Icy Phoenix

Hi there,

i played some days with the referrers page because i have spambots in my forum... if i ban the hostname (f.e. freeweb.siol.net) over ACP -> ban users. and after that i delete the referrers entries in the DB, some minutes later, the can access the forum again...

this drives me really crazy... i also tried to ban the complete IP numberblock but without any success... only some minutes, after that the are still in the list...

yesterday i spoke with Tom about that too, and we both thinking of an blacklist, like by the users registrations...

I just want to know from you, if you have also problems with such spambots who put affilate link to your referrers page.

and if someone has an hint to block them...

thx

cya

yeah I had the same problem

blocked all of them in .htacces now though
there's a shitload of them..
now they still visit but you just can't see it I guess..
dunno what that .htacces does but it was said on the old forum :mrg:

Yes, this problem has already been discussed in the old xs.com.

Can you try this please?

OPEN includes/functions_referrers.php
FIND


Add the domain you wish to block... and check if it works.

Let me know! :wink:

P.S.: another suggestion is to set Referrers Permissions to REGISTERED users or above in ACP => Configuration => Page Permissions.


P.P.S.: moved to Docs.

Mighty Gorgon wrote: [View Post]

Yes, this problem has already been discussed in the old xs.com.

Can you try this please?

OPEN includes/functions_referrers.php
FIND

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$ref_black_list = array(
'.wst.st',
'.neyon.com',
'.byethost',
'cialis.w48.54.ru',
);

Add the domain you wish to block... and check if it works.

Let me know! :wink:

P.S.: another suggestion is to set Referrers Permissions to REGISTERED users or above in ACP => Configuration => Page Permissions.


P.P.S.: moved to Docs.

thx MG i add this and let you know.

i set the permissions for the referrers page to ADMIN so only i can see this.

Yes... and if it works fine, please, post here a list of all the addresses you have inserted... so we may build our own black list! :wink:

Mighty Gorgon wrote: [View Post]

Yes... and if it works fine, please, post here a list of all the addresses you have inserted... so we may build our own black list! :wink:

ok. i added this now, and do some tests.

maybe we can add an ACP/SQL feature for this to add such sites, if it works?! what do think?

KugeLSichA wrote: [View Post]

Mighty Gorgon wrote: [View Post]

Yes... and if it works fine, please, post here a list of all the addresses you have inserted... so we may build our own black list! :wink:

ok. i added this now, and do some tests.

maybe we can add an ACP/SQL feature for this to add such sites, if it works?! what do think?

Yes, this could be a solution... but first we have to make sure that those sites are blocked... :wink:

Another solution should be blocking those sites with CTracker too... :roll:

ok this worked for me!

i did the following changes:

OPEN functions_referrers.php
FIND

AFTER ADD


this are the 3 spambots that visit my referrers page many times.

and also i blocked 2 IPs in Ctracker ACP -> Security -> Proxy&Agent blocker

208.66.195.8 was many hours in my forum

• McColo Corporation MCCOLO (NET-208-66-192-0-1)
  208.66.192.0 - 208.66.195.255
  Digital Infinity Ltd DIGITALINFINITY (NET-208-66-195-0-1)
  208.66.195.0 - 208.66.195.15
  

217.235.118.25 i think this IP is related to the xoomer.alice.it because, if i blocked the xoomer.alice.it in the functions_referrers.php this user hav access to. Only if i blocked this IP over Ctracker, the user hasn´t access.

cya

Mighty Gorgon wrote: [View Post]

Yes, this problem has already been discussed in the old xs.com.

Can you try this please?

OPEN includes/functions_referrers.php
FIND

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$ref_black_list = array(
'.wst.st',
'.neyon.com',
'.byethost',
'cialis.w48.54.ru',
);

Add the domain you wish to block... and check if it works.

Let me know! :wink:

P.S.: another suggestion is to set Referrers Permissions to REGISTERED users or above in ACP => Configuration => Page Permissions.


P.P.S.: moved to Docs.

MG
I had tried that at first
because .htacces sounded too important to fuck up :mrg:

but it didn't really work
only some got left out..
even emptied the whole list and still they (who are in there) got back..

want my list? :mrg:
haven't seen any new spammers in a long time now.. more than a month or so
I think I've pretty much got all of them :mrg:

Nizzle wrote: [View Post]

want my list? :mrg:
haven't seen any new spammers in a long time now.. more than a month or so
I think I've pretty much got all of them :mrg:

yes. please share it. I want to take a look into it :)

THX!

hmm

I belive it's this part



in the .htacces somewhere

KugeLSichA wrote: [View Post]

ok this worked for me!

i did the following changes:

...

and also i blocked 2 IPs in Ctracker ACP -> Security -> Proxy&Agent blocker

208.66.195.8 was many hours in my forum

• McColo Corporation MCCOLO (NET-208-66-192-0-1)
  208.66.192.0 - 208.66.195.255
  Digital Infinity Ltd DIGITALINFINITY (NET-208-66-195-0-1)
  208.66.195.0 - 208.66.195.15
  

Thanks KugeL I've added these in the file.

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Thanks Nizzle,
I've added also this one to standard HTACCESS, I'll release soon another patch. :wink:

Very nice idea to send spambots to Microsoft site. :LOL:

you blocked eurosport.com ?! :shock:

KugeLSichA wrote: [View Post]

you blocked eurosport.com ?! :shock:

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RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^(.*)eurosport.com(.*)$ [OR]

shouldn't be spamming me then :mrg:

Mighty Gorgon wrote: [View Post]

Very nice idea to send spambots to Microsoft site. :LOL:

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RewriteRule .* http://www.microsoft.com/ [F,R,L]

muwhahaha :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :twisted:

Oh this is great :)