f
you visited this page from a link you received in a ban message, then
this means you have been banned by our Open Proxy Monitor. An
explanation can be found below.
Why was I banned?
You were banned bacause either our Open Proxy Scanner found an unsafe proxy
port to be open on your system, or your IP address is listed in one of the
3rd party blacklists we query.
We perform these scans to ensure a safe IRC experience for everyone by
helping our network to be clean of botnets, drones, virusses and spammers.
We understand that there is a chance that innocent chatters can get caught
by this though. For example, if you inherited the IP address of someone who
has been listed in a blacklist before. It could however also be that you are
infected by a virus, spyware or another form of malware, which causes you to
harm the Chat4All IRC Network or other networks without you knowing of it.
Therefor we would like to ask you to please take some time to verify that
your computer isn not running any Open Proxies, or perhaps infected with any
computer virus or malware.
How to check for malware? (Windows)
You could first check every pc in your network with a virus scanner. You can
find an online scanner at
TrendMicro Housecall or free downloadable anti-virus applications such
as Avast or
Avira.
Apart from checking for viruses, it is also suggested to check for spyware
and other malware with free tools such as
SpyBot: Search and Destroy,
AdAware and
F-Secure Blacklight.
Finally, to make sure you are not running any Open Proxies, it is advised to
have a personal firewall running on the computers in your network, such as
Agnitum Outpost, Comodo
Personal Firewall, PC Tools
Firewall,
Online Armor Free or
Zone Alarm Basic Firewall. Turning on the Windows Firewall will in most
cases be efficient enough.
How to get unbanned?
The link should be in the ban message. Please go there and request removal.
Reporter's Hostname: ec2-3-15-4-244.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com
Reporter's IP Address: 3.15.4.244
IP mentioned in ban message:
Non-configured DNSBL '4' supplied
Upon notification by us (via the support desk) that you have been removed
from the network's banlist, you should be able to log into chat again.
In most cases though, bans are automatically lifted after 24 hours.
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