Site Reviews by Mani Manivannan in the Norton Safe Web community Mon May 21 08:07:17 +0000 2012 http://safeweb.norton.com/profile/Mani%20Manivannan Setup in Canada Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:45:30 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=symantac.com This domain seems to have been in use till recently. Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:41:57 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=symanstecstore.com This is not an official symantec domain. This is a domain squatter set up in Canada. Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:34:27 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=symanteccorp.com A rapidly spreading spyware connects to this server. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:50:58 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=verycurious.com PCmag.com reports that this site eventually lands on antivirusxp08.net, a known malware site. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:25:19 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=xp-protected.com as reported by pcmag.com, this site takes you to antivirusxp08.net, a malware site. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:23:58 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=alabeagle.com In an article entitled "Google-Syndicated Malware Ads Hosted On CNet" PCmag.com traced this attack page from Google sponsored ad on download.com at the PCTools AV page. According to them, the syndicated ad links to a long URL on http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/. That redirects to http://www.xp-protected.com which in turn pointed to http://www.alabeagle.com and finally redirected to a page on http://www.antivirusxp08.net/. This page is tagged as the malware site by Norton. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:21:51 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=antivirusxp08.net Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:44:26 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=nakkheeeran.com Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:44:06 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=tyroo.com This appears to be an official site owned by Fair Isaac Corporation. They sell credit reports and FICO scores for consumers. Under the US law, the three credit reporting agencies are required to let consumers examine their credit report at no charge. That service is available at annualcreditreport.com. MyFico.com is sells such reports and the FICO score for a fee. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:57:16 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=myfico.com Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:26:43 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=onestopenglish.com Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:03:13 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=friendmails.tc.net and runs web browsing centers in India, for reasonable prices. The site is timely and it usually safe with no annoying popups. Home page has a lot of ads though. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:40:25 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=sify.com Computer Academic Underground. Publishes exploits and contains exploit code. It declares in its About page: "We know that governments do not like us. We know that local law enforcement does not like us. We know that alot of people do not like us. None of this matters, simply because we don't do anything wrong." Watch your step. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:51:45 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=caughq.org .. truly. But you don't own the domain name if you don't pay. Wikipedia says the .tk domains are often used for spamming and phishing scams. The domain is often blocked. As one would expect, a free domain invites all kinds of people that peddle suspicious wares. Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:30:49 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=dot.tk Yes, gmail was indeed down and not just for me. This site confirmed it! Cool. Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:48:03 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=downforeveryoneorjustme.com CyberMedia India Online (CIOL) is among India's first website to focus on Information Technology providing latest IT news, information on IT Industry, products & companies in India. Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:46:34 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=ciol.com Computer Emergency Response Team is the authoritative source for Computer/internet vulnerabilities. Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:34:25 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=us-cert.gov This is the India Team that handles Computer Emergency Responses. Their advisories are at: http://cert-in.org.in/advisory/index.html Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:30:54 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=cert-in.org.in Yes, that is what the press release says. 2 IIT-D grads, returning from Silicon Valley, armed with $7 mill VC funding to "wean away the growing community of internet buffs" in India from "Google and Yahoo." Sure. The site is registered at Mauritius. Mauritius? Yes, the tiny Indian Ocean island off of the east coast of the large island (Madagascar) off of the east coast of Mozambique, Africa. And Norton reports drive by download trojan at this site. Hope they clean up their act before "weaning" the desi babies away from google and yahoo. Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:18:22 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=guruji.com This site that advertises itself as "India's Top Technology reviews, news, downloads, and prices site with information on PCs & Laptops" is a cross between Engadget and Deals2buy.com or something. Colorful. Looks prosperous. Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:08:37 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=tech2.com This domain is registered to an entity called C2 or communicate2.com. The web site itself has the text "Lead Generation by Communicate2.com". Would anyone want to give personal data to an intermediary? This is probably a safe company. But why use a man in the middle? Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:59:05 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=hdfcbankcarloans.co.in BSNL, India's largest government owned broadband provider is slow to move. Here users exchange notes on how to work around their limitations. Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:39:32 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=bsnlbroadband.com Sun, 10 Aug 2008 09:27:45 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=qaieschool.com The non-profit publisher of the Consumer Reports set up this site to help consumers protect their identity. Contains valuable tips about protecting you against ID theft. Secure and Trusted. Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:32:01 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=financialprivacynow.org Run by a couple of amateurs as a hobby site. Financed by google ads. But contains useful articles. Follow their advice at your own risk. Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:24:37 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=savingadvice.com The parent of the BookForum.com. 'nuff said. Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:45:42 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=artforum.com You love books, and you are a snob, and you haven't heard of BookForum? Fall at my feet, you febrile acolyte! Safe site. Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:43:04 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=bookforum.com and the original gizmo site. Steve Jobs says this site is his favorite. Seriously! Lousy home page design. Too many mm plugins. Losing its competition with Engadget. Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:37:34 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=gizmodo.com Sponsored by Pitchfork Media, the popular indie music news site. Follows the same, simple web design of pitchforkmedia.com. Safe. Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:31:03 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=pitchforkmusicfestival.com Emphasis on indie music, "underground" music, with a writing style that appeals to primary consumers of music albums covered - adolescents. Monstrously popular - 250K visitors per day. And parodied by The Onion. Loads quickly. No unnecessary multimedia plugin dependency. Or in your face Vegas like blinking ads. Safe, indeed. Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:28:42 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=pitchforkmedia.com New York Times says this is "a Web site one can visit to ask random questions and tap into the "hive mind" of an anonymous audience of overeducated and overopinionated geeks." Safe site to visit. Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:19:27 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=metafilter.com Land grabbing the generic domain name for brand name theaters is dumb. On top of this, the digital certificate is issued to a specific URL while it is used elsewhere for SSL connection. Dumb again. Finally, the use of a flash plugin without which the home page doesn't show. The net result, I need to add a certificate exception and download a plug in in my FireFox browswer to see anything at all. Adios. Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:32:54 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=thecinema.in Despite its name, this is a good site where the world's leading security experts exchange notes on vulnerabilities. Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:18:53 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=blackhat.com Despite advance notices to patch DNS servers, a lot of the name servers are still not patched against the Kaminsky DNS cache poisoning vulnerability (See http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Jul/0219.html). OpenDNS is a good, fast alternative in the US and some selected countries. But slow is better than being unsafe. Switch if you need to. And you can check if your DNS server is vulnerable at Dan Kaminsky's blog: http://www.doxpara.com/?p=1162 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:15:56 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=opendns.com Depends on browsers doing default domain autosearch and appending .org to .com. Page also suspicious error messages failing on function call to implode(). Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:38:54 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=com.org .. from appdeploy.com Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:51:56 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=windowspe.com "Application deployment and unattended installation information." AppDeploy.com is an "online community that speeds day-to-day application management tasks for computer systems managers." It was acquired by KACE, a Systems Management Appliances company in 2007. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:41:00 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=appdeploy.com This appears to be an online banking back-office services site. Uses RSA Adaptive authentication based on the only web site that is searchable at this site. Probably safe. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:32:46 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=cyota.net This is pretty good site. You can dig up old foreign exchange conversion rates, when the US Dollar was mighty. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:12:49 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=oanda.com Not registered to CitiGroup businesses. NO publicly visible web pages. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:43:30 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=citialarm.com Probably a domain squatter. No publicly visible web pages though. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:41:31 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=citialliance.com Not registered to CitiGroup business. No publicly visible web page. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:36:39 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=citialerts.com Appears to be a domain squatter. No publicly visible web page. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:35:14 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=citialert.com This is not registered to CitiBank but to a business called CitiBond Travel based in London. There are no publicly visible pages. It is not clear if they are related to CitiBank, CitiGroup of businesses. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:33:00 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=citiagents.com This is also one of the several official domains registered by CitiBank. Name servers point to CitiGroup. No public web page. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:29:44 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=citiagent.com registered to CitiBank, NY, USA. No public page. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:27:56 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=citiaffinity.com registered to CitiBank International, PLC., Milan, Italy. No publicly visible web page. The three TLDs (COM, NET, ORG) all registered to the same entity. Probably safe. But until a public web page is available, hard to be certain that the links are free of threats. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:26:04 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=citiadvisor.org registered to CitiBank International PLC, Milan, Italy. No public web pages. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:23:50 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=citiadvisor.net Domain registered to CitiBank International PLC, Italy. There are no publicly visible web pages. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:20:38 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=citiadvisor.com not registered to CitiCard, CitiBank or CitiGroup. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:16:23 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=citiacrds.com Not registered to CitiBank or CitiCard. Suspicious links. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:14:28 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=citiacrd.com Not registered to CitiCards, CitiBank or CitiCards. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:11:03 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=citiacards.com Not registered to CitiGroup or CitiBank. Suspicious links. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:09:23 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=citiabnkonline.com Not related to CitiBank Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:01:17 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=citiabnk.com Not related to CitiBank. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:00:09 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=citiabank.com This is yet another domain squatter grabbing CitiAAdvantage World Master Card domain name. Not related to American Airlines or CitiBank. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:59:08 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=citiaadvantageworldmastercard.com Not related to CitiGroup or American Airlines or CitiAAdvantage card program. Contains suspicious links. