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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.

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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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I installed latest version of hack but it not stops huawei crawler service I see multiple entries that are online for example
ecs-159-138-101-77.compute.hwclouds-dns.com

ecs-159-138-109-55.compute.hwclouds-dns.com
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Just use this in your ban list,
compute.hwclouds-dns.com
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Just use this in your ban list,
compute.hwclouds-dns.com
I did, it's not blocked.Still showing in online list
Is the latest hack compatibile with 4.2.3pl1 version of the forum?
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When you say "online list" are you using another hack like Paul Ms Who's online....etc?
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No, thats the only hack I'm using to ban spiders.
User agents appear under forum user online list , it can be up to 20 entries in the same time.

Forum is behind cloudflare.
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Can you PM me a link to your forum?
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sure
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Simon did you checked the forum ?

hwcloud is still browsing
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Hello,
i have also blocked the bots but still seeing them in forum online list.
Anyone with the same issue ?
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What other hacks do you have installed, like PaulM's Who's Online....etc?
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