[WEB4LIB] odd URL

[Daniel Messer]

Brad Thomas <bradzo at ozemail.com.au> said:

> Hi all
> 
> I received a message the other day from a friend that had this link sent to
> him in an email. The email came from a site thanking him for sending the
> site some pornography - (even though he didn't). He asked my advice on what
> it did, but I don't have a clue....
> 
> Please don't try the URL - I'm not sure of what it does - please read
> on......
> 
> http://3286560814/uzlet/just99/r_l.html
> 
> It didn't work when I tried it either, but my ISP's cache returned the
> following error:
> 
> ==================================================
> The following error was encountered:
> Unable to determine IP address from host name for 3286560814.nt.com.au
> ==================================================
> 
> The original URL does not have the nt.com.au bit !!
> What concerns me is that I am running Windows NT, and I live in Australia
> (the nt and au parts) ......
> So why did the cache return the nt.com.au bit?
> What could the original URL have possibly achieved?
> 
> Any answers would be greatly appreciated.
> 

I ran a simple tracert scan on the number and it came back that it was 
tracing a route to business.matav.hu Checking that address in a browser came 
back with a 404 error. However, there is a Matav.hu at www.matav.hu However 
it's not in English and I'm not sure what language it is. Certainly it's not 
one I speak. 

HOWEVER, if you enter www.matav.hu/uzlet/just99/r_l.html you get redirected 
to a porn site.

Hope that helps!

Dan
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Mondai wa
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Daniel Messer
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Yakima Valley Regional Library
dmesser at yvrls.lib.wa.us
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