Indy\ Library [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^InterGET [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Internet\ Ninja [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^JetCar [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^JOC\ Web\ Spider [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^larbin [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^LeechFTP [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mass\ Downloader [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^MIDown\ tool [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mister\ PiX [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Navroad [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NearSite [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetAnts [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetSpider [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Net\ Vampire [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetZIP [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Octopus [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Offline\ Explorer [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Offline\ Navigator [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^PageGrabber [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Papa\ Foto [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^pavuk [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^pcBrowser [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^RealDownload [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ReGet [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SiteSnagger [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SmartDownload [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SuperBot [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SuperHTTP [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Surfbot [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^tAkeOut [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Teleport\ Pro [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^VoidEYE [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Web\ Image\ Collector [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Web\ Sucker [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebAuto [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebCopier [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebFetch [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebGo\ IS [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebLeacher [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebReaper [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebSauger [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Website\ eXtractor [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Website\ Quester [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebStripper [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebWhacker [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebZIP [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Wget [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Widow [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WWWOFFLE [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Xaldon\ WebSpider [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Zeus [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Baidu [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Yandex [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Sosospider [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Bing
RewriteRule ^.* - [F,L]

order allow,deny
allow from all
allow from 31.53.22.0/24 #added by HG Support
# China IP Address Blocks
deny from 58.14.0.0/15 58.16.0.0/13 58.24.0.0/15 58.30.0.0/15 58.32.0.0/11 58.66.0.0/15 58.68.128.0/17 58.82.0.0/15 58.87.64.0/18 58.99.128.0/17 58.100.0.0/15 58.116.0.0/14 58.128.0.0/13 58.144.0.0/16 58.154.0.0/15 58.192.0.0/11 58.240.0.0/12
deny from 59.32.0.0/11 59.64.0.0/13 59.72.0.0/15 59.77.0.0/16 59.78.0.0/15 59.80.0.0/14 59.107.0.0/16 59.108.0.0/14 59.151.0.0/17 59.155.0.0/16 59.172.0.0/14 59.191.0.0/16 59.192.0.0/10
deny from 60.0.0.0/11 60.55.0.0/16 60.63.0.0/16 60.160.0.0/11 60.194.0.0/15 60.200.0.0/13 60.208.0.0/12 60.232.0.0/15 60.235.0.0/16 60.245.128.0/17 60.247.0.0/16 60.252.0.0/16 60.253.128.0/17 60.255.0.0/16
deny from 61.4.80.0/20 61.4.176.0/20 61.8.160.0/20 61.28.0.0/17 61.29.128.0/17 61.45.128.0/18 61.47.128.0/18 61.48.0.0/13 61.87.192.0/18 61.128.0.0/10 61.232.0.0/14 61.236.0.0/15 61.240.0.0/14
deny from 116.1.0.0/16 116.2.0.0/15 116.4.0.0/14 116.8.0.0/14 116.13.0.0/16 116.16.0.0/12 116.52.0.0/14 116.56.0.0/15 116.58.128.0/20 116.58.208.0/20 116.60.0.0/14 116.66.0.0/17 116.69.0.0/16 116.70.0.0/17 116.76.0.0/14 116.89.144.0/20 116.90.184.0/21 116.95.0.0/16 116.112.0.0/14 116.116.0.0/15 116.128.0.0/10 116.192.0.0/16 116.193.16.0/20 116.193.32.0/19 116.194.0.0/15 116.196.0.0/16
deny from 116.198.0.0/16 116.199.0.0/17 116.199.128.0/19 116.204.0.0/15 116.207.0.0/16 116.208.0.0/14 116.212.160.0/20 116.213.64.0/18 116.213.128.0/17 116.214.32.0/19 116.214.64.0/20 116.214.128.0/17 116.215.0.0/16 116.216.0.0/14 116.224.0.0/12 116.242.0.0/15 116.244.0.0/14 116.248.0.0/15 116.252.0.0/15 116.254.128.0/17 116.255.128.0/17
deny from 117.8.0.0/13 117.21.0.0/16 117.22.0.0/15 117.24.0.0/13 117.32.0.0/13 117.40.0.0/14 117.44.0.0/15 117.48.0.0/14 117.53.176.0/20 117.57.0.0/16 117.58.0.0/17 117.59.0.0/16 117.60.0.0/14 117.64.0.0/13 117.72.0.0/15 117.74.64.0/20 117.74.128.0/17 117.75.0.0/16 117.76.0.0/14 117.80.0.0/12 117.100.0.0/15 117.103.16.0/20 117.103.128.0/20 117.106.0.0/15 117.112.0.0/13 117.120.64.0/18 117.120.128.0/17 117.121.0.0/17 117.121.128.0/18 117.121.192.0/21 117.122.128.0/17 117.124.0.0/14 117.128.0.0/10
deny from 118.24.0.0/13 118.64.0.0/15 118.66.0.0/16 118.67.112.0/20 118.72.0.0/13 118.80.0.0/15 118.84.0.0/15 118.88.32.0/19 118.88.64.0/18 118.88.128.0/17 118.89.0.0/16 118.91.240.0/20 118.102.16.0/20 118.112.0.0/13 118.120.0.0/14 118.124.0.0/15 118.126.0.0/16 118.132.0.0/14 118.144.0.0/14 118.178.0.0/16 118.180.0.0/14 118.184.0.0/13 118.192.0.0/12 118.212.0.0/15 118.224.0.0/14 118.228.0.0/15 118.230.0.0/16 118.239.0.0/16 118.242.0.0/16 118.244.0.0/14 118.248.0.0/13
deny from 119.0.0.0/15
deny from 121.0.16.0/20 121.4.0.0/15 121.8.0.0/13 121.16.0.0/12 121.32.0.0/13 121.40.0.0/14 121.46.0.0/15 121.48.0.0/15 121.51.0.0/16 121.52.160.0/19 121.52.208.0/20 121.52.224.0/19 121.55.0.0/18 121.56.0.0/15 121.58.0.0/17 121.58.144.0/20 121.59.0.0/16 121.60.0.0/14 121.68.0.0/14 121.76.0.0/15 121.79.128.0/18 121.89.0.0/16 121.100.128.0/17 121.192.0.0/13 121.201.0.0/16 121.204.0.0/14 121.224.0.0/12 121.248.0.0/14 121.255.0.0/16
deny from 122.0.64.0/18 122.0.128.0/17 122.4.0.0/14 122.8.0.0/13 122.48.0.0/16 122.49.0.0/18 122.51.0.0/16 122.64.0.0/11 122.96.0.0/15 122.102.0.0/20 122.102.64.0/19 122.112.0.0/14 122.119.0.0/16 122.136.0.0/13 122.144.128.0/17 122.156.0.0/14 122.192.0.0/14 122.198.0.0/16 122.200.64.0/18 122.204.0.0/14 122.224.0.0/12 122.240.0.0/13 122.248.48.0/20
