So I think what you are telling me is this...
Since my site forum is at root level to edit as follows...
This...Disallow: /forums/albums.php
to This...Disallow: /albums.php

yes if your forum isn't in a folder but simply "on your server" so you dont need to access a folder to get to it then thats correct!

After being only installed 10 minutes, I've seen a 20% drop in server load already. I was already blocking them with .htaccess but they were still getting in. According to AWstats bots have been hitting my server MILLIONS of times per month.

Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart, you're very talented!

You're welcome, dont forget to remove them from /htaccess now as they will be adding load just being there :)

Thank you good mod

Glad you like it :)

Been running this for a little over 8 months now.

This past month it blocked 6,659 bad bots. Which is very close to what it blocked on the first month I had it installed.

Baidu finally stopped coming after about 4 months. They were originally hitting the site at over 10 times an hour. Yandex is still coming but they are down to once or twice a day instead of multiple times an hour.

Most Popular blocked User Agents currently:
FunWebProducts, MSIE 6, MSIE 7, Nutch, Yandex

My Full Blocked User Agent list:

This new one just showed up and has been attempting to ping my site on average around a hundred times a day (started about 15 days ago):

Seems some bots come and go, just glad this mod is here!

Im very glad you've found this useful, thanks for posting your updated bot list it may help others decide which to block, however i still have to mention that banning bots is a personal thing and you have to decide what it is you want to acheive from the banning and will anything you block prevent legitimate people from viewing your site.

In the above you block MSIE 7, whilst this may be good for you others may want users who still only have IE7 to be able to view their site. All i'm saying to people is think before you block :)

What is your take on "MSIE 6"? I seem to also be getting quite a few hits from that browser as well.

Personally unless you're catering for developing countries (computerwise i mean like eastern block...etc) i'd ban MSIE 6 but again have to stress it's a personal choice.