Report Abuse

Abuse reports should primarily be directed to the registrar, as they are usually best positioned to investigate and resolve the issue. While you may also report abuse to us, the registry, our involvement is generally limited to notifying the registrar and giving them the opportunity to respond before any action is considered at the registry level.

Below, you’ll find common examples of abusive activity, along with a form to report such issues directly to us. Alternatively, you can email us at abuse@oneregistry.co.

  • Malware is malicious software, installed and/or executed on a device without the user’s consent, which disrupts the device’s operations, gathers sensitive information, and/or gains access to private computer systems. Malware includes viruses, spyware, ransomware, and other unwanted software.
  • Botnets are collections of Internet-connected computers that have been infected with malware and can be commanded to perform activities under the control of a remote attacker.
  • Phishing occurs when an attacker tricks a victim into revealing sensitive personal, corporate, or financial information (e.g., account numbers, login IDs, passwords), whether through sending fraudulent or look-alike emails, or luring end users to copycat websites.
  • Pharming uses DNS hijacking or poisoning to redirect unknowing users to fraudulent sites or services. Malware-based DNS hijacking redirects victims to the attacker’s site. DNS poisoning causes a DNS server (or resolver) to return a malware-laden IP address. Phishing tricks users into entering personal information, while pharming modifies DNS entries.
  • Spam is unsolicited bulk email, where the recipient has not granted permission for the message to be sent, and where the message is sent as part of a larger collection of messages, all having substantively identical content. Spam is only considered to be DNS Abuse when it is being used as a delivery mechanism for at least one of the other types of DNS abuse described above. 

Abuse Contact IDentifier (ACID)

A public tool for identifying the right entity to report abuse (for example, the hosting provider, email service provider, or sponsoring registrar).

Please keep in mind that One Registry does not control or run this tool; it is solely for informative purposes.

Abuse

Report Abuse

Type *
Have you already contacted the registrar? *

Reporter Information

Name
Name
First
Last

Registrar Information

Registrar information can be found using a WHOIS lookup tool like: https://lookup.icann.org/en

Where did the abuse take place?

URLs should be provided in a “de-fanged” form, meaning rendered harmless.
Date
Time
Time

Maximum file size: 3MB

Screenshots of both the complaint domain and the target it imitates (if applicable), including the URL portion of the browser, if possible.