deny from 123.0.128.0/18 123.4.0.0/14 123.8.0.0/13 123.49.128.0/17 123.52.0.0/14 123.56.0.0/13 123.64.0.0/11 123.96.0.0/15 123.98.0.0/17 123.99.128.0/17 123.100.0.0/19 123.101.0.0/16 123.103.0.0/17 123.108.128.0/20 123.108.208.0/20 123.112.0.0/12 123.128.0.0/13 123.136.80.0/20 123.137.0.0/16 123.138.0.0/15 123.144.0.0/12 123.160.0.0/12 123.176.80.0/20 123.177.0.0/16 123.178.0.0/15 123.180.0.0/14 123.184.0.0/13 123.196.0.0/15 123.199.128.0/17 123.232.0.0/14 123.244.0.0/14 123.249.0.0/16 123.253.0.0/16
deny from 124.6.64.0/18 124.14.0.0/15 124.16.0.0/15 124.20.0.0/14 124.28.192.0/18 124.29.0.0/17 124.31.0.0/16 124.40.112.0/20 124.40.128.0/18 124.42.0.0/16 124.47.0.0/18 124.64.0.0/15 124.66.0.0/17 124.67.0.0/16 124.68.0.0/14 124.72.0.0/13 124.88.0.0/13 124.108.8.0/21 124.108.40.0/21 124.112.0.0/13 124.126.0.0/15 124.128.0.0/13 124.147.128.0/17 124.156.0.0/16 124.160.0.0/13 124.172.0.0/14 124.192.0.0/15 124.196.0.0/16 124.200.0.0/13 124.220.0.0/14 124.224.0.0/12 124.240.0.0/17 124.242.0.0/16 124.243.192.0/18 124.248.0.0/17 124.249.0.0/16 124.250.0.0/15 124.254.0.0/18
deny from 125.31.192.0/18 125.32.0.0/12 125.58.128.0/17 125.61.128.0/17 125.62.0.0/18 125.64.0.0/11 125.96.0.0/15 125.98.0.0/16 125.104.0.0/13 125.112.0.0/12 125.169.0.0/16 125.171.0.0/16 125.208.0.0/18 125.210.0.0/15 125.213.0.0/17 125.214.96.0/19 125.215.0.0/18 125.216.0.0/13 125.254.128.0/17
deny from 134.196.0.0/16
deny from 159.226.0.0/16
deny from 161.207.0.0/16
deny from 162.105.0.0/16
deny from 166.111.0.0/16
deny from 167.139.0.0/16
deny from 168.160.0.0/16
deny from 192.83.122.0/24 192.124.154.0/24 192.188.170.0/24
deny from 198.17.7.0/24 198.97.132.0/24
deny from 202.0.110.0/24 202.0.160.0/20 202.0.176.0/22 202.4.128.0/19 202.4.252.0/22 202.8.128.0/19 202.10.64.0/20 202.14.88.0/24 202.14.235.0/24 202.14.236.0/23 202.14.238.0/24 202.20.120.0/24 202.22.248.0/21 202.38.0.0/20 202.38.64.0/18 202.38.128.0/21 202.38.136.0/23 202.38.138.0/24 202.38.140.0/22 202.38.144.0/22 202.38.149.0/24 202.38.150.0/23 202.38.152.0/22 202.38.156.0/24 202.38.158.0/23 202.38.160.0/23 202.38.164.0/22 202.38.168.0/21 202.38.176.0/23 202.38.184.0/21 202.38.192.0/18 202.41.152.0/21 202.41.240.0/20 202.46.32.0/19 202.46.224.0/20
deny from 202.60.112.0/20 202.69.4.0/22 202.69.16.0/20 202.70.0.0/19 202.74.8.0/21 202.75.208.0/20 202.85.208.0/20 202.90.0.0/22 202.90.224.0/20 202.90.252.0/22 202.91.0.0/22 202.91.128.0/22 202.91.176.0/20 202.91.224.0/19 202.92.0.0/22 202.92.252.0/22 202.93.0.0/22 202.93.252.0/22 202.94.0.0/19 202.95.0.0/19 202.95.252.0/22 202.96.0.0/12
deny from 202.112.0.0/13 202.120.0.0/15 202.122.0.0/19 202.122.32.0/21 202.122.64.0/19 202.122.112.0/21 202.122.128.0/24 202.123.96.0/20 202.124.24.0/21 202.125.176.0/20 202.127.0.0/18 202.127.112.0/20 202.127.128.0/19 202.127.160.0/21 202.127.192.0/18 202.130.0.0/19 202.130.224.0/19 202.131.16.0/21 202.131.48.0/20 202.131.208.0/20 202.136.48.0/20 202.136.208.0/20 202.136.224.0/20 202.141.160.0/19 202.142.16.0/20 202.143.16.0/20 202.148.96.0/19 202.149.160.0/20 202.149.224.0/19
deny from 202.150.16.0/20 202.152.176.0/20 202.153.48.0/20 202.158.160.0/19 202.160.176.0/20 202.164.0.0/20 202.164.25.0/24 202.165.96.0/21 202.165.176.0/20 202.165.208.0/20 202.168.160.0/19 202.170.128.0/19 202.170.216.0/21 202.173.8.0/21 202.173.224.0/19 202.179.240.0/20 202.180.128.0/19 202.181.112.0/20 202.189.80.0/20 202.192.0.0/12
deny from 203.18.50.0/24 203.79.0.0/20 203.80.144.0/20 203.81.16.0/20 203.83.56.0/21 203.86.0.0/18 203.86.64.0/19 203.88.0.0/22 203.88.32.0/19 203.88.192.0/19 203.89.0.0/22 203.90.0.0/22 203.90.128.0/18 203.90.192.0/19 203.91.32.0/19 203.91.96.0/20 203.91.120.0/21 203.92.0.0/22 203.92.160.0/19 203.93.0.0/16 203.94.0.0/18 203.95.0.0/21 203.95.96.0/19 203.99.16.0/20 203.99.80.0/20
deny from 203.100.32.0/20 203.100.80.0/20 203.100.96.0/19 203.100.192.0/20 203.110.160.0/19 203.118.192.0/19 203.119.24.0/21 203.119.32.0/22 203.128.32.0/19 203.128.96.0/19 203.128.128.0/19 203.130.32.0/19 203.132.32.0/19 203.134.240.0/21 203.135.96.0/19 203.135.160.0/20 203.148.0.0/18 203.152.64.0/19 203.156.192.0/18 203.158.16.0/21 203.161.192.0/19 203.166.160.0/19 203.171.224.0/20 203.174.7.0/24 203.174.96.0/19 203.175.128.0/19 203.175.192.0/18 203.176.168.0/21 203.184.80.0/20 203.187.160.0/19 203.190.96.0/20 203.191.16.0/20 203.191.64.0/18 203.191.144.0/20 203.192.0.0/19 203.196.0.0/22
deny from 203.207.64.0/18 203.207.128.0/17 203.208.0.0/20 203.208.16.0/22 203.208.32.0/19 203.209.224.0/19 203.212.0.0/20 203.212.80.0/20 203.222.192.0/20 203.223.0.0/20
deny from 210.2.0.0/19 210.5.0.0/19 210.5.32.0/20 210.5.144.0/20 210.12.0.0/15 210.14.64.0/19 210.14.112.0/20 210.14.128.0/17 210.15.0.0/17 210.15.128.0/18 210.16.128.0/18 210.21.0.0/16 210.22.0.0/16 210.23.32.0/19 210.25.0.0/16 210.26.0.0/15 210.28.0.0/14 210.32.0.0/12 210.51.0.0/16 210.52.0.0/15 210.56.192.0/19 210.72.0.0/14 210.76.0.0/15 210.78.0.0/16 210.79.64.0/18 210.79.224.0/19 210.82.0.0/15 210.87.128.0/18 210.185.192.0/18 210.192.96.0/19
deny from 211.64.0.0/13 211.80.0.0/12 211.96.0.0/13 211.136.0.0/13 211.144.0.0/12 211.160.0.0/13
deny from 218.0.0.0/11 218.56.0.0/13 218.64.0.0/11 218.96.0.0/14 218.104.0.0/14 218.108.0.0/15 218.192.0.0/12 218.240.0.0/13 218.249.0.0/16
deny from 219.72.0.0/16 219.82.0.0/16 219.128.0.0/11 219.216.0.0/13 219.224.0.0/12 219.242.0.0/15 219.244.0.0/14
deny from 220.101.192.0/18 220.112.0.0/14 220.152.128.0/17 220.154.0.0/15 220.160.0.0/11 220.192.0.0/12 220.231.0.0/18 220.231.128.0/17 220.232.64.0/18 220.234.0.0/16 220.242.0.0/15 220.248.0.0/14
deny from 221.0.0.0/13 221.8.0.0/14 221.12.0.0/17 221.12.128.0/18 221.13.0.0/16 221.14.0.0/15 221.122.0.0/15 221.129.0.0/16 221.130.0.0/15 221.133.224.0/19 221.136.0.0/15 221.172.0.0/14 221.176.0.0/13 221.192.0.0/14 221.196.0.0/15 221.198.0.0/16 221.199.0.0/17 221.199.128.0/18 221.199.192.0/20 221.199.224.0/19 221.200.0.0/13 221.208.0.0/12 221.224.0.0/12
deny from 222.16.0.0/12 222.32.0.0/11 222.64.0.0/11 222.125.0.0/16 222.126.128.0/17 222.128.0.0/12 222.160.0.0/14 222.168.0.0/13 222.176.0.0/12 222.192.0.0/11 222.240.0.0/13 222.248.0.0/16 222.249.0.0/17 222.249.128.0/18 222.249.192.0/19 222.249.224.0/20 222.249.240.0/21 222.249.248.0/23
# Korea IP addresses follow:
deny from 58.72.0.0/13 58.239.0.0/16 58.140.0.0/14 59.0.0.0/11 59.186.0.0/15 61.248.0.0/13 121.128.0.0/10 122.99.128.0/17 124.50.87.161 125.128.0.0/11 125.176.0.0/12 143.248.0.0/16 211.41.224.0/19 211.104.0.0/13 211.112.0.0/13 211.211.36.0/23 218.144.138.0/26 219.240.0.0/15 219.248.0.0/13 221.128.0.0/12 221.144.0.0/12 221.160.0.0/13 221.168.0.0/16 221.163.46.0/24
# Malaysia
deny from 60.48.0.0/13 202.71.102.0/24 203.223.128.0/19
# Thailand
deny from 58.137.13.0/24 203.113.13.0/24 203.144.144.0/24 203.149.0.0/18 203.155.0.0/16
# Vietnam
deny from 58.187.112.0/20 125.234.0.0/15 203.113.128.0/18

