Unwanted Referrers

[hostlead]

Hello,
if you go to
[snip]
and scroll down to referrers you will see I am getting traffic from adult sites. I also don't have any pictures he is hotlinking.
I don't understand....this is happening since 2 weeks. All the adult sites seem to be from the same guy/group.

p.s. if you click the links you won't see adult stuff..it will link you to a "I am over/under 21 page" without pictures and popups.
please help me :)

HL

[edited by: heini at 12:15 pm (utc) on Aug. 15, 2003]
[edit reason] no urls / thank you [/edit]

[ukgimp]

I suggets you lose the link rapid before it gets removed for you. :)

It is against the terms of service

[ukgimp]

password protect your stats. They are much more likely to be spammed if you leave them open

[trillianjedi]

password protect your stats.

Seconded!

TJ

[topr8]

what is happening is that some kind of bot is hitting your site which logs a certain site as the referer.

the reason they are doing this is that your stats are open and therefore they are trying to gain link popularity for their own site, it is nothing to do with hotlinking pictures.

* sorry if i've given away anybody's secret method of gaining pr!

[trillianjedi]

sorry if i've given away anybody's secret method of gaining pr!

I don't think so - this is one of those subjects that pops up on here at least once a month.

The b*ggers should be stopped anyway - it's a waste of bandwidth.

You should never *ever* (for a variety of reasons, not just this one) have your stats open to access by the public.

TJ

[hostlead]

thx for the explanation.
I will htaccess it.

HL