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In the meantime, if you suspect that your computer or network has been infected, you might want to run a virus checker or spyware remover to make sure that your systems are free of viruses and other spurious software.

Please be sure to notify your ISP if you suspect any unwanted spider activity on your network or on your machine.

We apologize for the inconvenience, and hope we'll see you again at WebmasterWorld.

Further resources:

• Symantec Home of Norton Anti Virus.
• Spybot Search and Destroy Searches for spyware on your system.

• Banning all robots to stop the rogue spiders By Online Journalism Review.
• WebmasterWorld Bans the Abusive Spiders and Robots.
• Robots.txt blog, A blog in a robots.txt. (see early entries for info on rogue robots and ISP's).
• Google says Botnets threaten core of Internet
• Is the Botnet Battle Already Lost?, at eWeek.
• WebmasterWorld FAQ login required first.
• HoneyNet.org Honeynet Project to study and address Botnets.
• Know your Enemy: Web Application Threats Using Honeypots to learn about HTTP-based attacks.

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