# Russia and Ukraine and Bulgaria and Romania and Latvia and Estonia
deny from 77.120.0.0/14
deny from 78.106.0.0/15
deny from 79.120.0.0/17
deny from 80.73.64.0/21 80.85.176.0/20
deny from 81.19.64.0/19 81.95.144.0/20 81.176.0.0/15
deny from 82.76.0.0/14 82.103.64.0/18 82.138.6.128/25 82.144.192.0/19 82.151.112.0/21 82.160.203.0/24
deny from 83.219.129.0/24 83.237.0.0/16
deny from 85.14.35.0/24 85.112.112.0/20 85.140.0.0/15 85.142.0.0/15 85.192.60.0/23 85.249.128.0/19 85.255.112.0/20
deny from 86.127.19.0/24
deny from 87.99.64.0/19 87.103.192.0/20 87.120.16.0/20 87.242.116.0/23
deny from 89.122.0.0/16 89.37.144.0/21 89.111.176.0/20 89.175.0.0/16 89.178.0.0/15 89.190.224.0/19
deny from 91.76.0.0/14 91.124.0.0/16
deny from 141.85.0.0/16
deny from 192.129.3.0/24
deny from 193.39.113.0/24 193.47.166.0/24 193.178.144.0/22
deny from 194.44.36.0/24 194.186.0.0/16
deny from 195.28.32.0/19 195.34.224.0/19 195.95.218.0/23 195.5.116.0/23 195.137.200.0/23 195.138.198.0/24 195.189.246.0/23 195.208.0.0/15 195.225.176.0/22 195.239.0.0/16 195.242.98.0/23 195.244.128.128/25 195.245.112.0/23
deny from 212.24.32.0/19 212.58.192.0/19 212.158.160.0/20
deny from 213.91.128.0/17 213.140.96.0/19 213.154.192.0/19 213.242.12.0/22 213.248.48.0/20
deny from 217.12.240.0/20 217.16.16.0/20 217.77.208.0/20 217.174.96.0/20

# Cambodia (KH)
deny from 114.134.184.0/21




Had a similar problem myself a couple of months back.

