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Life & fun · October 17, 2024

Report malicious domains easily without manual whois lookups

I get at least one phishing text message every week, and discovered that reporting malicious domains was a major hassle. You have to first manually do a whois lookup, and since not every registrar includes an abuse contact email in their whois record, you often have to then go to the registrar's website and try to find their abuse reporting section before you can report the domain. I figured something had to exist already for reporting domains directly to their registrars, but I couldn't find anything, so I spun up DomainReporter mostly as a tool to use myself, but also to make the process…

Report malicious domains easily without manual whois lookups launched on October 17, 2024 with 9 votes, #1,236 of 5,185 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.

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What it does

Take down malicious websites with a few easy clicks. Let

Select your email client below. Remember to attach any screenshots or other supporting evidence you have before sending! Every report means fewer innocent people being taken advantage of and a more difficult experience for bad actors globally. All ICANN-accredited domain registrars are required to monitor for abuse reports 24/7 and address them in a timely and thorough manner. Unfortunately, this is not usually an easy task. Reporting a domain usually involves a whois lookup to identify the registrar, visiting the registrar's website, digging to locate their Abuse process details, and then manually sending an email. DomainReport automates much of that process, allowing you to simply fill…from domainreporter.net

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I get at least one phishing text message every week, and discovered that reporting malicious domains was a major hassle. You have to first manually do a whois lookup, and since not every registrar includes an abuse contact email in their whois record, you often have to then go to the registrar's website and try to…

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