Cron problem

Most likely the cron is a wget cron and is being blocked by these nuisance filters.

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (havij|libwww-perl|wget|python|nikto|curl|scan|java|winhttp|clshttp|loader) [NC,OR]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (;|<|>|'|"|\)|\(|%0A|%0D|%22|%27|%28|%3C|%3E|%00).*(libwww-perl|wget|python|nikto|curl|scan|java|winhttp|HTTrack|clshttp|archiver|loader|email|harvest|extract|grab|miner) [NC,OR]

http://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/wordpress-newsletter-plugin-wget-cron-blocked-by-bps/

This Forum Topic shows the newer steps to add the modified BPS Query String Exploits code to BPS Custom Code so that this change is permanent.
http://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/rss-link-bomber-cron-job-blocked/#post-13671

Ok. Go ahead and delete the .htaccess code you posted above. The wp folks ask that you only post a snippet of code or use pastebin, but should always wrap any code that you post in code tags or highlight the code that you posted and click the “code” editor button.

I am logged into our HostGator testing host account and see Cron Jobs under the Advanced panel. Is that where you are adding the Cron job?

Ok it is a curl cron job so you would need to remove “curl” and not “wget” (might as well remove both of them though – this filter is just a nuisance filter for scrapers, miners, etc and not a security filter) from the nuisance filter or use a lynx cron command instead.

lynx -dump http://www.total-f1.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cron.php?code=1630958f

or

lynx -dump http://www.total-f1.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cron.php?code=1630958f > /dev/null 2&>1

The nuisance filter filters out “curl” so you just need to remove “curl” as shown below. Leaving “wget” removed is up to you. These nuisance filters were a bad idea from the get go and actually cause problems more than they help. 😉

curl has been removed from the nuisance filter code below

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (havij|libwww-perl|wget|python|nikto|scan|java|winhttp|clshttp|loader) [NC,OR]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (;|<|>|'|"|\)|\(|%0A|%0D|%22|%27|%28|%3C|%3E|%00).*(libwww-perl|wget|python|nikto|scan|java|winhttp|HTTrack|clshttp|archiver|loader|email|harvest|extract|grab|miner) [NC,OR]