Carsponsor.com Legit?
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Carsponsor.com Legit?
Hey guys, I saw an ad for carsponsor, and supposedly they want to help you be put in touch with - obviously - sponsors. Just for fun I filled out an application and got approved, they want to send me a free InstantHP OBD2 chip in exchange for a review of the product.
My question is, had anyone used a service like this before? Is it legit?
Also, is InstantHP’s chip just garbage?
My question is, had anyone used a service like this before? Is it legit?
Also, is InstantHP’s chip just garbage?
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Hey guys, I saw an ad for carsponsor, and supposedly they want to help you be put in touch with - obviously - sponsors. Just for fun I filled out an application and got approved, they want to send me a free InstantHP OBD2 chip in exchange for a review of the product.
My question is, had anyone used a service like this before? Is it legit?
Also, is InstantHP’s chip just garbage?
My question is, had anyone used a service like this before? Is it legit?
Also, is InstantHP’s chip just garbage?
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While carsponsor.com may be legit, their IP address (69.172.201.153) has been used to host many "bad guy" sites. The following reports will give you some idea of the level of activity associated with this IP address:
https://dnslytics.com/ip/69.172.201.153
https://www.threatminer.org/host.php?q=69.172.201.153
I'd say "I'd stay away from them" ... but that's a given as that IP has long since been blocked by our router so they can neither get to us nor can we get to them.
https://dnslytics.com/ip/69.172.201.153
https://www.threatminer.org/host.php?q=69.172.201.153
I'd say "I'd stay away from them" ... but that's a given as that IP has long since been blocked by our router so they can neither get to us nor can we get to them.
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While carsponsor.com may be legit, their IP address (69.172.201.153) has been used to host many "bad guy" sites. The following reports will give you some idea of the level of activity associated with this IP address:
https://dnslytics.com/ip/69.172.201.153
https://www.threatminer.org/host.php?q=69.172.201.153
I'd say "I'd stay away from them" ... but that's a given as that IP has long since been blocked by our router so they can neither get to us nor can we get to them.
https://dnslytics.com/ip/69.172.201.153
https://www.threatminer.org/host.php?q=69.172.201.153
I'd say "I'd stay away from them" ... but that's a given as that IP has long since been blocked by our router so they can neither get to us nor can we get to them.
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Regardless, you'll notice that the intelligence included via both of those links identify that some of the sites associated with that IP are malicious. Sites I manage have been attacked via sites using that IP (which is why it is blocked) and various articles on bad-guy activity have ID'd this IP (e.g., for tech-support scammer activities).
In my experience, hosting services that support a fair amount of bad-guy sites seem to have that as their business model and, over time, attract many other bad-guy sites. Then there are those "service providers" that are likely owned by (or specifically marketed to) bad-guys, given that the only traffic we ever see from their IP ranges is attack traffic.
