WordPress.com Forums » Tag: Bot - Recent Posts http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/bot WordPress.com Forums » Tag: Bot - Recent Posts en Sun, 19 May 2013 07:29:23 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 avvesione on "Blocking an IP/Resolving Stats problem?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/blocking-an-ipresolving-stats-problem#post-940226 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:03:29 +0000 avvesione 940226@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ After noticing it on the first day, I began tracking it once the day turned over (since all the stats start at zero) and noticed there was a pattern for the first half-hour or so. I just applied that pattern to the who situation and figured it was all from one source. There is no way for me to track any individual hit, so I just tried to apply a pattern from what information I could gather. I didn't suspect that the views from the same search engine and search term would be coming from different countries, however, so it looks like my method was wrong.

]]> macmanx on "Blocking an IP/Resolving Stats problem?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/blocking-an-ipresolving-stats-problem#post-940022 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:49:43 +0000 macmanx 940022@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Most were from the US, but not all.

I'm curious, how are you determining that they are from the same source? We don't have any tools for that available on the user's end.

]]> avvesione on "Blocking an IP/Resolving Stats problem?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/blocking-an-ipresolving-stats-problem#post-939687 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 08:52:33 +0000 avvesione 939687@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks for the reply.

I suppose it makes sense that you're not able to block IPs since you don't track that information. Thankfully, the problem seems to have resolved itself, and I haven't received anymore of those hits for the past few hours.

I am surprised to see there are multiple countries behind those search hits since it seemed those 2000+ hits were from one source. You mentioned that these are valid views, so I'm guessing it would not be possible to remove them, but I'm curious if there is so may to modify it. I realize this is becoming more of a personal preference, but I figure there's no harm in asking whether it is possible or not.

Thanks again for you effort.

]]> macmanx on "Blocking an IP/Resolving Stats problem?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/blocking-an-ipresolving-stats-problem#post-939623 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 07:08:44 +0000 macmanx 939623@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ No, it is not possible to block a specific IP, as we do not track IPs in stats.

Are you referring to the 2,000+ results for "Anime Classroom Silnt" from Yahoo Image Search?

If so, these are valid views from multiple countries.

]]> avvesione on "Blocking an IP/Resolving Stats problem?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/blocking-an-ipresolving-stats-problem#post-939574 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 05:11:35 +0000 avvesione 939574@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks for the reply. It isn't an urgent issue, but I am hoping it can be resolved as soon as possible.

]]> timethief on "Blocking an IP/Resolving Stats problem?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/blocking-an-ipresolving-stats-problem#post-939480 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 01:42:58 +0000 timethief 939480@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Staff can help you with this. Please be patient while waiting.

]]> avvesione on "Blocking an IP/Resolving Stats problem?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/blocking-an-ipresolving-stats-problem#post-939309 Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:31:55 +0000 avvesione 939309@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ It just started the other day, but I've been receiving a bunch of hits on my blog from a bot. It's from the same country, same search engine, same search term, and ends up at the same post on my blog. While it is nice to see my views rise exponentially, it is a bit annoying because it overshadows everything else on my blog and skews how to interpret my views and which areas on my blog are doing well.

My question for WordPress is simple: Is it possible to block the IP that's been hammering my site? And is it possible to remove those search terms/views from my site to return it to its accurate totals?

Thank you for your time and support. I appreciate it.
Blog url: http://avvesione.wordpress.com/

]]> timethief on "My view numbers are suspiciously higher than normal" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-view-numbers-are-suspiciously-higher-than-normal#post-906027 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:23:43 +0000 timethief 906027@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ See here please > site stats > http://en.support.wordpress.com/stats/

]]> creativeactionaustin on "My view numbers are suspiciously higher than normal" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-view-numbers-are-suspiciously-higher-than-normal#post-906010 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:14:09 +0000 creativeactionaustin 906010@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hello,

My blog view numbers suddenly increased (more than doubled from April to May) and this made me wonder if there is a bot that WordPress isn't filtering out? Is there any way to check this or block bots?

Thanks,
TAP

]]> auxclass on "Built in Email Address Protection??" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/built-in-email-address-protection#post-587590 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 06:18:02 +0000 auxclass 587590@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Another advantage is you can ask for specific information if appropriate. I just added one to my site for people to request a Vessel Safety Check and they are ask a series of questions that give us some information needed the first time and cut down on the back and forth questions, where the vessel is located, length, fuel type, is the vessel on a trailer or in the water etc. should save us some hassle by getting the required information up front.

]]> raincoaster on "Built in Email Address Protection??" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/built-in-email-address-protection#post-587588 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 06:14:27 +0000 raincoaster 587588@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Don't post your email address. There isn't really any reason to do so unless you have clients who don't know how to use a contact form and don't already have your email. And even then, munge it so it's not completely visible to bots.

http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2007/10/18/eluding-email-address-spam-bots/

]]> thesacredpath on "Built in Email Address Protection??" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/built-in-email-address-protection#post-587578 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 05:43:49 +0000 thesacredpath 587578@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Another benefit to using the contact form, which you can actually even put into the sidebar in a text widget, is that it goes through the Akismet spam filtering service which means you are highly unlikely to get any spam via your contact form.

