About this bot
SiteLock is a monitor associated with SiteLock and used for security.
The primary identifying User-Agent token is SiteLockSpider.
Directory status: Active. Identity classification: Unverified with Medium confidence. Identity type: observed.
robots.txt behavior is currently unconfirmed. Do not assume robots.txt alone will control this traffic.
Risk classification: Safe. Recommended handling is to generally allow or monitor rather than block by identity alone.
How to identify this bot
- User-agent and crawler identifiers
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SiteLockSpider
Details
- Kind
- Monitor
- Family
- SiteLock
- Purpose
- Security
- Common Use
- SiteLock is used for security scanning, malware checks, vulnerability assessment, certificate review, and site-safety analysis.
- Respects robots.txt
- Unknown
Verification
- Identity Type
- Observed
- Evidence Method
- Treat `SiteLockSpider` as an identification signal only. Corroborate the claimed identity independently before applying trust-based rules.
- Detection Notes
- Match the `SiteLockSpider` User-Agent token. A User-Agent match identifies a claim, not authenticated origin.
Website controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
# robots.txt behavior is unconfirmed. Use server-side controls if restriction is required.