blocking spam referrer websites - the right way via htaccess how?

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Post by OpenCode » Sun Oct 21, 2018 12:49 am

blocking spam referrer websites - the right way via htaccess how?

I like to block spam referrer site via .htaccess which one is the right way to do so.
a sample one

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RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://.sample.one\.com/ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ – [F,L]
sample two

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RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*sample.two\.com [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F]
and blocking full countries (why? because we don't serve these countries) and always contact us asking if we ship to their countries

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RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} \.(ru|kz|in|ua)(/|$) [NC] 
RewriteRule .* - [F]
or this way

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Order allow,deny
deny from .ru
deny from .kz
deny from .in
deny from .ua
which one is the right way to do so.

any help

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Post by straightlight » Sun Oct 21, 2018 1:25 am

I would not advise on using strict rules to prevent SPAMs as the false-positive engines could also be blocked. I would suggest using a re-captcha extension with the CSRF Protection extension from the Marketplace.

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Post by OpenCode » Fri Nov 02, 2018 2:55 am

Thank you for your answer straight light,
but what good juice (false-positive engines) can come from SPAM REFERRER, for small business can be hurt from these spam I think you know better.

using re-captcha and CSRF Protection only help to prevent boots to create an account on your site but these are not respected by the spammers,
blocking them via HTACCESS is a much better solution since the major search engines don't rank your site by spam referrer, by they can definitely hurt small business.

is like having externals backlinks from XXX to your site when you sell other products not related to the porn industry.
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Post by ADD Creative » Fri Nov 02, 2018 7:27 am

Sample one will only match that exact domain. Sample two will also match the https version and any sub domains such as www. (although it should have a \ in from of the . before two.

Doing this may stop spam, but would it stop the effect of the backlink on SEO? The only way may be to get the backlinks removed or disavow them. https://support.google.com/webmasters/a ... 8487?hl=en

Sample three will block users if they have been referred from a site with one of those TLDs. You may need a \ before the /.

Sample four will block if the reverse DNS of the user's IP address ends with one of the TLDs. Reverse DNS may not be at reliable for detecting a user's country. https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/en/mo ... _host.html

The best way to block by countries would probably be by an IP address list.

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Post by IP_CAM » Fri Nov 02, 2018 10:04 am

I don't block specific IP Numbers, but whole subsections, and depending on how many
access-attemps I get from a Main IP Number, I eventually block the entire range. And this
so far kept me from bothering any longer about those, trying to 'find out'. In addition,
I redirect calls, using the same code, as has been used before, automatically to LasVegas.
And if someone get's temporarely blocked, due to repeated attempts, I receive an email:

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A host 200.72.159.2 has been locked out of the site until 2018-10-31 17:55:15 
(server time) due to too many attempts to open a page or file that does not exist.
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my latest bad-guy .htaccess Blocker, placed it the Site ROOT .htaccess file:

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<Files *>
order allow,deny
allow from all
deny from 2.228.
deny from 5.101.
deny from 5.133.
deny from 5.188.
deny from 5.189.
deny from 5.9.167.
deny from 5.39.93.
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deny from 5.77.34.
deny from 14.
deny from 17.40.
deny from 23.91.71.
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deny from 45.77.
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Post by OpenCode » Thu Nov 22, 2018 2:09 pm

@ IP_CAM.

Thank you for providing yo "bad guy file" blocker - can you enlighten me what exactly your bad guy do...

and how do I send the bad guys to Vegas...

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Post by IP_CAM » Thu Nov 22, 2018 2:59 pm

Well, it highly depends on my emotional feelings :laugh: , but generally,
whoever calls one of my Sites by use of a fishy link, will be checked
by it's IP-Number, and if it does NOT belong to a 'friendly' Country, I re-send
'em to Vegas for good. And this, by 'globally' reroute all 'identical' linkings
used, in case, that someone else will try to get in the same way, and in the
.htaccess File, by adding, by example: 123.456.789. , if an IP-
Numer uses 123.456.789.xxx , to block everything, whatever looks like:
123.456.789.001 - 255, to make sure, that, whoever comes trough that
123.456.789.Whatever range, will no longer be able to access my Sites.
It's a daily Job to check and make sure, but it will pay out in the longer terms ... ;)
But I am not sure, if the two extensions I use also exist for later OC-Versions.
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Post by phpinterview1991 » Thu Nov 22, 2018 3:48 pm

You’ll have to edit your .htaccess file with the following code:

## STOP REFERRER SPAM
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} example\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} example2\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} semalt\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteRule .* – [F]

Copy that code above, replace ‘example\.com’ with the URL you want to block and add that to your .htaccess file. You can copy and add a “RewriteCond” line for every URL you want to block (make sure to include the “\” before the dot).

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