45.38.107.97

Country / region

United Kingdom · England · London

IP type

Hosting / data center

Native / broadcast

Broadcast IP

Network

AS20738 EGIHosting

Reverse DNS

none

Devices seen in subnet

36

• −25

  IP type: Hosting / data center

  Hosting / data center IPs are the main source of automated traffic

  What it means

  This IP sits in a hosting / datacenter range. Platforms assume real people browse from home or a phone, and machines live in datacenters.

  Which uses care

  Cares most: AI services, Social sign-up, Gaming platforms, Cross-border e-commerce; Barely looks at it: Email sending

  Why it is weighted this way

  The most basic signal there is: scrapers, bulk sign-ups and fake traffic overwhelmingly come from datacenters, so risk systems discount the whole range. It says nothing about what you did, only that you share the range.

  Can it be fixed

  The range type cannot be changed. What helps is not stacking other issues on top: stay off blocklists, close unneeded ports, avoid crowded exits.

• −20

  Known VPN exit

  Only 1 data source flags it as a VPN; the evidence is limited, so it counts at half weight

  What it means

  Commercial risk databases mark this address as a VPN server exit. Platforms see "someone on a VPN", not you.

  Which uses care

  Cares most: AI services, Social sign-up, Streaming / short video, Gaming platforms, Cross-border e-commerce

  Why it is weighted this way

  Only one source says so, and a single database can be wrong (public DNS resolvers have been mislabeled), so it counts at half weight. If a second source follows in a few days, this item doubles.

  Can it be fixed

  Self-hosted proxies on VPS ranges are often labeled block-wide; changing the IP is the only fix. Commercial VPN exits are labeled by design.

• −19

  Abuse reports (abuseipdb)

  Confidence 37%, 30 reports in the last 90 days

  What it means

  Someone reported this IP to an abuse database (AbuseIPDB), typically for SSH brute force, port scanning or comment spam. The reporter may have seen a program on this machine, or a previous tenant.

  Which uses care

  Cares most: Social sign-up, Email sending

  Why it is weighted this way

  Counted at half the database's confidence. Sign-up scenarios care most: IPs with bulk-registration or credential-stuffing history are their first priority to block.

  Can it be fixed

  Reports age out; with no new reports for 90 days the score drops. If your machine is the one scanning, check for implanted software first.

• −15

  Broadcast IP

  Range registered in US but used in GB (announced across borders)

  What it means

  The country the range is registered in differs from where it is actually used. Common when an international host uses a range registered in country A inside country B, or when a proxy vendor leases ranges.

  Which uses care

  Cares most: Streaming / short video, Gaming platforms; Barely looks at it: Email sending

  Why it is weighted this way

  Region-sensitive platforms (streaming, region-locked gaming) care most: they cross-check several geo databases and treat a mismatch as "wrong region". Little effect on scenarios that ignore region.

  Can it be fixed

  This is a registration attribute of the range and cannot be changed by the user. Platforms use different geo databases, so some may not notice at all.

• −5

  No rDNS record

  No PTR record; IPs allocated by established carriers usually have one

  What it means

  This IP has no reverse hostname (PTR record). Addresses allocated by established carriers usually have one.

  Which uses care

  Cares most: Email sending

  Why it is weighted this way

  A few points only: a missing PTR is a weak "unknown origin" signal, not a stain. Email cares more, since receiving servers check it.

  Can it be fixed

  Most hosts let you set a PTR in the control panel; set it to a sensible hostname.

• +3

  No open ports

  Network scans have not observed any open service on this IP

  What it means

  Network scanners have not observed any open service on this IP.

  Which uses care

  Barely looks at it: AI services

  Why it is weighted this way

  A small bonus: a small attack surface means fewer chances of ending up in scanner and abuse databases. Not evidence of home broadband; a well-firewalled server looks the same.

  Can it be fixed

  An inherent attribute of the IP or its range; nothing a user can change short of a different IP.

Not listed on any of the 8 blocklists checked (Spamhaus ZEN, SpamCop, PSBL, blocklist.de, UCEPROTECT L1, s5h.net, DroneBL, SpamRats).

• abuseipdb abuse confidence 37%, 30 reports in 90 days

Each platform's internal risk labels

Platforms keep their own IP reputation data and ban records and do not publish them. No hit in public sources does not mean a platform has nothing on this IP.

Whether the IP is truly exclusive

Sharing is only the number of devices observed in the same subnet. It cannot show who else is using this exit right now, or what they are doing.

Which accounts this IP has been tied to

Account-to-IP links exist only inside each platform. Accounts previously banned on this IP are invisible to us.

Device, browser and behaviour

Risk systems look at IP + device fingerprint + behavioural rhythm together. A clean IP with an odd fingerprint or behaviour still gets blocked.

Whether the account profile matches the IP

When sign-up country, phone number, payment method, language or time zone disagree with the IP's location, platforms verify further. That is unrelated to IP purity.

• rdap
  299ms
• team-cymru
  60ms
• ip-api.com
  63ms
• proxycheck.io
  94ms
• abuseipdb
  137ms
• cloud-ranges
  8ms
• tor-exits
  8ms
• rdns
  1203ms
• shodan-internetdb
  173ms
• ipwho.is
  81ms
• dnsbl
  200ms

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