How do I block IP from Romanian spammers in Wordpress???

HElaa · Mar 8, 2011

Hi,

Every day I get a spam message (defaults to a series of question marks) from the same IP in Romania. It always goes to the same post, made months ago.

I guess it's a bot of some kind.

I can manually delete these, which I have been doing for two weeks now, but is there a way in Wordpress to block the IP so they can't leave the message at all?

Thanks.

pyronaut · Mar 8, 2011

You can block it from cPanel using the deny IP manager, or if you have a VPS/Dedicated you can block them via the firewall you are using.

SpiderWebMaster · Mar 8, 2011

open your .htaccess file and add this line to the end

Code:

deny from SPAMMER_IP_HERE

and you are done.

If you don't have an .htaccess file you can create one and put that in

You should check this page here http://codex.wordpress.org/Combating_Comment_Spam/Denying_Access

In fact, if you are using WP, the codex is always the first place to look for info, also their forums, for these generic questions they have great resources there.

chief99 · Mar 8, 2011

I put this in my .htaccess file

order allow,deny
deny from spammer ip address
allow from all

wkirk · Jun 5, 2011

Here's a more generic solution that uses a different approach:

You need the php5-geoip package installed, at least on debian/ubuntu/etc based distros.

Here's an example php code:

Code:

<?php

require_once("geoip.inc");
$gi = geoip_open("GeoIP.dat",GEOIP_STANDARD);
$country_code = geoip_country_code_by_addr($gi, $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
geoip_close($gi);
if($country_code == 'RO') 
{
        header('Location: http redirect-romanian-addresses-here dot com');
};

?>

This will redirect all traffic from the specified country ( RO = romania here , CN is for china ) to the address provided.

So this is to block/redirect whole countries, not just a single ip.

I guess this is well known, but may be useful for ppl searching the forum on this subject.

wkirk · Jun 5, 2011

Here you can find the complete list of country codes:

Code:

www dot maxmind dot com/app/iso3166

Bubba · Jun 25, 2011

There is a plugin called iQ Block Country that does a pretty good job of blocking specific countries from accessing your website. I installed it on my WP installation a few days ago because I got hacked from China. I used the plugin and haven't had any Chinese visitors.

Migladon · Jun 25, 2011

Just go in your ftp client open your .htaccess and deny it. You can also deny a whole country ip range by doing a search on google. I know there is a website which provides all ips for a country Gl

Bubba · Jun 26, 2011

Here is the code to block the entire country of Romania. Just add this to your .htaccess file:

Code:

<Limit GET HEAD POST>
order allow,deny
# Country: ARMENIA
# ISO Code: AM
# Total Networks: 67
# Total Subnets:  505,632
deny from 31.7.160.0/21
deny from 31.47.192.0/21
deny from 46.19.96.0/21
deny from 46.70.0.0/15
deny from 46.130.0.0/16
deny from 46.162.192.0/18
deny from 46.182.168.0/21
deny from 46.241.128.0/17
deny from 62.89.0.0/19
deny from 77.95.184.0/21
deny from 78.109.64.0/20
deny from 79.170.200.0/21
deny from 80.86.224.0/20
deny from 81.16.0.0/20
deny from 81.89.208.0/20
deny from 83.139.0.0/18
deny from 87.241.128.0/18
deny from 89.249.192.0/20
deny from 91.103.24.0/21
deny from 91.103.56.0/21
deny from 91.199.38.0/24
deny from 91.199.226.0/24
deny from 91.205.132.0/21
deny from 91.205.140.0/22
deny from 91.208.76.0/24
deny from 91.208.149.0/24
deny from 91.209.38.0/24
deny from 91.209.105.0/24
deny from 91.210.40.0/22
deny from 91.212.71.0/24
deny from 91.217.157.0/24
deny from 91.218.4.0/22
deny from 91.220.124.0/24
deny from 91.221.228.0/23
deny from 92.43.136.0/21
deny from 93.94.216.0/21
deny from 93.185.32.0/20
deny from 93.187.160.0/21
deny from 94.228.16.0/20
deny from 95.140.192.0/20
deny from 109.68.120.0/21
deny from 109.75.32.0/20
deny from 176.32.192.0/21
deny from 178.72.128.0/18
deny from 178.78.128.0/18
deny from 178.160.128.0/17
deny from 178.219.48.0/20
deny from 188.115.192.0/18
deny from 193.200.130.0/24
deny from 194.247.50.0/24
deny from 195.8.50.0/23
deny from 195.43.74.0/23
deny from 195.60.80.128/27
deny from 195.88.66.0/23
deny from 195.88.254.0/23
deny from 195.191.100.0/23
deny from 195.191.154.0/23
deny from 195.191.186.0/23
deny from 195.250.64.0/19
deny from 212.34.224.0/19
deny from 212.42.192.0/19
deny from 212.73.64.0/19
deny from 217.26.128.0/20
deny from 217.63.96.0/19
deny from 217.76.0.0/20
deny from 217.113.0.0/20
deny from 217.113.16.0/20
#
allow from all
</Limit>

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