]]> auxclass on "Built in Email Address Protection??" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/built-in-email-address-protection#post-587575 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 05:38:35 +0000 auxclass 587575@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The answer to your original question is NO - WordPress.COM does not have any secret "email protection" as you describe

BUT - if you use a Contact Form then your email address is hidden completely from the bots.

http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/

]]> littlesproutsfarm on "Built in Email Address Protection??" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/built-in-email-address-protection#post-587538 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 04:50:17 +0000 littlesproutsfarm 587538@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi!

I'm 2 days new.

QUESTION: Does a WordPress.com hosted website offer built-in protection from bots for email-address. Say I list my email somewhere on the blog (like a contact page), is my email address automatically hidden from bots or do I have to do something extra?

Thanks!
Matt

]]> hanni on "Constant bot or Visitor?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/constant-bot-or-visitor#post-441491 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:55:20 +0000 hanni 441491@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You wouldn't be able to tell their intentions, but please don't worry, you probably just have a fan!

]]> kimmyde on "Constant bot or Visitor?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/constant-bot-or-visitor#post-441481 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:47:09 +0000 kimmyde 441481@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi all, I am a newbie in WordPress. I have a wordpress site and realised that there is a constant visitor from Canada, which always comes whenever i have a new post. Does it mean this person bookmarking my blog or does he have intention to steal or spy my content? Thank you very much in advance for any replies! Thanks.

]]> justjennifer on "Spam from a specific bot" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/spam-from-a-specific-bot#post-390658 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:17:38 +0000 justjennifer 390658@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @tellyworth, I think that natarumah wanted to check the spam messages caught by Akismet to make sure nothing legit was there. With so many spam messages (258) it made it difficult to do so.

What I've found is that those spam comments disguised as "nice comments" don't even include links to sites anymore in the body of the message. The "catch" is either their email or the website address they leave behind. I just dump those with the other spam.

@natarumah-you are right. You can't actually ban someone from leaving a comment, you can only either hold it for moderation or banish it to Akismet. http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/

]]> natarumah on "Spam from a specific bot" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/spam-from-a-specific-bot#post-390655 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:05:34 +0000 natarumah 390655@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ As for the messages I am not sure of, I edit them to remove any links and such, just to be on the safe side.

]]> natarumah on "Spam from a specific bot" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/spam-from-a-specific-bot#post-390654 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:04:59 +0000 natarumah 390654@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Mmm, it does not seem to work this way; the blacklist simply makes any comments of this bot listed as spam, but that was already done.
Is there any way to actually prevent this bot from leaving a comment in the first place, spam or not?

]]> tellyworth on "Spam from a specific bot" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/spam-from-a-specific-bot#post-390653 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:01:15 +0000 tellyworth 390653@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @natarumah, if it helps: the comments you have reported as "not spam" recently were in fact spam. Short flattering messages from people you don't know usually are.

Genuine false positives are a lot less common than you'd think. Which means the Delete All Spam button is safer than you expect.

]]> natarumah on "Spam from a specific bot" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/spam-from-a-specific-bot#post-390649 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:46:21 +0000 natarumah 390649@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks, that was what I was looking for, a blacklist.
Problem was not that it was caught as spam, that is fine. The problem was the enormous quantity of spam that made me dizzy. Very hard to filter spam and non-spam in that case.

]]> raincoaster on "Spam from a specific bot" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/spam-from-a-specific-bot#post-390647 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:42:26 +0000 raincoaster 390647@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ So, all of the comments were caught by Akismet? Sounds like business as usual; what's the actual problem? If your spam folder is full of just spam, that's perfectly normal.

If you want, you can blacklist that email address on your Settings->Discussion page.

]]> natarumah on "Spam from a specific bot" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/spam-from-a-specific-bot#post-390643 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:10:14 +0000 natarumah 390643@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ This bot has a name that always includes: servasre (and then a number)
Email: [email redacted]
IP: 94.76.213.204

]]> natarumah on "Spam from a specific bot" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/spam-from-a-specific-bot#post-390642 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:04:54 +0000 natarumah 390642@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hello!

I am accustomed to a few spam comments to be in my akismet spam box when I get back from the weekend - this time, however it was a doozy: 258 comments, and more are added every hour!

Each comment is made by 1 poster (I guess it's a bot) and is full of links and all the nice things we came to expect of a spambot. However, it is getting exceedingly hard to find anything that might "not" be spam when you have over 10 pages to cycle through.

Since they are all made by 1 bot with an identifiable name/email address, is there any way to ban it from posting in the first place, to calm my nerves a bit?

