v0.9.16 Beta – (Non White Label) Public Reports Facelift

[January 13, 2016] In version 0.9.16 we’re getting rid of all the extra fat in the non white label public reports, meaning that when seen by anyone else other than their owner, these reports are now much more presentable, without our top menu links and footer links. Here’s an example: https://hetrixtools.com/report/blacklist/94beb333674e79473df869779aa7b425/ You’ll still see your […]

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v0.9.15 Beta – bad.psky.me RBL added

[December 30, 2015] In version 0.9.15 we’re adding the RBL ‘bad.psky.me’ to our database of blacklists against which our system tests all of your IPs. If you do not wish to have this RBL active in your account, you can simply ignore it as described in our documentation here: http://docs.hetrixtools.com/ignore-a-blacklist/ If you encounter any issues […]

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v0.9.9 Beta – Bulk Reports

[December 22, 2015] In version 0.9.9 Beta we’re introducing a much requested feature: Bulk Reports You can access it here, in your client area: https://hetrixtools.com/dashboard/bulk-reports/ What this feature does is basically allow you to bundle up several of your Uptime or Blacklist monitors into one single report, called a Bulk Report. The Bulk Report will be […]

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Barracudacentral Some False Positives

[January 13, 2016 – UPDATE] We’ve noticed yet another wave of false positive listings on these two RBLs. Their nameservers were stating that some IPs were listed in their database, but when checking on their website turned out they weren’t. [December 16, 2015] Barracudacentral’s nameservers have started issuing some false positive results. As always when […]

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v0.9.8r3 Beta – cidr.bl.mcafee.com false positives & disabled

[November 14, 2015] ‘cidr.bl.mcafee.com’ blacklist was giving out false positives and it was only based on the spamhaus RBLs (which we already cover). If your IP was on this RBL then it was also on one of spamhaus lists, since mcafee RBL was based purely on spamhaus lists. Also, to remove an IP from mcafee […]

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Daily/Weekly Blacklist Monitoring Reports

You can configure additional Blacklist Monitoring Reports to be sent to your email address periodically (e.g., daily, weekly). To do so, please go to your ‘Account Settings’ under the ‘Blacklist’ section: https://hetrixtools.com/dashboard/account/settings/blacklist-monitor/ In there, you’ll have the option to enable the Daily and Weekly reports: Important Notes:

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Should I blacklist monitor my IP address or my domain name?

Short Answer: We advise you to add both the IP address and domain/hostname associated to this IP address to be monitored by our platform (ie: 2 separated blacklist monitors, one for the IP address and another for the domain/hostname). Longer Answer: When adding new Blacklist Monitors to your HetrixTools account, you should note that our […]

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Difference between Microsoft SNDS Lists on HetrixTools

If you’ve already added your Microsoft SNDS Key(s) to your HetrixTools account, as explained in our documentation here, then you might have already noticed that 3 new blacklists have appeared in your Blacklist Reports: Microsoft SNDS Yellow Microsoft SNDS Red Microsoft SNDS Blocklist In this article we’ll explain what each of these lists actually mean. […]

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