Does kaspersky.com block AI crawlers?
Open to AI crawlers
kaspersky.com doesn't block any of the major AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt.
Checked from kaspersky.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 0 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 9
- llms.txt
- Published
- Popularity
- Tranco top 500 (#145)
Can AI assistants cite kaspersky.com?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawlers may read the site
kaspersky.com doesn't opt out of AI model training through robots.txt. Training crawlers and answer crawlers are separate: blocking training doesn't by itself remove a site from AI answers.
AI crawler access, bot by bot
| Crawler | Used for | Status on kaspersky.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Allowed |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Allowed |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Allowed |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Allowed |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Allowed |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Allowed |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Allowed |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Allowed |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Allowed |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Some paths restricted |
How kaspersky.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; kaspersky.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; kaspersky.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; kaspersky.com does not.
- Among 153 sites of similar popularity, 35% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Allow: /lp/vpn-comparison Disallow: /acq/ Disallow: /search Disallow: /rss-feeds Disallow: /components/ Disallow: /b2c-tools/ Disallow: /entp/ Disallow: /feeds/ Disallow: /lp/ Disallow: /go/ Disallow: /_svc/ Disallow: /embed/ Disallow: /?slow=* Disallow: /n/ Disallow: /wiki-section/feedback Disallow: /templates/site-header_main-nav.html Disallow: /templates/site-header_mega-menu__b2c.html Disallow: /templates/site-header_mega-menu__res.html Disallow: /resources/template/ Disallow: /renewal-center/ Disallow: /?serial=* Disallow: *.json Disallow: */thank-you Disallow: /Date Allow: /.well-known/amphtml/apikey.pub Allow: /renewal-center/home Allow: /renewal-center/business User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Allow: / User-agent: ChatGPT-User Allow: / User-agent: GPTBot Allow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Allow: / User-agent: Claude-User Allow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Allow: / User-agent: Applebot-Extended Allow: / User-agent: CCBot Allow: /
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does kaspersky.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, kaspersky.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot.
Can ChatGPT search show results from kaspersky.com?
Its robots.txt doesn't block OAI-SearchBot or ChatGPT-User, so ChatGPT's search crawlers may read it. Whether pages are actually shown depends on ChatGPT.
Does kaspersky.com have an llms.txt file?
Yes — kaspersky.com/llms.txt was found when we checked.
Data: kaspersky.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.