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Author: James Finstrom
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: Is this suspicious?
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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: , copyright infringement:
>> 

>>
>>    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 .
>>    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 , 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
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