what & where to make changes in order to block visitors from a country .

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by swiftsaves, Nov 8, 2010.

  1. #1
    hello,

    have a social networking website with more then 1100 active members . Visitors from china are really annoying .They create too much spam blogs ,post in forums etc .what changes and where in files shall i make in order to block visitors from a specific country .


    any help much appreciated .

    thanks in advance .

    regards
     
    swiftsaves, Nov 8, 2010 IP
  2. darvil

    darvil Active Member

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    We need more info.. such as

    What kinda OS are you using, what version and whether you're on a shared host or VPS or dedicated server?
     
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    sibsoft Well-Known Member

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    funkywizard Active Member

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    might want to try blockscript.com
     
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    You'll want to block the Chinese traffic via the .htaaccess file.
     
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    swiftsaves Well-Known Member

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    thanks all those who gave their time and help me out .Once again thanks & Much Appreciated .


    i been to your provided url .Can you please give me some step by step info on that .how to add those ips etc. Thanks a lot in advance .
     
    swiftsaves, Dec 19, 2010 IP