Title: Weird URL /-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Weird URL /-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/

 *  Resolved [mountainguy2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mountainguy2/)
 * (@mountainguy2)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weird-url-2/)
 * Hi, IQblock is showing some of its blocked requests are trying to go to URL /-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/
   just slashes and dashes
 * I’m concerned as requests for this URL should stop before getting to WordPress,
   before taking up resources.
 * For example, if I browse to [http://www.mywebsite/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/](http://www.mywebsite/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/)
   I get a server error message. So bots from blocked countries trying for URL /-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/
   should just get an error and not even proceed to my WordPress install, correct?
 * Confused. Thanks for any insights.
 * MTN
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/iq-block-country/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/iq-block-country/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Pascal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iqpascal/)
 * (@iqpascal)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weird-url-2/#post-6666649)
 * Hi,
 * Pretty much all requests will be handled by Wprdress. Unless there is an actual
   file or directory present on the filesystem that takes precedence before WordPress.
 * Usually this unknown urls should result in a Page not found page of your wordpress
   site.
 *  Thread Starter [mountainguy2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mountainguy2/)
 * (@mountainguy2)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weird-url-2/#post-6666681)
 * Thanks Pascal, so what you’re saying is that IF the request comes from a blocked
   country WordPress is going to catch it first and block it. Then show the weird
   URL in the IQblock log?
 * If the request comes from an unblocked country, then the request results in a
   Page Not Found error?
 * Any idea why bots would browse to /-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/ ?
 * I get quite a few of these, shouldn’t I just block in .htaccess?
 * Thanks.
 * MTN
 *  Plugin Author [Pascal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iqpascal/)
 * (@iqpascal)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weird-url-2/#post-6666760)
 * Hi,
 * Correct. As long as you have frontend blocking on of course 🙂 Otherwise it will
   ignore the request.
 * If the country is not blocked (or frontend blocking is not on) then it will default
   go to a 404 page not found page. Ofcourse all depending on your specific wordpress
   installation with plugins and themes.
 * There are just a lot of bots hanging around and scanning every website url for
   known software insecurities that they can exploit. I see many scans in my logfiles
   for software that is not even installed.

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