New directives for blocking Semalt pests that are draining traffic

For some sites, semalt related traffic can sap performance bandwidth.  Here’s the most recent .htaccess directives blocking semalt traffic to your sites:

# Block SEMalt botnet
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer fbdownloader.com spammer=yes
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer descargar-musicas-gratis.com spammer=yes
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer baixar-musicas-gratis.com spammer=yes
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer savetubevideo.com spammer=yes
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer srecorder.com spammer=yes
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer kambasoft.com spammer=yes
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer semalt.com spammer=yes

Order allow,deny
Allow from all
Deny from env=spammer

 

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