Why can I NOT do a full lookup for IP Address for 10.151.107.17?

Help, Why cant I do a lookup for IP Address for 10.151.107.17?


Why does it say its a "black hole?" Usually I get a valid answer, not this.





IP Information - 10.151.107.17


Whois Information


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NetRange: 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255


CIDR: 10.0.0.0/8


OriginAS:


NetName: PRIVATE-ADDRESS-ABLK-RFC1918-IANA-RESERV鈥?br>

NetHandle: NET-10-0-0-0-1


Parent:


NetType: IANA Special Use


NameServer: BLACKHOLE-1.IANA.ORG


NameServer: BLACKHOLE-2.IANA.ORG


Comment: This block is used as private address space.


Comment: Addresses from this block can be used by


Comment: anyone without any need to coordinate with


Comment: IANA or an Internet registry. Addresses from


Comment: this block are used in multiple, separately


Comment: operated networks.


Comment: This block was assigned by the IETF in the


Comment: Best Current Practice document, RFC 1918


Comment: which can be found at:


Comment: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1918.tx鈥?br>

RegDate:


Updated: 2010-03-15


Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-10-0-鈥?br>




OrgName: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority


OrgId: IANA


Address: 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330


City: Marina del Rey


StateProv: CA


PostalCode: 90292-6695


Country: US


RegDate:


Updated: 2004-02-24


Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/IANA





OrgTechHandle: IANA-IP-ARIN


OrgTechName: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number


OrgTechPhone: +1-310-301-5820


OrgTechEmail: abuse@iana.org


OrgTechRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/IANA-IP-A鈥?br>




OrgAbuseHandle: IANA-IP-ARIN


OrgAbuseName: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number


OrgAbusePhone: +1-310-301-5820


OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@iana.org


OrgAbuseRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/IANA-IP-A鈥?br>




THE Reason Im asking is that Im getting abusive emails from that IP Address. On others that are not "private" I know they are using SBC/ATT or Clearwire or whatever. How can I know if it says private?


??? How can I find out?|||Your abusive messages are coming from your own network, maybe even your own machine. Some addresses are reserved for local-only use, including 10.xxx.xxx.xxx and 192.168.xxx.xxx, so that's why you can't get the normal report from WhoIs. It's you!



And since it's you or your network being the source, chances are very high that you have active malware that urgently needs removing. Use the usual tools. If it continues, do a re-installation. If it were my machine (and it was once long ago -- Windows is eventually that way for everyone) I'd install Linux -- such as PCLinuxOS or LinuxMint, or another distribution found at http://distrowatch.com



Good luck!|||Anything from 10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255 is reserved for private networks; those numbers do not exist on the public Internet. Period. Assume you're getting spoofed. In the meantime, if you have mail filters worthy of the name, block anything mentioning that range.