Comments on: AVG Antivirus sending me lots of unwanted traffic and how I dealt with it http://robertsweetnam.ie/2008/06/28/avg-antivirus-sending-me-lots-of-unwanted-traffic-and-how-i-dealt-with-it/ It's hard to think of a tagline - All the good ones are taken.. Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:29:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Me Blog! | Good news from AVG http://robertsweetnam.ie/2008/06/28/avg-antivirus-sending-me-lots-of-unwanted-traffic-and-how-i-dealt-with-it/comment-page-1/#comment-6024 Me Blog! | Good news from AVG Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:51:27 +0000 http://blog.sweetnam.eu/?p=276#comment-6024 [...] the battering AVG have recieved and the battering a lot of web servers have received, my own included, AVG are finally pushing out a new update to all of its users to disable the Link scanner [...] [...] the battering AVG have recieved and the battering a lot of web servers have received, my own included, AVG are finally pushing out a new update to all of its users to disable the Link scanner [...]

]]> By: Robert http://robertsweetnam.ie/2008/06/28/avg-antivirus-sending-me-lots-of-unwanted-traffic-and-how-i-dealt-with-it/comment-page-1/#comment-6000 Robert Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:33:24 +0000 http://blog.sweetnam.eu/?p=276#comment-6000 Donncha - That is very strange! Just deleted the spammy one. I only found out you linked to my entry via a google alert at 17:35 yesterday (Thursday). I never got any notification of any track/pingbacks even though WP is configured to allow them. I got no notification of the one I just removed either. As of half an hour ago, Both Awstats and Firestats both show three visitors referred from your post. There are a few things that could have caused it that I would rather not discuss here so if you need more info mail me directly. Donncha -

That is very strange! Just deleted the spammy one.

I only found out you linked to my entry via a google alert at 17:35 yesterday (Thursday).

I never got any notification of any track/pingbacks even though WP is configured to allow them. I got no notification of the one I just removed either.

As of half an hour ago, Both Awstats and Firestats both show three visitors referred from your post.

There are a few things that could have caused it that I would rather not discuss here so if you need more info mail me directly.

]]> By: Donncha O Caoimh http://robertsweetnam.ie/2008/06/28/avg-antivirus-sending-me-lots-of-unwanted-traffic-and-how-i-dealt-with-it/comment-page-1/#comment-5999 Donncha O Caoimh Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:09:14 +0000 http://blog.sweetnam.eu/?p=276#comment-5999 I wonder why my post didn't send a pingback? That last one is a spam site.. Did you get many click throughs? I wonder why my post didn’t send a pingback? That last one is a spam site.. Did you get many click throughs?

]]> By: Robert http://robertsweetnam.ie/2008/06/28/avg-antivirus-sending-me-lots-of-unwanted-traffic-and-how-i-dealt-with-it/comment-page-1/#comment-5968 Robert Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:52:55 +0000 http://blog.sweetnam.eu/?p=276#comment-5968 It works very well. It will be interesting to see your stats. I'm racking up about 400 per day. It works very well. It will be interesting to see your stats. I’m racking up about 400 per day.

]]> By: Donncha O Caoimh http://robertsweetnam.ie/2008/06/28/avg-antivirus-sending-me-lots-of-unwanted-traffic-and-how-i-dealt-with-it/comment-page-1/#comment-5961 Donncha O Caoimh Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:20:17 +0000 http://blog.sweetnam.eu/?p=276#comment-5961 From the logs, it's the "User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1)" bot that redirects. The others don't. Seems to be working well though. I'll post figures in a few days time! From the logs, it’s the “User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1)” bot that redirects. The others don’t. Seems to be working well though. I’ll post figures in a few days time!

]]> By: Robert http://robertsweetnam.ie/2008/06/28/avg-antivirus-sending-me-lots-of-unwanted-traffic-and-how-i-dealt-with-it/comment-page-1/#comment-5960 Robert Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:43:08 +0000 http://blog.sweetnam.eu/?p=276#comment-5960 That's curious. I know that with some of the AVG user agents actually begin with the words 'User Agent' I had those filtered by my proxy already. That’s curious. I know that with some of the AVG user agents actually begin with the words ‘User Agent’ I had those filtered by my proxy already.

]]> By: Donncha O Caoimh http://robertsweetnam.ie/2008/06/28/avg-antivirus-sending-me-lots-of-unwanted-traffic-and-how-i-dealt-with-it/comment-page-1/#comment-5959 Donncha O Caoimh Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:24:38 +0000 http://blog.sweetnam.eu/?p=276#comment-5959 I enabled those rules this morning and redirected to a local file. Looks like only some of the bots follow the redirect for some reason. Not sure why. I enabled those rules this morning and redirected to a local file. Looks like only some of the bots follow the redirect for some reason. Not sure why.

]]> By: Robert http://robertsweetnam.ie/2008/06/28/avg-antivirus-sending-me-lots-of-unwanted-traffic-and-how-i-dealt-with-it/comment-page-1/#comment-5954 Robert Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:45:07 +0000 http://blog.sweetnam.eu/?p=276#comment-5954 Hi Donncha - Maybe I should put up some ads so ;) I'm still amazed that AVG think there is nothing wrong with what they are doing. Technically I suppose they are doing nothing wrong as such but the situation stinks. :| Hi Donncha – Maybe I should put up some ads so ;)

I’m still amazed that AVG think there is nothing wrong with what they are doing. Technically I suppose they are doing nothing wrong as such but the situation stinks. :|

]]> By: Donncha O Caoimh http://robertsweetnam.ie/2008/06/28/avg-antivirus-sending-me-lots-of-unwanted-traffic-and-how-i-dealt-with-it/comment-page-1/#comment-5953 Donncha O Caoimh Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:41:01 +0000 http://blog.sweetnam.eu/?p=276#comment-5953 Over 18k hits from the SV1 user agent today alone. Bastards. That possibly explains the jump in visitors, but there's also been a jump in Adsense clicks too so it can't all be automated bots. Over 18k hits from the SV1 user agent today alone. Bastards. That possibly explains the jump in visitors, but there’s also been a jump in Adsense clicks too so it can’t all be automated bots.

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