Identicon of IP address 196.189.245.233

196.189.245.233

IP Risk Score: 70 / 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: 196.189.245.233
Country: Ethiopia flag Ethiopia (ET)
Region Name: Addis Ababa (AA)
City: Addis Ababa
ISP: EthioNet
Organization: Ethio Telecom
Threat level: 70 / 100
Conf. level: 100 / 100
Properties
ASN: AS24757
AS Name: Ethio Telecom
Timezone: Africa/Addis_Ababa
Status: Critical

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

The IP shows signs of automated behavior, including a lack of JavaScript support and a structured user-agent that may be spoofed. The single access event raises concerns about potential probing or scraping activity.

The supernet (196.189.0.0/16), which this IP belongs to, exhibits signs of coordinated automation with repetitive low-interaction visits and a mix of outdated and modern user agents. The lack of matching forward DNS records and the presence of multiple IPs with similar behaviors suggest potential scraping or bot activity, raising concerns about analytics pollution.

JavaScript Support
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User-Agent Samples
  • Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/83.0.4103.61 Safari/537.36

IP Location

Region: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

City: Addis Ababa

Local time: 2026-06-22 13:52:49