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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Just discovered that our IT policy is to block the entirety of .TOP due to malware. Investigating.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> xxxxx<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sent:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Wednesday, July 12, 2017 9:28 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mark Svancarek <marksv@microsoft.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> xxxxx<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Why is this page blocked?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi Mark,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Due to the increased usage of .TOP based sites by multiple malware (including Ransomware like Cerber), DSRE blocked access to the .TOP sites from the Microsoft Corporate Machines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Should you prefer to access the below given site, request you to use other alternatives [for example, you would be able to access the site from an Azure machine]. Let me know if you have any further queries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jagadeesh. P<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">xxxxx<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Senior Security Analyst | Information Security Monitoring Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="tel:+9104066933605"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="61" height="60" style="width:.6354in;height:.625in" id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D2FBBA.4E666D30"></span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://microsoft.sharepoint.com/sites/isrm/Pages/default.aspx"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Digital Security & Risk Engineering</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> | Core Engineering & Services</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Mark Svancarek
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 12, 2017 10:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> xxxxx<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Subject:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Why is this page blocked?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I am trying to access this IRL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://اختبار-القبولالعالمي.top"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">http://<span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL">اختبار-القبولالعالمي</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.top</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">And I have received the following error message:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="513" height="201" style="width:5.3437in;height:2.0937in" id="_x0000_i1029" src="cid:image013.jpg@01D2FBBA.4E666D30"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">You can see the expected contents of the destination site, below. It’s affiliated with an Internet community group to which we belong, and it should be completely safe.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Why is it blocked?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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