Thank you for your reply, and will look into the server access logs.david63 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 10, 2021 3:17 pm Turning Bots off in the ACP is not a good idea as you then loose control over what the Bots can access. Also it will have no affect on Bots that are not listed in the ACP.
The number of "guests" being shown as online could be the result of a Bot attack - check your server access logs
I agree htaccess is one way and I find its always best to have a layered approach to these things.janus_zonstraal wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:12 am Better to block them in your htaccess
See viewtopic.php?t=2555061
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User-agent: xyzbot
User-agent: 123bot
Disallow: /
.......other directives.