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Did a whois today on Facebook (because it was unreachable) and noticed strange things coming up. Any idea what this is all about?
(Ignore the brush marks, hiding the stuff that was behind)
Louis W
Posted 2009-08-26T22:04:38.493
Reputation: 347
Strange whois results
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Yep, spammers are even targeting WHOIS records.
Your whois for domain.com is being treated as actually being a search for *domain.com*. Entirely harmless, if a little scary the first time you run across it.
ceejayoz
Posted 2009-08-26T22:04:38.493
Reputation: 2 208
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The beyondWhois search seems to pull that up, but a regular Whois.net search pulls up the correct information.
George Stocker
Posted 2009-08-26T22:04:38.493
Reputation: 430
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To get more details, see How to use command line whois for “spam infected” domains like apple.com?
Arjan
Posted 2009-08-26T22:04:38.493
Reputation: 29 084
I am just doing this from command line on my computer. Does that mean that there is something going on with my isp or dns? – None – 2009-08-26T22:15:15.587
No, it's nothing wrong with you, your ISP, your DNS, or anything else. It's harmless. – ceejayoz – 2009-08-26T22:15:36.867