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robots.txt · checked 9 Nov 2026

Does kaspersky.com block AI crawlers?

No. kaspersky.com’s robots.txt lets all 19 AI crawlers we track crawl the site. Search engines such as Googlebot and Bingbot may crawl it.

GPTBotAllowed OAI-SearchBotAllowed ClaudeBotAllowed PerplexityBotAllowed Google-ExtendedAllowed CCBotAllowed

robots.txt: www.kaspersky.com/robots.txt · 89 lines
llms.txt: found
Checked: 9 November 2026, as canaicrawl. We check again every week.

Every bot, and the line that decides

Search engines

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`Googlebot`	Google	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Bingbot`	Microsoft	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`DuckDuckBot`	DuckDuckGo	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Applebot`	Apple	Allowed	line 67 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: Applebot`
`PetalBot`	Huawei	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`YandexBot`	Yandex	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Baiduspider`	Baidu	Allowed	no rule matches the home page

AI search

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`OAI-SearchBot`	OpenAI	Allowed	line 39 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: OAI-SearchBot`
`PerplexityBot`	Perplexity	Allowed	line 57 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: PerplexityBot`
`Claude-SearchBot`	Anthropic	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`DuckAssistBot`	DuckDuckGo	Allowed	line 73 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: DuckAssistBot`
`Amazonbot`	Amazon	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`YouBot`	You.com	Allowed	line 85 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: YouBot`

AI training

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`GPTBot`	OpenAI	Allowed	line 45 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: GPTBot`
`ClaudeBot`	Anthropic	Allowed	line 49 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: ClaudeBot`
`Google-Extended`	Google	Allowed	line 63 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: Google-Extended`
`CCBot`	Common Crawl	Allowed	line 77 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: CCBot`
`Applebot-Extended`	Apple	Allowed	line 69 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: Applebot-Extended`
`GoogleOther`	Google	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Meta-ExternalAgent`	Meta	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Bytespider`	ByteDance	Allowed	no rule matches the home page

User-triggered fetchers

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`ChatGPT-User`	OpenAI	Allowed	line 43 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: ChatGPT-User`
`Claude-User`	Anthropic	Allowed	line 53 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: Claude-User`
`Perplexity-User`	Perplexity	Allowed	line 59 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: Perplexity-User`
`MistralAI-User`	Mistral	Allowed	line 83 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: MistralAI-User`
`Meta-ExternalFetcher`	Meta	Allowed	no rule matches the home page

SEO tools

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`AhrefsBot`	Ahrefs	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`SemrushBot`	Semrush	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`MJ12bot`	Majestic	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`DotBot`	Moz	Allowed	no rule matches the home page

View www.kaspersky.com/robots.txt · 89 lines

1Sitemap: https://www.kaspersky.com/sitemap.xml

2Sitemap: https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/sitemap.xml

4User-agent: *

5Allow: /lp/vpn-comparison

6Disallow: /acq/

7Disallow: /search

8Disallow: /rss-feeds

9Disallow: /components/

10Disallow: /b2c-tools/

11Disallow: /entp/

12Disallow: /feeds/

13Disallow: /lp/

14Disallow: /go/

15Disallow: /_svc/

16Disallow: /embed/

17Disallow: /?slow=*

18Disallow: /n/

19Disallow: /wiki-section/feedback

20Disallow: /templates/site-header_main-nav.html

21Disallow: /templates/site-header_mega-menu__b2c.html

22Disallow: /templates/site-header_mega-menu__res.html

23Disallow: /resources/template/

24Disallow: /renewal-center/

25Disallow: /?serial=*

26Disallow: *.json

27Disallow: */thank-you

28Disallow: /Date

30Allow: /.well-known/amphtml/apikey.pub

31Allow: /renewal-center/home

32Allow: /renewal-center/business

34Clean-param: _ga&source_caller&c&shortlink&reseller&erid&downlink&cid&redef&icid&referer1&referer2&slow&campaign&bvrrp&ga_&omreferrer&attachment_id&bid&pid&data1&sort&pn&pcn&slowsnav&sn&csn&time&id&chapter&partnerid&qid&acity&cregion&blocknum2&openform&thru&inp&THRU&ac&act-item&kaspr&etext&domain&n&sub

37# ---- OPENAI ----

38User-agent: OAI-SearchBot

39Allow: /

41# ---- ChatGPT ----

42User-agent: ChatGPT-User

43Allow: /

44User-agent: GPTBot

45Allow: /

47# ---- Claude ----

48User-agent: ClaudeBot

49Allow: /

50User-agent: claude-web

51Allow: /

52User-agent: Claude-User

53Allow: /

55# ---- PERPLEXITY ----

56User-agent: PerplexityBot

57Allow: /

58User-agent: Perplexity-User

59Allow: /

61# ---- GOOGLE (Gemini) ----

62User-agent: Google-Extended

63Allow: /

65# ---- APPLE ----

66User-agent: Applebot

67Allow: /

68User-agent: Applebot-Extended

69Allow: /

71# ---- DUCKDUCKGO ----

72User-agent: DuckAssistBot

73Allow: /

75# ---- COMMON CRAWL ----

76User-agent: CCBot

77Allow: /

78User-agent: Diffbot

79Allow: /

81# ---- Others ----

82User-agent: MistralAI-User

83Allow: /

84User-agent: YouBot

85Allow: /

87# ---- Deepseek ----

88User-agent: DeepSeekBot

89Allow: /

What do the bots actually get?

This page reads robots.txt, which states what kaspersky.com asks of crawlers. A firewall or CDN can still refuse a bot that robots.txt allows. The live check requests the page as each bot and shows the status it gets.

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History

19 October 2026: first checked.

Questions

Does kaspersky.com block GPTBot?

No. kaspersky.com’s robots.txt lets GPTBot crawl the site. GPTBot is OpenAI’s crawler for training data; blocking it doesn’t affect ChatGPT search, which uses OAI-SearchBot. Checked 9 November 2026.

Does kaspersky.com block ClaudeBot?

No. kaspersky.com’s robots.txt lets ClaudeBot crawl the site. ClaudeBot is Anthropic’s crawler for training data. Checked 9 November 2026.

Does kaspersky.com block Google-Extended?

No. kaspersky.com’s robots.txt lets Google-Extended crawl the site. Google-Extended is the token that controls whether Google may use pages for Gemini training and grounding; it doesn’t affect Google Search. Checked 9 November 2026.

Does kaspersky.com block PerplexityBot?

No. kaspersky.com’s robots.txt lets PerplexityBot crawl the site. PerplexityBot is the crawler that indexes pages for Perplexity’s answers. Checked 9 November 2026.

Can ChatGPT search find kaspersky.com?

Yes. kaspersky.com’s robots.txt lets OAI-SearchBot crawl the site. OAI-SearchBot is the crawler behind ChatGPT search; blocking it keeps the site out of ChatGPT’s search answers. Checked 9 November 2026.