Microcomputers Etc

Charter · 03-04-2004, 09:42 AM

Hi. Anyone know anything about Microcomputers Etc - path/size edited?

24.129.175.231 - - [04/Mar/2004:01:15:04 -0800] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 42898 "-" "Microcomputers Etc."

promethyl · 05-25-2004, 04:26 PM

I had this exact UA. I'm trying to decide if I want to block it off my webpages...

I think you can change the UA in the IEAK (internet explorer administration kit...) I think anyway... I think that's how theses third parties are adding custom UA's.

What do you think? Block it?

It is responsible for 833 hits to a webpage.

I'm wondering if it's a spider.

b2l_grefix · 07-17-2004, 12:25 PM

I know it's a bit of an old thread, but since there's no answer to this....

it seems that Microcomputers Etc is a bot that tries to post to guestbooks and probably harvest email addresses too
(just do a search for the ip in google (in double quotes), and you'll see a lot of guestbook related things pop up)

another ip is 24.73.97.226

So better block this one =)

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05-25-2004, 04:26 PM	#2
promethyl Green Mole Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1	I had this exact UA. I'm trying to decide if I want to block it off my webpages... I think you can change the UA in the IEAK (internet explorer administration kit...) I think anyway... I think that's how theses third parties are adding custom UA's. What do you think? Block it? It is responsible for 833 hits to a webpage. I'm wondering if it's a spider.

07-17-2004, 12:25 PM	#3
b2l_grefix Green Mole Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 9	I know it's a bit of an old thread, but since there's no answer to this.... it seems that Microcomputers Etc is a bot that tries to post to guestbooks and probably harvest email addresses too (just do a search for the ip in google (in double quotes), and you'll see a lot of guestbook related things pop up) another ip is 24.73.97.226 So better block this one =)