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:56:18 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=citiaadvantagemastercard.com Not related to CitiAAdvantage credit card business. Typo Squatter. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:52:05 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=citiaadvantagecard.com Not registered to CitiGroup or CitiBank. It is not related to CitiAAdvantage card program. The links are suspicious. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:48:54 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=citiaadvantagebusinesscard.com not a financial site. probably a typo squatter. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:46:22 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=citiaa.com registered to CitiBank, US. For CitiAAdvantage credit card program. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:43:38 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=citiaadvantage.com hoping to get people looking for Citi AAdvantage credit card customers. Not registered to either CitiGroup or American Airlines. Contains suspicious links. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:40:44 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=citiadvantagecard.com of Citi Group's Mortgage products and services. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:28:44 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=citimortgage.com Registered to the Public Storage Corporation and is an official domain. This however, doesn't seem to have a public web page. However, this domain is used for communication with customers. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:28:54 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=pscustomercare.com of the Public Storage, "world's largest owner and operator of self storage facility facilities." In addition to 38 states in the US, it operates in 7 Western European nations. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:12:39 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=publicstorage.com This typo squat domain with a different TLD is registered at the UK. dot com in Korea and dot net in the UK. Both hoping for hits. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:07:54 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplates.net Registered to "Korea Information Certificate Authority", parked at sedoparking.com, hosted at Germany. Typo Squatter for flashplayer.com variants. Hmm. Go figure. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:05:53 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplates.com Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:03:03 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplaters.com Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:02:52 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplater.com Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:02:40 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplate.com Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:02:14 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplasyer.com Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:59:29 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplashplayer.com Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:59:12 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplash.com Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:58:58 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplaryer.com Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:58:44 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplary.com Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:58:28 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplarer.com Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:58:15 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplare.com More tiresome variants of flashplayer.com flashplar.com flashplare.com flashplarer.com flashplary.com flashplaryer.com flashplash.com flashplashplayer.com flashplasyer.com flashplate.com flashplater.com flashplaters.com flashplates.com flashplates.ne Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:57:57 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplar.com Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:56:50 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplaper.com Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:54:56 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplalyer.com Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:54:44 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplaler.com Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:54:32 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplajer.com Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:54:19 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplair.com Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:54:06 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplaier.com Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:53:52 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplahyer.com Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:53:39 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplaher.com Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:53:22 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplager.com such as the following: flashplaeyr.com flashplager.com flashplaher.com flashplahyer.com flashplaier.com flashplair.com flashplajer.com flashplaler.com flashplalyer.com Not everything is worthy of a review, but can be rated individually. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:52:48 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplaeyr.com Typo squatter, registered outside the US. hit farming with questionable links. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:50:35 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplaeyer.com with a name server called hitfarm. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:48:28 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplaey.com with a name server called hitfarm. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:46:00 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplaery.com plural. missing 'y'. Registered to an entity in Malaysia. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:43:53 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplaers.com with a different TLD. Missing 'y' in player. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:41:52 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplaer.net Notice the missing 'y' in player. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:40:57 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplaergames.com not the gamer site. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:40:00 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplaer.com for flashplayer.com, a gamer site. This site apparently is owned by a different entity. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:38:21 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplaayer.com Too many multimedia coomercials in the home page. Annoying to wait for all those to download before you can navigate. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:21:05 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=space.com Popular site. Covers Hollywood and other western movies well. International coverage has improved in the last few years. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:13:41 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=imdb.com This is a gamer site, owned by UGONETWORKS.com. Now redirects to ugonetworks.com. Previously vulnerable to typo squatter leaks. As is to be expected of a gamer site, this uses heavy multimedia. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:08:47 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flashplayer.com This is a service provided by the American Automobile Association to the media to monitor gasoline prices across the US. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:59:49 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=fuelgaugereport.com Offers travel assistance to members, insurance, road side service, maps and guides, etc., at reasonable rates. Online transactions are trustworthy. But synchronization with the local clubs is patchy. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:54:40 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=aaa.com customized for readers in the San Francisco Bay area and Los Angeles. Monthly calendar of Indian American cultural events. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:50:34 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=indiacurrents.com based in California. With a focus on news of Indian Americans based in the west coast of the US. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:47:29 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=indiawest.com of the India Abroad, a US based weekly with ethnic Indian readership. This is one of the older Indian American newspapers, but now it is owned by Rediff and integrated with rediff.com site. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:44:51 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=indiaabroad.com An Indian-American online classified ads, news, gossip, and flame war battle ground. An effective site to reach large number of ethnic Indians in the US. Its classifieds ads work. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:28:20 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=sulekha.com London Entertainment Guide from The Evening Standard, London's "Quality Newspaper." Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:23:52 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=thisislondon.co.uk of the Center for New American Media. "Award-Winning Documentaries by Louis Alvarez & Andrew Kolker." No text, all flash, absolutley annoying. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:16:46 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=cnam.com This is a division of the New America Media, a Pacific news service organization. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:13:33 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=ncmonline.com Official site. This is the largest collaboration of the ethnic media in the USA and publishes news with the perspectives of the various ethnic and immigrant communities that populate the US. "New America Media is the country's first and largest national collaboration and advocate of 2000 ethnic news organizations. Over 51 million ethnic adults connect to each other, to home countries and to America through 3000+ ethnic media, the fastest growing sector of American journalism. Founded by the nonprofit Pacific News Service in 1996, NAM is headquartered in California with offices in New York and Washington D.C., and partnerships with journalism schools to grow local associations of ethnic media." Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:11:34 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=newamericamedia.org "Over 19100 newspapers, magazines, radio and TV stations. At Mondo Times, the worldwide media guide with over 19000 media outlets." Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:06:46 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=mondotimes.com .. of the Tamilan Express, a Tamil language tabloid, that appeals to the readers that prefer gossipy, exciting news format, published by the New Indian Express group of companies headquartered in Chennai, India, that also publishes that rather staid Dinamani, a leading Tamil language daily. Annoying ads besides the content. But otherwise appears to be safe for your computer. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:04:46 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=tamilanexpress.com .. of the Malayalam Varikha, a Malayalam language newspaper, published by the New Indian Express group of companies headquartered in Chennai, India. This publishes all of its stories as a PDF file that needs to be downloaded. Annoying. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:00:05 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=malayalamvarikha.com .. of the Cinema Express, a Tamil language newspaper that covers the South Indian cinema industry, published by the New Indian Express group of companies headquartered in Chennai, India. It covers such "important" news such as which actresses makes men drool the most. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:55:13 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=cinemaexpress.com .. of the AP Weekly, a Telugu language newsweekly, published by the New Indian Express group of companies headquartered in Chennai, India. Too many annoying, blinking advertisements. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:48:26 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=apweekly.com .. of the Andhra Prabha, a leading Telugu language newspaper, published by the New Indian Express group of companies headquartered in Chennai, India. Norton Safe web warns of drive-by downloads at this site. Surprising. It is annoying for its ads and popups though. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:46:09 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=andhraprabha.com .. of the Kannada Prabha, a leading Kannada language newspaper, published by the New Indian Express group of companies headquartered in Chennai, India. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:43:04 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=kannadaprabha.com India varta, owned by the New Indian Express group of companies headquartered in the south. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:41:04 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=indiavarta.com of the Dinamani, a leading Tamil language newspaper, published in Chennai, India. This is a highly reputed newspaper, particularly for its coverage of politics and finance news in the Tamil language. This is owned by the New Indian Express group of companies headquartered in the south. Like other Indian express portals, this also has too many popups and ads. Annoying. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:36:53 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=dinamani.com of the New Indian Express, a newspaper group based in Chennai, South India. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:34:18 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=newindpress.com This is different from Typo Squatter. The Indian Express group of companies split into two companies after the death of the founder Ramnath Goenka. The northern edition head quartered in Mumbai, retained the name Indian Express while the southern branch is named The New Indian Express. While the Indian Express was able to register its domain name, the New Indian Express found some other domain squatter had parked its name. So, it registered the name newindpress.com. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:32:44 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=newindianexpress.com .. of Lok Satta, a Marathi language daily, part of the Indian Express (Mumbai) group of companies. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:21:38 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=loksatta.com .. of the Express Business Publications, part of the Indian Express (Mumbai) group of companies. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:20:13 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=expressbusinesspublications.com .. of the Kashmir Live, part of the Indian Express (Mumbai) group of companies. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:19:11 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=kashmirlive.com .. of the Indian Express - US Edition, part of the Indian Express (Mumbai) group of companies. