HetrixTools crawler bot is an uptime monitoring tool that systematically checks website availability and performance. Its primary use cases include tracking server uptime, monitoring IP blacklists, and ensuring website functionality. Benefits of using HetrixTools include real-time notifications, detailed reports, and improved customer satisfaction through proactive monitoring of web services
HetrixTools
About
Operator
HetrixTools Inc
Website
Bot User Agent
HetrixTools Uptime Monitoring Bot. https://hetrix.tools/uptime-monitoring-bot.html
What is HetrixTools?
Why is HetrixTools crawling my site?
HetrixTools is crawling your website because one of its users has set up monitoring for your site’s uptime. This tool checks website availability and performance, alerting users to any issues.
Threat research insights on HetrixTools
All data in this section are produced by DataDome's Galileo Threat Research team from our proprietary detection network and reviewed by human analysts.
Verified Bot
A verified bot has high identification strength
Verified
Robots.txt Compliance
Whether this bot respects robots.txt directives
Not respected
Identification Strength
How confidently DataDome can identify this bot
High
Traffic origins
Top 15 countries by bot traffic
GB
37.32%
NL
28.64%
DE
27.78%
US
3.07%
JP
3.06%
FR
0.13%
Most used autonomous system (AS)
Top 5 by traffic share
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17.47%
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14.72%
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14.47%
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7.72%
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7.57%
Traffic Occupancy
0.29%
On average, occupy 0.29% of the traffic from bots in the directory
Authorization Rate
0%
Businesses decide to authorize this bot 0% of the time
How to block HetrixTools?
The most common way to block a crawler is by updating your robots.txt file or through server-level restrictions like .htaccess rules. Here’s how to block HetrixTools:
1. Block HetrixTools via .htaccess (Apache server)
If you use an Apache server, you can block HetrixTools using your .htaccess file. Add the following lines to block requests from the HetrixTools user-agent:
RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} HetrixTools [NC] RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
This will return a 403 Forbidden response to any request made by HetrixTools.
2. Block via Firewall or Security Plugin
If you’re using a security plugin (like Wordfence for WordPress) or a web application firewall (WAF), you can block HetrixTools by adding its user-agent to the blocklist. In Wordfence, for example, you can add it to the “Advanced Blocking” section.
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