It could be done. But to keep it simple, I would also have to retain the csv format to account for old installations.

I'll put it on the wish list for the mod.

Cool, I would really like to see that. ;)

Actually, we do.

I had problem with banning string MSIE 1, with which I tried to block old MSIE 1 users. But, today there are MSIE 10 and MSIE 11, both browsers also were blocked, as they contain "MSIE 1" in their UA. As I remember, to block only MSIE 1 we should use this string: MSIE 1. (dot at the end), as it is identified with MSIE 1.0.

I wrote about it Ban Spiders thread.

We need to be very careful what string we block, unless we get blocking innocent users.

Yeah it is best to be cautious when adding things to these types of mods. :)

Right, I remember that well. I merely stopped worrying about IE 1 since the likelihood of any device using that, still surviving seems very low.

So how do i collect hostnames and useragents to ban? I saw post 29 but being a newbie it means nothing to me.

Lets start with an example. I just had a spammer try to register. Their IP is 137.175.68.84 and looking at stopforumspam confirms there is a lot of spamming going on from this IP.

What would be my next step (in newbie talk)? When i tried to do a hostname search using whatismyip.com, it just threw up the IP address i just posted.

If you don't understand what's in post 29, it really can't be explained in any simpler terms.

Look up the IP at ARIN as described in post 29.

In the case of that IP, you would want to ban 199-180-100-0-1

Got it

This great mod should be a built-in vb as a security and protection tool ...

Installed on VB4.2.2 PL2