Nginx Ultimate Bad Bot Blocker

This nginx bad bot bot blocker list is designed to be a global Nginx include file and uses the Nginx map $http_user_agent, map $http_referer and geo $validate_client directives.

This way the .conf file is loaded once into memory by Nginx and is available to all web sites that you operate. You simply need to use an Include statement in an Nginx vhost conf file.

Bad bots are: Bad Referrers Bad User-Agent Strings Spam Referrers Spam Bots and Bad Bots Nuisance or Unwanted Bots Sites Linked to Lucrative Malware, Adware and Ransomware Clickjacking Campaigns Vulnerability scanners Gambling and Porn Web Sites E-mail harvesters Content scrapers Link Ranking Bots Aggressive bots that scrape content Image Hotlinking Sites and Image Thieves Bots or Servers linked to viruses or malware Government surveillance bots Botnet Attack Networks (Mirai) Known Wordpress Theme Detectors (Updated Regularly) SEO companies that your competitors use to try improve their SEO Link Research and Backlink Testing Tools Stopping Google Analytics Ghost Spam Browser Adware and Malware (Yontoo etc)