December 2014, of tens of thousands of networks in the world, this network is among the top twenty for having the most botnet controllers hosted. See:
www.spamhaus.org/news/article/720/spamhaus-botnet-summary-2014
AND
http://bgp.he.net/dns/iliad.fr#_whois (proxad.net / iliad.fr / free.fr relationship)
https://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/proxad.net (the unsatisfactory reputation of proxad / iliad.fr)
AND
January 2015, current listings: www.spamhaus.org/sbl/listings/iliad.fr
AND
As of March 2014, is listed as the 207th WORST network in the WORLD (of tens of thousands of networks). See:
http://sitevet.com/db/asn/AS12322 (iliad.fr / Free AS)
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September 2012, supporting spam and botnet operations for more than two years. See:
www.spamhaus.org/sbl/listings/iliad.fr