Spam blocking in htaccess

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Rickf1985
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Re: Spam blocking in htaccess

Post by Rickf1985 »

Got it, change made, Will update later this evening when it has a chance to run a while.
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Re: Spam blocking in htaccess

Post by Administrator »

You may have to purge the boards cache for it to take effect. (not always necessary but ... )

It worked for me within 10 min or so
Rickf1985
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Re: Spam blocking in htaccess

Post by Rickf1985 »

Purged just now, How do you know so fast if it is working? Do you have a way of seeing in real time what is happening?
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Re: Spam blocking in htaccess

Post by Administrator »

Check the "whos on line" list after whatever time you have set the "users active over the past " set (in the case of this board 5 min) and they will no longer show on the list

Obviously if they are not indexing your board at that time you will have to wait until they try to return, but then you won't know because they will be blocked.
Rickf1985
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Re: Spam blocking in htaccess

Post by Rickf1985 »

Installed at 10:23 and purged at 12:30 and still getting through according to raw access at 13:46. I have GOT to be doing something wrong.

Here is the htaccess file, just the 7g part of it as it sits now.

# 7G:[CORE]
ServerSignature Off
Options -Indexes
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

# 7G:[QUERY STRING]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ([a-z0-9]{2000,}) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (/|%2f)(:|%3a)(/|%2f) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (order(\s|%20)by(\s|%20)1--) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (/|%2f)(\*|%2a)(\*|%2a)(/|%2f) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (ckfinder|fckeditor|fullclick) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (`|<|>|\^|\|\\|0x00|%00|%0d%0a) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ((.*)header:|(.*)set-cookie:(.*)=) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (localhost|127(\.|%2e)0(\.|%2e)0(\.|%2e)1) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (cmd|command)(=|%3d)(chdir|mkdir)(.*)(x20) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (globals|mosconfig([a-z_]{1,22})|request)(=|\[) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (/|%2f)((wp-)?config)((\.|%2e)inc)?((\.|%2e)php) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (thumbs?(_editor|open)?|tim(thumbs?)?)((\.|%2e)php) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (absolute_|base|root_)(dir|path)(=|%3d)(ftp|https?) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (s)?(ftp|inurl|php)(s)?(:(/|%2f|%u2215)(/|%2f|%u2215)) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\.|20)(get|the)(_|%5f)(permalink|posts_page_url)(\(|%28) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ((boot|win)((\.|%2e)ini)|etc(/|%2f)passwd|self(/|%2f)environ) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (((/|%2f){3,3})|((\.|%2e){3,3})|((\.|%2e){2,2})(/|%2f|%u2215)) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (benchmark|char|exec|fopen|function|html)(.*)(\(|%28)(.*)(\)|%29) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (php)([0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (e|%65|%45)(v|%76|%56)(a|%61|%31)(l|%6c|%4c)(.*)(\(|%28)(.*)(\)|%29) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (/|%2f)(=|%3d|$&|_mm|cgi(\.|-)|inurl(:|%3a)(/|%2f)|(mod|path)(=|%3d)(\.|%2e)) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3c)(.*)(e|%65|%45)(m|%6d|%4d)(b|%62|%42)(e|%65|%45)(d|%64|%44)(.*)(>|%3e) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3c)(.*)(i|%69|%49)(f|%66|%46)(r|%72|%52)(a|%61|%41)(m|%6d|%4d)(e|%65|%45)(.*)(>|%3e) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3c)(.*)(o|%4f|%6f)(b|%62|%42)(j|%4a|%6a)(e|%65|%45)(c|%63|%43)(t|%74|%54)(.*)(>|%3e) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3c)(.*)(s|%73|%53)(c|%63|%43)(r|%72|%52)(i|%69|%49)(p|%70|%50)(t|%74|%54)(.*)(>|%3e) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\+|%2b|%20)(d|%64|%44)(e|%65|%45)(l|%6c|%4c)(e|%65|%45)(t|%74|%54)(e|%65|%45)(\+|%2b|%20) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\+|%2b|%20)(i|%69|%49)(n|%6e|%4e)(s|%73|%53)(e|%65|%45)(r|%72|%52)(t|%74|%54)(\+|%2b|%20) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\+|%2b|%20)(s|%73|%53)(e|%65|%45)(l|%6c|%4c)(e|%65|%45)(c|%63|%43)(t|%74|%54)(\+|%2b|%20) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\+|%2b|%20)(u|%75|%55)(p|%70|%50)(d|%64|%44)(a|%61|%41)(t|%74|%54)(e|%65|%45)(\+|%2b|%20) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\\x00|(\"|%22|\'|%27)?0(\"|%22|\'|%27)?(=|%3d)(\"|%22|\'|%27)?0|cast(\(|%28)0x|or%201(=|%3d)1) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (g|%67|%47)(l|%6c|%4c)(o|%6f|%4f)(b|%62|%42)(a|%61|%41)(l|%6c|%4c)(s|%73|%53)(=|\[|%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (_|%5f)(r|%72|%52)(e|%65|%45)(q|%71|%51)(u|%75|%55)(e|%65|%45)(s|%73|%53)(t|%74|%54)(=|\[|%[0-9A-Z]{2,}) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (j|%6a|%4a)(a|%61|%41)(v|%76|%56)(a|%61|%31)(s|%73|%53)(c|%63|%43)(r|%72|%52)(i|%69|%49)(p|%70|%50)(t|%74|%54)(:|%3a)(.*)(;|%3b|\)|%29) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (b|%62|%42)(a|%61|%41)(s|%73|%53)(e|%65|%45)(6|%36)(4|%34)(_|%5f)(e|%65|%45|d|%64|%44)(e|%65|%45|n|%6e|%4e)(c|%63|%43)(o|%6f|%4f)(d|%64|%44)(e|%65|%45)(.*)(\()(.*)(\)) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (@copy|\$_(files|get|post)|allow_url_(fopen|include)|auto_prepend_file|blexbot|browsersploit|(c99|php)shell|curl(_exec|test)|disable_functions?|document_root|elastix|encodeuricom|exploit|fclose|fgets|file_put_contents|fputs|fsbuff|fsockopen|gethostbyname|grablogin|hmei7|input_file|open_basedir|outfile|passthru|phpinfo|popen|proc_open|quickbrute|remoteview|root_path|safe_mode|shell_exec|site((.){0,2})copier|sux0r|trojan|user_func_array|wget|xertive) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (;|<|>|\'|\"|\)|%0a|%0d|%22|%27|%3c|%3e|%00)(.*)(/\*|alter|base64|benchmark|cast|concat|convert|create|encode|declare|delete|drop|insert|md5|request|script|select|set|union|update) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ((\+|%2b)(concat|delete|get|select|union)(\+|%2b)) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (union)(.*)(select)(.*)(\(|%28) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (concat|eval)(.*)(\(|%28) [NC]

RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

# RewriteRule .* /7G_log.php?log [END,NE,E=7G_QUERY_STRING:%1___%2___%3]

</IfModule>

# 7G:[REQUEST URI]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\^|`|<|>|\\|\|) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ([a-z0-9]{2000,}) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (=?\\(\'|%27)/?)(\.) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(\*|\"|\'|\.|,|&|&amp;?)/?$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\.)(php)(\()?([0-9]+)(\))?(/)?$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(vbulletin|boards|vbforum)(/)? [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /((.*)header:|(.*)set-cookie:(.*)=) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(ckfinder|fck|fckeditor|fullclick) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\.(s?ftp-?)config|(s?ftp-?)config\.) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\{0\}|\"?0\"?=\"?0|\(/\(|\.\.\.|\+\+\+|\\\") [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (thumbs?(_editor|open)?|tim(thumbs?)?)(\.php) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\.|20)(get|the)(_)(permalink|posts_page_url)(\() [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (///|\?\?|/&&|/\*(.*)\*/|/:/|\\\\|0x00|%00|%0d%0a) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/%7e)(root|ftp|bin|nobody|named|guest|logs|sshd)(/) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(etc|var)(/)(hidden|secret|shadow|ninja|passwd|tmp)(/)?$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (s)?(ftp|http|inurl|php)(s)?(:(/|%2f|%u2215)(/|%2f|%u2215)) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(=|\$&?|&?(pws|rk)=0|_mm|_vti_|cgi(\.|-)?|(=|/|;|,)nt\.) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\.)(ds_store|htaccess|htpasswd|init?|mysql-select-db)(/)?$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(bin)(/)(cc|chmod|chsh|cpp|echo|id|kill|mail|nasm|perl|ping|ps|python|tclsh)(/)?$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(::[0-9999]|%3a%3a[0-9999]|127\.0\.0\.1|localhost|makefile|pingserver|wwwroot)(/)? [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\(null\)|\{\$itemURL\}|cAsT\(0x|echo(.*)kae|etc/passwd|eval\(|self/environ|\+union\+all\+select) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)?j((\s)+)?a((\s)+)?v((\s)+)?a((\s)+)?s((\s)+)?c((\s)+)?r((\s)+)?i((\s)+)?p((\s)+)?t((\s)+)?(%3a|:) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(awstats|(c99|php|web)shell|document_root|error_log|listinfo|muieblack|remoteview|site((.){0,2})copier|sqlpatch|sux0r) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)((php|web)?shell|crossdomain|fileditor|locus7|nstview|php(get|remoteview|writer)|r57|remview|sshphp|storm7|webadmin)(.*)(\.|\() [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(author-panel|class|database|(db|mysql)-?admin|filemanager|htdocs|httpdocs|https?|mailman|mailto|msoffice|_?php-my-admin(.*)|tmp|undefined|usage|var|vhosts|webmaster|www)(/) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (base64_(en|de)code|benchmark|child_terminate|curl_exec|e?chr|eval|function|fwrite|(f|p)open|html|leak|passthru|p?fsockopen|phpinfo|posix_(kill|mkfifo|setpgid|setsid|setuid)|proc_(close|get_status|nice|open|terminate)|(shell_)?exec|system)(.*)(\()(.*)(\)) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(^$|00.temp00|0day|3index|3xp|70bex?|admin_events|bkht|(php|web)?shell|c99|config(\.)?bak|curltest|db|dompdf|filenetworks|hmei7|index\.php/index\.php/index|jahat|kcrew|keywordspy|libsoft|marg|mobiquo|mysql|nessus|php-?info|racrew|sql|vuln|(web-?|wp-)?(conf\b|config(uration)?)|xertive)(\.php) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\.)(7z|ab4|ace|afm|ashx|aspx?|bash|ba?k?|bin|bz2|cfg|cfml?|cgi|conf\b|config|ctl|dat|db|dist|dll|eml|engine|env|et2|exe|fec|fla|git|hg|inc|ini|inv|jsp|log|lqd|make|mbf|mdb|mmw|mny|module|old|one|orig|out|passwd|pdb|phtml|pl|profile|psd|pst|ptdb|pwd|py|qbb|qdf|rar|rdf|save|sdb|sql|sh|soa|svn|swf|swl|swo|swp|stx|tar|tax|tgz|theme|tls|tmd|wow|xtmpl|ya?ml|zlib)$ [NC]

RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

# RewriteRule .* /7G_log.php?log [END,NE,E=7G_REQUEST_URI:%1___%2___%3]

</IfModule>

# 7G:[USER AGENT]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ([a-z0-9]{2000,}) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (&lt;|%0a|%0d|%27|%3c|%3e|%00|0x00) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (ahrefs|alexibot|majestic|mj12bot|rogerbot) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ((c99|php|web)shell|remoteview|site((.){0,2})copier) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (econtext|eolasbot|eventures|liebaofast|nominet|oppo\sa33) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (base64_decode|bin/bash|disconnect|eval|lwp-download|unserialize|\\\x22) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (acapbot|acoonbot|asterias|attackbot|backdorbot|becomebot|binlar|blackwidow|blekkobot|blexbot|blowfish|bullseye|bunnys|butterfly|bytedance|bytespider|careerbot|casper|checkpriv|cheesebot|cherrypick|chinaclaw|choppy|clshttp|cmsworld|copernic|copyrightcheck|cosmos|crescent|cy_cho|datacha|demon|diavol|discobot|dittospyder|dotbot|dotnetdotcom|dumbot|emailcollector|emailsiphon|emailwolf|extract|eyenetie|feedfinder|flaming|flashget|flicky|foobot|g00g1e|getright|gigabot|go-ahead-got|gozilla|grabnet|grafula|harvest|heritrix|httrack|icarus6j|jetbot|jetcar|jikespider|kmccrew|leechftp|libweb|linkextractor|linkscan|linkwalker|loader|masscan|miner|mechanize|morfeus|moveoverbot|netmechanic|netspider|nicerspro|nikto|ninja|nutch|octopus|pagegrabber|petalbot|planetwork|postrank|proximic|purebot|pycurl|python|queryn|queryseeker|radian6|radiation|realdownload|scooter|seekerspider|semalt|siclab|sindice|sistrix|sitebot|siteexplorer|sitesnagger|skygrid|smartdownload|snoopy|sosospider|spankbot|spbot|sqlmap|stackrambler|stripper|sucker|surftbot|sux0r|suzukacz|suzuran|takeout|teleport|telesoft|true_robots|turingos|turnit|vampire|vikspider|voideye|webleacher|webreaper|webstripper|webvac|webviewer|webwhacker|winhttp|wwwoffle|woxbot|xaldon|xxxyy|yamanalab|yioopbot|youda|zeus|zmeu|zune|zyborg) [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

