Posted 12 months ago #
Recently I've been getting a huge amount of hits from this spam IP address within the US. I thought I could block it with ht.access but they are all slightly different and I don't want to block all IP's from the US...
Akimast only deals with comment spam...what do I do with this sort of spam?
It's eventually going to burn out my servers as I'm getting waaay to many hits every minute and I'm clueless...
can someone pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease help me?
Posted 12 months ago #
You will need to contact your hosting provider. Perhaps they need to do something on the firewall.
Posted 12 months ago #
may be you can use this - http://akismet.com/
Posted 12 months ago #
Thanks dil but I already said this isn't comment spam!
Posted 12 months ago #
Does the spam (spamming) come with a url Can you block it ?
Posted 12 months ago #
I don't seem to be finding a URL attached to them but they are all very similar IP's...they just keep attacking one page with constant hits.
Posted 12 months ago #
First Try the plugin Esmi suggests.
Also check the ip address's online to find the host.(A long shot but worth a try, proxy??) No reputable hosting company would tolerate customers spamming others.
Posted 12 months ago #
thanks guys, i found a way to block the IP's
Posted 12 months ago #
Great, can you share solution here. For future reference.
Posted 12 months ago #
I wouldn't call it a solution exactly, but I just blocked all IP address associated with the first set of numbers, it's only temporary but it should do for now.
I posted the following in my ht.access at the very top:
#who has access and who doesnt
<Limit GET POST PUT>
order allow,deny
allow from all
Deny from xx.xx.xxx
Deny From xx.xx.xxx (substitute the x's for the IP)
</LIMIT>
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