DNSQuerySniffer. I only ran quickly on first install of AnyDVD.
Thanks . I downloaded & ran DNSQuerySniffer .
With the hosts file additions I made no contact to slysoft or redfox occurs when opening AnyDVD HD(version 8.6.8.0 the last slysoft only coded version) .
The only one I have installed & tested with . I assume it would be the same for older versions.
I have no plans to install one of the redfox coded but slysoft key using versions.
Someone with one of those can test those if they want to.
This should make sure there is no contact with anything slysoft may still have in place.
That way it is unlikely an AnyDVD HD key sold by slysoft will be blacklisted.
Meaning no contact: How would slysoft know.
That should be a good alternative solution and reference for you and any others who want to make sure their Slysoft version stays offline, though I think unchecking update/OPD options is just as easy
The difference is the hosts file additions stops any contact. Where using the update sites might not.
In some of my looking up DNS information . The www additions may not be necessary but won't cause any harm.
Redfox doesn't own the slysoft domain, just pull up the whole details and you'll see the owner as well as how long it's been paid for up front.
Is this the information you suggested I "pull up" ?
So I assume in 4 years when the address expires any contact or redirect will stop.
Registrant Org Giancarlo Bettini is associated with ~7 other domains
Registrar GANDI SAS
Registrar Status clientTransferProhibited
Dates Created on 2003-05-12 - Expires on 2021-05-12 - Updated on 2016-11-04
Name Server(s) H5.SLYSOFT.COM (has 6 domains)
LW.SLYSOFT.COM (has 6 domains)
IP Address 95.211.9.142 - 8 other sites hosted on this server
IP Location Netherlands - Noord-holland - Amsterdam - Leaseweb Netherlands B.v.
ASN Netherlands AS60781 LEASEWEB-NL Netherlands, NL (registered May 13, 2013)
Whois History 1,351 records have been archived since 2003-05-27
IP History 49 changes on 11 unique IP addresses over 12 years
Registrar History 2 registrars
Hosting History 5 changes on 4 unique name servers over 14 years Hosting History
Whois Server whois.gandi.net
Website
Website Title closed :-(
Server Type nginx
Response Code 200
SEO Score 65%
Terms 30 (Unique: 26, Linked: 0)
Images 0 (Alt tags missing: 0)
Links 0 (Internal: 0, Outbound: 0)
Whois Record ( last updated on 2017-02-24 )
Domain Name: slysoft.com
Registry Domain ID: 97795621_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.gandi.net
Registrar URL:
http://www.gandi.net
Updated Date: 2016-11-04T16:51:40Z
Creation Date: 2003-05-12T11:20:36Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2021-05-12T15:20:36Z
Registrar: GANDI SAS
IP Address of Slysoft is 95.211.9.142
Hostname: update.slysoft.com City: -
IP Address: 95.211.9.142 Country: Netherlands Z
Host of this IP: lw.slysoft.com State: -
Organization: LeaseWeb Netherlands B.V. Timezone: Europe/Amsterdam
ISP/Hosting: LeaseWeb Netherlands B.V. Local Time: 02/24/2017 04:33 PM
Updated: 02/22/2017 02:37 AM
IP Address of Redfox is 93.190.142.127
Hostname: update.redfox.bz City: -
IP Address: 93.190.142.127 Country: Netherlands 2
Host of this IP: nl.redfox.bz State: -
Organization: WorldStream B.V. Timezone: Europe/Amsterdam
ISP/Hosting: WorldStream B.V Local Time: 02/24/2017 04:36 PM
Updated: 02/22/2017 02:07 PM