Hungry bot
One of my sites showed a spike in accesses, and I investigated. Turned out to be this one:
69.57.190.188
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows NT; DigExt)
Start [17/Nov/2006:05:08:13 -0700]
Finish [17/Nov/2006:05:15:02 -0700]
2719 requests
It loads css files but no image files. It gets lost on forums and wikis.
Beware!
I saw two other IP numbers with the same (fake) user agent, but they only loaded a few pages each:
24.54.247.123, 85.11.188.85
Now you’re in my turf
The first bot is in a data center, which is why I block ALL data centers:
NetRange: 69.57.160.0 - 69.57.191.255
CIDR: 69.57.160.0/19
NetName: FORTRESSITX
The 24.54.247.123 could be a home subscriber or web hosting site, mixed service, not sure.
85.11.188.85 is from russia, need I say more?
You need some automation to stop this in real time, several tools exist that are free, you’ll sleep better at night using them.
Adelphia Cable Communications and about 3 others in Pennsylvania were blacklisted on my sites starting about 2 months ago.
Russia,,, yep, that about says it all…… pretty much like saying Germany….
Here’s a neat trick: deny from .ru
:)) :)) :))
I have a whole section of htaccess dedicated to just countries.. :))