Part2 in a mo

[Disco_Dave]

# Hong Kong (HK)
deny from 58.65.232.0/21 59.148.0.0/15 110.173.48.0/20 112.121.160.0/19 113.252.0.0/14 118.140.0.0/14 121.127.224.0/19 123.242.229.0/24 147.8.0.0/16 180.235.134.0/24 202.69.64.0/19 202.85.128.0/19 202.133.8.0/21 203.198.0.0/16 203.218.0.0/16 210.176.0.0/19 210.176.48.0/20 210.176.64.0/18 210.176.128.0/17 210.177.0.0/16 218.103.0.0/16 218.252.0.0/14 219.76.0.0/14 222.166.0.0/16 223.16.0.0/14

# India (IN), Bangladesh (BD) and Pakistan (PK)
deny from 14.96.0.0/14 14.194.0.0/15 27.248.0.0/14 27.255.0.0/18 27.255.128.0/24 39.32.0.0/11 49.15.0.0/18 49.200.0.0/14 49.248.0.0/17 59.88.0.0/13 59.96.0.0/14 59.160.0.0/14 59.164.0.0/15 9.176.0.0/13 59.184.0.0/15 61.247.238.0/24 101.56.0.0/13 112.110.0.0/16 113.19.0.0/16 113.212.64.0/19 114.31.224.0/20 115.108.0.0/14 115.167.24.0/24 115.240.0.0/12 116.72.0.0/14 116.202.12.0/22 116.203.32.0/19 116.203.64.0/19 117.192.0.0/10 119.152.0.0/13 119.160.0.0/17 120.56.0.0/13 120.138.98.0/24 121.240.0.0/13 122.160.0.0/12 122.176.0.0/13 122.184.0.0/14 123.49.0.0/18 123.236.0.0/14 124.124.0.0/15 124.247.235.0/24 124.253.8.0/21 125.209.64.0/18 139.190.0.0/16 182.64.0.0/12 182.176.0.0/12 183.82.0.0/15 193.53.87.0/24 202.54.0.0/16 202.63.160.0/19 202.87.240.0/20 202.137.232.0/21 202.154.224.0/24 203.76.176.0/20 203.92.47.0/24 203.115.80.0/20 203.135.62.0/24 203.188.247.0/24 203.192.231.0/24 203.197.0.0/16 206.214.208.0/20 210.211.128.0/17 210.212.64.0/20 218.248.0.0/20

# Indonesia (ID)
deny from 49.50.4.0/22 49.50.8.0/22 110.136.176.0/20 110.139.0.0/16 111.95.0.0/16 114.79.18.0/24 116.12.40.0/21 116.66.200.0/21 116.254.96.0/21 118.96.0.0/15 119.110.68.0/24 119.235.16.0/20 119.252.162.0/24 120.160.0.0/11 124.6.36.0/22 124.195.124.0/24 125.164.64.0/19 125.165.128.0/18 139.192.0.0/14 180.241.128.0/17 180.242.0.0/16 180.248.128.0/18 180.249.0.0/16 180.251.0.0/18 202.57.0.0/19 203.130.192.0/18

# Japan (JP) (hacking, scraping, or spamming)
deny from 27.50.96.0/19 36.52.0.0/14 42.83.0.0/18 58.188.0.0/14 59.146.0.0/15 60.236.0.0/14 61.112.0.0/12 118.0.0.0/12 118.86.0.0/15 118.106.0.0/16 122.200.192.0/18 122.208.0.0/12 123.216.0.0/13 124.84.0.0/14 126.0.0.0/8 150.70.84.41 210.198.6.0/23 210.248.0.0/13 211.19.0.0/16 218.216.0.0/13 218.224.0.0/13 219.94.128.0/17 219.96.0.0/11 220.104.0.0/13 220.208.0.0/12 221.121.160.0/20 222.231.64.0/18 222.231.128.0/17 222.144.0.0/13 223.216.0.0/14

# Korea (KR) IP addresses follow:
deny from 1.208.0.0/12 1.224.0.0/11 14.32.0.0/11 14.64.0.0/11 27.115.128.0/17 27.255.64.0/18 58.72.0.0/13 58.120.0.0/13 58.140.0.0/14 58.148.0.0/14 58.180.40.0/21 58.224.0.0/12 59.0.0.0/11 59.86.192.0/18 59.186.0.0/15 61.32.0.0/13 61.40.0.0/14 61.72.0.0/13 61.80.0.0/15 61.96.0.0/12 61.110.16.0/20 61.248.0.0/13 101.79.0.0/16 110.8.0.0/13 110.45.0.0/16 112.144.0.0/12 112.160.0.0/11 112.216.0.0/13 113.30.64.0/18 114.29.0.0/17 114.108.128.0/18 114.200.0.0/13 115.0.0.0/12 115.16.0.0/13 115.40.0.0/15 115.68.0.0/16 115.88.0.0/13 116.40.0.0/16 116.45.176.0/20 116.93.192.0/19 116.120.0.0/13 117.110.0.0/15 118.32.0.0/11 118.128.0.0/14 118.216.0.0/13 119.64.0.0/13 119.192.0.0/11 120.50.64.0/18 121.88.0.0/16 121.101.224.0/19 121.127.64.0/18 121.127.128.0/18 121.128.0.0/10 121.254.0.0/16 122.44.112.0/20 122.99.128.0/17 123.111.0.0/16 123.140.0.0/14 123.212.0.0/14 123.248.0.0/16 124.0.0.0/15 124.50.87.161 124.136.0.0/14 124.217.192.0/19 125.128.0.0/11 125.176.0.0/12 125.240.0.0/13 125.248.0.0/14 143.248.0.0/16 166.104.0.0/16 168.188.0.0/16 175.112.0.0/12 180.64.0.0/13 180.224.0.0/13 202.30.0.0/15 202.133.16.0/20 202.179.176.0/21 203.226.0.0/15 203.228.0.0/14 203.244.0.0/14 203.248.0.0/13 210.93.0.0/16 210.94.0.0/15 210.108.0.0/14 210.112.0.0/14 210.117.128.0/18 210.118.216.192/26 210.124.0.0/14 210.178.0.0/15 210.180.0.0/15 210.204.0.0/15 210.210.192.0/18 210.219.0.0/16 210.220.0.0/14 211.32.0.0/12 211.48.0.0/15 211.50.0.0/15 211.52.0.0/16 211.62.35.0/24 211.104.0.0/13 211.112.0.0/13 211.168.0.0/13 211.176.0.0/12 211.192.0.0/12 211.208.0.0/14 211.216.0.0/13 211.224.0.0/13 211.232.0.0/13 211.240.0.0/12 218.36.0.0/14 218.48.0.0/13 218.144.0.0/12 218.209.0.0/16 218.232.0.0/14 218.236.0.0/14 219.240.0.0/15 219.248.0.0/13 219.250.88.0/21 220.72.0.0/13 220.80.0.0/13 220.95.88.0/24 220.118.0.0/16 220.119.0.0/16 221.128.0.0/12 221.144.0.0/12 221.160.0.0/13 221.168.0.0/16 221.163.46.0/24 222.96.0.0/12 222.112.0.0/13 222.120.0.0/15 222.122.0.0/16 222.231.0.0/18 222.232.0.0/13

