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Old October 11th, 2016
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This snapshot is from 29 June 2016. It shows a mass of LW 4.14 Download-BOTs in the upload window of Phex. LW 4.14 was my favorite LW 4 version (and then 4.16). But there is some doubt these really are LW 4.14 or modified 4.14 versions. It's been known for about a decade that some BOTs can change program ID on the fly.

Some of the BOTs have same ip address but different port and some are downloading the exact same file. Amazon ip range; generally a professional proxy service to hide and protect the original business's source.
54.187.25.79
54.187.186.48
54.187.240.221
54.187.246.227
54.191.73.20
54.200.31.26
54.200.95.239
54.201.11.100

All Amazon.com ip ranges. Hostname .us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com

Interestingly just 7 days earlier via a GWC I came across 54.201.11.100:4396 Gnucleus 2.0.9.0 (GnucDNA 1.1.1.4) which is most likely what all of these so-called LW 4.14's are actually using.
Same probably applies to the LW 4.12 Download-BOTs discussed elsewhere.
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