Comments on: Microsoft tool hunts down typo squatters

Aims to help surfers and businesses avoid the pain of pop-ups and porn redirects from mistyped URLs.

[MuseMind]

What if the typo domain is an actual website?

This tool could cause domains for legitimate websites to be blocked as well. Many times people grab a misspelling of a one word domain to use for an actual site. Is it entirely automated, or is there some human intervention at play when banning these domains?

[Jim Harmon]

What if real?

From reading the article, it sounds to me as if it's using a defined list of "wrong" URL's.

If the site is real and mistakenly appears on the list, I'd say the webmaster of said site would probably need to contact Microsoft's Cybersecurity and Systems Management group.

[BKHerbert]

Crashed my IE6

Well, I just attempted to install this latest great tool.. And immediately my IE6 stopped working. Every attempt to launch it popped up the crash window with an opportunity to "Report this error"... After 10 attempts, (and 10 reports), I uninstalled it, and the problem stopped.

Now, let me see if I've got this straight: We were supposed to migrate to XP because it was "bulletproof and hacker-free"...OOPS! Well, SP2 is supposed to make it "bulletproof and hacker-free"!!! OOPS!! Now, we're supposed to migrate to Vista because it will be the best-tested "bulletproof and hacker-free" O.S. ever!! Why don't I want to spend money to watch the hackers prove how UN-bulletproof the new OS is?...(before they've even got the current one bulletproof'd)?

LJ

[mssoot]

AOL=MSN Now

What a great idea possible data entries:
AOL = MSN
Linux = MS Windows
Im sure this would never be abused for comercial gain?