secue — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 15:46:25 +0000

thanks for the replies guys, i'm not entirely sure how to password protect my error logs but i'll look into it.shouldn't be too hard.

Also, i've upated my .htaccess file to block all tzz.de and blogspot.com referrers..as well as the others. I'd sure like to find out which naughty kraut has been spamming my site.

chrishirst — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 15:21:26 +0000

They certainly do.
There are bots around that can be loaded up with a url list and sent on their merry way.
You'll also find there are a lot of affiliate redirects as well so they get paid when you as a good webmaster visit the referer when checking your logs.
I have a database of them and supply them with a 403 response so my stats don't fill up with the crap. They still appear in the logs but don't mess up my page views.

demonhale — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 14:25:47 +0000

also notice that they all either come from TZZ.DE and BLOGSPOT... it seems someone is doing this on purpose...

Busy — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 10:34:31 +0000

it's called referrer spam, sites cause errors mainly to get listed on your error log as so many hosts allow error logs to be viewed by joe public, if you look at the link they used it would be something like yourplace.som/xyzabcdfkrehte/ or similar

do a search on google for error logs and stuff.
the best thing to do is not make your logs public, password protect them