# RewriteRule .* /7G_log.php?log [END,NE,E=7G_USER_AGENT:%1]

</IfModule>

# 7G:[REMOTE HOST]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} (163data|amazonaws|colocrossing|crimea|g00g1e|justhost|kanagawa|loopia|masterhost|onlinehome|poneytel|sprintdatacenter|reverse.softlayer|safenet|ttnet|woodpecker|wowrack) [NC]

RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

# RewriteRule .* /7G_log.php?log [END,NE,E=7G_REMOTE_HOST:%1]

</IfModule>

# 7G:[HTTP REFERRER]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} (semalt\.com|todaperfeita) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} (order(\s|%20)by(\s|%20)1--) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} (blue\spill|cocaine|ejaculat|erectile|erections|hoodia|huronriveracres|impotence|levitra|libido|lipitor|phentermin|pro[sz]ac|sandyauer|tramadol|troyhamby|ultram|unicauca|valium|viagra|vicodin|xanax|ypxaieo) [NC]

RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

# RewriteRule .* /7G_log.php?log [END,NE,E=7G_HTTP_REFERRER:%1]

</IfModule>

# 7G:[REQUEST METHOD]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(connect|debug|move|trace|track) [NC]

RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

# RewriteRule .* /7G_log.php?log [END,NE,E=7G_REQUEST_METHOD:%1]

</IfModule>
# 7G Addon: Stop Aggressive Scanning for Uploads-Related Targets
# https://perishablepress.com/stop-aggres ... g-uploads/
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (_timthumb_|timthumb.php) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /(install|wp-config|xmlrpc)\.php [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /(uploadify|uploadbg|up__uzegp)\.php [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /(comm\.js|mysql-date-function|simplebootadmin|vuln\.htm|www\.root\.) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /(admin-uploadify|fileupload|jquery-file-upload|upload_file|upload|uploadify|webforms)/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /(ajax_pluginconf|apikey|connector(.minimal)?|eval-stdin|f0x|login|router|setup-config|sssp|vuln|xattacker)\.php [NC]

RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

</IfModule>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} AhrefsBot/6.1|Ahrefs|Baiduspider|BLEXBot|SemrushBot|YandexBot/3.0|YandexBot|Mb2345Browser|LieBaoFast|zh-CN|MicroMessenger|zh_CN|Kinza|Datanyze|serpstatbot|spaziodati|OPPO\sA33|AspiegelBot|PetalBot|Bytespider|magpie-crawler [NC]
RewriteRule ^ - [F,L]

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} AhrefsBot/6.1|Ahrefs|Baiduspider|BLEXBot|SemrushBot|YandexBot/3.0|YandexBot|Mb2345Browser|LieBaoFast|zh-CN|MicroMessenger|zh_CN|Kinza|Datanyze|serpstatbot|spaziodati|OPPO\sA33|AspiegelBot|PetalBot|Bytespider|magpie-crawler|brandwatch|dataforseo.com/dataforseo-bot|babbar.tech/crawler|webmaster.petaksearch.com/site/petalbot [NC]
RewriteRule ^ - [F,L]

<Files 403.shtml>
order allow,deny
allow from all
</Files>

deny from 5.255.231.1
deny from 5.255.231.2/31
deny from 5.255.231.4/30
deny from 5.255.231.8/29
deny from 5.255.231.16/28
deny from 5.255.231.32/27
deny from 5.255.231.64/27
deny from 5.255.231.96/30
deny from 185.25.35.1
deny from 185.25.35.2/31
deny from 185.25.35.4/30
deny from 185.25.35.8/29
deny from 185.25.35.16/28
deny from 185.25.35.32/27
deny from 185.25.35.64/27
deny from 185.25.35.96/30
deny from 185.25.35.64/26
deny from 185.25.35.128/25
deny from 185.25.36.0/22
deny from 185.25.40.0/21
deny from 185.25.48.0/20
deny from 185.25.64.0/18
deny from 185.25.128.0/17
deny from 185.26.0.0/15
deny from 185.28.0.0/14
deny from 185.32.0.0/11
deny from 185.64.0.0/10
deny from 185.128.0.0/9
deny from 186.0.0.0/7
deny from 188.0.0.0/6
deny from 192.0.0.0/12
deny from 192.16.0.0/13
deny from 192.24.0.0/16
deny from 192.25.0.0/19
deny from 192.25.32.0/23
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deny from 192.25.35.96/30
Rickf1985
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Re: Spam blocking in htaccess

Post by Rickf1985 »

I just added magpie-crawler/1.1 to the string. That is in the same line as the Brandwatch and I did not see it anywhere in the useragent lines. Live and learn?
Rickf1985
Posts: 45
Joined: Fri Sep 29, 2023 3:57 pm

Re: Spam blocking in htaccess

Post by Rickf1985 »

I figured I would work on trying to get my maunals section back online and work on getting the permissions straightened out for that but for some reason it is not working. I am pretty sure I have the permissions set exactly as they were before I disabled them in htaccess but I may be wrong. Correction, I am probably wrong.
Here is the error message from the messages folder.
Mon Oct 09 16:07:02.888847 2023] [core:crit] [pid 1765135:tid 47916612503296] (13)Permission denied: [remote 69.142.84.60:53521] AH00529: /home/g83800/public_html/g838_manuals/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable and that '/home/g83800/public_html/g838_manuals/' is executable, referer: https://g838.org/added_pages/manuals.html

Manual settings
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Re: Spam blocking in htaccess

Post by Administrator »

Firstly looking at your 7G code there is a lot missing, including the bytespider entries. This is the correct one for you to use, including bytespider, magpie (which has to be added as magpie-crawler) and the aggressive bots addon. I have not included your ip list as it should not be needed and it is best to try without it at first.

