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Strange requests for non existant pages

Keep seeing requests for "sumthin"

         

TheDave

11:50 pm on Feb 27, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Anyone else ever get hits like this? Theres no referer or browser and the IP is never even similar. It always requests for "\sumthin". What could it be?

deejay

12:08 am on Feb 28, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



I get a half dozen every week. Don't know what it is though.

jdMorgan

12:18 am on Feb 28, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



We've had some discussion of this over in Search Engine Spider Identification. It appears to be a Linux Worm or "test" of your server's 404 response. I added a page called "sumthin" containing a few choice words, just to give 'em "sumthin" to chew on. :)

Jim

TheDave

2:25 am on Feb 28, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Jim, I was thinking of doing the same ;) Will do now :)