Is this suspicious?

[Dazed_75]

So your answer is that, yes, it is suspicious?  See the references at the
end of the article.  Oh, and I was typing this as your second message came
in.  Thanks.  I did not know where to go to check further.

On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:35 AM, James Finstrom <
jfinstrom at rhinoequipment.com> wrote:

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.tk
>
> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Dazed_75 <lthielster at gmail.com> 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 at 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 at dot.tk, copyright infringement:
>>> copyright at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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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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.
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