Secondly what are you using you edit the HTACCESS file? The tool in your cPanel and any word processor type program (including wordpad) will cause problems. I use Notepad++ on windows which is a free to download, use and will not mess up your code.

Code: Select all

# 7G FIREWALL v1.6 20230206
# @ https://perishablepress.com/7g-firewall/

# 7G:[CORE]
ServerSignature Off
Options -Indexes
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

# 7G:[QUERY STRING]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ([a-z0-9]{2000,}) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (/|%2f)(:|%3a)(/|%2f) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (order(\s|%20)by(\s|%20)1--) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (/|%2f)(\*|%2a)(\*|%2a)(/|%2f) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (ckfinder|fckeditor|fullclick) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (`|<|>|\^|\|\\|0x00|%00|%0d%0a) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ((.*)header:|(.*)set-cookie:(.*)=) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (localhost|127(\.|%2e)0(\.|%2e)0(\.|%2e)1) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (cmd|command)(=|%3d)(chdir|mkdir)(.*)(x20) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (globals|mosconfig([a-z_]{1,22})|request)(=|\[) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (/|%2f)((wp-)?config)((\.|%2e)inc)?((\.|%2e)php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (thumbs?(_editor|open)?|tim(thumbs?)?)((\.|%2e)php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (absolute_|base|root_)(dir|path)(=|%3d)(ftp|https?) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (s)?(ftp|inurl|php)(s)?(:(/|%2f|%u2215)(/|%2f|%u2215)) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\.|20)(get|the)(_|%5f)(permalink|posts_page_url)(\(|%28) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ((boot|win)((\.|%2e)ini)|etc(/|%2f)passwd|self(/|%2f)environ) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (((/|%2f){3,3})|((\.|%2e){3,3})|((\.|%2e){2,2})(/|%2f|%u2215)) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (benchmark|char|exec|fopen|function|html)(.*)(\(|%28)(.*)(\)|%29) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (php)([0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (e|%65|%45)(v|%76|%56)(a|%61|%31)(l|%6c|%4c)(.*)(\(|%28)(.*)(\)|%29) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (/|%2f)(=|%3d|$&|_mm|cgi(\.|-)|inurl(:|%3a)(/|%2f)|(mod|path)(=|%3d)(\.|%2e)) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3c)(.*)(e|%65|%45)(m|%6d|%4d)(b|%62|%42)(e|%65|%45)(d|%64|%44)(.*)(>|%3e) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3c)(.*)(i|%69|%49)(f|%66|%46)(r|%72|%52)(a|%61|%41)(m|%6d|%4d)(e|%65|%45)(.*)(>|%3e) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3c)(.*)(o|%4f|%6f)(b|%62|%42)(j|%4a|%6a)(e|%65|%45)(c|%63|%43)(t|%74|%54)(.*)(>|%3e) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3c)(.*)(s|%73|%53)(c|%63|%43)(r|%72|%52)(i|%69|%49)(p|%70|%50)(t|%74|%54)(.*)(>|%3e) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\+|%2b|%20)(d|%64|%44)(e|%65|%45)(l|%6c|%4c)(e|%65|%45)(t|%74|%54)(e|%65|%45)(\+|%2b|%20) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\+|%2b|%20)(i|%69|%49)(n|%6e|%4e)(s|%73|%53)(e|%65|%45)(r|%72|%52)(t|%74|%54)(\+|%2b|%20) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\+|%2b|%20)(s|%73|%53)(e|%65|%45)(l|%6c|%4c)(e|%65|%45)(c|%63|%43)(t|%74|%54)(\+|%2b|%20) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\+|%2b|%20)(u|%75|%55)(p|%70|%50)(d|%64|%44)(a|%61|%41)(t|%74|%54)(e|%65|%45)(\+|%2b|%20) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\\x00|(\"|%22|\'|%27)?0(\"|%22|\'|%27)?(=|%3d)(\"|%22|\'|%27)?0|cast(\(|%28)0x|or%201(=|%3d)1) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (g|%67|%47)(l|%6c|%4c)(o|%6f|%4f)(b|%62|%42)(a|%61|%41)(l|%6c|%4c)(s|%73|%53)(=|\[|%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (_|%5f)(r|%72|%52)(e|%65|%45)(q|%71|%51)(u|%75|%55)(e|%65|%45)(s|%73|%53)(t|%74|%54)(=|\[|%[0-9A-Z]{2,}) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (j|%6a|%4a)(a|%61|%41)(v|%76|%56)(a|%61|%31)(s|%73|%53)(c|%63|%43)(r|%72|%52)(i|%69|%49)(p|%70|%50)(t|%74|%54)(:|%3a)(.*)(;|%3b|\)|%29) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (b|%62|%42)(a|%61|%41)(s|%73|%53)(e|%65|%45)(6|%36)(4|%34)(_|%5f)(e|%65|%45|d|%64|%44)(e|%65|%45|n|%6e|%4e)(c|%63|%43)(o|%6f|%4f)(d|%64|%44)(e|%65|%45)(.*)(\()(.*)(\)) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (@copy|\$_(files|get|post)|allow_url_(fopen|include)|auto_prepend_file|blexbot|browsersploit|(c99|php)shell|curl(_exec|test)|disable_functions?|document_root|elastix|encodeuricom|exploit|fclose|fgets|file_put_contents|fputs|fsbuff|fsockopen|gethostbyname|grablogin|hmei7|input_file|open_basedir|outfile|passthru|phpinfo|popen|proc_open|quickbrute|remoteview|root_path|safe_mode|shell_exec|site((.){0,2})copier|sux0r|trojan|user_func_array|wget|xertive) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (;|<|>|\'|\"|\)|%0a|%0d|%22|%27|%3c|%3e|%00)(.*)(/\*|alter|base64|benchmark|cast|concat|convert|create|encode|declare|delete|drop|insert|md5|request|script|select|set|union|update) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ((\+|%2b)(concat|delete|get|select|union)(\+|%2b)) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (union)(.*)(select)(.*)(\(|%28) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (concat|eval)(.*)(\(|%28) [NC]

	RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

	# RewriteRule .* /7G_log.php?log [END,NE,E=7G_QUERY_STRING:%1___%2___%3]

</IfModule>

# 7G:[REQUEST URI]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\^|`|<|>|\\|\|) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ([a-z0-9]{2000,}) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (=?\\(\'|%27)/?)(\.) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(\*|\"|\'|\.|,|&|&amp;?)/?$ [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\.)(php)(\()?([0-9]+)(\))?(/)?$ [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(vbulletin|boards|vbforum)(/)? [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /((.*)header:|(.*)set-cookie:(.*)=) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(ckfinder|fck|fckeditor|fullclick) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\.(s?ftp-?)config|(s?ftp-?)config\.) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\{0\}|\"?0\"?=\"?0|\(/\(|\.\.\.|\+\+\+|\\\") [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (thumbs?(_editor|open)?|tim(thumbs?)?)(\.php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\.|20)(get|the)(_)(permalink|posts_page_url)(\() [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (///|\?\?|/&&|/\*(.*)\*/|/:/|\\\\|0x00|%00|%0d%0a) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/%7e)(root|ftp|bin|nobody|named|guest|logs|sshd)(/) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(etc|var)(/)(hidden|secret|shadow|ninja|passwd|tmp)(/)?$ [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (s)?(ftp|http|inurl|php)(s)?(:(/|%2f|%u2215)(/|%2f|%u2215)) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(=|\$&?|&?(pws|rk)=0|_mm|_vti_|cgi(\.|-)?|(=|/|;|,)nt\.) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\.)(ds_store|htaccess|htpasswd|init?|mysql-select-db)(/)?$ [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(bin)(/)(cc|chmod|chsh|cpp|echo|id|kill|mail|nasm|perl|ping|ps|python|tclsh)(/)?$ [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(::[0-9999]|%3a%3a[0-9999]|127\.0\.0\.1|localhost|makefile|pingserver|wwwroot)(/)? [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\(null\)|\{\$itemURL\}|cAsT\(0x|echo(.*)kae|etc/passwd|eval\(|self/environ|\+union\+all\+select) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)?j((\s)+)?a((\s)+)?v((\s)+)?a((\s)+)?s((\s)+)?c((\s)+)?r((\s)+)?i((\s)+)?p((\s)+)?t((\s)+)?(%3a|:) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(awstats|(c99|php|web)shell|document_root|error_log|listinfo|muieblack|remoteview|site((.){0,2})copier|sqlpatch|sux0r) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)((php|web)?shell|crossdomain|fileditor|locus7|nstview|php(get|remoteview|writer)|r57|remview|sshphp|storm7|webadmin)(.*)(\.|\() [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(author-panel|class|database|(db|mysql)-?admin|filemanager|htdocs|httpdocs|https?|mailman|mailto|msoffice|_?php-my-admin(.*)|tmp|undefined|usage|var|vhosts|webmaster|www)(/) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (base64_(en|de)code|benchmark|child_terminate|curl_exec|e?chr|eval|function|fwrite|(f|p)open|html|leak|passthru|p?fsockopen|phpinfo|posix_(kill|mkfifo|setpgid|setsid|setuid)|proc_(close|get_status|nice|open|terminate)|(shell_)?exec|system)(.*)(\()(.*)(\)) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(^$|00.temp00|0day|3index|3xp|70bex?|admin_events|bkht|(php|web)?shell|c99|config(\.)?bak|curltest|db|dompdf|filenetworks|hmei7|index\.php/index\.php/index|jahat|kcrew|keywordspy|libsoft|marg|mobiquo|mysql|nessus|php-?info|racrew|sql|vuln|(web-?|wp-)?(conf\b|config(uration)?)|xertive)(\.php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\.)(7z|ab4|ace|afm|ashx|aspx?|bash|ba?k?|bin|bz2|cfg|cfml?|cgi|conf\b|config|ctl|dat|db|dist|dll|eml|engine|env|et2|exe|fec|fla|git|hg|inc|ini|inv|jsp|log|lqd|make|mbf|mdb|mmw|mny|module|old|one|orig|out|passwd|pdb|phtml|pl|profile|psd|pst|ptdb|pwd|py|qbb|qdf|rar|rdf|save|sdb|sql|sh|soa|svn|swf|swl|swo|swp|stx|tar|tax|tgz|theme|tls|tmd|wow|xtmpl|ya?ml|zlib)$ [NC]

	RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

	# RewriteRule .* /7G_log.php?log [END,NE,E=7G_REQUEST_URI:%1___%2___%3]

</IfModule>

# 7G:[USER AGENT]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ([a-z0-9]{2000,}) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (&lt;|%0a|%0d|%27|%3c|%3e|%00|0x00) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (ahrefs|alexibot|majestic|mj12bot|rogerbot) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ((c99|php|web)shell|remoteview|site((.){0,2})copier) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (econtext|eolasbot|eventures|liebaofast|nominet|oppo\sa33) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (base64_decode|bin/bash|disconnect|eval|lwp-download|unserialize|\\\x22) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (acapbot|acoonbot|asterias|attackbot|backdorbot|becomebot|binlar|blackwidow|blekkobot|blexbot|blowfish|bullseye|bunnys|butterfly|bytedance|bytespider|careerbot|casper|checkpriv|cheesebot|cherrypick|chinaclaw|choppy|clshttp|cmsworld|copernic|copyrightcheck|cosmos|crescent|cy_cho|datacha|demon|diavol|discobot|dittospyder|dotbot|dotnetdotcom|dumbot|emailcollector|emailsiphon|emailwolf|extract|eyenetie|feedfinder|flaming|flashget|flicky|foobot|g00g1e|getright|gigabot|go-ahead-got|gozilla|grabnet|grafula|harvest|heritrix|httrack|icarus6j|jetbot|jetcar|jikespider|kmccrew|leechftp|libweb|linkextractor|linkscan|linkwalker|loader|magpie-crawler|masscan|miner|mechanize|morfeus|moveoverbot|netmechanic|netspider|nicerspro|nikto|ninja|nutch|octopus|pagegrabber|petalbot|planetwork|postrank|proximic|purebot|pycurl|python|queryn|queryseeker|radian6|radiation|realdownload|scooter|seekerspider|semalt|siclab|sindice|sistrix|sitebot|siteexplorer|sitesnagger|skygrid|smartdownload|snoopy|sosospider|spankbot|spbot|sqlmap|stackrambler|stripper|sucker|surftbot|sux0r|suzukacz|suzuran|takeout|teleport|telesoft|true_robots|turingos|turnit|vampire|vikspider|voideye|webleacher|webreaper|webstripper|webvac|webviewer|webwhacker|winhttp|wwwoffle|woxbot|xaldon|xxxyy|yamanalab|yioopbot|youda|zeus|zmeu|zune|zyborg) [NC]

	RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

	# RewriteRule .* /7G_log.php?log [END,NE,E=7G_USER_AGENT:%1]

</IfModule>

# 7G:[REMOTE HOST]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

	RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} (163data|amazonaws|colocrossing|crimea|g00g1e|justhost|kanagawa|loopia|masterhost|onlinehome|poneytel|sprintdatacenter|reverse.softlayer|safenet|ttnet|woodpecker|wowrack) [NC]

	RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

	# RewriteRule .* /7G_log.php?log [END,NE,E=7G_REMOTE_HOST:%1]

</IfModule>

# 7G:[HTTP REFERRER]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

	RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} (semalt\.com|todaperfeita) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} (order(\s|%20)by(\s|%20)1--) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} (blue\spill|cocaine|ejaculat|erectile|erections|hoodia|huronriveracres|impotence|levitra|libido|lipitor|phentermin|pro[sz]ac|sandyauer|tramadol|troyhamby|ultram|unicauca|valium|viagra|vicodin|xanax|ypxaieo) [NC]

	RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

	# RewriteRule .* /7G_log.php?log [END,NE,E=7G_HTTP_REFERRER:%1]

</IfModule>

# 7G:[REQUEST METHOD]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(connect|debug|move|trace|track) [NC]

	RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

	# RewriteRule .* /7G_log.php?log [END,NE,E=7G_REQUEST_METHOD:%1]

</IfModule>

# 7G Addon: Stop Aggressive Scanning for Uploads-Related Targets
# https://perishablepress.com/stop-aggressive-scanning-uploads/
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
	
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (_timthumb_|timthumb.php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /(install|wp-config|xmlrpc)\.php [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /(uploadify|uploadbg|up__uzegp)\.php [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /(comm\.js|mysql-date-function|simplebootadmin|vuln\.htm|www\.root\.) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /(admin-uploadify|fileupload|jquery-file-upload|upload_file|upload|uploadify|webforms)/ [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /(ajax_pluginconf|apikey|connector(.minimal)?|eval-stdin|f0x|login|router|setup-config|sssp|vuln|xattacker)\.php [NC]
	
	RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
	
</IfModule>
Administrator
Site Admin
Posts: 713
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Re: Spam blocking in htaccess

Post by Administrator »

Re the manuals download, The corrupted HTACCESS you are currently using is likely to be the problem as the error message states that it is unable to open it.


Also FWIW I use 644 as the CHMOD setting for that sort of file
Rickf1985
Posts: 45
Joined: Fri Sep 29, 2023 3:57 pm

Re: Spam blocking in htaccess

Post by Rickf1985 »

Administrator wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 9:50 am Firstly looking at your 7G code there is a lot missing, including the bytespider entries. This is the correct one for you to use, including bytespider, magpie (which has to be added as magpie-crawler) and the aggressive bots addon. I have not included your ip list as it should not be needed and it is best to try without it at first.

Secondly what are you using you edit the HTACCESS file? The tool in your cPanel and any word processor type program (including wordpad) will cause problems. I use Notepad++ on windows which is a free to download, use and will not mess up your code.

