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How to block "bot*" bot via .htaccess

Discussion in 'Apache' started by ademmeda, Jun 19, 2015.

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    Hi,

    I have the following entry in my Awstats file:

    Unknown robot (identified by 'bot*')
    Code (markup):
    How can I block this bot? I tried the following separately but none of them seems to be catching it:

    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^bot*

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} bot\*

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} bot[*]
    Code (ApacheConf):
    Thanks for any ideas.
     
    ademmeda, Jun 19, 2015 IP
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    jslirola Active Member

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  3. ademmeda

    ademmeda Active Member

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    Thanks for the link, I will check it. I later noticed that my Awstats is an old version and this bot (bot*) is either bingbot or YandexBot, so no need to block it.
     
    ademmeda, Jun 24, 2015 IP
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    There was very helpful post on MOZ about blocking bots via .htaccess
    https://moz.com/blog/how-to-stop-spam-bots-from-ruining-your-analytics-referral-data
     
    moneyroad, Jun 24, 2015 IP