]]> husdal on "Username "Blacklisted" Accidentally" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/username-blacklisted-accidentally#post-380805 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:05:44 +0000 husdal 380805@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ One final note, I have not upgraded to the latest version of WordPress yet. Would this have anything to do with it?

Are you saying the the blog he cannot log in to is a self-hosted wordpress.org blog? Or is it a blog on wordpress.com, i.e. a blog with a URL that ends with wordpress.com? If it is NOT a blog that ends with wordpress.com you are in the wrong forum, because this forum is for wordpress.com blogs only.

If it is a self-hosted wordpress.org blog, you need to seek help in the forum for wordpress.org: http://wordpress.org/support/

]]> thesacredpath on "Username "Blacklisted" Accidentally" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/username-blacklisted-accidentally#post-380804 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:03:12 +0000 thesacredpath 380804@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If you signed up for an account here at wordpress.COM to be able to log into http://everythingisstupid.com/ , then that is the problem. WordPress.COM is in no way connected with http://everythingisstupid.com/ since that blog is self-hosted. To add a user on a self-hosted blog, you do that in your dashboard at users > authors and users.

For issues with self-hosted wordpress blogs, you need to inquire over at http://wordpress.ORG/support/ . That is were the self-hosted wordpress software is supported.

Also just a little warning. I see you are using wordpress 2.7.1 and there is a major worm/virus thing going around and hitting older wordpress installations. Upgrade to 2.8.4 as soon as you can.

]]> objection215 on "Username "Blacklisted" Accidentally" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/username-blacklisted-accidentally#post-380802 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:51:23 +0000 objection215 380802@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm the friend he is referring to. I'll add in all the details I know as well, and hopefully offer some more insight on the problem. My blog everythingisstupid.com wasn't working correctly two days ago. During that time, the TC tried signing in and was unsuccessful. Prior to this, he was able to do so easily. Originally, he was signing in directly to the user account for my blog. However after several attemps to remedy it, we decided he should get a WordPress account as well, however, the problem still stands. As he mentioned, I'm willing to bet that due to so many password failures, it may have classified him as a bot or simply spam, and blocked his IP address. This is the only solution I could come with as we have tried virtually everything possible.

One final note, I have not upgraded to the latest version of WordPress yet. Would this have anything to do with it?

]]> pmilesr on "Username "Blacklisted" Accidentally" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/username-blacklisted-accidentally#post-380798 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:34:46 +0000 pmilesr 380798@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I had a username/account created by a friend who runs a website from here. I am one of the admins from the site, etc. etc.

Well, the problem is that I can no longer sign into wordpress.com as myself. I was able to sign in twice and everything was fine, but the third time, I was informed that my password was incorrect; however, I was 100% sure it was correct. I tried my personal password, a variation of it for good measure, then the third time I tried the original password given to me just to see if it had been reset. All three were incorrect. After the third time, I was informed that my username was now incorrect, yet it was the same one I was assigned originally. I've exhausted all possibilities with trying to rectify this problem.

Since, no matter what I do, I am told my username is now incorrect, I believe wordpress.com might have listed me as a "bot" and blacklisted my IP address. Further evidence of this is that I can't sign in on the other computer in my house. I'm going to try logging in on my Wii with the Internet Channel, but I doubt if that works... and I don't want that to be the only way to sign back in to wordpress.com if it does happen to work.

However, I was able to make my own account with no problems, so wouldn't that rule out an IP address problem? But, at the same time, the person who created the account for me can log in as me, and the other admins at the website can log in as me with no problems... so that *does* point to an IP address problem, correct?

Any suggestions with fixing this?

I've tried:

-Password reset
-Having the person that created my account reset my password
-Having the person that created my account abolish it and make me a completely new account (tried twice with variations of my original username)
-Making a completely new account myself and linking the accounts together (having an admin make you an author for a site)
-Cleared my cache/etc. before trying to login after doing everything listed above

Help would be immensely appreciated.

]]> thesacredpath on "Bot spam attack" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/bot-spam-attack#post-343309 Tue, 26 May 2009 20:28:59 +0000 thesacredpath 343309@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ We need a link to the blog please.

]]> stalik on "Bot spam attack" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/bot-spam-attack#post-343301 Tue, 26 May 2009 20:15:51 +0000 stalik 343301@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi there!

I hope you could help me. Below you'll find cited an example of e-mail of which I received about 200 similar today. Obviously it is kind of bot attack coming through my Contact me form. Any ides how to stop it?

From......: mzplthk
Email.....: [email redacted]
Url.......: http://vxndzeoxyxgr.com/

..........................................................
Subject...: sInjFmZUhipQScSbi
..........................................................

thqYIu tnuxlnsqkprk, [url=http://bexfiwksspdd.com/]bexfiwksspdd[/url], [link=http://qrpoqxdlyzjy.com/]qrpoqxdlyzjy[/link], http://yeijqocrgzja.com/

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