It would appear that the site,
www.dnsstuff.com, doesn't trust
your internet service provider. The warning directs you to this
site:
http://banned.dnsstuff.com/pages/abuse.htm
Here's the relevant portion of that web site:
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You use a web proxy that is abusing us: If you use a web proxy,
you are now sharing the same IP address with possibly thousands
of other people. If one of them abuses our site, you may get
banned. If this is the case, you should stop using the web
proxy. If you are forced to use a web proxy, you should
complain to whoever is forcing you to use it (they aren't
providing full Internet access!).
You should contact whoever is in charge of your web proxy (if
you aren't sure, contact your Internet provider) for
assistance. You should let them know that the web proxy at [IP
of your web proxy] is being abused and participating in a DDoS
attack (and may be an 'open web proxy'), and that they must fix
the problem. Searching the web proxy logs for 'netgeo.ch' will
definitely find the rogue hits (but could possibly find some
legitimate hits).
For web proxies owners: Yes, we do know what web proxies are,
and no, we are not blocking you because a lot of people access
our site through the web proxy -- we are blocking you because
you are providing web access to someone who is running malware
that is abusing our site.
One other option is to go to
www.DNSstuff.com:8080, which may
bypass your web proxy. If it does, you won't be blocked
(unless, of course, you do something you shouldn't!).
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It would appear that you're not the first person to get that warning. Here
are a couple of posts from their user forum with more info:
WARNING: You are using a web proxy that is currently being
abused by malware
http://forums.dnsstuff.com/tool/post/dnsstuff/vpost?id=780030&highlight=warning+proxy+abused+malware
Proxy Banned
http://forums.dnsstuff.com/tool/post/dnsstuff/vpost?id=609032&highlight=warning+proxy+abused+malware
The bottom line is that this site believes that someone is attacking their
web site through one of your ISP's servers. In response, it's blocking any
traffic from that proxy server.
I don't know what else to tell you other than as long as you're confident
that your system is free of any type of infection, I wouldn't be worried
about that message.
Nepatsfan
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[email protected],
antioch said:
Hello Nepatsfan
I just tried your link re dnsstuf - it comes up with a
warning-
WARNING: You are using a web proxy that is currently being
abused by malware. Please go here for more details. The web
proxy IP is 62.253.128.14.
Is this safe to go further????
Antioch
at least now I feel better.. not sure how HP