178.238.232.249
IP Risk Score: 82 / 100
This IP is considered potentially malicious and poses a serious security threat. Activity from this IP is consistent with active and malicious behavior. This assessment is backed by strong and consistent detection signals. The IP represents a severe and confirmed security risk. Immediate blocking or mitigation is strongly recommended.
What is this IP address?
France (FR)
Conf. level: 100 / 100
Properties
Observed Client Profile
- OS: Windows (100%)
- Device Type: Desktop (100%)
- Browser Family: Chrome (100%)
- Rendering Engine: Gecko (100%)
Behavioral Indicators
The IP exhibits signs of potential automated behavior, including access from a hosting provider and missing JavaScript support. Although the user-agent appears legitimate, the single event and hosting infrastructure raise concerns about possible scraping or probing activity.
The supernet (178.238.0.0/16), which this IP belongs to, exhibits coordinated behavior with repetitive, low-interaction visits across multiple IPs, all utilizing the same user agent. The consistent RDNS and forward DNS matching suggest that the traffic is likely generated by legitimate bots, but the high volume and identical patterns raise concerns about potential misuse or automation for scraping purposes.
JavaScript Support
⚠️ NoUser-Agent Samples
- Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36
IP Location
Region: Grand Est, France
City: Lauterbourg
Local time: 2026-07-05 13:29:46