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:18:17 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=iexpressusa.com .. of the Screen India, part of the Indian Express (Mumbai) group of companies. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:11:58 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=screenindia.com .. of the Financial Express, part of the Indian Express (Mumbai) group of companies. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:11:10 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=financialexpress.com of the Indian Express group of companies (Mumbai). Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:10:15 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=indianexpress.com .. of the Indian Express Newspapers (Mumbai). Too many advertisements. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:07:58 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=expressindia.com .. but sends out email announcements on behalf of other enterprises. This is a legit business that respects your email preferences not to receive their e-mail announcements. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:52:03 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=enterpriseannounce.com "The Web Buyer's Guide is the most comprehensive directory of enterprise technology companies, products and research available online." These are responsible online business people. Their home page doesn't contain annoying multimedia plugins either. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:49:26 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=webbuyersguide.com with questionable ad links. Registered to an owner in Poland apparently unrelated to the legitimate owners of the Washington Post in the US Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:42:47 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=washingtonpoost.com with questionable ad links. Registered to an owner in Latvia. Don't appear to be related to the legitimate owners of the Washington Post in the US. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:37:52 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=washingotnpost.com This site is reported to have served out questionable links before it was acquired by Washington Post. Doesn't redirect to legitimate site. That I think is the right behavior. Browsers could also do a "typo checker" but that may run into the First amendment rights. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:33:26 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=washingtonopst.com One of the three most important newspapers in the US. As the hometown newspaper of the most powerful capital in the world, its views are eagerly read all over the world. Brought down President Nixon with its courageous investigation of the Watergate breakin as dramatized in the movie "All the President's Men." Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:24:59 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=washingtonpost.com Well, that is what Microsoft Research found in 2005. This site is owned by Google and after eWeek published the Microsoft article on Typo patrol, some of the questionable links seem to have been cleaned up. Still, Oingo needs to earn its trust. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:15:03 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=oingo.com This site also serves out questionable links to sites (typo and otherwise) parked with them. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:04:34 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=sedoparking.com A lot of the Typo domains seem to be parked with information.com that serves out links. While that is a legitimate business, it is not clear if information.com is checking if the links are legit and are malware free. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:01:58 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=information.com but not very popular. 1 hit a month. Disney is probably not very concerned. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:55:35 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=diney.com This is yet another typo squatter site that Morgan owns. Looks like this also has changed hands recently. This site doesn't seem to be redirected, probably because the hit rate is low (~ 1 per month). Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:50:31 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=morganstanely.com The typo squatter site morganstnley.com is known to have had advertisements unfriendly to Morgan Stanley and hosted by a typo squatter. Looks like MS has bought out the squatter and redirecting traffic to its home site. Hmm. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:46:56 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=morganstnley.com Smart. MS owns this site but there are no public pages to visit and no redirection. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:41:33 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=morganstanly.com "Global financial services firm and a market leader in securities, asset management and credit services." Badly designed home page, with a multimedia link dominating the page. Vulnerable to attacks on Flash. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:37:43 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=morganstanley.com Not associated with the official Cartoon Network channel Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:37:01 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=cartoonnetawork.com Requires a flash plugin. Too many ads. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:34:29 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=cartoonnetwork.com Not owned by Disney. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:28:39 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=disneyyshopping.com Goes to disney.go.com. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:22:40 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=disneychannel.com Not related to Disney Channel Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:20:17 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=dissneychannel.com Probable typosquatter Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:58:09 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=disneyyellowpages.com Owned by Broggie & Campbell Productions. Probably not connected to Disney Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:52:31 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=disneyyearbook.com maps to http://disneyyouthgroups.disney.go.com Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:46:00 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=disneyyes.com Not connected to DisneyLand Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:41:22 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=disneyydirect.com Not connected to Disney Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:40:15 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=disneyy.com Owned by SZK.com in Italy. This one of the 100's of typo-squatters trying to leverage typo surfing off of Disney. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:39:01 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=disnyland.com Not connected to Disney Land. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:31:50 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=disnryland.com Uses QuickTime and Flash plugins. This site is trustworthy. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:22:27 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=disneyland.com Owned by Moniker, Privacy Services not Google. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:54:49 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=glooge.com but in the hands of the real thing. Again, while it is registered to Google, it doesn't redirect this domain to google.com Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:35:06 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=gooigle.com This was one of the several typo squatter domains exploiting Google users but now in the hands of the real Google. But this also doesn't redirect the user. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:33:07 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=googkle.com this site, previously in the hands of a typo squatter, is now registered to Google but doesn't redirect to Google. I wonder why as there are other typo URLs that Google redirects. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:29:56 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=ghoogle.com "India's number 1 selling car" Not an elegant web design but does its job. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:41:45 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=marutialto.com This is unrelated to Maruti brand of cars of India or to the Maruti-Suzuki company. Apparently owned by Acuway, with an address in the US. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:38:16 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=maruti.com of Maruti-Suzuki, India's largest car manufacturer. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:35:45 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=marutisuzuki.com "Thomson Reuters is the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals." Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:59:49 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=thomsonreuters.com safe Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:55:09 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=royters.com Global news service and Financial data provider. Now Thomson Reuters after merger with Thomson's. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:53:03 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=reuters.com Typo URL protected by Google Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:49:42 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=googil.com this site was reported to have contained a lot of popups and malware. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:44:50 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=goggle.com Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:10:13 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=symantic.com "The definitive Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation." The popup on the home page is annoying. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:24:49 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=snopes.com This is the official web site of Cecil Adams, "World's Smartest Human Being fighting ignorance", and his famous syndicated column The Straight Dope. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:09:04 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=straightdope.com This is the real world company that markets spam, the canned preprocessed meat product by Hormel Foods. The site uses heavy multimedia to promote SPAM. This has nothing to do with email or link spam in the software universe. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:02:58 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=spam.com "Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication supplies secure messaging services and interface software to wholesale financial entities." Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:27:00 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=swift.com that automatically farms domain names from domain search and "acquires names in bulk through proper channels and sophisticated technology." Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:20:15 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=chestertonholdings.com Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:01:50 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=moveon.org Secure and trustworthy. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:53:07 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=genetservice.com but uses annoying dynamic fonts, flash and other plugins. Appears to be authored by a reputed clergy. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:32:34 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=bibleintamil.com This is the maker of cast and calendered PSA vinyl films for signage, graphic design and digital printing applications. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:23:52 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=oracal.com of the Financial Times web site. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:05:50 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=financaltimes.com Financial Times of London site. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:59:45 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=financialtimes.com FT.com? Yes. It is THE Financial Times. Online edition of the UK financial daily. This is not related to the Times of London. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:58:42 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=ft.com Official online edition of the illustrious Times of London newspaper. Now owned by Rupert Murdoch. This is of course the original Times (before NYT, TOI, and others borrowed the monicker). And it is also the creator of the Times New Roman typeface. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:55:34 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=timesonline.co.uk .. that combines a brand name with a generic word. Why anyone would want to type such a long domain name to get here beats me. But this is still an official site. Sigh. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:49:05 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=newsweekdistancelearning.com .. but dumb. When one combines generic words with a brand name and create domain names, one opens up a huge hole for typo squatters to occupy. This is indeed owned by Newsweek. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:47:40 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=newsweekeducation.com Official site of the American News weekly. Competes with Time Magazine online and off. Considered to be more liberal than Time Magazine but still will be well to the right of center from international perspective. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:45:28 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=newsweek.com the real t-mobile web page t-mobile.com. Good. Protected from the typo squatters. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:38:03 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=tmobile.com "T-Mobile cellular and wireless internet services. Cellular plans for individuals, family and business." You can pay your bills safely and securely on this site. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:36:26 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=t-mobile.com with an interest in financial applications. Pays attention to the applicable laws. The topics are of interest to anyone that follows security topics. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:15:10 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=financialcryptography.com OK, the joke is on non-nerds. It is pronounced h-t-t-p-colon-slash-slash-slashdot-dot-org. Get it? If not, this site is not for you. Others, have fun. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:08:09 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=slashdot.org Mostly open source, unix tools. Some ported to Windows. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:01:45 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=sectools.org "NMAP ("Network Mapper") is a free and open source (license) utility for network exploration or security auditing. Many systems and network administrators also find it useful for tasks such as network inventory, managing service upgrade schedules, and monitoring host or service uptime." Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:59:24 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=nmap.org "The premier general security mailing list. Vulnerabilities are often announced here first, so check frequently!" Hard to disagree. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:57:19 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=seclists.org Home of NMAP and Bugtraq. Its top 100 security tools list is well respected. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:55:19 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=insecure.org Redirect's to O'Reilly's windowsdevcenter.com. Trusted Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:37:59 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=ondotnet.com Contains links to articles, books, etc., of interest to Windows developers, published by O'Reilly publishers. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:33:38 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=windowsdevcenter.com This promisess books, tutorials, and other online materials to help you learn how to Develop and Write Computer Programs and IT Applications. Lots of links and each need to be navigated carefully. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:27:07 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=intelligentedu.com "The Object Oriented Programming Web publishes FREE programming and computer science tutorials, lecture notes, course slides and e-books. OOPWeb.com is a great resource for all programmers and computer science students, but it's especially popular among those who are interested in C++, Java and Object Oriented Programming." Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:21:39 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=oopweb.com Apparently related to the O'Reilly publishers. Contains articles by developers on the books published by O'Reilly. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:15:55 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=oreillynet.com O'Reilly books are written in the style of K&R's classic C programming book - crisp, rich with information and commands your attention. These are not your "xyz for Dummies" type of books. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:09:50 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=oreilly.com Operated by Internet Center for Management and Business Administration Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:50:28 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=quickmba.com Nuyorker appears to be a blog about NYC, in Spanish. This doesn't seem to be a typo squatter and unrelated to the Newyorker.com Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:45:10 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=nuyorker.com Suspicious Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:35:56 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=newyawker.com ... with suspicious links Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:34:37 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=newyoker.com "Online version of the weekly magazine, with current articles, cartoons, blogs, audio, video, slide shows, an archive of articles and abstracts back to 1925." Cartoons are usually funny (except when it comes to Presidential candidates ;-)). Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:32:07 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=newyorker.com Slow to load. But redirects to NYTimes.com. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:24:59 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=newyorktimes.com Not bad. For just a registration, the entire New York Times, the newspaper of record of the financial capital of the world, is available free to read. Its science, technology sections, Weekly magazine and Week in Review are extremely informative. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:22:39 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=nytimes.com The Global Edition of the New York Times. Slow to load. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:18:00 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=iht.com "Financial Engines was founded by Nobel Prize-winning economist William F. Sharpe." Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:08:45 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=financialengines.com This doesn't appear to be official Nikon web site. The links appear to be suspicious. Watch carefully. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:44:47 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=nikonindia.com Flash screen takes a while to load. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:42:04 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=nikonusa.com Best lenses. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:40:34 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=nikon.com Official Internet DVD FAQ for the rec.video.dvd Usenet newsgroups. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:34:38 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=dvddemystified.com "Fifty to ninety percent of the world's languages are predicted to disappear in the next century, many with little or no significant documentation." "The Rosetta Project is a global collaboration of language specialists and native speakers working to build a publicly accessible digital library of human languages." Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:42:57 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=rosettaproject.org This blog has interesting things to say about languages. For instance, it challenges the new Cuil search engine's claim that the name was taken from Irish. According to the company: "Cuil is an old Irish word for knowledge. For knowledge, ask Cuil." But Languagehat says that there is in fact no Irish (either "old" or Old) word cuil meaning 'knowledge'! Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:38:57 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=languagehat.com "Scribus is an open-source program that brings award-winning professional page layout to Linux/Unix, MacOS X, OS/2 and Windows desktops with a combination of "press-ready" output and new approaches to page layout. Underneath the modern and user friendly interface, Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as CMYK color, separations, ICC color management and versatile PDF creation." Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:31:31 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=scribus.net "Californians Against Waste" recycle website provides details on recycling events in California. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:57:48 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=cawrecycles.org Good reference site on etymology. Authored by Douglas Harper (historian, author, journalist and lecturer based in Lancaster, Pa.) Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:42:35 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=etymonline.com by Ron Jeffries, an Agile trainer, author. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:31:30 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=xprogramming.com Motilal Banarsidass is one of the oldest publishing house and bookstore publishing books on Indology. Highly reputed. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:06:35 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=mlbd.com Takes longer to redirect and load the initial flash ad. Annoying. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:01:41 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=pcweek.com Formerly PC Week. Became eWeek during the dot com bubble period. Covers the PC/internet issues fairly well. Too many flash ads in the home page. Slow loading. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:56:55 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=eweek.com Edward de Bono and Robert Heller's management guru web site. Excellent advice. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:40:35 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=thinkingmanagers.com Good experience with this site. Products were delivered on time. Prices may be a bit higher sometimes. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:34:47 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=buy.com Ofen linked by GMail Web Clip. Always interesting. Never had a cause for worry. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:16:51 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=brainyquote.com Aimed at US/western market for books published in India, Pakistan and other South Asian nations. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:14:59 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=southasiabooks.com This is the site of Sanskrit Religions Institute. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:11:28 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=sanskrit.org suspicious Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:57:54 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=lsaidadk.cn ... suspicious Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:56:26 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=peuluvu.cn Suspicious. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:55:24 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=jxlosieujx.cn Good software and nice to see that the domain name is protected from TS. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:26:04 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=snagit.com This is Dan Kaminsky's page and you can check if your DNS servers are vulnerable to the DNS cache poisoning flaw at this site. He is all set to discuss the flaw in a few days. I believe this site is legitimate and trustworthy. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:45:25 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=doxpara.com Pretty decent articles by named authors. Annoying user interface, too many breaks for advertisements, but still a good introduction. At least as good as the usual "The Bathroom Guide to Enlightenment" type of books. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:59:00 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=howstuffworks.com Legitimate site. Trusted. For example, you can get "The elements of style" by Strunk at http://www.bartleby.com/141/ Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:45:40 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=bartleby.com .. and also see where your favorite site ranks. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:40:48 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=quantcast.com "Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about." "Courses, tapes, video, and software for Spanish, French, Italian, German, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, and many more languages!" Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:37:57 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=multilingualbooks.com Interesting site. Their story predicting the end of the dominance of the English language is thought provoking. (http://kamusiproject.org/end_of_english ) Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:35:20 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=kamusiproject.org Michael Quinion, a former BBC studio manager, writes on international English from a British point of view. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:28:59 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=worldwidewords.org The site is impeccable. But buyers beware. Craig's list cannot possibly check the authenticity of all of its advertisers. My experience has been fantastic. I was stunned by the speed with which my second car ('94 Camry) sold after I posted it on Craig's list. Within seconds after I posted it, I started to get calls and in a couple of hours I sold the car with more people at my door and on the phone. Craig's list works. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:08:34 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=craigslist.org Typo squatter for pontiac.com Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:01:59 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=poniac.com Clearly a typo squatter not associated with GM. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:00:12 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=cheverlet.com Looks like a typo squatter acquired this domain name and has links apparently related to Cadillac's. But this is not an official site. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:58:44 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=cadilac.com TS is suspect Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:55:32 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=gmgoodwench.com Typo squatters are in general suspicious Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:54:37 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=gmgoodrench.com Like all of GM's sites, this also has a flash welcome page but still managed to load faster than the rest. This is GM's official site. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:52:26 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=gmgoodwrench.com onstar home page doesn't appear. It is GM's car safety device and security system. How safe is it if you cannot even see the page load! Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:47:42 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=onstar.com Listed by farecast as one of the five preferred vendors including Expedia, Travelocity, Priceline and OneTravel. Page is designed well and loaded fast. Looks good. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:12:09 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=hotwire.com Not much experience with this vendor. Looks authentic. Also picked by Farecast of Microsoft as one of the vendors to book the tickets. That lends it some cred. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:08:28 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=onetravel.com Expedia, among other tier 1 travel booking sites, is one of the reasons why we no longer need travel agents for domestic booking. They are also competing in the international travels booking effectively. But still, for stranded travelers support from a travel agent is indispensible. Expedia has room to grow. Its page also takes longer to load because of flash. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:03:54 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=expedia.com Now they are moving up market selling package tours to exotic locales. My experience with them has been good. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:59:08 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=travelocity.com Had good experience with these guys. Only once the booked ticket was cancelled at the last minute and I had to scramble to find alternate flight. Overall, good experience (though I cannot stand William Shatner's campy commercials). Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:56:21 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=priceline.com Several attempts to load this page failed with a redirection to the site: http://www.gm.com/vehicles/?exist=false Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:07:15 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=gmbuypower.com GM's page designers mkust look into this. If the home pages don't even load, what is the point of having great flash display? Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:05:01 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=pontiac.com Despite multiple tries, refreshes, I couldn't coax Saturn web page to load. At least the other GM web pages loaded after long delays. Annoying. Not a bad car, for a GM make, that is. But a name like that is unlikely to sell in India, where Saturn is the carrier of ill omen. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:02:20 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=saturn.com True. saab.com is reserved for the automobile division. The Saabgroup.com points to their defense industries page Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:57:03 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=saabgroup.com Nice cars. Quick loading web site. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:54:22 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=saab.com Slooooow. Like a dinoooooo. Hmm. If my google map loads faster than the GM pages, what does it tell me? Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:46:58 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=goodwrench.com This too uses the dreaded flash screen that takes a while loading, like a lumbering dinosaur. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:43:45 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=oldsmobile.com Can anyone afford to drive a hummer now at the current price of gasoline? But it is nice to plough through the urban jungle with lesser mammals scurrying away from this T-Rex. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:41:12 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=hummer.com Like all other GM web pages, this too is flash dependent and takes a while to complete the load. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:38:47 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=gmc.com Opening screen uses flash and it takes forever to load. As the world is moving towards mobile computing, web page designers need to rethink the strategy of heavyweight graphics. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:37:26 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=chevrolet.com Home page loads flash and it takes forever. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:33:55 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=cadillac.com Flash front page. Takes a while to load. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:32:13 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=buick.com This is the company that spawned the quote "What is good for GM is good for the country" in the US. The once pre-eminent Car manufacturer in the world is now struggling. The home page has flash that takes a while to load. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:22:08 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=gm.com GM's MasterCard member services. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:51:57 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=gmcardmemberservices.com Belongs to the GM family of services Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:49:57 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=gmacfs.com Related to GMACinsurance.com. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:48:59 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=gmacpolicy.com "GMAC Insurance Group is one of the largest property and casualty insurance companies in the United States" Official site. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:45:54 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=gmacinsurance.com with driving times. Very useful for drivers in the bay area. Official site. Safe. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:22:49 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=511.org "Information on Buying and Selling A Home" - One of the several sites on real estate. Probably safe. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:20:17 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=realestateabc.com Cool. Olympics. Crude Oil prices. International politics. What algorithm would take all of these into account and predict airline ticket prices? Farecast seems to be doing something. ooh, la la laah, ooh, la la laah. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:27:11 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=farecast.com This sites allows a user to submit a suspected file that will be scanned by multiple antivirus programs to give an instant diagnosis as to whether it is an infected file. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:13:38 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=virus.org A new search engine built by ex-googlers. It is slower and its GUI is a bit disorienting but interesting. But is privacy policy deserves a pat on the back. No personal information is retained. Period. Great. If Cuil can do it, why not the others? Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:07:17 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=cuil.com Simple front page. Some what cluttered with text. But usable. No animation. Hooray. Safe. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:22:57 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=ups.com FederalExpress.com is unreachable from outside the US. SafeWeb sees it going to the FedEx home page. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:21:08 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=federalexpress.com Good company. Well designed page. You get to do your primary tasks with minimal mouse movements. Animation in the home page is not a bright idea. But the text loads before images and that is good. Privacy policy link is on the home page. Safe site. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:18:30 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=fedex.com And other voice recognition technologies. Cool technology. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:34:49 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=nuance.com Owned by Nuance communications, a reputed company. Don't like generic name for domain. Probably safe. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:32:48 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=betterpdf.com Miss an E in LosAngelesTimes.com and you end up here. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:22:59 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=losangelstimes.com L.A. Times was smart enough to register it full name and forward losangelestimes.com to latimes.com. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:21:27 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=losangelestimes.com Los Angeles Times like other online newspapers is trying to become online TV. Overloading the front page and delaying the display is annoying. But didn't see any security issues. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:19:25 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=latimes.com Looks legit to me. These guys are not ripping off of the successful Bankrate.com site. But they wouldn't mind the overflow traffic coming their way. Sigh. Generic names! Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:14:40 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=bankrates.com Contains timely, informative articles. The interest comparisons are very useful. Set the gold standard. Page design is optimized for loading fast. I like that. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:12:03 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=bankrate.com The E-Trade advertisments on this page lend gravitas to this otherwise generic page. Wonder if the ads are legit. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:10:03 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=invest-faq.com Trustworthy Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:06:17 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=fidelity.com yet another generic name domain. opens opportunities for typo squatters. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:04:22 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=diversifiedexchange.com Formerly TimCor.com. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:02:01 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=wamu1031.com Seemlessly switches to WaMu1031.com (owned by Washington Mutual) Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:01:00 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=timcor.com Amateurish home page. Doesn't seem to be a typo squatter for CitiStreet plans site. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:56:37 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=csplan.com Why no home page for csplans.com? Not bright. And a name like csplans.com opens holes for charlatans. Need to try csplan.com and see what I get. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:55:07 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=csplans.com that covers IT. Front page flash welcome is unwelcome. If you click skip this ad, it takes forever to populate the front page. Today there is a positive coverage of NIS'09 beta. And a story on $10 laptop for school children in India! Yes, $10 per laptop. By the government. Certainly, this initiative will create several new millionaires. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:39:18 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=computerworld.com Tom Peters may not have much of an esthetic sense. (His ppt slids are downright ugly, ugh.) But his words are still wise. Let us read what he had to say about current trends in cost cutting in business. "a brand is built on a historic value proposition that builds a certain loyalty. If you start messing with the perceived benefits, those adjustments can't do anything but hurt the long-term interest of the business. I understand the need to be frugal, but I wish decision-makers had a better sense of what matters in the customers' eyes." Amen! Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:31:19 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=tompeters.com ".. the largest site in the world on all aspects of how we change what others think, believe, feel and do." Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:25:13 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=changingminds.org I like to listen to Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky as much as the next guy. But do I need to spend 74 minutes and 34 MB? How about a nice condensed article or even a full transcript? Are we that dense? Is bandwidth that cheap? Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:21:01 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=conversationsnetwork.org Authentic. Original. Official. Safe. Read it. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:05:36 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=discovermagazine.com Gawd, there is intelligence on the tube... Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:02:58 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=discovery.com Darn it. The Discover Card guys actually own the discover.com domain and redirect it to discover card! The Discover magazine guys own, yeah right, the discovermagazine.com domain. The discoverY channel guys own discovery.com. All is straight. What about the typos? We'll see. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:01:51 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=discover.com What is with this generic name business? Priceless is a slogan. MasterCard is a brand. Slogans change. Brand stays. Why register a slogan as a domain name? Urgh. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:56:43 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=priceless.com Annoying, cluttered web design. But does seem to be the real McCoy. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:54:44 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=mastercard.com So, you try to go to this innocuous looking visacard.com. The domainsponsor.com interferes and redirects. Check out who this is and what you get? A downloader. Scums. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:51:17 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=domainsponsor.com That is the question. So, if you want to make the payments to your Discover Card, naturally you go to discovercard.com, right? Like mastercard.com? How about visacard.com? Looks like the TV channel guys understood domain registration earlier than the credit card guys. Otherwise, discoverchannel.com would be pointing to the TV channel. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:46:51 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=discovercard.com "The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Mumbai is a scientific society of the Department of Information Technology involved in Research and Development into the area of Software Technology." This is for the Mumbai based operations. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:40:22 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=cdacmumbai.in Well, it the bl...y thing doesn't work, you get stuck. What kind of a web design is that? I like Tipping Point, Blink and all that. But this site design is useless. Annoying, really. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:34:21 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=gladwell.com This is of course the official site of Dr. Edward de Bono, the man who taught us lateral thinking. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:28:44 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=debonogroup.com Not very impressive, now. But boy did they command such a high ad rate in the '90s. All the king's horses and all the king's men.. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:21:29 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=altavista.com "The unrivalled search engine for pictures, images and animations" has drive-by downloads? What is the world coming to? Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:16:43 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=picsearch.com Here the articles have substance. Code is illustrative, still full source is available for download. Code quality is better than CodeGuru.com. May be this site has real editors and code reviewers? Don't know. Safe. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:11:57 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=codeproject.com Truly. Byte ruled. The Microcomputer world was grateful. Oh, the view from Chaos Manor was terrible. But we didn't know Jerry would praise anyone that gave him a free toy to play with. But still... Why oh, why did CMP kill this venerable queen? Yes, she did come back as an online version, a pale imitation of her once regal self. But it IS annoying to have to wait for the home page to show up. Alright, five minutes are up. No point in waiting anymore. Once she was a queen, now she is just ... Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:02:54 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=byte.com Good, easy to access, no annoying flashes or vegas like animated ads. Didn't annoy, and looks to be safe. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:49:01 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=pcworld.com Smart. Protect against domain squatters. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:46:25 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=pcmagazine.com I like PC Magazine - the print magazine that is. They have the gift of making computing accessible to the technically inclined without sounding campy. That is why I was surprised by the low community rating (2.8) until I clicked. On entry an annoying flash screen bothered me. I had to click once to skip it. That took me to a blank page. After waiting for an inordinate time, I recognized that the page was done. Really. Even though it was blank. OK. So, I click the current issue link. Then I get a boring page of more links. This in the age of Wired Magazine? Annoying, really! Grow up PC Mag. I like you, but you need to grow up. