What is Infrawatch?

Infrawatch is a security scanner that conducts internet measurement and security research to observe publicly accessible internet infrastructure. The bot performs routine scans to identify services and hosts on the public internet without exploiting vulnerabilities or bypassing authentication. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.

Overview

Operated By Infrawatch
Expected To Follow Robots.txt Yes
Insights Last Updated July 12, 2026

Category

Security Scanner
Scans websites for security vulnerabilities, threats, and configuration weaknesses

Expected Behavior

Infrawatch's pattern depends on who pointed it at you. Continuous monitoring services check daily or even hourly, while a one time assessment sweeps once and disappears. Expect requests aimed at login pages, admin paths, APIs, and configuration files, because exposed ones are what scanners exist to find.

Infrawatch's User Agent

User Agent Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Infrawatch/1.0; +https://infrawat.ch/)

How To Block Infrawatch With Robots.txt

Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block Infrawatch from accessing your entire website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all security scanners at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.

User-agent: Infrawatch # https://knownagents.com/agents/infrawatch
Disallow: /

Global Insights for Infrawatch

As of July 12, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the world's top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.

Robots.txt Blocked Percentage

0%
0% of top websites are blocking Infrawatch
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Country of Origin

Netherlands
Infrawatch normally visits From Netherlands

Robots.txt Blocking Trend

0% of top websites block Infrawatch in their robots.txt files.

Overall Security Scanner Traffic

0.0% of all web traffic came from security scanners.

Top Visited Website Categories

Beauty and Fitness
Travel and Transportation
Computers and Electronics
Arts and Entertainment
Internet and Telecom

The types of websites most frequently visited by Infrawatch.

Frequently Asked Questions

Should I Block Infrawatch?

Not unless you already run your own scanning and want cleaner logs. Infrawatch checks websites for exposed vulnerabilities, and some scanning services report what they find to site owners for free. Almost none of the top websites we track have robots.txt rules for Infrawatch right now.


Does Infrawatch Follow Robots.txt Rules?

Yes. Infrawatch is expected to follow robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule is the right first move. Automatic Robots.txt adds and maintains that rule for you, and Agent Analytics confirms Infrawatch actually follows it.


Does Infrawatch Access Private Content?

It probes for private content deliberately. Login pages, admin panels, and API endpoints are exactly what Infrawatch tests, because exposed ones are what it exists to find. Probing is not the same as getting in, but expect requests to sensitive paths in your logs.


Why Is Infrawatch Visiting My Website?

Infrawatch is scanning your site for vulnerabilities, either as part of a sweep across the whole internet or because someone requested an assessment of your domain. Recurring visits usually mean a monitoring service has you on its list.


How Can I Tell if Infrawatch Is Visiting My Website?

Agent Analytics tracks Infrawatch visits in real time alongside every other known AI agent, crawler, and scraper. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user agent string contains "Infrawatch". Look for probes of login, admin, and API paths. Keep in mind that Infrawatch doesn't publish a verification method, so any client can claim its user agent string and a log match is a hint rather than proof.

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