UBB.threads PHP Forum Software Community Forums UBB.threads 7 Version 7 Support Getting these errors in my logs.... assistance in eliminating please

Here are the errors...

The strange thing, the files all do exist, but not in the path of the errors...

Its looking for them in /'file path'/ubbthreads

But in /ubbthreads there is only ubbthreads.php

The files do exits in:

/'file path'/ubbthreads/languages/english/

How can I fix the errors? Do I need to copy these files into /ubbthreads or do I just create empty files in /ubbthreads to shut up the file not found errors?

I am getting 100's of these errors, its just wasting resources.


[client 203.171.113.105] script '/'file path'/ubbthreads/newuser.php' not found or unable to stat, referer: http://www.aus-city.com/
[client 66.249.72.6] script '/'file path'/ubbthreads/showflat.php' not found or unable to stat
[client 66.249.72.6] script '/'file path'/ubbthreads/grabnext.php' not found or unable to stat
[client 66.249.72.6] script '/'file path'/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php' not found or unable to stat
[client 66.249.72.6] script '/'file path'/ubbthreads/showprofile.php' not found or unable to stat
[client 66.249.72.6] script '/'file path'/ubbthreads/showflat.php' not found or unable to stat
[client 66.249.72.6] script '/'file path'/ubbthreads/grabnext.php' not found or unable to stat
[client 66.249.72.6] script '/'file path'/ubbthreads/showprofile.php' not found or unable to stat
[client 66.249.72.6] script '/'file path'/ubbthreads/showflat.php' not found or unable to stat
[client 66.249.72.6] script '/'file path'/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php' not found or unable to stat
[client 66.249.72.6] script '/'file path'/ubbthreads/showflat.php' not found or unable to stat
[client 72.30.252.171] script '/'file path'/ubbthreads/showflat.php' not found or unable to stat
[client 66.249.72.6] script '/'file path'/ubbthreads/postlist.php' not found or unable to stat
[client 66.249.72.6] script '/'file path'/ubbthreads/showflat.php' not found or unable to stat
[client 66.249.72.6] script '/'file path'/ubbthreads/grabnext.php' not found or unable to stat
[client 66.249.72.6] script '/'file path'/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php' not found or unable to stat

It looks like people are still trying to link to old scripts that no longer exist. You can create empty scripts to stop the errors, or you could create a custom 404 just for your ubbthreads directory that just redirects people to the main forum listing when they try to access an old script.

66.249.X.X - that's Google and I think the 72.30.X.X is Inktomi.
In other words, bots.

Basil

Seems the bots are trying to re-crawl data (as they do) and as the old scripts aren't there anymore they're getting an error; it'll do this until they fully update their database of your site.