Bot intelligence record
ProjectShield Url Check
Usually allowUse the ProjectShield-UrlCheck identifier to separate Google security scanning or verification traffic from normal visitor requests in server logs.
User-Agent Pattern
GoogleProjectShield-UrlCheck
Robots.txt Snippet
Copy-readyUser-agent: ProjectShield-UrlCheck Disallow: /Handling Guidance
NoThis bot is usually safe to allow when the request source is verified and the traffic matches your site policy.
Security scanning, malware checks, abuse prevention, compliance review, or vulnerability monitoring.
Record Details
Structured data- Operator
- Family
- Type
- Security
- Purpose
- Security
- Identity type
- Verified Bot
- Confidence
- Medium
- Last verified
- 2026-04-01
- Last checked
- 2026-04-30
- Source type
- Verified Directory
- Spoofing risk
- User-agent strings can be spoofed. For allow-listing or low-friction rules, pair the published identifier with operator documentation or cryptographic verification when available.
Notes
ProjectShield Url Check is listed in the Botcrawl directory as a security scanner from Google. The primary identifier for log review is ProjectShield-UrlCheck.
Identification
- User-agent pattern:
ProjectShield-UrlCheck - Family: Google
- Type: Security
- Kind: Monitor
Common use
Security scanning, malware checks, abuse prevention, compliance review, or vulnerability monitoring.
Verification and handling
Confirm the user-agent against server logs and use published operator documentation, IP ranges, reverse DNS, or other trust signals when available.
Directory guidance marks the risk level as Safe and the blocking decision as No. Do not rely on the user-agent string alone because user-agent strings can be copied or spoofed.
Robots.txt handling: No.
Evidence and Source
- Validate the identifying user-agent or signature against the operator documentation before creating hard allow rules.
- Security scanning, malware checks, abuse prevention, compliance review, or vulnerability monitoring.
- User-agent strings can be spoofed. For allow-listing or low-friction rules, pair the published identifier with operator documentation or cryptographic verification when available.
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