http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.tk On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: > Appscout had an article about a "new" cleanup program for windows. The > article pointed to http://www.cleanme.tk/ for downloading it. But I was > leary of the TLD so did some checking. This looks suspicious to me. Am I > right? Or overcautious? > > larry@triggerfish:~$ whois cleanme.tk >> >> Rights restricted by copyright. See >> http://www.dot.tk/en/pageF00.html >> >> Domain name: >> CLEANME.TK >> >> Organisation: >> BV Dot TK >> Dot TK administrator >> P.O. Box 11774 >> 1001 GT Amsterdam >> Netherlands >> Phone: +31 20 5315725 >> Fax: +31 20 5315721 >> E-mail: abuse: abuse@dot.tk, copyright infringement: >> copyright@dot.tk >> >> Domain Nameservers: >> NS01.DOT.TK >> NS02.DOT.TK >> NS03.DOT.TK >> NS04.DOT.TK >> >> Your selected domain name is a Free Domain. That means that, >> according to the terms and conditions of Free Domain domain names >> the registrant is BV Dot TK in Amsterdam, Netherlands. >> >> Due to restrictions in Dot TK's Privacy Statement personal information >> about the user of the domain name cannot be released. >> >> ABUSE OF A DOMAIN NAME >> If you want to report abuse of this domain name, please send a >> detailed email with your complaint to abuse@dot.tk. >> In most cases Dot TK responds to abuse complaints within one business >> day. >> >> COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT >> If you want to report a case of copyright infringement, please send >> an email to copyright@dot.tk, and include the full name and address of >> your organization. Within 5 business days copyright infringement >> notices >> will be investigated. >> >> Record maintained by: Dot TK Domain Registry >> >> larry@triggerfish:~$ dig cleanme.tk >> >> ; <<>> DiG 9.6.1-P2 <<>> cleanme.tk >> ;; global options: +cmd >> ;; Got answer: >> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 34012 >> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 7, ADDITIONAL: 0 >> >> ;; QUESTION SECTION: >> ;cleanme.tk. IN A >> >> ;; ANSWER SECTION: >> cleanme.tk. 300 IN A 94.103.151.195 >> cleanme.tk. 300 IN A 193.33.61.2 >> cleanme.tk. 300 IN A 209.172.59.196 >> cleanme.tk. 300 IN A 217.119.57.22 >> >> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: >> tk. 12242 IN NS ROOT-F.TALOHA.tk. >> tk. 12242 IN NS ROOT-D.TALOHA.tk. >> tk. 12242 IN NS ROOT-G.TALOHA.tk. >> tk. 12242 IN NS ROOT-E.TALOHA.tk. >> tk. 12242 IN NS ROOT-A.TALOHA.tk. >> tk. 12242 IN NS ROOT-C.TALOHA.tk. >> tk. 12242 IN NS ROOT-B.TALOHA.tk. >> >> ;; Query time: 120 msec >> ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1) >> ;; WHEN: Thu Apr 1 10:12:01 2010 >> ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 246 >> >> larry@triggerfish:~$ >> > > > -- > Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry > > The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, > that I wish it always to be kept alive. > - Thomas Jefferson > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- James Finstrom Rhino Equipment Corp. http://rhinoequipment.com ~ http://postug.com Phone: 1-877-RHINO-T1 ~ FAX: +1 (480) 961-1826 Twitter: http://twitter.com/rhinoequipment IP: guest@asterisk.rhinoequipment.com