Overview
MRGbot is a web scraper from MRG Web Services srl used for public web data collection, page extraction, content monitoring, and third-party crawler activity.
Its primary user-agent pattern is MRGbot; related patterns include MRGbot/; a representative HTTP user-agent is Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MRGbot/1.0; +https://www.mrg.ro/bot.html) Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MRGbot/1.0;.
MRGbot is Unverified at the identity-evidence level. The listed identity remains useful for detection, but this record does not currently contain authoritative evidence sufficient to authenticate the identity claim.
MRGbot is marked as respecting robots.txt directives for crawler access control.
MRGbot can usually be allowed after confirming the source and monitoring request volume.
Identity
- User-Agent
MRGbot- Aliases
- MRGbot/
- HTTP Agent Examples
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MRGbot/1.0; +https://www.mrg.ro/bot.html) Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MRGbot/1.0;- Robots.txt Token
MRGbot- Identity Type
- Observed
- Evidence Method
- Treat `MRGbot` as an identity signal only. Confirm it with current operator documentation, cryptographic verification, forward-confirmed reverse DNS, source-network ownership, or other authoritative evidence before trusting the claimed identity.
Classification
- Type
- Scraper
- Kind
- Crawler
- Family
- MRG Web Services srl
- Purpose
- scraping
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- MRGbot is used for public web data collection, page extraction, content monitoring, and third-party crawler activity.
- Detection Notes
- MRGbot traffic is primarily detected by the `MRGbot` user-agent pattern; related patterns include `MRGbot/`; a representative HTTP user-agent is `Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MRGbot/1.0; +https://www.mrg.ro/bot.html) Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MRGbot/1.0;`. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence with MRG Web Services srl infrastructure before trusting the traffic.
- Respects robots.txt
- Yes
- Spoofing Risk
- MRGbot 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: MRGbot Disallow: /