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Ban Spiders by User Agent
Version: 3.1.2, by Simon Lloyd Simon Lloyd is offline
Developer Last Online: May 2023 Show Printable Version Email this Page
Category: Miscellaneous Hacks - Version: 4.x.x Rating:
Released: 08-08-2011 Last Update: 12-17-2014 Installs: 491
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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
  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

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File Type: xml product-ban_spider4x.xml (30.8 KB, 469 views)

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Old 08-25-2011, 04:29 AM
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Installed

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like this:?
see pic:

thanks
No, you need to remove the IP's from there, this mod is not for banning IP's this one https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=268146 is!

Simply leave Baidu there and the mod will do the rest
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thanks
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Works well, finally got rid of those pesty Baidu spiders. Thanks m8.
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No, you need to remove the IP's from there, this mod is not for banning IP's this one https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=268146 is!

Simply leave Baidu there and the mod will do the rest
ok,done.
i also dont see any spiders from that 119.xxx ips anymore for now,bt will be checking....

thanks for your help.
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installed, thank you.

Is there a comprehensive list of bad spider bots?

Some I have added to my site

Baidu
Yandex
EmailSiphon
EmailWolf
ExtractorPro
Crescent
CherryPicker
[Ww]eb[Bb]andit
WebEMailExtrac
NICErsPRO
Teleport
Zeus
Wget
LinkWalker
sitecheck.internetseer.com
ia_archiver
DIIbot
psbot
EmailCollector
nasty
verynastystuff
i-am-nasty
Twiceler


http://www.spam-whackers.com/bad.bots.htm


http://www.forumpostersunion.com/showthread.php?t=1644
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very nice mod works well just what I was looking for
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Modification of the Month. clicked it well worth it
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click it as well very good mod could not get rid of some bots this stopped them right away thanks for this
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List of bad bots added in modification description, please remember to prune out all those that you wish to be able to see your site!
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