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:43:46 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=pcmag.com Info week is the standard reading to understand the business of information. Safe. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:35:53 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=informationweek.com IT Admin centric freezine. Safe. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:33:26 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=baselinemag.com Looks innocuous. Only source code exchange and articles. Actually, it is mostly code with some comments. Enough to see how someone else has solved a problem. As is to be expected, with such large submissions, code quality varies. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:14:54 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=codeguru.com There are links to hundres of online books. They down links are supposed to point to "legitimate" sites. But is not obvious which link they are connecting to. Drive carefully. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:08:32 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=2020ok.com "Tech tricks, tips and downloads for getting things done" Seems harmless Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:56:33 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=lifehacker.com "The best things in life are free, and Truecrypt may be one of them." - PCWorld Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:51:34 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=truecrypt.org The "original" public radio organization in the US before APR/PRI split from it. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:33:06 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=npr.org Pacifica is yet another public radio organization. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:31:34 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=pacifica.org Formerly American Public Radio! Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:29:03 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=pri.org Official site for CPB. "The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a private, non-profit corporation that was created by Congress in 1967." Cool. How is this related to PBS? Cannot find out! Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:27:29 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=cpb.org Hmm. Just like Major League Baseball, the publicly funded public radio system in the US has two competing institutions: National Public Radio (NPR) and the American Public Radio (now called Public Radio International - PRI). Confused? You won't be... until the next episode of "A Prairie Home Companion". (With apologies to "Soap"). Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:21:18 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=publicradio.org Miguel Carrasco's site is the parent site for the "Real World" series of links - Software Development, Developer search, etc. The unusual BSoD pictures are at: http://www.miguelcarrasco.net/miguelcarrasco/2006/10/blue_screen_of_.html Funny but probably safe. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:04:37 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=miguelcarrasco.net Neat site with several articles on generic software development and dev management. Safe. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:58:34 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=realsoftwaredevelopment.com South Asian Heart Center is based in Palo Alto, CA, near Stanford University at the El Camino Hospital. The center is trying to redress the shocking problem of south asians (Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Nepalis and Sri Lankans) experiencing coronary artery disease at up to four times the rate of the general world’s population. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:49:06 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=southasianheartcenter.org Somewhat similar to Skeptic Magazine's site (skeptic.com) but this seems to be based on the book "Skeptic's Dictionary - A collection of Strange beliefs, Amusing deceptions, and dangerous delusions." Didn't see anything suspicious. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:43:41 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=skepdic.com Legitimate site. Skeptic magazine applies Carl Sagan's rule that extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof to non-scientific claims such as the paranormal, UFOs, etc. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:40:25 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=skeptic.com This is a legitimate Aetna Pharmachy home delivery site. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:34:55 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=aetnarxhomedelivery.com Offical site. Safe. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:08:38 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=pcrm.org Safe Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:06:03 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=elcaminohospital.org These guys are gold diggers. Seriously. Gold exploration, development and mining company. Doesn't seem to be a typo squatter for Aetna the insurance company Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:03:11 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=atna.com This unrelated to Aetna but doesn't see to be a typo squatter Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:59:44 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=etna.com Official Aetna site Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:57:42 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=aetna.com Safe Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:55:27 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=kaiserpermanente.org Includes links to Palo Alto Medical Foundation hospitals and Clinics Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:52:31 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=sutterhealth.org Worthy cause. Useful information. Safe site. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:51:04 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=michaeljfox.org Doesn't look like the official Mayo Clinic web site. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:49:05 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=mayoclinic.us Not associated with the Mayo Clinic. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:47:57 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=mayaclinic.us Typo Squatter or a play on the word Maya? Need to watch. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:46:56 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=mayaclinic.com Authoritative and accessible health information. Safe. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:41:56 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=mayoclinic.com This site allows easy subscription to free computer, engineering and other trade magazines. They do capture sensitive information about you and your business in return for free subscriptions. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:36:50 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=tradepub.com "Wired", the iconic US magazine and Wired News have a unique style that has allowed them to thrive even after the dot com collapse. GMail conditioned me to click on their web clips with interesting teasers from Wired top stories. Cool site. And safe. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:31:38 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=wired.com americanespress.com looks and behaves in a suspicious manner Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:12:02 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=americanespress.com But how many combinations exist? Can a business get all of the typo combinations? Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:08:38 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=americanexpres.com amricanexpress.com? Really! #@()%$ Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:06:18 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=amricanexpress.com Good to see them default to HTTPS. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:04:21 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=americanexpress.com Dmitry Vostokov's dump analysis site. Contains useful information. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:02:34 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=dumpanalysis.org "SANS is the most trusted and by far the largest source for information security training and certification in the world. It also develops, maintains, and makes available at no cost, the largest collection of research documents about various aspects of information security, and it operates the Internet's early warning system - Internet Storm Center." Trusted. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:58:22 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=sans.org Need to be Careful. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:53:44 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=aecau.com Tread carefully. This is not the official Bank Of America web site despite the innocuous looking links. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:11:10 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=bankofamrica.com Smart, very smart. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:08:32 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=bofa.com Good job, but why not HTTPS? Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:06:33 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=keypointcu.com AEACU became Keypoint sometime ago. I am glad they kept the AEACU domain name and don't redirect it to keypointcu. But the web pages are identical. Most of their customers won't even notice. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:05:40 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=aeacu.com This is the real Wells online accounts page. See how smoothly they switch to HTTPS without doing a song and dance sequence to explain away why you don't need HTTPS for financial transactions? Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:02:17 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=wellsfargo.com It is the real McCoy alright. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:59:06 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=bankofamerica.com Smith Barney should have registered all of the typos of this generic domain name. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:57:14 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=benefitsaccess.com Suspicious Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:55:51 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=benefistaccess.com Groan. Yet another generic financial domain name with typo opportunities. This is the real site. But why open a window to thieves? Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:54:31 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=benefitaccess.com It keeps spinning forever with no page popping up. This appears to be a typo squatter of Optionslink.com an E-Trade service. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:50:50 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=optionlinks.com This site lists a bunch of links to other stock trade vendors but with purported links to e-trade's real site on the left. If you click on it, you get a "pop under". I'd be cautions about this site. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:49:17 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=optionlink.com This is the E-Trade services for Employee Stock plans. The the problem with generic names is that either you stick with it or you magically redirect it to your real business. Here the typo squatters can play real havoc. Optionslink.com is safe but it opens doors to mischief. Hence a 4.0 rating. Your OptionsLink service has moved to etrade.com Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:45:55 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=optionslink.com Smithy Barney's financial services web site has improved over the years. What is more important is that it is a real brick and mortars finacial services company. So, when the web is melting under heavy load, you can reach a real live agent, in a pinch. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:32:52 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=smithbarney.com Nolo provides plenty of information about the law in the US and for most states in the US. Recommended. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:29:25 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=nolo.com Etrade was a game changer, making the stock markets accessible to a vast population, at the touch of a key or a mouse click. They were able to simplify a complex transaction, once tightly regulated. Now its pages are cluttered and difficult to navigate. They have come to mean no service when things go wrong and the etrade servers are overwhelmed and you badly want to dump your stocks. With the financial turmoil in the U.S. banking industry, e-trade has to tread very carefully. But it is a pioneer and it knows its business better than most competitors. It will survive. But their attention to security is among the best. 5 star rating. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:26:15 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=etrade.com Zillow is another game changer. It brought the home value estimation, once esoteric branch of real estate market, the public visibility. Now anyone in the world can type an address (in the US) and find what that house is worth. It doesn't mean much unless you sell. Still, it was fun to watch your home value go up by the hour and painful to see it plummeting now. Still free information is essential for free markets and all power to Zillow. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:20:49 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=zillow.com The site says it is "an alliance of over 170 faith-based, advocacy and humanitarian organizations." I don't like the flash on start and the cookies. It is annoying. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:16:30 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=savedarfur.org "..the largest freely available archive of online books about religion, mythology, folklore and the esoteric on the Internet. The site is dedicated to religious tolerance and scholarship, and has the largest readership of any similar site on the web." Cool. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:11:39 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=sacred-texts.com Interesting that the nic.in pages are infected but the Tamil Nadu state government pages appear to be risk free. Contains useful information for the residents of the State of Tamil Nadu in India. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:07:44 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=tn.gov.in CharityChannel contains useful information for non-profit professionals. