irmtfan wrote:
xoops.ir and the other in my sig.
could you test that offline browsing in xoops.ir? then post your results here ASAP.
Thank you

martyboy wrote:
Hi, if its offline browsers and bad bots you want to block try this htaccess file, paste it into notepad name it .htaccess, change anything thats needs to be changed to refere to your domain and upload it inot public_html or XOOPS root, I got this from webmasterworld I use it and have had no major problems with offline downloaders and bad bots, you need to also go through your logs and find out who/what is hogging your bandwidth and ban them by IP and as said before have protector installed to it is a very usefull module.

RewriteEngine On 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^attach [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^BackWeb [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Bandit [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^BatchFTP [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Buddy [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ChinaClaw [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Collector [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Copier [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Botmailto:craftbot@yahoo.com [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^DA [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^DISCoPump [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^DownloadDemon [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^DownloadWonder [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Downloader [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Drip [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^eCatch [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EirGrabber [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ExpressWebPictures [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ExtractorPro [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EyeNetIE [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^FileHound [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^FlashGet [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GetRight [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GetSmart [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Go!Zilla [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Go-Ahead-Got-It [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^gotit [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Grabber [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GrabNet [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Grafula [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^HMView [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^HTTrack [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^InterGET [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^InternetNinja [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Iria [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^JetCar [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^JOC [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^JustView [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^LeechFTP [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^lftp [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^likse [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Magnet [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mag-Net [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^MassDownloader [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Memo [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^MIDowntool [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mirror [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^MisterPiX [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Navroad [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NearSite [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetAnts [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetSpider [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetVampire [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetZip [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Ninja [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Octopus [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^OfflineExplorer [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^PageGrabber [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^PapaFoto [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^pcBrowser [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Pockey [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Pump [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^RealDownload [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Reaper [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Recorder [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ReGet [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Siphon [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SiteSnagger [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SmartDownload [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Snake [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SpaceBison [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Stripper [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Sucker [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SuperBot [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SuperHTTP [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Surfbot [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^tAkeOut [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Teleport [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Vacuum [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^VoidEYE [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebImageCollector [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebSucker [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebAuto [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebCopier [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebFetch [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebReaper [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebSauger [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Website [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Webster [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebStripper [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebWhacker [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebZIP [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Wget [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Whacker [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Widow [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Xaldon 
RewriteRule /*$ http://www.yourdomain.com [L,R]

*/

martyboy wrote:
Hi, i am sorry to here that the help did not work, are you still experiancing big problems with the fake hits? From what i read your host is not helping much which is wrong, i guess you are on shared hosting so you prob dont have shell access, if you do it might be worth learning a bit about it can show alot of things like running 'top' can show you processes using most resources which is helpfull if your server load is too high.

It sounds like you could be under some attack, if somethings are abusing your site more than normal human visitors then your host should step in and block the bad traffic if they are not willing to do anything to help and simply suspend your account or whatever then time to move to a new host.

vaughan wrote:
have you tried messing with protector preferences?



also

netquery module.

https://xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3490&com_id=33448&com_rootid=33173&com_mode=thread&#comment33448

it has spambot protection which is for this kind issue you are experiencing.