Title: bots Last modified: October 18, 2021 --- # bots * Resolved [kengray20](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kengray20/) * (@kengray20) * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bots-14/) * Just started using your plugin and so far it is very good. * Much faster than Wordfence. * This might be an unsophisticated question but I know I’m protected from bots trying to get into the website but how do you get out the ones that are already there? * All help, gladly appreciated. * cheers * ken gray _[ email deleted. Don’t do that again on this site please. ]_ - This topic was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/). * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fbots-14%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * Plugin Author [Paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paultgoodchild/) * (@paultgoodchild) * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bots-14/#post-14980012) * Hi, * Glad to hear you’re liking it so far. * When you refer to bots that are “_already there_” – how exactly do you mean? * Thread Starter [kengray20](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kengray20/) * (@kengray20) * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bots-14/#post-14980328) * This is from my awstats program in cpanel: * I think some of these bots are not legitimate. * Is there a way of getting rid of them? * cheers * Ken Gray please respond to _[ email deleted. Don’t do that again on this site please. ]_ * bingbot 52,459+172 1.44 GB 18 Oct 2021 – 04:15 Googlebot 17,189+431 316.73 MB 18 Oct 2021 – 04:14 oBot 12,716+68 278.39 MB 17 Oct 2021 – 23:35 Unknown robot identified by bot\* 5,373+1114 216.91 MB 18 Oct 2021 – 04:13 Java ( catchall ) 5,996 178.07 MB 18 Oct 2021 – 03:21 facebookexternalhit 5,393 150.78 MB 18 Oct 2021 – 04:06 nutch ( catchall ) 4,851+64 77.42 MB 18 Oct 2021 – 00:47 Mediapartners- Google 4,464 100.06 MB 18 Oct 2021 – 03:57 Unknown robot (identified by hit on robots.txt) 0+3054 577.69 KB 18 Oct 2021 – 04:12 empty user agent string 1,721 +892 125.38 MB 18 Oct 2021 – 04:02 Applebot 2,005+17 59.74 MB 18 Oct 2021 – 03: 52 Feedfetcher-Google 1,591 13.04 MB 18 Oct 2021 – 03:58 feed 1,308 20.99 MB 18 Oct 2021 – 03:53 crawl 1,248+39 16.86 MB 18 Oct 2021 – 03:49 GrapeshotCrawler 1,133+22 33.80 MB 18 Oct 2021 – 03:39 Googlebot-Image 1,048 12.94 MB 18 Oct 2021– 04:01 fetcher 977 29.32 MB 18 Oct 2021 – 03:38 proximic 825+47 24.54 MB 18 Oct 2021 – 00:35 Baidu ( catchall ) 790 20.31 MB 17 Oct 2021 – 19:46 YandexBot 637 +148 19.44 MB 18 Oct 2021 – 04:13 MojeekBot 420+323 12.24 MB 18 Oct 2021 – 03: 02 Curl 515 69.87 MB 18 Oct 2021 – 02:43 link 429+25 5.82 MB 18 Oct 2021 – 04: 07 Firefox version 10 and lower – various robots 377 26.99 MB 18 Oct 2021 – 00: 00 Mail.RU Bot - This reply was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/). - This reply was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/). * Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/) * (@jdembowski) * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bots-14/#post-14980363) * [@kengray20](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kengray20/) Do not post email addresses in this forum again. I have removed yours. That is a step too far. * Plugin Author [Paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paultgoodchild/) * (@paultgoodchild) * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bots-14/#post-14980793) * There’s nothing to stop these requests reaching your server, so your awstats will always show these sorts of things. * Shield can automatically detect legitimate bots, such as Google, and will always whitelist them. If you want to block fake bots that “pretend” to be Google or other official bots, you’ll need [ShieldPRO](https://getshieldsecurity.com/). * We don’t offer support for ShieldPRO on these forums. If you would like to know more about it, grab the free trial: [https://getshieldsecurity.com/free-trial/](https://getshieldsecurity.com/free-trial/) Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) The topic ‘bots’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-simple-firewall/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3054572) * [Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-firewall/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-firewall/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-simple-firewall/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-simple-firewall/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-simple-firewall/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-simple-firewall/reviews/) ## Tags * [bots](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/bots/) * [remove](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/remove/) * 4 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paultgoodchild/) * Last activity: [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bots-14/#post-14980793) * Status: resolved