The Abusix Exploit Blocklist is a real-time IP-based blacklist (or blocklist) that lists hosts exhibiting behavior specific to compromised systems, botnet infections, or anonymizing services such as proxies, VPNs, and TOR exit nodes.
The Abusix Exploit Blocklist is a real-time blacklist (or blocklist) that lists IP addresses exhibiting malicious behavior. This blacklist is generated by monitoring the activity of hosts connecting to a wide network of spam traps and partner mail services. It specifically targets IP addresses that behave like compromised hosts, botnet or virus infections, open proxies, VPNs, and TOR exit nodes. This type of activity is not typical of a legitimate SMTP server, making this blocklist effective at identifying sources of abusive traffic.
This DNSBL is used by Internet Service Providers, telecommunication companies, and hosting providers to filter incoming email and network traffic. It can also be used to check each hop in an email's 'Received' headers to trace the origin of a malicious message. Here is some technical information about this blacklist:
The Abusix Exploit Blocklist is operated by Abusix, a company specializing in network abuse management, email security, and threat intelligence. Abusix aims to create a safer internet by stopping threats before they reach end-users. With a significant portion of cybersecurity threats traveling through ISPs and hosting providers, Abusix provides these organizations with solutions to secure their traffic and combat abuse, focusing on common threat vectors like email and network traffic.
If you find your IP address on this blacklist, the first step is to identify and resolve the root cause of the listing. Abusix does not want to penalize legitimate senders; the goal is to stop abusive behavior. Before requesting removal, ensure you have addressed common issues that lead to a blocklisting:
Once you have fixed the underlying problem, you can request to be delisted. The process is free, but it requires you to create an account to prevent abuse of the delisting system. You can request removal by visiting the Abusix Lookup and Delisting page. Follow the instructions to look up your IP, create an account, and submit a removal request. Delisting requests are processed immediately. While DNS queries will reflect the removal instantly, it may take up to five minutes for the change to propagate to all networks that use the blacklist.
The impact of being on the Abusix Exploit Blocklist is considered medium. While not as universally adopted as some of the largest spam-focused blacklists, it is used by a significant number of ISPs, hosting companies, and other network operators. A listing on this blacklist will likely result in email delivery failures and blocked traffic to recipients whose providers use this data, causing a noticeable disruption to your email communications.
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