AfterNET uses several Realtime Black Lists (RBLs) from 3rd parties to keep out internet hosts which have caused problems in the past.
The lists consist usually of a list of IP addresses whose owners refuse to stop the proliferation of spam and proxies, hosts that have been seen sending spam or attacking IRC networks, etc. Often, with dynamic IP addresses, a person who had an IP before you may have had a virus, or been hacked and
Usually being listed in SORBS just means someone who had your dynamic IP before you had a virus or trojan. Most users have dynamic IP's that change whenever they connect to the internet. Read our DNSBL and Login On Connect pages to learn how to turn off SORBS RBL checking when you use AfterNET.