63.251.132.118 - chewed up 7.4GB of bandwidth on my site

[merrick lozano]

I noticed my log file doubled in December thanks to this IP Address which chewed up 7.4GB of bandwidth:

63.251.132.118

That host is identifying itself as "Microsoft Internet Explorer" - sure it is! It was requesting files every second, as fast as my server could respond.

Just thought I would share.

[wilderness]

I have two other ranges from this backbone all related to activity on 12/14/04.

One of those was Fast.

Also see another recent thread regarding another FAST. Whether the two are associated?
Who knows.

[keywordguru]

I would also add that depending on what your site is about, it could have been some type of leech bot. I have seen these randomly.

Sometimes it is a snake trying to learn your site and structure. Be sure to check copyscape.com for duplicate content.

And then it could also be a spider bot getting stuck in a Session ID or something related to a navigation error. All possibilities.
Check your raw logs and try to pin point the reference, and do more research on the tip.
KG

[merrick lozano]

Googlebot only used up about 1GB of traffic, and it gets every piece of news every day. This is most likely some sort of spider, but not a very polite one so we banned it.