Question

How can I ban malicious web bots with htaccess?

Answer 1

You should add this top of your htaccess file:

 

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^evilbot [OR]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^spambot [OR]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^virusbot

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://no.access/

 

This prevents malicious bot