Security Report for IP:
52.167.144.172
Verified Official Crawler (Microsoft Bingbot & Copilot Crawler)
🔬 Automation Forensics & Network Classification
🤖 Verified Official Crawler
🤖 How This IP Accessed The Site
Legitimate Search Indexer: Microsoft Bingbot & Copilot Crawler
Official crawler verified via reverse DNS / FCrDNS. Honors robots.txt and indexes the web for search engines and AI.
🌐 Network Connection Type (BGP ASN)
Authorized Crawler (Microsoft Bingbot & Copilot Crawler)
AS8075 • Microsoft Corporation
🔍 Technical Signals & Evidence
- Validated rDNS / FCrDNS Identity
- Legitimate Search & Indexing Crawler
🟦 Verified Official Web Crawler: Microsoft Bingbot & Copilot Crawler (Microsoft Corporation)
Official search engine and AI crawler operated by Microsoft for Bing Search and Microsoft Copilot indexation.
✓ Status: Legitimate Automated System. This host crawls the web according to standard
robots.txt guidelines and does not engage in abusive or unauthorized scraping.
⚠️ Third-Party Reputation Alert
This IP address was reported in public crowdsourced blacklists (such as CleanTalk or NERD OSINT). It has not been observed in active automated attacks on our real-time honeypot sensors. Such records frequently arise from past temporary malware infections, dynamic ISP IP reallocations, or spoofed proxy headers.
| IP Address (Exact) | 52.167.144.172 |
| Reverse DNS (PTR) | msnbot-52-167-144-172.search.msn.com |
| City & Region / State | Boydton, Virginia (VA) |
| Country / Nation | 🇺🇸 United States (US) |
| Network Type / Usage |
🤖 Verified Web Crawler (Microsoft Bingbot & Copilot Crawler)
Official verified search engine and indexer infrastructure.
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| ISP / Organization | Microsoft Corporation |
| Autonomous System (BGP) | AS8075 • Microsoft Corporation |
| Evaluation Verdict | Verified Official Crawler (Microsoft Bingbot & Copilot Crawler) |
| First Detected | Today |
| Last Incident Recorded | No attacks recorded |
Identified Attack Patterns & Activity
| Detected Attack Type / Pattern | Recorded Hits | Last Incident (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| [!] Historical Abuse Record (CleanTalk Web OSINT) | 1 requests | 2026-10-09 06:48:19 |
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Frequently Asked Questions & Host Intelligence
52.167.144.172
Full reputation profile and security audit for IP address
52.167.144.172: evaluated as Verified Official Crawler (Microsoft Bingbot & Copilot Crawler). Reverse DNS: msnbot-52-167-144-172.search.msn.com • ISP: Microsoft Corporation.
Is 52.167.144.172 a bot?
52.167.144.172 is currently evaluated as: Verified Official Crawler (Microsoft Bingbot & Copilot Crawler).
52.167.144.172 whois & host details
Reverse DNS (PTR):
msnbot-52-167-144-172.search.msn.com • ISP: Microsoft Corporation.
52.167.144.172 abuse report
Zero malicious abuse complaints or active scraping incidents recorded in this monitoring cycle.
Who owns 52.167.144.172?
52.167.144.172 is allocated to Microsoft Corporation in United States.