GET RIGHT and Download Managers User Bans???

Regular Joined: Nov 09, 2003 Posts: 73

Ok i had installed the sentinel 1.2 and turned on the all the protections with the option to email and block.. then i got a lot of emails with the ABUSE warnings..

Almost all of looked like they were about GET RIGHT or some other download manager things.. So if the people try to download with a Download manager that will trigger it and BAN there IP?? these are what i am getting.. the thing is i dont want to ban people from my site for using a download agent.. any help appreciated..

Reason: Abuse - AGENT
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User Agent: GetRight/5.1beta1
Query String: [ Only registered users can see links on this board! Get registered or login! ]
Forwarded For: none
Client IP: none
Remote Address: 213.191.148.112
Remote Port: 8777
Request Method: GET

User Agent: GetRight/5.1
Query String: subfighter.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=getit&lid=163
Forwarded For: 203.26.206.130
Client IP: none
Remote Address: 203.166.57.11
Remote Port: 60113
Request Method: GET

User ID: Anonymous (1)
Reason: Abuse - AGENT
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User Agent: ia_archiver
Query String: subfighter.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=18499
Forwarded For: none
Client IP: none
Remote Address: 209.237.238.178
Remote Port: 54559
Request Method: GET

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Aug 27, 2002 Posts: 17088

GetRight is one of the User Agents that is a Harvester, not a person. If you want your files harvested, just remove "getright" and probably "get" from the harvester list in Sentinel(tm) Admin.

Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 11:49 am

thanks for your time i understand now a bit more how it works..

thanks again.