Win32Whois

Win32Whois is a very lightweight Windows freebie that retrieves registration information about a user-defined domain or website.

It's all pretty easy to use, but advanced computer experience is still needed in order to read the provided information, mostly because Win32Whois displays a great amount of details.

The checking process doesn't take much time and Win32Whois looks up both domain and IP address with the help of multiple built-in whois servers.

As said, Win32Whois retrieves plenty of details, including DNS server and contact information, IP block, net range, country, city and address, registration date and domain expiration date.

There are only a few options available, so you can enable RWHOIS, resolve domains, get abuse info and perform an IP reverse lookup. Proxy connections are possible too, with support for HTTP, SOCKS 4 and SOCKS5 protocols and optional authentication.

Last but not least, Win32Whois lets you export all collected details to a file that can be later accessed with the help of any text editor on the market, including the built-in Windows Notepad.

Win32Whois is not a resource hog and you shouldn't experience any significant slowdown while you're using it. The app works smoothly on all Windows versions and doesn't require administrator privileges on Windows 7 workstations.

Win32Whois is indeed an app that serves its purpose in the right way, offering a clean interface and very easy to use features. There's no help section, but thanks to its intuitive approach, most users won't even need one.