Overview
Detectify is a security scanner used for security scanning, malware checks, vulnerability assessment, certificate review, and site-safety analysis.
Its primary user-agent pattern is Detectify; related patterns include compatible; a representative HTTP user-agent is Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Detectify) +https://detectify.com/bot/3e03814aef1db3cec70f42dd847e9ef5b37f4c8e Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Detectify).
Detectify is verified with Medium confidence. The identity type is Verified Bot, and the evidence basis is a public crawler reference or source-linked documentation.
Detectify is marked as respecting robots.txt directives for crawler access control.
Detectify can usually be allowed after confirming the source and monitoring request volume.
Identity
- User-Agent
Detectify- Aliases
- compatible
- HTTP Agent Examples
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Detectify) +https://detectify.com/bot/3e03814aef1db3cec70f42dd847e9ef5b37f4c8e Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Detectify)- Robots.txt Token
Detectify- Identity Type
- Verified Bot
- Evidence Method
- Verify Detectify by matching `Detectify` to a public crawler reference or source-linked documentation, then checking reverse DNS, IP ownership, request behavior, and crawl consistency.
Classification
- Type
- Security
- Kind
- Scanner
- Family
- Detectify
- Purpose
- security
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- Detectify is used for security scanning, malware checks, vulnerability assessment, certificate review, and site-safety analysis.
- Detection Notes
- Detectify traffic is primarily detected by the `Detectify` user-agent pattern; related patterns include `compatible`; a representative HTTP user-agent is `Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Detectify) +https://detectify.com/bot/3e03814aef1db3cec70f42dd847e9ef5b37f4c8e Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Detectify)`. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence before trusting the traffic.
- Respects robots.txt
- Yes
- Spoofing Risk
- Detectify has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.
- Risk
- Safe
- Recommended Handling
- Depends
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
User-agent: Detectify Disallow: /