178.238.236.205
IP Risk Score: 73 / 100
This IP is considered high risk and shows signs of malicious behavior. Strong indicators point to automated scanning or suspicious access attempts. This assessment is backed by strong and consistent detection signals. The combined indicators suggest a high overall security risk. Defensive measures such as rate limiting or blocking are 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 the absence of JavaScript support and a single access event from a known hosting provider. The user-agent appears legitimate but the overall context raises concerns about possible scraping 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 12:29:30