# Yahoo-Korea (provides free email services used by some spammers)
deny from 123.0.0.0/20

# Neighboring Asian countries:

# Malaysia (MY)
deny from 27.131.32.0/24 60.48.0.0/14 60.52.0.0/15 60.54.0.0/16 110.159.0.0/16 112.137.160.0/20 113.23.128.0/17 115.132.0.0/14 116.197.0.0/17 116.206.0.0/16 118.100.0.0/15 119.110.96.0/20 120.50.48.0/20 120.140.0.0/15 124.82.0.0/16 124.217.224.0/19 161.139.0.0/16 175.136.0.0/13 180.72.0.0/14 202.58.80.0/20 202.71.96.0/20 202.75.32.0/19 202.188.0.0/18 202.190.0.0/16 203.106.0.0/16 203.217.176.0/22 203.223.128.0/19 210.187.49.0/25 218.111.0.0/16 218.208.12.64/27

# Philippines (PH)
deny from 27.110.144.0/20 85.92.152.0/21 110.5.64.0/21 111.235.80.0/20 112.201.128.0/17 112.202.0.0/16 120.28.64.0/18 122.54.125.73 125.60.128.0/17 125.212.56.0/22 180.193.64.0/19 202.52.54.0/23 202.133.192.0/24 202.146.184.0/23 222.127.32.0/19 222.127.64.0/19

# Singapore (SG)
deny from 58.185.18.0/28 59.189.0.0/16 116.12.48.0/21 116.14.0.0/15 116.251.223.0/24 121.6.0.0/15 165.21.0.0/16 180.210.200.0/21 182.23.147.0/24 192.169.40.0/23 203.92.64.0/18 203.117.0.0/24 218.186.0.0/16 218.212.0.0/16 219.74.0.0/15 219.75.0.0/17

# Taiwan (TW)
deny from 1.160.0.0/12 1.200.0.0/16 36.224.0.0/12 59.124.0.0/14 60.198.0.0/15 60.249.0.0/16 60.250.0.0/15 61.31.0.0/16 61.59.0.0/16 61.63.0.0/16 61.67.128.0/17 61.216.0.0/14 61.220.0.0/14 61.224.0.0/14 61.228.0.0/14 110.24.0.0/13 110.50.128.0/18 111.240.0.0/12 114.24.0.0/14 114.32.0.0/12 115.80.0.0/14 115.85.144.0/20 117.19.0.0/16 118.160.0.0/13 122.116.0.0/15 122.118.0.0/16 122.120.0.0/13 122.254.0.0/18 123.51.128.0/17 123.240.0.0/15 124.8.0.0/14 125.224.0.0/13 140.109.0.0/16 140.110.0.0/15 140.112.0.0/12 140.128.0.0/13 140.136.0.0/15 140.138.0.0/16 163.13.0.0/16 163.14.0.0/15 163.16.0.0/12 163.24.0.0/16 163.32.0.0/16 175.96.0.0/14 203.64.0.0/14 203.71.0.0/16 203.72.0.0/16 210.59.0.0/17 210.200.0.0/15 210.240.0.0/16 211.20.0.0/15 211.23.0.0/16 211.75.0.0/16 211.76.160.0/20 211.79.32.0/20 218.160.0.0/12 219.84.0.0/15 219.90.3.0/24 220.128.0.0/12

# Thailand (TH)
deny from 1.46.0.0/15 14.207.0.0/16 58.8.0.0/16 58.9.0.0/16 58.10.0.0/16 58.137.0.0/16 61.19.0.0/16 61.47.0.0/17 113.53.0.0/17 115.87.128.0/17 117.47.0.0/16 118.172.0.0/14 122.154.0.0/15 123.242.128.0/18 124.120.0.0/16 124.121.0.0/16 124.122.0.0/16 125.25.0.0/19 171.97.128.0/17 202.28.0.0/15 202.44.135.0/24 202.133.128.0/18 202.142.192.0/19 202.143.128.0/18 203.107.142.0/24 203.113.0.0/17 203.130.149.0/24 203.144.128.0/17 203.146.0.0/16 203.148.128.0/17 203.149.0.0/18 203.150.128.0/17 203.151.38.0/24 203.155.0.0/16 203.158.96.0/19 203.158.128.0/17 203.170.193.0/24 203.172.128.0/17 203.185.128.0/19 210.213.0.0/18 222.123.0.0/16 223.205.0.0/16 223.207.0.0/16

# Vietnam (VN)
deny from 1.52.112.0/20 42.112.0.0/13 58.186.0.0/15 112.78.0.0/20 112.197.0.0/16 112.213.80.0/20 113.22.0.0/16 113.23.0.0/17 113.160.0.0/11 115.72.0.0/13 115.84.176.0/22 116.96.0.0/12 117.0.0.0/13 118.68.0.0/14 123.16.0.0/12 125.234.0.0/15 171.224.0.0/11 175.100.64.0/20 180.93.0.0/16 183.80.0.0/16 183.81.0.0/17 183.91.0.0/19 202.78.227.0/24 203.113.128.0/18 203.162.0.0/16 203.210.192.0/18 210.211.96.0/19 210.245.80.0/21 220.231.124.0/22 222.252.0.0/14


