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lucy24

7:06 pm on Jul 4, 2021 (gmt 0)

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A new entry in the ROFLMAO category:
IP: 191.239.53.abc
robots.txt: no
headers: humanoid
UA: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Atomseobot/2.0; +http://https://error404.atomseo.com/)
Really.

I have just seen this robot for the first time. The IP, which I've also never seen before, is--or claims to be--Microsoft Brazil.

More stuff: Although I'd never seen the robot before, I have seen the request-and-referer combination--from a blocked robot (due to no UA) from an entirely different IP. I've never seen the referer in a human request, but it looked absolutely plausible, so I took a chance and investigated. Yup, it’s got a link to the requested page.

As a final drollity, the referer includes the element /mapsandsources/sources/online-soures/ which, it turns out, is not a robotic blunder. The site really does misspell it, after getting it right two times in a row. (I know the feeling. Is it really worth fixing-and-redirecting when nobody looks at the URL anyway?)

jmccormac

7:45 pm on Jul 4, 2021 (gmt 0)

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Think that MSFT leased a pile of .BR IP addesses after it ran out of IP addresses for its Azure operation. It might be a Cloud IP rather than a genuine MSFT organisation IP.

Regards...jmcc

iamlost

9:13 pm on Jul 4, 2021 (gmt 0)

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It’s a broken link finder that’s been around for years. Besides the checker via their own website they also offer Chrome and Edge apps.

As typical there is limited free use plus tiered paid versions, currently 50% off coupons are all over the place.