Is 35.190.0.1 a VPN? Yes.
Ground-truth confirmed VPN/proxy — 4 signals matched across 3 intelligence sources. very high confidence in this reading.
Shodan observation
Passive ~30-day port fingerprint. VPN/proxy software CPE matches and observed ports.
Shodan observed 838 open ports — pattern consistent with SOCKS5/HTTP proxy fleet
Port 8291 (MikroTik WinBox) exposed plus RouterOS admin on 80/443 — consumer router profile; primary target of AVrecon/SocksEscort residential-proxy botnet
ASN classification
Team Cymru allocation data + PeeringDB self-declared network type.
ASN AS396982 is a known public-cloud provider (Google Cloud) — PeeringDB classification missing or incorrect, applying override
IP intelligence
Matches against the Tor exit list, public proxy feeds, curated VPN-provider ranges, and datacenter ASN registries.
Datacenter / hosting ASN AS396982 (Google LLC)
Should I block this IP?
Practical guidance by use case — fraud, ad-ops, streaming, and general websites.
This IP is a confirmed commercial VPN exit. Multiple ground-truth sources agree, and active probing returned a VPN protocol handshake (or it appears in a published relay list).
- Fraud / risk teams
- Block at signup, checkout, password reset, and money-out flows. Pair with device fingerprint to allow trusted users on VPN.
- Ad ops / programmatic
- Filter as non-human traffic. Most commercial VPN traffic on ad surfaces is bot or click-fraud unless your inventory specifically allows VPN.
- Streaming / geo-licensing
About IP address 35.190.0.1
35.190.0.1 is an IPv4 address routed via AS396982 (Google LLC) and geo-located to United States. The verdict above combines six free, no-auth intelligence sources: local db-ip ASN data, the Tor Project exit list, public proxy feeds (TheSpeedX / Proxifly / FireHOL), Team Cymru + PeeringDB for ASN classification, RIPE NCC for BGP topology and abuse contacts, and Shodan InternetDB for ~30-day port observation.
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