Comments for Can people get my phone number from my web page?

Comment from Lloyd Cheaye on 2007-03-29

2007-03-29T18:45:21Z

Hello Leo,

I have a problem that is spinning my head.My computer have virus so I bought mcafee antivirus to install and remove the virus. The problem is that every time I go to install the program from the cd it does not booth up, I also tried installing it from start run but no avail. Could U please tell me what I am doing wrong.

Thank you for all the questions and solutions that you give us all the time. You what ? U rock.

Thanks,
LC

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Comment from Leo Notenboom on 2007-03-25

2007-03-25T17:48:07Z

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Actually I use maxemail.com which is around $24 a year for a valid FAX number
that also takes voicemail and emails it to me.

But yes, options are limited. That's why sercices from the various registrars
are appealing for the casual user.

Leo
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Comment from dunstergirl on 2007-03-24

2007-03-25T05:50:34Z

I will check with my registration co. to see if they offer "cloaking". In the meantime...

I've had the requisite box number since day one but the phone number (don't care so much about fax apart from wasted paper) is more problematic. What do I use instead? My business? My partners (both computer illiterate) won't thank me if calls begin coming in as a result (we get enough scams wanting to sell us paper for the direct debit machine at wildly inflated prices). My neighbour? This is such a small town that if someone calls the wrong number and asks for me the neighbour will just give them the number, happens all the time (often to the great surprise of the caller)...And I'm not about to pay the phone company another $30-$50 per month for a "dummy" line. So what other VALID options are available?

Thanks!
Lelani

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Comment from Leo Notenboom on 2007-03-24

2007-03-24T15:51:23Z

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Yes, once you have replacement information (PO BOX and a "safe" phone number)
you'd simply contact your registrar to update it. Many allow you to update it
yourself in your domain adaministration tool.

NOTE: It's CRTICAL that the information be VALID. If you put up bogus
information you risk losing your domain. ICANN, the agency that manages all
this stuff, requires valid information.

That's why, as a previous commenter noted, many registrars (not just NetSol)
also offer the ability to cloak your contact information with their own. It's
valid, and if a valid contact is made, they can then pass it on to you
properly.

Good luck!

Leo
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Comment from dunstergirl on 2007-03-24

2007-03-24T07:00:33Z

Wow, THAT was revealing...Although it's nothing more than you could find in a phone book (online or paper), and I think I sort of knew that info was out there (since I have looked up many IPs/names in the past just to see if they are on the up and up, but...still a bit dismaying the amount of information revealed. Not that I can think of a single phone call in 6+ years that has anything to do with owning a domain (although maybe that is why I get unsolicited faxes from Dell?). So if I want to change the info that is displayed by whois for the world to see for a domain I own (and have for many years), what should I do? Contact my registration provider or???? And is there a similar trick that will work to block calls from credit-card companies wanting to pre-approve me for yet another one :-)

As for network solutions, I've seen many incoming "pings" etc. from various IPs linked to this group blocked by my firewall, to the point I'm considering a general block on any IP associated with them, just because there's no identifying info. Something to think about...

Cheers,
Lelani

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Comment from Daniel Ullman on 2007-03-22

2007-03-22T16:24:32Z

i.e. domain registration
Network Solutions has a service called Private Registration. Instead of posting your contact information it directs everything through Network Solutions to be forwarded to you.

For example:
Your name s438u8y6@networksolutionsprivateregistration.com
ATTN: xrewa.NET
c/o Network Solutions
P.O. Box 447
Herndon, VA 20172-0447
Phone: 570-708-8780

I suspect that other services have something like this.

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