Identicon of IP address 179.97.5.228

179.97.5.228

IP Risk Score: 72 / 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?
IP Address: 179.97.5.228
Country: Brazil flag Brazil (BR)
Region Name: Minas Gerais (MG)
City: Ponte Nova
ISP: Pontenet Teleinformática Ltda.
Organization: Pontenet Teleinformática Ltda
Threat level: 72 / 100
Conf. level: 100 / 100
Properties
ASN: AS262470
AS Name: Pontenet Teleinformática Ltda.
Timezone: America/Sao_Paulo
Reverse DNS: 179.97.5.228.pontenova.com.br
Status: Critical

Observed Client Profile
  • OS: macOS (100%)
  • Device Type: Desktop (100%)
  • Browser Family: Chrome (100%)
  • Rendering Engine: Gecko (100%)
Behavioral Indicators

The IP shows signs of potential automated behavior, including a lack of JavaScript support and a user-agent that may be spoofed. The access pattern is limited, but the combination of these factors raises concerns about possible scraping or probing activities.

The supernet (179.97.0.0/16), which this IP belongs to, exhibits suspicious behavior characterized by repetitive, low-interaction visits to the same pages, with a mix of user agents that include both legitimate and outdated ones. The presence of DNS mismatches and a lack of consistent behavior across IPs raises concerns about potential automation and scraping activities.

JavaScript Support
⚠️ No
User-Agent Samples
  • Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_16_0) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/84.0.4147.89 Safari/537.36

IP Location

Region: Minas Gerais, Brazil

City: Ponte Nova

Local time: 2026-06-25 17:39:17