How to run Whois commands from Windows Computers
Unlike LINUX this is a little more complicated and you will need to use a 3rd party tool like WhoisCL which you can download from here: http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/WhoisCL-Download-44833.html
Be careful to click the "External Mirror link" and not the bright flashing "Download Now link" which is just there to trick you into downloading some kind of crapware.
Once downloaded, extract and then open the folder.
Copy the file WhoisCL.exe into your /windows/system32 folder OR make sure you edit your System Environment path so that it knows where the WhoisCl.exe file is located. This prevents you having to put the full path into the command prompt.
Also beware that many viruses often pretend to be commonly downloaded utilities like WhoisCL.exe so if you find a file with the name WhoisCL.exe in a place that you didn't install it then it "may" be a virus.
Make sure you always virus check every file you download and if you think you have a trojan use SDFix.exe in safe mode to hunt and destroy them. I have found that when virus checkers like McAfee or Kaspersky have run a full scan they still haven't found viruses that SDFix.exe has. Bewared though, because of the way the program works other Anti-Virus tools may falsely identify it as a virus.
To run Whois on a windows machine XP, Vista, Win7 (and above) then do the following.
Open up a command prompt and type:
C:\users\me\>whoiscl microsoft.com
You will get back a full Whois report for the domain you are looking at.
Add the flag -r to prevent the top line of the report from coming back e.g
C:\users\me\>whoiscl -r microsoft.com
Unlike LINUX this is a little more complicated and you will need to use a 3rd party tool like WhoisCL which you can download from here: http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/WhoisCL-Download-44833.html
Be careful to click the "External Mirror link" and not the bright flashing "Download Now link" which is just there to trick you into downloading some kind of crapware.
Once downloaded, extract and then open the folder.
Copy the file WhoisCL.exe into your /windows/system32 folder OR make sure you edit your System Environment path so that it knows where the WhoisCl.exe file is located. This prevents you having to put the full path into the command prompt.
Also beware that many viruses often pretend to be commonly downloaded utilities like WhoisCL.exe so if you find a file with the name WhoisCL.exe in a place that you didn't install it then it "may" be a virus.
Make sure you always virus check every file you download and if you think you have a trojan use SDFix.exe in safe mode to hunt and destroy them. I have found that when virus checkers like McAfee or Kaspersky have run a full scan they still haven't found viruses that SDFix.exe has. Bewared though, because of the way the program works other Anti-Virus tools may falsely identify it as a virus.
To run Whois on a windows machine XP, Vista, Win7 (and above) then do the following.
Open up a command prompt and type:
C:\users\me\>whoiscl microsoft.com
You will get back a full Whois report for the domain you are looking at.
Add the flag -r to prevent the top line of the report from coming back e.g
C:\users\me\>whoiscl -r microsoft.com
C:\Users\me>whoiscl -r microsoft.com
WHOIS Server: whois.markmonitor.com
Registrant:
Domain Administrator
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond WA 98052
US
domains@microsoft.com +1.4258828080 Fax: +1.4259367329
Domain Name: microsoft.com
Registrar Name: Markmonitor.com
Registrar Whois: whois.markmonitor.com
Registrar Homepage: http://www.markmonitor.com
Administrative Contact:
Domain Administrator
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond WA 98052
US
domains@microsoft.com +1.4258828080 Fax: +1.4259367329
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
MSN Hostmaster
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond WA 98052
US
msnhst@microsoft.com +1.4258828080 Fax: +1.4259367329
Created on..............: 1991-05-01.
Expires on..............: 2021-05-02.
Record last updated on..: 2011-08-14.
Domain servers in listed order:
ns3.msft.net
ns2.msft.net
ns1.msft.net
ns5.msft.net
ns4.msft.net
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