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April 12, 2006
Microsoft Strider URL Tracer with Typo-Patrol
Microsoft has a new research prototype tool available for download called Strider URL Tracer with Typo-Patrol.
When a user visits a Web site, her browser may be instructed to visit other third-party domains without her knowledge. Some of these third-party domains raise security, privacy, and safety concerns. The Strider URL Tracer, available for download, is a tool that reveals these third-party domains, and it includes a Typo-Patrol feature that generates and scans sites that capitalize on inadvertent URL misspellings, a process known as typo-squatting. The tool also enables parents to block typo-squatting domains that serve adult ads on typos of children's Web sites.
This application, apparently formerly known as HoneyMonkey, is available for download from Microsoft's Web Site.
So, I downloaded an installed it. In theory, it's supposed to identify sites that are redirecting your requests to a third party site for tracking, advertising, phishing, 419 scams...God only knows what. So, I launch the URL Tracer, and immediately point it Microsoft's web site and...guess what. ;)
Posted by Peenie Wallie on April 12, 2006 at 10:26 AM
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