Its not normal to have high CPU usage because of this mod, it hardly uses any resources at all, it redirects right at page call so doesn't even allow your site to load for the banned list, however, if you have banned many things then they will be constantly redirecting, after a short while they will stop visiting your site.

I think you may have other issues going on here, it might be a point to hire Max or Ozzy to take a look at your site and get it optimized properly :)

Thanks for the reference but neither of us hires out, as policy. Ever. Made a exception and tried it once last summer though, on the insistence of the person we were helping. Didn't end well.

To marko - either of us would be happy to take a look at the situation, for free.

No problem, just thought you two now did it as a business, I haven't been on here in such a long while I'm out of touch :(

Since our negative experience last year, neither of us does much at all anymore. Ozzy even less than I unfortunately.

I have a user agent showing up in a regular basis, often dozens at a time.

The version is often 34, 29, etc (there are several). I have yet to find a legit user. What string would you suggest to send them on their way?

You can enter the entire string, that way you will only ban users with that exact useragent

If they're not doing anything malicious, what's the problem? Did you trace out IP addresses?

Blocking that UA string WILL block legitimate people. It's nothing exotic, it's a Windows 8 computer with only about a year or so old version of Firefox. It's not unusual for people to not upgrade FF.

Just something to think over.

Thanks for your reply.

All IPs resolve to China, Iran, Venezuela, Russia etc (at least the several dozen I have checked). I have yet to find one from the US, CA or AU (which are my primary audience). I often have 10-15 on the site at any given time.

Thanks for the tips guys and many thanks Max for your availability, I will write you a pm.

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