Code: Select all

# 7G FIREWALL v1.6 20230206
# @ https://perishablepress.com/7g-firewall/

# 7G:[CORE]
ServerSignature Off
Options -Indexes
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

# 7G:[QUERY STRING]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ([a-z0-9]{2000,}) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (/|%2f)(:|%3a)(/|%2f) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (order(\s|%20)by(\s|%20)1--) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (/|%2f)(\*|%2a)(\*|%2a)(/|%2f) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (ckfinder|fckeditor|fullclick) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (`|<|>|\^|\|\\|0x00|%00|%0d%0a) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ((.*)header:|(.*)set-cookie:(.*)=) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (localhost|127(\.|%2e)0(\.|%2e)0(\.|%2e)1) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (cmd|command)(=|%3d)(chdir|mkdir)(.*)(x20) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (globals|mosconfig([a-z_]{1,22})|request)(=|\[) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (/|%2f)((wp-)?config)((\.|%2e)inc)?((\.|%2e)php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (thumbs?(_editor|open)?|tim(thumbs?)?)((\.|%2e)php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (absolute_|base|root_)(dir|path)(=|%3d)(ftp|https?) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (s)?(ftp|inurl|php)(s)?(:(/|%2f|%u2215)(/|%2f|%u2215)) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\.|20)(get|the)(_|%5f)(permalink|posts_page_url)(\(|%28) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ((boot|win)((\.|%2e)ini)|etc(/|%2f)passwd|self(/|%2f)environ) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (((/|%2f){3,3})|((\.|%2e){3,3})|((\.|%2e){2,2})(/|%2f|%u2215)) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (benchmark|char|exec|fopen|function|html)(.*)(\(|%28)(.*)(\)|%29) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (php)([0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (e|%65|%45)(v|%76|%56)(a|%61|%31)(l|%6c|%4c)(.*)(\(|%28)(.*)(\)|%29) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (/|%2f)(=|%3d|$&|_mm|cgi(\.|-)|inurl(:|%3a)(/|%2f)|(mod|path)(=|%3d)(\.|%2e)) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3c)(.*)(e|%65|%45)(m|%6d|%4d)(b|%62|%42)(e|%65|%45)(d|%64|%44)(.*)(>|%3e) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3c)(.*)(i|%69|%49)(f|%66|%46)(r|%72|%52)(a|%61|%41)(m|%6d|%4d)(e|%65|%45)(.*)(>|%3e) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3c)(.*)(o|%4f|%6f)(b|%62|%42)(j|%4a|%6a)(e|%65|%45)(c|%63|%43)(t|%74|%54)(.*)(>|%3e) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3c)(.*)(s|%73|%53)(c|%63|%43)(r|%72|%52)(i|%69|%49)(p|%70|%50)(t|%74|%54)(.*)(>|%3e) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\+|%2b|%20)(d|%64|%44)(e|%65|%45)(l|%6c|%4c)(e|%65|%45)(t|%74|%54)(e|%65|%45)(\+|%2b|%20) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\+|%2b|%20)(i|%69|%49)(n|%6e|%4e)(s|%73|%53)(e|%65|%45)(r|%72|%52)(t|%74|%54)(\+|%2b|%20) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\+|%2b|%20)(s|%73|%53)(e|%65|%45)(l|%6c|%4c)(e|%65|%45)(c|%63|%43)(t|%74|%54)(\+|%2b|%20) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\+|%2b|%20)(u|%75|%55)(p|%70|%50)(d|%64|%44)(a|%61|%41)(t|%74|%54)(e|%65|%45)(\+|%2b|%20) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\\x00|(\"|%22|\'|%27)?0(\"|%22|\'|%27)?(=|%3d)(\"|%22|\'|%27)?0|cast(\(|%28)0x|or%201(=|%3d)1) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (g|%67|%47)(l|%6c|%4c)(o|%6f|%4f)(b|%62|%42)(a|%61|%41)(l|%6c|%4c)(s|%73|%53)(=|\[|%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (_|%5f)(r|%72|%52)(e|%65|%45)(q|%71|%51)(u|%75|%55)(e|%65|%45)(s|%73|%53)(t|%74|%54)(=|\[|%[0-9A-Z]{2,}) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (j|%6a|%4a)(a|%61|%41)(v|%76|%56)(a|%61|%31)(s|%73|%53)(c|%63|%43)(r|%72|%52)(i|%69|%49)(p|%70|%50)(t|%74|%54)(:|%3a)(.*)(;|%3b|\)|%29) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (b|%62|%42)(a|%61|%41)(s|%73|%53)(e|%65|%45)(6|%36)(4|%34)(_|%5f)(e|%65|%45|d|%64|%44)(e|%65|%45|n|%6e|%4e)(c|%63|%43)(o|%6f|%4f)(d|%64|%44)(e|%65|%45)(.*)(\()(.*)(\)) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (@copy|\$_(files|get|post)|allow_url_(fopen|include)|auto_prepend_file|blexbot|browsersploit|(c99|php)shell|curl(_exec|test)|disable_functions?|document_root|elastix|encodeuricom|exploit|fclose|fgets|file_put_contents|fputs|fsbuff|fsockopen|gethostbyname|grablogin|hmei7|input_file|open_basedir|outfile|passthru|phpinfo|popen|proc_open|quickbrute|remoteview|root_path|safe_mode|shell_exec|site((.){0,2})copier|sux0r|trojan|user_func_array|wget|xertive) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (;|<|>|\'|\"|\)|%0a|%0d|%22|%27|%3c|%3e|%00)(.*)(/\*|alter|base64|benchmark|cast|concat|convert|create|encode|declare|delete|drop|insert|md5|request|script|select|set|union|update) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ((\+|%2b)(concat|delete|get|select|union)(\+|%2b)) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (union)(.*)(select)(.*)(\(|%28) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (concat|eval)(.*)(\(|%28) [NC]

	RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

	# RewriteRule .* /7G_log.php?log [END,NE,E=7G_QUERY_STRING:%1___%2___%3]

</IfModule>

# 7G:[REQUEST URI]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\^|`|<|>|\\|\|) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ([a-z0-9]{2000,}) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (=?\\(\'|%27)/?)(\.) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(\*|\"|\'|\.|,|&|&amp;?)/?$ [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\.)(php)(\()?([0-9]+)(\))?(/)?$ [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(vbulletin|boards|vbforum)(/)? [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /((.*)header:|(.*)set-cookie:(.*)=) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(ckfinder|fck|fckeditor|fullclick) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\.(s?ftp-?)config|(s?ftp-?)config\.) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\{0\}|\"?0\"?=\"?0|\(/\(|\.\.\.|\+\+\+|\\\") [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (thumbs?(_editor|open)?|tim(thumbs?)?)(\.php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\.|20)(get|the)(_)(permalink|posts_page_url)(\() [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (///|\?\?|/&&|/\*(.*)\*/|/:/|\\\\|0x00|%00|%0d%0a) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/%7e)(root|ftp|bin|nobody|named|guest|logs|sshd)(/) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(etc|var)(/)(hidden|secret|shadow|ninja|passwd|tmp)(/)?$ [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (s)?(ftp|http|inurl|php)(s)?(:(/|%2f|%u2215)(/|%2f|%u2215)) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(=|\$&?|&?(pws|rk)=0|_mm|_vti_|cgi(\.|-)?|(=|/|;|,)nt\.) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\.)(ds_store|htaccess|htpasswd|init?|mysql-select-db)(/)?$ [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(bin)(/)(cc|chmod|chsh|cpp|echo|id|kill|mail|nasm|perl|ping|ps|python|tclsh)(/)?$ [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(::[0-9999]|%3a%3a[0-9999]|127\.0\.0\.1|localhost|makefile|pingserver|wwwroot)(/)? [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\(null\)|\{\$itemURL\}|cAsT\(0x|echo(.*)kae|etc/passwd|eval\(|self/environ|\+union\+all\+select) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)?j((\s)+)?a((\s)+)?v((\s)+)?a((\s)+)?s((\s)+)?c((\s)+)?r((\s)+)?i((\s)+)?p((\s)+)?t((\s)+)?(%3a|:) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(awstats|(c99|php|web)shell|document_root|error_log|listinfo|muieblack|remoteview|site((.){0,2})copier|sqlpatch|sux0r) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)((php|web)?shell|crossdomain|fileditor|locus7|nstview|php(get|remoteview|writer)|r57|remview|sshphp|storm7|webadmin)(.*)(\.|\() [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(author-panel|class|database|(db|mysql)-?admin|filemanager|htdocs|httpdocs|https?|mailman|mailto|msoffice|_?php-my-admin(.*)|tmp|undefined|usage|var|vhosts|webmaster|www)(/) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (base64_(en|de)code|benchmark|child_terminate|curl_exec|e?chr|eval|function|fwrite|(f|p)open|html|leak|passthru|p?fsockopen|phpinfo|posix_(kill|mkfifo|setpgid|setsid|setuid)|proc_(close|get_status|nice|open|terminate)|(shell_)?exec|system)(.*)(\()(.*)(\)) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(^$|00.temp00|0day|3index|3xp|70bex?|admin_events|bkht|(php|web)?shell|c99|config(\.)?bak|curltest|db|dompdf|filenetworks|hmei7|index\.php/index\.php/index|jahat|kcrew|keywordspy|libsoft|marg|mobiquo|mysql|nessus|php-?info|racrew|sql|vuln|(web-?|wp-)?(conf\b|config(uration)?)|xertive)(\.php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\.)(7z|ab4|ace|afm|ashx|aspx?|bash|ba?k?|bin|bz2|cfg|cfml?|cgi|conf\b|config|ctl|dat|db|dist|dll|eml|engine|env|et2|exe|fec|fla|git|hg|inc|ini|inv|jsp|log|lqd|make|mbf|mdb|mmw|mny|module|old|one|orig|out|passwd|pdb|phtml|pl|profile|psd|pst|ptdb|pwd|py|qbb|qdf|rar|rdf|save|sdb|sql|sh|soa|svn|swf|swl|swo|swp|stx|tar|tax|tgz|theme|tls|tmd|wow|xtmpl|ya?ml|zlib)$ [NC]

	RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

	# RewriteRule .* /7G_log.php?log [END,NE,E=7G_REQUEST_URI:%1___%2___%3]

</IfModule>

# 7G:[USER AGENT]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ([a-z0-9]{2000,}) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (&lt;|%0a|%0d|%27|%3c|%3e|%00|0x00) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (ahrefs|alexibot|majestic|mj12bot|rogerbot) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ((c99|php|web)shell|remoteview|site((.){0,2})copier) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (econtext|eolasbot|eventures|liebaofast|nominet|oppo\sa33) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (base64_decode|bin/bash|disconnect|eval|lwp-download|unserialize|\\\x22) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (acapbot|acoonbot|asterias|attackbot|backdorbot|becomebot|binlar|blackwidow|blekkobot|blexbot|blowfish|bullseye|bunnys|butterfly|bytedance|bytespider|careerbot|casper|checkpriv|cheesebot|cherrypick|chinaclaw|choppy|clshttp|cmsworld|copernic|copyrightcheck|cosmos|crescent|cy_cho|datacha|demon|diavol|discobot|dittospyder|dotbot|dotnetdotcom|dumbot|emailcollector|emailsiphon|emailwolf|extract|eyenetie|feedfinder|flaming|flashget|flicky|foobot|g00g1e|getright|gigabot|go-ahead-got|gozilla|grabnet|grafula|harvest|heritrix|httrack|icarus6j|jetbot|jetcar|jikespider|kmccrew|leechftp|libweb|linkextractor|linkscan|linkwalker|loader|magpie-crawler|masscan|miner|mechanize|morfeus|moveoverbot|netmechanic|netspider|nicerspro|nikto|ninja|nutch|octopus|pagegrabber|petalbot|planetwork|postrank|proximic|purebot|pycurl|python|queryn|queryseeker|radian6|radiation|realdownload|scooter|seekerspider|semalt|siclab|sindice|sistrix|sitebot|siteexplorer|sitesnagger|skygrid|smartdownload|snoopy|sosospider|spankbot|spbot|sqlmap|stackrambler|stripper|sucker|surftbot|sux0r|suzukacz|suzuran|takeout|teleport|telesoft|true_robots|turingos|turnit|vampire|vikspider|voideye|webleacher|webreaper|webstripper|webvac|webviewer|webwhacker|winhttp|wwwoffle|woxbot|xaldon|xxxyy|yamanalab|yioopbot|youda|zeus|zmeu|zune|zyborg) [NC]

	RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

	# RewriteRule .* /7G_log.php?log [END,NE,E=7G_USER_AGENT:%1]

</IfModule>

# 7G:[REMOTE HOST]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

	RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} (163data|amazonaws|colocrossing|crimea|g00g1e|justhost|kanagawa|loopia|masterhost|onlinehome|poneytel|sprintdatacenter|reverse.softlayer|safenet|ttnet|woodpecker|wowrack) [NC]

	RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

	# RewriteRule .* /7G_log.php?log [END,NE,E=7G_REMOTE_HOST:%1]

</IfModule>

# 7G:[HTTP REFERRER]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

	RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} (semalt\.com|todaperfeita) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} (order(\s|%20)by(\s|%20)1--) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} (blue\spill|cocaine|ejaculat|erectile|erections|hoodia|huronriveracres|impotence|levitra|libido|lipitor|phentermin|pro[sz]ac|sandyauer|tramadol|troyhamby|ultram|unicauca|valium|viagra|vicodin|xanax|ypxaieo) [NC]

	RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

	# RewriteRule .* /7G_log.php?log [END,NE,E=7G_HTTP_REFERRER:%1]

</IfModule>

# 7G:[REQUEST METHOD]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(connect|debug|move|trace|track) [NC]

	RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

	# RewriteRule .* /7G_log.php?log [END,NE,E=7G_REQUEST_METHOD:%1]

</IfModule>

# 7G Addon: Stop Aggressive Scanning for Uploads-Related Targets
# https://perishablepress.com/stop-aggressive-scanning-uploads/
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
	
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (_timthumb_|timthumb.php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /(install|wp-config|xmlrpc)\.php [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /(uploadify|uploadbg|up__uzegp)\.php [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /(comm\.js|mysql-date-function|simplebootadmin|vuln\.htm|www\.root\.) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /(admin-uploadify|fileupload|jquery-file-upload|upload_file|upload|uploadify|webforms)/ [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /(ajax_pluginconf|apikey|connector(.minimal)?|eval-stdin|f0x|login|router|setup-config|sssp|vuln|xattacker)\.php [NC]
	
	RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
	
</IfModule>
You may have hit on something here. I have doing the edits in the control panel because I have not been successful in the download/upload area yet. So, Should I copy that entire 7g firewall complete into Notebook++ and then delete the original mess I have created and upload this into the htaccess? I have to run out for a while this morning so I may or may not get that done before you turn in today. I checked raw access this morning and it is bad. you are correct and the code I put in is not working.