semalt dot com - spam redirects and fake visitors?

Viruses and worms
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Should this be blocked? Read: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-block-semaltcom-from-visiting-your-wordpress-website
See: https://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/semalt.com?utm_source=addon&utm_content=popup
Re reactions: http://www.webperspectief.nl/semalt-spam-verwijzingen-en-nep-bezoekers-weg-er-mee/
http://wXw.web-stat.com/ is being blocked inside Google Chrome for me by an extension.
Filters: http://www.webperspectief.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/semalt-blokkeren.txt
Is this bordering on malcode? Read: http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2014/08/tips-for-blocking-semalt-and-botnet-attacks.html

polonus

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Very annoying when you establish website statistics!
Also consider a likewise scam: http://www.scamaudit.com/domain/srecorder.com
and http://www.scamaudit.com/domain/baixar-musicas-gratis.com?
Both unsafe and not to be trusted.
Avast does not flag, but WOT does: https://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/baixar-musicas-gratis.com?utm_source=addon&utm_content=popup
Listed here in an extensive list of Referrel-Spammers: ttps://github.com/piwik/piwik/issues/5099
This list could also be re-used: http://forum.bbclone.de/index.php/t/629/0738a550e4c8c5ad99e5fa1d24218f6d/
redirect remote host to own IP address


RewriteEngine On

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} .cn$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} .ru$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} .tr$

RewriteRule ^(.*) http://%{REMOTE_ADDR}/ [R=301,L]

Hostname Lookups should be turned on in Apache. Code credits go to Kim.

polonus

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Blocking these bad bots: http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/blocking-bad-bots-and-scrapers-with-htaccess.html
and http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess13.shtml and http://aaronlogan.com/downloads/htaccess.php
and http://snipplr.com/view/38161/block-bad-bots-by-useragent
or via a WP plug-in: https://wordpress.org/plugins/bad-behavior/

polonus