Miscellaneous Hacks - Ban Spiders by User Agent

What this mod does
With this mod you can enter User Agents to watch or ban, you can also recieve emails or have an Output.txt created and updated with time and date of visits. It doesn't just have to be spiders, you can watch, log or ban any useragent!

How to install
Simply import the product ban_spider, the mod is active by default but none of the other options are turned on.

What is a UserAgent?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_agent

Understanding a UserAgent string
http://user-agent-string.info/parse

Genuine User Getting Blocked?
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=105

Tools to help
http://whatsmyuseragent.com/SwitchingUserAgents.asp
http://www.botsvsbrowsers.com/SimulateUserAgent.asp

FAQ
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=137

How does it work?
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=381

What's a bot?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spambot

How do i ban a bot?
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=318
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....7&postcount=51

Where's output.txt located?
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=216

Bad bot lists
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=259
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=224
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=281

Tested on vb3.7.x, vB3.8.x , vB4.x.x but should work on any version.

__________________________________________________ __________________
Special thanks to:
Lior
KH99
BoP5
for helping me sort out a few issues

...and beta testers
ForceHSS (Special thanks to Force for latest testing)
ozzy47
GreyHost

If you use this please mark as INSTALLED

History
9th June 2011 Orginal xml added
12th June 2011 Added both email notification and text file logging
22nd June 2011 Version 2.0.0, Added create thread on activity

1. Added match facility you can now use something like Yandex and it will match MOZILLA/5.0 (COMPATIBLE; YANDEXBOT/3.0; +HTTP://YANDEX.COM/BOTS)
2. Added clickable link to visited thread

22nd September 2011 added user redirect url selection
08th October Beta testing started for thread creation.
20th October Beta testing started for emailing.
21st October Beta testing complete Ver 3.0.0 uploaded
29th October minor fix added to cope with empty userid on thread creation
30th October Beta testing automatic redirection to spiders/bots IP
31st October New xml uploaded with automatic redirect to IP
25th November Minor fix for blank forumid fixed
26th November 2011 Fixed version check & create thread Off by default
17th December 2014 Version 3.1.0 uploaded, Hook changed extra logging and statistics added by Ozzy47 (Chris)
18th December 2014 Version 3.1.1 uploaded, prevented spiders being counted when mod turned off.
17th December 2014 Version 3.1.2 uploaded, due to rogue code from another mod
The Bad Bots list is now included in the product
Please prune out all those that you wish to be able to see your site (i suggest you definately prune out "DA" and "Custo" :

Support will now only be given to those who have this mod marked as INSTALLED

[mradlin]

Installed! Works great!

[ozzy47]

Glad to hear.

[ikorolis]

Don't say nothing for me is the best add on (plugin) for VB

Installed => Updated => Works fine VB 4.2.2 PL3 and finally stop bad bots/spiders.

[Simon Lloyd]

Glad you like it and its doing its job

[too_cool_3]

I have been using this mod in combination with 'Spambot Stopper - Prevent Spambots from Registering' and 'Hostname or Useragent Registration Ban' for the last 3 weeks and have had only one spammer get through and register on my forum. Previously, 100's were getting through.

I have attached my 'Ultimate Spider List' to be used with this mod. It's a combination of the 3 lists that are linked in the 1st post of this thread. I imported them into excel, removed the duplicates and sorted alphabetically. Simon Lloyd, feel free to add a link to the file in your first post.

[ozzy47]

Glad to hear that the mods are working so well for you, that is why I recommend them.

[Max Taxable]

Need to take MSIE 1 off the list, that bans IE 10 and 11.

[Alan_SP]

Yes, I had that problem.

If you want to ban MSIE 1, you need to use MSIE 1. (dot at the end).

[RichieBoy67]

Originally Posted by too_cool_3

I have been using this mod in combination with 'Spambot Stopper - Prevent Spambots from Registering' and 'Hostname or Useragent Registration Ban' for the last 3 weeks and have had only one spammer get through and register on my forum. Previously, 100's were getting through.

I have attached my 'Ultimate Spider List' to be used with this mod. It's a combination of the 3 lists that are linked in the 1st post of this thread. I imported them into excel, removed the duplicates and sorted alphabetically. Simon Lloyd, feel free to add a link to the file in your first post.

I would also suggest adding the new Recapatcha! It is pretty amazing!

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=315960

[too_cool_3]

Originally Posted by Max Taxable

Need to take MSIE 1 off the list, that bans IE 10 and 11.

Originally Posted by Alan_SP

Yes, I had that problem.

If you want to ban MSIE 1, you need to use MSIE 1. (dot at the end).

Updated and re-uploaded the Ultimate Spider List txt file in post #765 to include the dot after MSIE1. Thanks!