Spam Bot at SVSERVERS.COM
March 10th, 2009 | 
Author: A spam bot identifying as being at svservers.com has been harassing this blog for days now. The bot continues to try and hit the same post from many different IP addresses. AKISMET kills every attempt and I go through periodically and block the IPs. I see that many other blogs have been hit by the same bot.
Where is it and who owns it and how can the world get these creeps shut down?
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Hundreds of attempts per hour. Still an issue at 1000 hrs 031109. The following IP ranges were blocked:
66.199.*.*
72.46.*.*
208.66.*.*
76.164.*.*
208.66.*.*
72.46.*.*
208.64.*.*
206.53.51.*.*
72.9.104.*.*
They've been hitting me too for about three days. Askimet is catching everything but its pissing me off because its trashed all of my visitor and referral stats.
I can't believe the powers that be continue to allow an Internet neighbor like this to behave so badly. Over 1000 attempts here so far. Hundreds from specific IP addresses. The bot picked out one particular article and continues to attempt comment spam without success. Akismet and the IP blocker stop the traffic but as you said blog visits are all skewed. Rouge sites like this don't pay for the bandwidth – we do. I think their antics amount to theft.
order allow,deny
deny from 200.63.42.136
deny from 206.53.51.50
deny from 208.64.26.38
deny from 208.64.29.150
deny from 208.66.72.115
deny from 208.66.74.102
deny from 72.46.128.*
deny from 72.46.128.74
deny from 72.46.128.114
deny from 72.46.130.*
deny from 72.46.130.198
deny from 72.46.132.*
deny from 72.46.132.58
deny from 72.46.132.59
deny from 72.46.136.43
deny from 72.46.157.162
deny from 72.46.128.74
deny from 72.46.128.78
deny from 72.46.128.86
deny from 72.46.128.106
deny from 72.46.135.43
deny from 76.164.228.*
deny from 76.164.228.5
deny from 76.164.228.6
deny from 76.164.232.137
deny from 76.164.232.138
deny from 76.164.232.139
deny from 76.164.197.98
deny from 76.164.197.99
deny from 76.164.197.100
deny from 76.164.197.101
deny from 76.164.220.50
deny from 94.76.229.*
deny from 94.76.229.191
deny from 94.76.229.192
deny from 94.76.229.193
deny from 94.76.229.194
deny from 94.76.229.195
deny from 94.76.229.196
deny from 94.76.229.197
deny from 94.76.229.198
deny from 94.76.229.199
deny from 94.229.65.173
deny from 72.46.128.106
deny from 58.241.255.38
deny from 93.158.145.27
deny from 66.199.231.118
deny from 84.45.45.133
deny from 218.75.83.98
deny from 120.28.64.69
deny from 89.185.88.237
deny from 128.44.112.92
deny from 92.112.44.128
deny from 58.27.140.58
deny from 89.185.88.237
deny from 89.185.88.241
deny from 195.159.135.38
deny from 213.182.197.228
deny from 92.112.209.82
deny from 80.88.242.32
deny from 200.31.42.3
deny from 213.182.197.228
deny from 93.90.142.78
This is my current ban list most of which is svservers.com. Thrown in are a few nuisances and a few hackers attempting SQL injection attacks.
Th wildcard function wasn't working for me so I list every IP I notice.