How to fix
Block Arendovalka.xyz Referral Spam from Google Analytics Reports
on Windows

I noticed this website on my website traffic statistics quite a while. It is surely fishy, but what is it actually? An infected domain, perhaps?

Arendovalka.xyz operates as a referral spam. It is designed to convince website administrators into thinking that a significant amount of traffic comes from this website. The spammer employs the technique called backlinking. He or she initiates requests to the access log. Likewise, the victims of such cyber felony see the link in the overall traffic report. Out of curiosity, web owners enter this domain only to find out that it is purely a spam. Referrers disrupt your analysis of the website and prevent you from improving it according to visitors' traffic. The problem is that such technique might bear a more menacing impact. Usually, the authors of such referral spams intend to boost up the revenue from attacking hundreds of web owners‘ Google Analytics' log files. Thus, hundreds of users will create a delicate amount of traffic and bring profit. A probability remains that such method of earning income might be achieved using vile means, such as cooperating with cyber criminals. Once you look through the deception of Arendovalka.xyz, find the solution below. After you block this spam, research the options how to conceal your website log files and decrease the number of vulnerabilities. 

Note. It would be beneficial to check whether your website and the main computer was not infected with any malignant elements. Use [d1] for that purpose.

Step 1. Change Filter Pattern

1. Select Admin -> All Filters. Later on, enter New Filter and type Arendovalka.xyz in the Filter Name box.
2. Choose Custom Filter Type, then choose Campaign Source from the drop-down Filter Field menu.
3. Lastly, in the Filter Pattern field, type Arendovalka.xyz and click Save.

Step 2. Change HTTP settings

1. Sign into cPanel account, navigate to File Manager section and click on the checkbox called Document Root for -> your website.
2. Click on Show Hidden Files and then Go. Once you locate the .htacess file, right-click on it and select Code Edit. Enter the following text ant click Save Changes.

## SITE REFERRER BANNING
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} Arendovalka.xyz [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} Arendovalka.xyz
RewriteRule .* – [F]

Step 3. Modify Language filter

1. In your Analytics account, navigate to Admin Tab.
2. Click VIEW, select Filters and then click +Add Filter.
3. In the Filter Name box, type: Language Spam.
4. In the Filter Pattern box, type in: \s[^\s]*\s|.{15,}|\.|,
5. Click on Verify this Filter and save the changes.