# Single IPs and ranges blocks from very persistent spammers
deny from 24.151.145.6
deny from 46.109.192.249
deny from 46.109.194.58
deny from 31.192.105.19
deny from 188.143.233.163
deny from 95.71.70.204
deny from 109.230.246.52
deny from 109.230.246.33
deny from 46.109.200.59
deny from 46.109.0.0/16
deny from 46.109.0.0/16
deny from 87.249.192.0/20
deny from 85.214.16.0/20
deny from 85.214.32.0/19
deny from 85.214.64.0/18
deny from 85.214.128.0/21
deny from 85.214.136.0/22
deny from 94.181.0.0/19
deny from 94.181.32.0/20
deny from 62.109.8.0/21
deny from 89.178.0.0/16
deny from 89.178.231.0/24
deny from 91.224.160.0/23
deny from 109.230.246.0/24
deny from 91.210.104.0/22
deny from 91.207.4.0/22
deny from 91.207.8.0/23
deny from 89.112.110.160
deny from 174.48.172.104
deny from 24.165.23.227
deny from 24.160.0.0/13
deny from 24.168.0.0/15
deny from 24.170.0.0/17
deny from 173.179.193.115
deny from 66.130.207.29
deny from 128.163.7.133
deny from 69.88.219.70
deny from 216.83.40.42
deny from 50.115.40.101
deny from 92.68.209.66
deny from 212.187.50.127
deny from 128.163.7.134
deny from 95.150.236.110
deny from 2.24.136.91
deny from 2.24.144.90
deny from 2.24.151.111
deny from 2.24.151.177
deny from 2.24.152.115
deny from 2.24.153.73
deny from 90.201.181.163
deny from 90.203.11.140
deny from 90.203.11.181
deny from 90.203.11.67
deny from 90.203.11.75
deny from 92.40.253.121
deny from 95.150.236.110
deny from 65.49.14.88
deny from 66.130.207.29
deny from 74.198.164.132
deny from 128.163.7.131
deny from 128.163.7.132
deny from 128.163.7.133
deny from 128.163.7.134
deny from 128.163.7.135
deny from 76.177.18.78
deny from 76.177.19.104
deny from 76.177.19.212
deny from 76.177.31.40
deny from 66.165.22.62
deny from 94.76.222.227
deny from 69.163.45.13
deny from 71.241.234.85
deny from 46.0.13.185
deny from 178.209.88.80
deny from 188.163.107.2
deny from 178.95.42.192
deny from 188.138.0.138
deny from 211.233.84.94
deny from 64.191.7.126
deny from 2.94.110.187
deny from 109.73.65.24
deny from 69.113.63.124
deny from 173.76.204.23
deny from 112.217.228.210
deny from 71.231.248.190
deny from 68.63.12.37
deny from 72.45.37.39
deny from 68.59.68.97
deny from 158.255.208.137
deny from 68.42.30.132
deny from 68.140.68.39
deny from 46.182.51.172
deny from 188.40.247.221
deny from 23.19.30.247
deny from 67.225.213.43
deny from 220.161.149.110
deny from 220.181.108.84
deny from 124.72.53.189
deny from 213.186.127.11
deny from 90.198.205.245
deny from 188.226.17.71
deny from 98.214.202.231
deny from 91.66.3.248
deny from 24.38.134.50
deny from 72.188.135.215
deny from 197.251.149.128
deny from 69.247.222.203
deny from 67.161.200.8
deny from 109.230.250.246
deny from 176.227.192.147
deny from 46.246.88.28
deny from 47.54.107.190
deny from 166.137.98.87
deny from 69.116.187.213
deny from 173.55.77.2
deny from 65.26.87.153
deny from 86.156.105.194
deny from 63.141.228.126
deny from 98.227.255.81
deny from 208.94.240.35
deny from 94.13.39.199
deny from 208.108.127.223
deny from 173.0.8.235
deny from 122.56.232.83
deny from 24.8.5.6
deny from 216.129.236.254
deny from 166.137.177.93
deny from 173.68.111.61
deny from 74.112.104.85
deny from 93.182.147.79
deny from 218.66.250.106
deny from 112.65.51.154
deny from 205.164.48.130
deny from 99.148.158.1
deny from 216.129.236.254
deny from 68.206.202.53
deny from 90.244.55.8
deny from 204.210.235.72
deny from 99.40.198.218
deny from 173.217.219.216
deny from 138.32.235.36
deny from 68.96.128.171
deny from 69.60.103.171
deny from 67.187.183.76
deny from 72.129.159.0
deny from 213.248.17.11
deny from 68.151.198.101
deny from 184.82.226.224
deny from 50.51.131.69
deny from 71.227.8.93
deny from 178.32.48.237
deny from 69.170.95.165
deny from 92.240.249.24
deny from 68.228.16.41
deny from 108.160.16.117
deny from 208.54.4.171
deny from 173.188.166.2
deny from 92.27.32.65
deny from 97.90.70.140
deny from 76.185.82.81
deny from 62.219.8.227
deny from 123.125.71.50
deny from 202.46.63.90
deny from 220.181.108.93
deny from 96.254.171.2
deny from 31.164.64.112
deny from 31.164.0.0/16
deny from 220.181.108.120
deny from 5.10.83.0/24
deny from 218.30.103.0/24
deny from 123.125.71.0/24
deny from 220.181.108.0/24
deny from 137.118.246.228
deny from 166.137.82.194
deny from 173.53.70.120
deny from 184.3.151.105
deny from 198.228.206.45
deny from 198.228.224.199
deny from 198.228.224.240
deny from 198.228.225.139
deny from 198.228.225.201
deny from 198.228.225.245
deny from 198.228.225.44
deny from 198.228.225.45
deny from 198.228.226.4
deny from 198.228.226.85
deny from 198.228.227.170
deny from 198.228.227.38
deny from 198.228.227.49
deny from 72.84.219.233
deny from 96.228.18.178
deny from 218.93.127.107
deny from 222.77.215.0/24
deny from 218.56.0.0/14
deny from 5.10.83.83
deny from 208.115.111.70
deny from 218.93.127.107
deny from 79.185.144.110
deny from 175.110.66.164
deny from 46.147.65.60
deny from 24.23.38.110
deny from 99.248.250.7
deny from 124.64.100.196
deny from 137.148.113.185
deny from 68.184.154.187
deny from 208.94.240.36
deny from 79.107.14.207
deny from 184.3.151.105
deny from 208.54.90.205
deny from 198.228.224.86
deny from 90.192.252.52
deny from 67.189.152.153
deny from 76.243.36.135
deny from 108.12.25.209
deny from 174.97.192.247
deny from 76.121.135.233
deny from 184.2.111.164
deny from 70.193.11.142
deny from 24.225.42.185
deny from 91.236.75.5
deny from 24.45.26.19
deny from 50.51.19.107
deny from 71.125.158.69
deny from 193.200.150.125
deny from 70.199.129.68
deny from 193.200.150.152
deny from 99.132.188.74
deny from 166.147.100.130
deny from 71.13.208.129
deny from 71.114.81.150
deny from 173.73.30.134
deny from 173.66.56.151
deny from 166.137.186.234
deny from 166.137.213.249
deny from 166.137.215.10
deny from 184.0.53.2
deny from 184.177.78.242
deny from 198.228.208.128
deny from 198.228.208.212
deny from 198.228.210.129
deny from 198.228.210.60
deny from 198.228.223.30
deny from 74.7.229.126
deny from 76.176.167.125
deny from 198.228.232.89
deny from 24.247.250.129
deny from 70.193.0.215
deny from 70.193.10.144
deny from 70.193.14.190
deny from 70.193.14.223
deny from 70.193.17.230
deny from 70.193.2.205
deny from 70.193.5.248
deny from 70.193.7.76
deny from 70.193.8.71
deny from 70.210.11.165
deny from 75.191.208.129
deny from 75.191.220.192
deny from 72.43.243.156
deny from 66.87.87.101
deny from 66.87.83.223
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[Disco_Dave]

