According to its WHOIS record, ACTIV-VISION-TOOLS.INFO was created on March 23, 2017 and expires on March 23, 2018. That is around 9 years of continuous registration. It is registered through West263 International Limited (IANA ID 1915) and is past its expiry date. The registrant country on record is China. DNS is served by ns3.myhostadmin.net and ns4.myhostadmin.net. When a domain uses its own nameservers, the owner runs the DNS directly instead of relying on a hosting or DNS provider. Nameservers decide where a domain's DNS is hosted, so a change of nameservers usually means the website or email moved to a new provider. Renewals are usually made for one to ten years at a time, so an expiry date far in the future shows a long-term commitment to the name. A registrar transfer moves the management of a domain from one company to another without changing the domain name itself. Changes to the registrant organisation can point to a sale, a merger or simply an update of company details. The creation date shows when the name was first registered, while the expiry date shows how long the current registration has been paid for. Domains that are not renewed before their expiry date normally enter a grace and redemption period before they can be registered again. Registry locks add an extra layer of protection for valuable names, because changes then need manual confirmation by the registry.
In the period from October 11, 2016 to January 27, 2018, 55 fields of the record were modified. The domain moved from united-domains AG to West263 International Limited. DNS moved from ns.udag.de, ns.udag.net and ns.udag.org to ns3.myhostadmin.net and ns4.myhostadmin.net. Status flags were updated: OK was added and clientTransferProhibited, pendingDelete, redemptionPeriod and serverHold were removed. It was renewed: the expiry date went from August 3, 2017 to March 23, 2018. The full record, including every stored snapshot, can be downloaded in JSON, XML or CSV.
For ACTIV-VISION-TOOLS.INFO, Whois Data Center keeps 6 historical WHOIS snapshots. The most recent capture is from January 27, 2018. Investigators use dated records to establish who controlled a domain at a specific point in time. Comparing snapshots makes it easy to see when the registrar, nameservers or status of a domain changed. Historical records are useful for due diligence, brand protection and investigating the background of a website. Snapshots are collected over time, so the gaps between them depend on how often the record was checked. These records help track changes in registration details, ownership signals and DNS over time.
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