OT: Site check

Would someone mind checking this out please? From a video forum
thread, I clicked the following link from a contributor to download a
3.5 MB ZIP file:
http://www.badongo.com/file/8710108

That took me to the page
http://www.badongo.com/fd/0367800704...936a9170/0/ifr
which informed me:

"You have exceeded your Download Quota!
Non-Members are allowed to download a maximum of 100 MB ...

YOU ARE CURRENTLY CONNECTED TO OUR SYSTEM WITH THE FOLLOWING IP
ADDRESS: 194.72.9.25
THIS ADDRESS HAS DOWNLOADED A TOTAL OF 468MB IN THE LAST HOUR
ALREADY."

Not really! I've never visited the site before 10 mins ago, trying
(unsuccessfully) to download this file.

Presumably just a plain scam? (It goes on to invite membership.)

--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK

"Terry Pinnell" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Would someone mind checking this out please? From a video forum
> thread, I clicked the following link from a contributor to download a
> 3.5 MB ZIP file:
> http://www.badongo.com/file/8710108
>
> That took me to the page
> http://www.badongo.com/fd/0367800704...936a9170/0/ifr
> which informed me:
>
> "You have exceeded your Download Quota!
> Non-Members are allowed to download a maximum of 100 MB ...
>
> YOU ARE CURRENTLY CONNECTED TO OUR SYSTEM WITH THE FOLLOWING IP
> ADDRESS: 194.72.9.25
> THIS ADDRESS HAS DOWNLOADED A TOTAL OF 468MB IN THE LAST HOUR
> ALREADY."
>
> Not really! I've never visited the site before 10 mins ago, trying
> (unsuccessfully) to download this file.
>
> Presumably just a plain scam? (It goes on to invite membership.)
>


It let me download the zip file no problems.
Deleted it now.

Eric

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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Terry Pinnell <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Would someone mind checking this out please? From a video forum
> thread, I clicked the following link from a contributor to download a
> 3.5 MB ZIP file:
> http://www.badongo.com/file/8710108
>
> That took me to the page
> http://www.badongo.com/fd/0367800704...936a9170/0/ifr
> which informed me:
>
> "You have exceeded your Download Quota!
> Non-Members are allowed to download a maximum of 100 MB ...
>
> YOU ARE CURRENTLY CONNECTED TO OUR SYSTEM WITH THE FOLLOWING IP
> ADDRESS: 194.72.9.25
> THIS ADDRESS HAS DOWNLOADED A TOTAL OF 468MB IN THE LAST HOUR
> ALREADY."
>
> Not really! I've never visited the site before 10 mins ago, trying
> (unsuccessfully) to download this file.
>
> Presumably just a plain scam? (It goes on to invite membership.)


Have you got a fixed IP address, or a dynamic one which changes when you
disconnect your internet connection and then re-connect?

If the latter, you may have inherited an IP address from someone who had
just been using that site very heavily. Bit of a co-incidence though!

Or, have you got an unsecured wireless network which would allow someone to
sit outside your house with a laptop, and hack into your internet
connection?
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Roger
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On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 16:00:04 +0100, "Eric Parker"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"Terry Pinnell" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed).. .
>> Would someone mind checking this out please? From a video forum
>> thread, I clicked the following link from a contributor to download a
>> 3.5 MB ZIP file:
>> http://www.badongo.com/file/8710108
>>
>> That took me to the page
>> http://www.badongo.com/fd/0367800704...936a9170/0/ifr
>> which informed me:
>>
>> "You have exceeded your Download Quota!
>> Non-Members are allowed to download a maximum of 100 MB ...
>>
>> YOU ARE CURRENTLY CONNECTED TO OUR SYSTEM WITH THE FOLLOWING IP
>> ADDRESS: 194.72.9.25
>> THIS ADDRESS HAS DOWNLOADED A TOTAL OF 468MB IN THE LAST HOUR
>> ALREADY."
>>
>> Not really! I've never visited the site before 10 mins ago, trying
>> (unsuccessfully) to download this file.
>>
>> Presumably just a plain scam? (It goes on to invite membership.)
>>
>
>
>It let me download the zip file no problems.
>Deleted it now.
>
>Eric
I just tried it and got the following message
"YOU ARE CURRENTLY CONNECTED TO OUR SYSTEM WITH THE FOLLOWING IP
ADDRESS: 62.30.249.130
THIS ADDRESS HAS DOWNLOADED A TOTAL OF 1111MB IN THE LAST HOUR
ALREADY"
I have never even heard of the site before I saw the url a few moments
ago what utter crap .

In message <(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) wrote


>I just tried it and got the following message
>"YOU ARE CURRENTLY CONNECTED TO OUR SYSTEM WITH THE FOLLOWING IP
>ADDRESS: 62.30.249.130
>THIS ADDRESS HAS DOWNLOADED A TOTAL OF 1111MB IN THE LAST HOUR
>ALREADY"
>I have never even heard of the site before I saw the url a few moments
>ago what utter crap .

No problems here

Perhaps you are connected via your ISPs proxy server/cache. The download
figure may be the combined download for all customers of your ISP that
use the same proxy server.

The proxy server is often a configuration option in your browser and can
be left blank if you don't want to use one - assuming your ISP allows
this.
--
Alan
news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com

In uk.telecom.broadband, on Tue, 8 Apr 2008 21:34:49, Alan wrote:

>In message <(E-Mail Removed)>,
>(E-Mail Removed) wrote
>
>
>>I just tried it and got the following message
>>"YOU ARE CURRENTLY CONNECTED TO OUR SYSTEM WITH THE FOLLOWING IP
>>ADDRESS: 62.30.249.130
>>THIS ADDRESS HAS DOWNLOADED A TOTAL OF 1111MB IN THE LAST HOUR
>>ALREADY"
>>I have never even heard of the site before I saw the url a few moments
>>ago what utter crap .
>
>No problems here
>
>Perhaps you are connected via your ISPs proxy server/cache. The
>download figure may be the combined download for all customers of your
>ISP that use the same proxy server.
>
>The proxy server is often a configuration option in your browser and
>can be left blank if you don't want to use one - assuming your ISP
>allows this.

And no problems from here either. No proxy, no NAT.

--
Jim Crowther

"Terry Pinnell" wrote in message
> Would someone mind checking this out please? From a video forum
> thread, I clicked the following link from a contributor to download a
> 3.5 MB ZIP file:

Downloaded with no problems.

HTH

--
JC

Jim Crowther wrote:
> In uk.telecom.broadband, on Tue, 8 Apr 2008 21:34:49, Alan wrote:
>
>> In message <(E-Mail Removed)>,
>> (E-Mail Removed) wrote
>>
>>
>>> I just tried it and got the following message
>>> "YOU ARE CURRENTLY CONNECTED TO OUR SYSTEM WITH THE FOLLOWING IP
>>> ADDRESS: 62.30.249.130
>>> THIS ADDRESS HAS DOWNLOADED A TOTAL OF 1111MB IN THE LAST HOUR
>>> ALREADY"
>>> I have never even heard of the site before I saw the url a few
>>> moments ago what utter crap .
>>
>> No problems here
>>
>> Perhaps you are connected via your ISPs proxy server/cache. The
>> download figure may be the combined download for all customers of
>> your ISP that use the same proxy server.
>>
>> The proxy server is often a configuration option in your browser
>> and can be left blank if you don't want to use one - assuming your
>> ISP allows this.
>
> And no problems from here either. No proxy, no NAT.

Had 3 (had to wait 30 seconds between each) attempts & then it told me
I had downloaded to much yada yada yada a site not wishing to have
much usage me thinks...