Last one, and you should be good :D


# Chinese (CN) IP addresses follow:
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[obglobal.net]

Last one, and you should be good :D


# Chinese (CN) IP addresses follow:
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May you be soaked in pheromones and thrown in to a supermodel shoot.

[dizzynation]

May you be soaked in pheromones and thrown in to a supermodel shoot.


obglobal.net, let me know if that works for you, having a similar problem

[Max Taxable]

This will stop most of the spam bots that auto-register:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=294633

This stops registration by any device on blacklisted host names: (You compile the list. I have a good one I will give you via PM. This is effective against both human spammers and auto bot spammers)

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=279110


NONE of the above use captchas, puzzles, questions or other such nonsense that merely annoys legitimate users, and have been rendered obsolete anyway for the most part, by autospam programs such as XRumer.

The era of Big Spam is over.

[obglobal.net]

obglobal.net, let me know if that works for you, having a similar problem

The mod from the post below seems to be working well so far.

I had bots auto registering like mad before, at least 5 at a time. All of a sudden my "Who's Online" has none whatsoever.

I didn't get around to doing the aforementioned one. Have a few queries about it.

I'll see if this mod pans out.

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This will stop most of the spam bots that auto-register:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=294633

This stops registration by any device on blacklisted host names: (You compile the list. I have a good one I will give you via PM. This is effective against both human spammers and auto bot spammers)

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=279110


NONE of the above use captchas, puzzles, questions or other such nonsense that merely annoys legitimate users, and have been rendered obsolete anyway for the most part, by autospam programs such as XRumer.

The era of Big Spam is over.

TYVM. Appreciated. :up:

[qpurser]

I am using the MOD Ozzy suggested and works really well.

I noticed also some spammers are constantly trying to register or even login without being registered.
Therefore I added a couple countries to my blacklist in the htcacess file.
If you need the IP's from certain countries try this page: http://incredibill.me/htaccess-block-country-ips

[obglobal.net]

I'm still getting bombarded with bot registrations.

A lot of these: v39.server16.vpn999.com

Any ideas?

[Zachery]

Block the ip or hostname, though I wouldn't block bing personally.

[final kaoss]

Try using this.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=268208&highlight=spider

[Max Taxable]

Try using this.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=268208&highlight=spider:D

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2464091&postcount=2

[obglobal.net]

I've installed every mod and edited my htaccess to exclude particular countries.

I'm still getting ravaged by bot registrations:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2013/11/2.png

Any guru ideas, gentlemen?

[Max Taxable]

I've installed every mod and edited my htaccess to exclude particular countries.

I'm still getting ravaged by bot registrations:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2013/11/2.png

Any guru ideas, gentlemen?Increase timer setting to 25 seconds.

The "Block Registrations by Hostname" Mod is only so good as the list you have for it, same story with "Ban Spiders by User Agent.

I recently stopped hundreds of bots a day from registering on a vB4 that was being ravaged. Now, nothing spammy gets through at all. You can PM me for my user agent and hostname ban lists.

[obglobal.net]

Increase timer setting to 25 seconds.

The "Block Registrations by Hostname" Mod is only so good as the list you have for it, same story with "Ban Spiders by User Agent.

I recently stopped hundreds of bots a day from registering on a vB4 that was being ravaged. Now, nothing spammy gets through at all. You can PM me for my user agent and hostname ban lists.

On to it right now!

[rhody401]

We have stopped 100% here by using these free tools:

Spambot Stopper (times how long they take in reg screen)
Q&A a random question and answer from a pool of 5
Spam-O-Matic


They get executed in the order above. If its a bot (fast, spambot stopper does the job, by counting number of seconds it takes them to fill out the registration screen), if its slow, and can answer the random question, the IP and EMAIL addresses are checked by Spam-o-matic by the blacklist database at www.stopforumspam.com (Just make sure you have the NICKNAME CHECKING turned off in that app, or it will get a lot of false positives)

If they pass all 3, then they are allowed to create a new account on the forum.

Mike

PS: We also use vb bad behavior

[obglobal.net]

We have stopped 100% here by using these free tools:

Spambot Stopper (times how long they take in reg screen)
Q&A a random question and answer from a pool of 5
Spam-O-Matic


They get executed in the order above. If its a bot (fast, spambot stopper does the job, by counting number of seconds it takes them to fill out the registration screen), if its slow, and can answer the random question, the IP and EMAIL addresses are checked by Spam-o-matic by the blacklist database at www.stopforumspam.com (Just make sure you have the NICKNAME CHECKING turned off in that app, or it will get a lot of false positives)

If they pass all 3, then they are allowed to create a new account on the forum.

Mike

PS: We also use vb bad behavior

Awesomeness. Thanks, Mike. Good dude.

Also, big thanks to Max Taxable for his help, aong, of course, with everyone else. vb.org rocks!

