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Did you actually read what the error says?
I'm quite sure that there is no 404.shtml file in public_html
But why do I get the error?
Isn't that self-explanatory?..
Because it is not there?
"Error not found" I think that's a pretty straight forward message.
Uhhh, I think you just answered your own question?
Is it possible that some spider/bot are looking for vulnerabilities within my site?
No?
It means the server wanted to serve a 404 error page but that file was not there.
Interesting. I don't get any broken links on my website.
Not sure what happen...
Check your .htaccess or apache config files. Likely http.conf or similar under apache directory.
Find
ErrorDocument 404 404.shtmlor a similar line. Let me know if you find the line, and exactly what it is.Someone is hitting a page that's not there. Apache is trying to display 404.shtml as an error document. However 404.shtml is not there either, so you are getting that error.
Simple, really. Here is an example.
There are a shit ton of Word Press hack bots out there. They target wordpress admin director for an example.
Hence, 404.