Comments on: Misbehaving Internet Explorer Add-On?

by: Matthew

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 01:59:56 +0000

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Good luck. Matthew

by: Dave

Thu, 14 Jul 2005 18:57:38 +0000

It could be the Google web accelerator. I think that visits all URLs it finds on a page and then caches them.

by: Zach

Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:15:04 +0000

I don't know what date and time specifically that you were first hit, but Browster went to version 1.0 on Wednesday: http://news.com.com/New+IE+plug-in+aims+to+speed+Web+searches/2100-1032_3-5785825.html?tag=cd.top

It is designed to prefetch search results (which would explain why you were hit immediately following a referral from Google). It could lead to some real hassle if this becomes a popular thing to do.

by: erik

Thu, 14 Jul 2005 14:18:18 +0000

great you’re back, hoping you can ‘kill’ the bad behaving!

by: Chris Bunting

Wed, 13 Jul 2005 22:20:21 +0000

I wish I could help with your rogue site accessor problem, but I haven't the slightest idea what that could be. As for a new hosting provider, if it comes down to that, try iPowerWeb. The cost (for 2 years) would be $6.95/month, and you get 3 GB of space, 50 GB of bandwidth, multiple databases, and much more. Good luck with finding the culprit!

by: ColdForged

Wed, 13 Jul 2005 19:33:23 +0000

If Else said: Do you have any more information on the “bad bot”? I’ll assume that you’ve banned that particular IP.

Unfortunately you now know what I know. Equally unfortunately, banning by IP isn't effective. I banned the first guy after my first occurrence but the second guy was a different IP. Nothing about the agent strings can be keyed on, they're simply version of legitimate IE6 agent strings. They don't even have the "signature" of a bot, since the initial requests for where they came in -- the Google search in the second instance and I don't recall the first one -- were solid and they pulled all the files they were supposed to (i.e. CSS, images, javascripts). But then they went apeshit.

Thank you both for the hosting suggestions, I'll take a gander.

probably as a personal offline archiver

That's a possibility, but it seems to be at least slightly "in the wild" since two people in a row were using it. I suspect that this is a new version of some kind of add-on -- or personal offline archiver -- that just sprang up in the past few days. It'll be interesting to see if there's a new rash of "my account was suspended" questions on WordPress forums, as those <link> elements are standard in the default theme of WP.

by: graphix

Wed, 13 Jul 2005 19:14:17 +0000

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I like their server management stuff. You can log into my account and check it out if you’re interested. I just added the web hosting service to my existing TS2 server and haven’t finished setting it up yet.

by: graphix

Wed, 13 Jul 2005 19:10:07 +0000

CF,

I've been using these guys and have been very happy: http://www.darkstarllc.com/services/webhosting/

There's been a little bit of growing pains for DarkStar (mainly with TS2 servers), but they have smart tech support guys and their heart is in the right place. That's been good enough for me.

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by: If Else

Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:38:28 +0000

Do you know of an Internet Explorer add-on or some wacky version of IE6 that performs prefetching to speed up access?
What’ll worry me is that this could all be down to a badly coded, self-written spider i.e. someone with just enough programming knowledge to be dangerous but not enough to be smart may have written this (probably as a personal offline archiver).

by: If Else

Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:33:58 +0000

I saw the "We're closed" placeholder and are glad you're back. Do you have any more information on the "bad bot"? I'll assume that you've banned that particular IP.

"Those of you that may recommend other hosting solutions — and I would love to hear your suggestions, believe me"

How about 120 GB bandwidth at 9 bucks for the whole year?