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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
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 Download Now
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ASCONAN, BlueCheri, Disco_Dave, ForceHSS, Gn_Snake, GreyGhost, htscpl, Michael.A, midnz, obglobal.net, puertoblack2003, RichieBoy67, rootsxrocks, tanzeelniazi, too_cool_3, victorvu |
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I wasn't sure if I should or not...
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I posted a list of the ones I block, earlier in this thread. All are there for very good reason. They aren't helpful to the site, they leech too much resources, or they are typically botnet zombies. Bad actors all.
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Simon Lloyd |
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Thanks for the help Max
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Heh. I never explained how to use your Mod....
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I was under the impression that it was self explanatory, maybe i should add to the first post?
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I got the same impression...
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I must say..... This was the only thing I found to get rid of those damn Baidu spiders! I averaged 50 - 65 baidu spiders at one time. I often had almost as many guests online as I did users.
Now I am perfectly fine with 1-5 google & bing spiders online. 50+ spiders that simply don't help me? yea... No thanks! |
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Max Taxable |
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Baidu is evil.
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ProFifaLeagues, rootsxrocks, Willy T |
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This mod is great! I cannot express how wonderful this mod is and how well it works. Tie that into how responsive and resourceful Simon is and it's a winner. Thanks for all the help and clarification within the comments to Simon, Max, Force, and all!
My forum is young and relatively slow as it were, but I wish to stay ahead of the game on this one and keep my security up as the server load increases. I don't see the spiders that were stopping by for a visit anymore. Thanks again and keep up the good work Marked Installed and Nominated vB4.2.0 |
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Glad you like it and it works well for you, i think your our first vb4.2.x so it's good to know it works upward
I know it's a pain but do familiarise yourself with the info that can be found at the links in the first post, these will help you as your forum gets busier, also take the time to research some of the bots, they're not all bad, some will even help your site grow. Be mindful about who and which nations you are going to cater for before banning/allowing bots to crawl your site and you'll be golden. |
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