[obglobal.net]

Hello, vb.org! A Merry Xmas to you all.

So my site is still getting pillaged by bots after trying everything. These bots are a-holes!

These 2 in particular are having their way with my site, and I cannot manage to block them.

Unknown robot (identified by empty user agent string)
Unknown robot (identified by 'bot*')

Could anyone please help me regarding .htaccess? I'd appreciate the input because I suck at this stuff.

Thanks a lot.

[final kaoss]

Hello one idea that I have for you is to use cloudflare. From there you can easily block bots, also, cloudflare is capable of serving many static resources from you to help you save your servers resources. However I believe that it will only serve the static resources once you get a paid plan ($5 or more), the user agent/bad behaviour thing is available on the free plan.

I'll also leave you with these 2 links to check out to do further research.
http://www.fleiner.com/bots/

https://www.google.com/search?q=slow+down+bad+bots&oq=slow+down+bad+bots&aqs=chrome..69i57.3417j0j7&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8

[Max Taxable]

I used Cloud Flare for two years. It is not worth the downtime it causes and if your host goes down, you still go down. it doesn't do anything, really except put your site on a proxy.

Obglobal - please define "pillaged."

[obglobal.net]

I used Cloud Flare for two years. It is not worth the downtime it causes and if your host goes down, you still go down. it doesn't do anything, really except put your site on a proxy.

Obglobal - please define "pillaged."

Pillaged as in getting invaded by. Bots are invading my site.

So Cloud Flare is no go, hey. I can't believe it's so tricky to get rid of bots!

Thanks for helping.

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Hello one idea that I have for you is to use cloudflare. From there you can easily block bots, also, cloudflare is capable of serving many static resources from you to help you save your servers resources. However I believe that it will only serve the static resources once you get a paid plan ($5 or more), the user agent/bad behaviour thing is available on the free plan.

I'll also leave you with these 2 links to check out to do further research.
http://www.fleiner.com/bots/

https://www.google.com/search?q=slow+down+bad+bots&oq=slow+down+bad+bots&aqs=chrome..69i57.3417j0j7&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8

Thanks a lot man!!! I'll be sure to check that out.

[Max Taxable]

Pillaged as in getting invaded by. Bots are invading my site. How many? 10s, 100s, 1000s? What are they actually doing?I can't believe it's so tricky to get rid of bots! It's not.

[obglobal.net]

How many? 10s, 100s, 1000s? What are they actually doing?

Tens of thousands over a month's time. They're doing basically everything they can to sweep the site, including 200+ registrations per day.

I've added mods to stop them from registering, but it still racks up on my monthly executions limit.

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Sorry, I meant tens of thousands of executions. Not tens of thousands of bots.

[Max Taxable]

Tens of thousands over a month's time. They're doing basically everything they can to sweep the site, including 200+ registrations per day.

I've added mods to stop them from registering, but it still racks up on my monthly executions limit.To help further I would need access to see this for myself and check some things out in the backend.

However testing your site shows you have bigger problems than bots - bandwidth usage just for pageload is off the scale and that is not bots causing that:

http://www.webpagetest.org/result/131222_PT_8R/1/details/

LATER EDIT: C'mon Man, you don't have a bot problem at all. Never did have. Here's stats from your forum home page:

Currently Active Users

There are currently 20 users online. 0 members and 20 guests

Most users ever online was 61, 05-23-2013 at 05:06 PM.

That's nothing.

[obglobal.net]

To help further I would need access to see this for myself and check some things out in the backend.

However testing your site shows you have bigger problems than bots - bandwidth usage just for pageload is off the scale and that is not bots causing that:

http://www.webpagetest.org/result/131222_PT_8R/1/details/

Yeah, the load time is pretty enormous. I'm happy to give you access, but would you mind holding off for a while? My second son's just been born, I'm travelling overseas for Xmas, and I have a pretty nasty hangover. Haha.

I also have the admincp ip denial mod active, but don't have access to my computer to turn it off at the moment.

I really appreciate your help dude.

[Max Taxable]

Yeah, the load time is pretty enormous. I'm happy to give you access, but would you mind holding off for a while? My second son's just been born, I'm travelling overseas for Xmas, and I have a pretty nasty hangover. Haha.

I also have the admincp ip denial mod active, but don't have access to my computer to turn it off at the moment.

I really appreciate your help dude.You don't have a bot problem. Please disable the hook system in adminCP so i can test just your native vBulletin installation, to see how the host server behaves that way.

Your sidebar alone is doing about 100 executions every pageload and and about 100 calls to the db, THIS is what is using up your resources. You have way too much junk in it like Post thanks feed, tag cloud, activity stream. It's making the page about twice as long as your tables go.

[obglobal.net]

You don't have a bot problem. Please disable the hook system in adminCP so i can test just your native vBulletin installation, to see how the host server behaves that way.

Your sidebar alone is doing about 100 executions every pageload and and about 100 calls to the db, THIS is what is using up your resources. You have way too much junk in it like Post thanks feed, tag cloud, activity stream. It's making the page about twice as long as your tables go.

Really? Thanks for having a look at it, Max Tax.

[Max Taxable]

Ok I have disabled the sidebar completely for now, and also made sure the hooks were off. LOOK at the improvement in your page load:

BEFORE: http://www.webpagetest.org/result/131222_PT_8R/1/details/

AFTER: http://www.webpagetest.org/result/131222_GY_VG/1/details/


You have never, ever had a bot problem my friend, the problem is your site is way over modded. All the junk you're displaying in your sidebar is killing your allotments.



LATER EDIT: I disabled the sidebar anywhere Mod for guests, unregistered/not logged in usergroup. Guests don't really need it, and this will buy you some time to make changes to the composition of your sidebar.

Hooks are re-enabled globally.

[obglobal.net]

Max Taxable, you are awesome. I had no idea.

Big props to Max Tax, everyone.

Man, this site is so good for me, Lord Of The Noob.

I appreciate all the assistance and advice I've received from the genius individuals here at vb.org.

I wish you all a Rad Xmas and a 2014 packed full of good karma.

Selflessness reigns supreme at vb.org.

Thank you.

[Max Taxable]

Understand - for people who are logged in that sidebar is still going to be making 100s of calls to the db with each pageload. So the problem is not 100% solved. You need to decide how many of your pages that sidebar is going to display on, and what all is displayed in it. First things I would get rid of is the thanks bit and the tag cloud, and the activity stream. Make it minimalist is my suggestion.

Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year to you and yours too!