How do I ban attempts by automated GUESTS looking for info???

[David Copeland]

Here's what my who's-online looks all the time:

Guest Quoting Post in Thread Unable to Access the Thread from an Email Notification 11:54 AM j3136.inktomisearch.com
Guest Viewing Profile of a Forum Member 11:50 AM j3177.inktomisearch.com
Guest Viewing Profile of a Forum Member 11:51 AM j3194.inktomisearch.com
Guest Viewing FAQ 11:51 AM j3184.inktomisearch.com
Guest Viewing Profile of a Forum Member 11:54 AM j3174.inktomisearch.com

This automated GUEST is on our boards 24/7 trying to crack our private forums, and getting into our public forums.

How I can stop this?

[MrNase]

thats a bot

put the attached file to your servers root.
(the folder were normally all files and other folders are stored)
It is working for me, the bot didn't come back.

[Steve Machol]

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=78063

[MacKenzie]

Yeah... that inktomisearchbot has been all over my board for the last month too... an average of 15 bots per day, one day as many as 40, last night we had 25 some of them. Bloody annoying.