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:04:13 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=charitychannel.com Looks like the viruses Norton found at the NIC site have been cleaned up. NIC dot IN is India's National Informatics Center that hosts among other things, the National parliament and presidential sites. NIC forms the backbone of Government of India and its state government sites. (See the State of Tamil Nadu's textbooks online site for e.g. http://www.textbooksonline.tn.nic.in/Std12.htm ) Millions of people access these websites and even file taxes online. I hope the site remains clean. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:00:42 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=nic.in Earthlink absorbed hundreds of little providers through the '90s and during the turn of the century and is now one of the biggest ISPs in the US. Their (ab)use of the DNS protocol doesn't win them fans but they still figured out how to make money off of users typing non-existent domains. At one point, a large number of spammers were using earthlink. But their aggressive antispam measures have severely curtailed them and Earthlink's spam filtering is among the best. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:52:08 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=earthlink.net Probably because of their growth rate, they are unable to deliever reliable, uninterrupted service. I had to cancel. But their web site appears to be OK. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:41:40 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=tataindicombroadband.in Whatever. E-Trade had set the gold standard and then went mad. I don't know how the other online financial companies cannot beat them on usability. Groan. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:23:13 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=computershare.com Hmm. What can I say? Even dinos can wake up and smell the coffee. It took them forever to go online. Safe site, I think. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:19:41 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=ameriprise.com Saves your bun when desperately need that w2 for filing taxes. Navigable. Not very confusing. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:14:38 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=theworknumber.com Surprisingly well designed and usable. One can really navigate it quickly to get the job done. Their on call staff are also very efficient. I would give them a 5 star rating. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:11:38 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=libertymutual.com Can you believe it? Slate.com was online back in the misty beginnings of the 'net, in 1996! And was actually owned by Microsoft. They were going to be web's answer to CNN. What happened? Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:09:17 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=slate.com A required reading. Looks like they have successfully transitioned from the print weekly model to always on web model and still make money. Forbes is another financial magazine that seems to have successfully crossed into the webland. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:03:59 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=businessweek.com :-). Viral marketing has led this site to pre-eminence amongs the social networking sites for professionals. It is amazing how privacy conscious executives and professionals have chosen to trust them with their resumes. The trick is to monetize the formidable network that they have built. And do it before they go IPO. I hope they do it. If not, this precious data might end up in the hands of the spammers of the world, or worse. Not a pretty thought. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:00:36 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=linkedin.com One may quibble about AT&T's service now. But a few decades ago, as a monopoly, they were peerless in the world. It is hard to understand how competition drove the company to cost cutting, poor quality, loss of customers and loss of revenue. May be monopolies forget to compete? Hmm. But shareholders must be happy now. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:54:15 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=att.com "The Skoll Foundation's mission is to advance systemic change to benefit communities around the world by investing in, connecting and celebrating social entrepreneurs." Who are social entrepreneurs? "Social entrepreneurs are proven leaders whose approaches and solutions to social problems are helping to better the lives and circumstances of countless underserved or disadvantaged individuals." Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:49:35 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=skollfoundation.org This site is especially useful for the NRI's returning to India. Indian laws can get extremely complicated. The tax laws can be convoluted. One needs competent, professional help. Some homework on this site will help a consumer evaluate the competency of the legal help from home town lawyers. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:46:31 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=vakilno1.com .. even for new cars. Pretty good site. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:40:55 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=indiacar.com I am not sure. This is an online realtor site that helps you find home prices and also peddle realty. The "phishing attack" listed needs to be manually analyzed to see if this is really a dangerous site. This is probably safe, but I would proceed cautiously based on Norton SafeWeb's advice. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:37:19 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=domania.com This is a safe site. Their onscreen scrambled keyboard for password entry is a defence against keyloggers. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:30:50 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=citibank.co.in Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:41:10 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=locators.com lnkworld.com is loaded with drive-by downloads. Don't try this. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:34:53 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=lnkworld.com Crack site listed at crack link site lnkworld.com Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:31:31 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=crackz.ws crack site with probable malware Listed at the crack link site lnkworld.com Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:28:18 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=cracks.am Listed at the crack link site lnkworld.com Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:26:12 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=anycracks.com Connected to Fravia, watch where you are going. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:20:49 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=searchlore.org This site contains bookmarks of warez site at: http://www.bookmarksync.com/search/warez-cracking+sites Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:17:56 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=bookmarksync.com From Bookmarksync.com Warez cracking site search. Suspicious. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:16:25 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=madalien.tk suspicious Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:14:23 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=crackstore.com Suspicious Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:13:18 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=warezcrack.net Warez site. Suspicious. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:10:19 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=fullversionfinder.com Purports to give free cracked software including Symantec Endpoint Protection. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:08:38 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=oday-warez.com Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:56:18 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=unwantedethical.net Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:55:54 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=chreisyo.cn Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:55:15 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=maturingcharacter.net Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:54:50 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=wildlyweep.net Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:54:25 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=escapedwater.net Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:54:03 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=inclusiontouched.net Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:53:22 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=arrangedalla.net Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:52:35 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=deliciousforbade.net Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:50:56 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=djdictli.cn Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:49:42 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=xenomyiee.cn Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:49:12 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=gbxoenilo.cn Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:48:29 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=o8nymphomaniac.net Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:47:43 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=fantasyfantasy.de Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:47:11 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=whitawiv.cn Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:46:54 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=mmuinudhq.cn Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:46:29 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=seewawmm.cn Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:45:33 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=mgauacfe.cn Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:45:10 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=ugpaawuza.cn Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:44:46 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=kqepaqw.cn Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:44:08 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=ypsecbiiro.cn Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:43:38 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=zwxuavozea.cn Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:18:41 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=parsingproposes.net Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:17:40 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=unformedwidening.net Hmm. Gossip hook. Might work better than politics. Not gonna try though. Nah gonna. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:04:54 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=oyakatakent46537.com One more suspicious link. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:02:19 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=deglidei.com Great charity. I have had opportunity to work with them to raise funds. I have seen their services up close in several disasters in California. I am touched by their services. Most importantly, they always treat disaster victims with the dignity that they deserve. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:53:54 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=redcross.org One more "newsy" link that leads to malware site. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:48:40 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=101rpm.info Sure. This link came with the message above. I'd say more than suspicious. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:46:26 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=erbir.com Tempting link (?). But click it, you get infected. Yes, people do fall for things like this. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:39:29 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=minassal.com.br This link came with a "security alert - many bank accounts stolen" Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:33:42 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=daihen-otc.com This spam pretends to be from VIAGRA official site, but the content is supposed to be from Microsoft but checked by PC Tools PC virus. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:25:21 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=suddenport.com Sure, as seen on TV! Spammer URL peddling "enhancement". Probably out to get user's money or at least his email address for profit. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:15:46 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=platieuhi.com URL link from porn spam email Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:12:17 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=reasonwho.com Interesting collection of articles on exploitation technology, reverse engineering, etc. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:54:00 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=uninformed.org The pepperdine.com url redirects to pepperdine.edu, the home page of Pepperdine University. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:44:49 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=pepperdine.com Wikiversity.org is a brave attempt to create an open university type environment following the Wikipedia model. Initial attempts don't look impressive. With MIT and other major universities also jumping into open courseware model, wikiversity's attempts look like a primitive collection of wikipedia pages. Looks safe. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:40:13 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=wikiversity.org This site has a good collection of articles on secure programming. One is better off using stand crypto libraries than use recipes and packages for cryptography etc. at this site. Still, the recipes are from well known security books and a lot of the packages are open source libraries meant for Unix or C programs. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:29:59 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=secureprogramming.com Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:59:08 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=techtarget.com "Free lecture notes, exams, and videos from MIT." More importantly, no registration is required. http://ocw.mit.edu Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:53:07 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=mit.edu As a previous reviewer points out, it is likely that not all of the sourceforge binaries are safe. Some of it could even be malicious. But the saving grace is that open source software gets enormous pairs of eyes to look at the source code. A lot of those belong to people that are pretty thorough. People try to build and check if their binaries match the downloadable versions. Sources are reviewed for bugs, back doors, etc. Is it possible to hide malware in plain sight? Possible, but not probable. It is perhaps easier to trust open source software more than proprietary software when it comes to back doors or even malware. GPL is another story altogether. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:48:06 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=sourceforge.net "The I18n Guy web site is about cultural differences, internationalization (i18n), localization (l10n), globalization (g11n), translation and software engineering" Examples of unicode usage are available at: http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/unicode-example-intro.html Very useful site. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:25:22 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=i18nguy.com "ICU is a mature, widely used set of C/C++ and Java libraries providing Unicode and Globalization support for software applications." Importantly, "ICU is released under a nonrestrictive open source license that is suitable for use with both commercial software and with other open source or free software." The docs area (http://www.icu-project.org/docs/) contains valuable information about Unicode and globalization software. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:20:36 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=icu-project.org The Bell Labs is justly famous for several innovations. It is also the parent of Unix and the C and C++ programming languages. While the home page of this site appears to be inaccessible, it still contains good information. For e.g., Jon Bentley's venerable book "Programming Pearls" completely hosted at: http://netlib.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/pearls/ Still not having the home page functioning creates some doubt in the user's mind. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:15:57 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=bell-labs.com CERT is the coordination center set up by the US government to handle computer emergency responses. Always informative and reliable. This is the gold standard. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:13:40 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=cert.org Current.com is probably more famous for being former US Vice President Al Gore's TV network. But its TV guide interface is something that I haven't seen anywhere else. Its Pod concept is extremely interesting and looks slick and useful. Something you have to try and see for yourself at: http://current.com/tv Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:58:06 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=current.com Steve McConnell's Code Complete 2nd editions is a required reading for every software professional. The CC2E online edition has several tips. Requires membership. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:27:23 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=cc2e.com From a usability point of view, that is. This site gives you samples of bad design in common consumer products. Provocative and thoughtful. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:23:58 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=baddesigns.com Good reference material on Agile. Check out the articles at: http://www.agilealliance.com/articles Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:21:19 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=agilealliance.com While PBS doesn't have the clout, funding and reach of the venerable BBC, within the American context, that is the only choice one has for intelligent programs on public air waves. Discover, History and other channels are on cable or satellite. The PBS reaches nearly every home in the US. I am a great fan of their Nova programs and of course I was glued to the TV watching Carl Sagan's Cosmos program when it aired on the PBS. One of the neatest site on pbs.org is their material on Cryptography. Check it out at: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/decoding/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:18:06 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=pbs.org SF for the serious science fiction dudes. SciFi is for the masses (Janata, if you will, in Hindi). sfsite.com tries to bridge the two, I think, but not very effectively. As an SF fan, I am not entirely satisfied and I don't know that SciFi fans would find this appealing. But this is a good site to see what others are reading. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:13:31 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=sfsite.com The Beeb (as BBC is known in the UK), is a prestigeous institution that lends its considerable prestige to the online learning portal. As one would expect from the BBC, the open portal effectively uses the enormous video libraries of the BBC for learning. Check out their Information Communication Technology portal at http://www.open2.net/ictportal/. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:07:32 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=open2.net If you find Bruce Schneier's Advanced Cryptography too difficult to explain to your friends, consider Simon Singh's Code Book as a reasonable popular book as a substitute. The Code Book itself is downloadable ( see http://www.simonsingh.com/Code_Book_Download.html ) The website has done a good job of simulating the Enigma machine. Recommended. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:00:04 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=simonsingh.com "The Templeton Prize honors a living person who has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life's spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery, or practical works." Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:52:49 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=templetonprize.org Besides being known for its product Mathematica, wolfram.com also hosts some of the neatest puzzles. Check out their puzzle page at: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/topics/Puzzles.html Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:49:39 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=wolfram.com engineeringchallenges.org is a site sponsored by the National Academy of Engineering. This has information on some of the grandest challenges for engineers in modern times. Real cool. And safe. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:47:12 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=engineeringchallenges.org Check this place first before buying things online or at the shop. streetprices.com is safe Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:07:52 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=streetprices.com I have used the reviews in this site to shop for camcorders. I recommend this site. Safe. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:06:16 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=camcorderinfo.com Still going strong. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:00:48 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=cricinfo.com Virus Bulletin has been around forever. Its conferences are always interesting. It provides a distinct European perspective. Its articles are always thoughtful and informative. It shies away from sensationalism. If you are interested in the information security business, in particular the malware, this is a must read for you. I am kind of surprised that Norton Safe Web reports "untested" status for this. Yeah, they are trustworthy. Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:46:19 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=virusbtn.com Looks like a harmless site that peddles antivirus programs with recycled information from internet sources. A lot of the antivirus articles are available as PDF files. Drive carefully. Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:39:18 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=pcvirus.org If you are looking for the CSTER site at its host Florida Institute of Technology, good luck. I couldn't find it there. This center, led by Dr. Cem Kaner, does publish very useful papers and presentations on all types of software testing. The CSTER site (testingeducation.org) is strongly recommened to all software professionals. Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:30:32 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=testingeducation.org Well the domain name is interesting. But codinghorror.com is a useful site. It is a blog by a Berkeley programmer Jeff Atwood. Of course, Jeff is a fan of Steve McConnell's "Code Complete" and this domain name is a tribute. It discusses programming from professional programmer's perspective. It also discusses non-programming issues that affect programming. Recommended. Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:22:27 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=codinghorror.com Yes. It may not be as famous as wikepedia or knol. But this is a useful site. The idea that a tax payer supported public library system benefits the community is not without its challengers. But here is a commercial free, public domain site, maintained by consortium of colleges and universities acting as the reference authority without commercial bias. I trust this site. Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:01:31 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=ipl.org I suppose. It is not that all the government sites are so well protected that they are infection free. And there is no guarantee that governments won't indulge in a little information war, particularly if you are accessing their sites from overseas. But it is unlikely in an open society. So, let us just take it for granted that all .gov sites are "secure and trusted." And if you are interested, try the following: http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/itmrls/startsearch.asp It is from the Department of Education and it lets you see what questions NAEP asks at grades 4, 8 and 12 and show the long term trend. In effect, it is the nation's score card and it lets you moniro the American Education system's effectiveness with other countries across decades. Cool! Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:53:35 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=ed.gov Jakob Nielsen is one of the premier authorities on usability design. He and his team have studied how real users process information on a web page, what areas they read what they skip etc. His insights on what terrible designs and usable ones are fascinating. He doesn't spare Hollywood for their misunderstanding of the difficulty of UI either. Remember the scene in Jurassic Park, where a 12 year old girl is trying to crack the park's security system before the raptors get them? Yeah, I too groaned when she said "This is Unix! I know this" as if Unix systems are user friendly. He is not a fan of all those cool looking 3D interfaces in Minority Report. So, it turns out that Windows GUI is not as bad as I thought. Just that we still need to know how the real users use it. Some insight, huh? Well, if you are into GUI or usability design, read him. It is fun. useit.com: usable information technology Yes, it is secure and trustworthy. Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:29:26 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=useit.com A lot of the sites that list the country codes assume that you are calling from the US. Depending on where your are calling from, while the country codes don't change, the access codes do. countrycodes.com is a site that provides a valuable service. Something worth bookmarking. Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:15:40 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=countrycodes.com Not a bad way to improve one's vocabulary. wordsmith.org's AWADmail makes it easy to learn. Meaning, etymology and usage. All in one email. In one email you learn that orthoepy means study of pronunciation of words, that -epy comes from epos meaning word, that epos itself is derived from the Indo-European root wekw (to speak). Suddenly wekw jumps out at you. Indo-European root. Vak in Sanskrit means divine word, the goddess of speech and by extension has come to mean speech. Then it jumped from Sanskrit to Tamil where it originally meant divine speech and now means to vote. Yes, it is the divine word of the voter that put all those politicians in power. Hard to believe it, ain't it? What was I saying? Yeah, wordsmith.org is a terrific site. Subscribe to their A word a day. You won't regret it, I say. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:09:35 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=wordsmith.org So you get promo spam from realclearpolitics.com What should you make of it? Should you click or not? Yes, it is a generic domain name. And nowhere on their page they identify their corporate parent. Don't know why Forbes wouldn't want to lend their brand name to the generic. After all they are the real owner. Yes, this is a safe site. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:43:21 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=realclearpolitics.com Hmm. Interesting. Norton Safe Web recognizes the new old rocketmail.com as a safe site but not sure of ymail.com. Oh well, that may be because rocketmail.com is really, really old. How old is it? Older than 1997 for sure. That is when Yahoo acquired the Four11.com guys and inherited rocketmail.com. I thought Yahoo killed it. Looks like they kept the domain name alive. Here it is back again. This June, yahoo resurrected rocketmail.com and is appealing to new users who want cool email addresses. I can see that. Before anyone else does, the kiddies will now own obama@rocketmail.com and its several variants. So, you get a fund raiser request from obama@rocketmail.com. What do you do? Time to update my e-mail filters. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:18:00 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=rocketmail.com Yahoo opened a few new e-mail domains to let users sign up with them. Why did they do it? John Kremer, VP of Yahoo mail says "We want users to get the exact e-mail account they want so they stay with us for life." Yeah, they may. Sure. But new email users are not signing up with Yahoo mail because they don't get their preferred addresses is an interesting theory. Where are they going? Can they get their preferred addresses in that domain? Looks like Yahoo believes it. Any way, ymail, though is now a favorite of phishers, is legit. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:09:53 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=ymail.com Can you sell books online? In the mid '90s, I didn't think so. Book buyers traditionally love to go into a book store and get to know the book before taking it home. They love to touch the book, smell it, read the cover, preface, a few pages inside, to really see if they want it bad enough to pay for it. Well, Amazon.com changed the game and the rest is history. Similarly, why would anyone want to rent a movie online and wait for the DVDs to be shipped to you when they can drive down to their local store and pick up the movie immediately. The impulse buyers like the immediacy of purchase. But like Amazon.com before it, Netflix changed the game. They brought the pleasure of planned movie viewing. They enabled movie viewers consult fellow netflixers to select their movies. Like Amazon, Netflix tells you what the community taste is like and recommends movies that you may like. The point is not whether they ship DVDs to you or bytes to your PC using broadband. Well, that could be a blocker, but Netflix seems to have solved that problem. Besides, the broadband in the US is still not all that broad. The last mile problem is still there. But like Amazon, they built a brand name, won loyalty among its customers for service and its online experience is smoooooth. They must have studied the webvan.com guys pretty closely because they didn't repeat any of their mistakes. Netflix's death had been predicted so many times that I have stopped count of it now. It seems to be a resilient company that anticipates the competitors's moves and keeps its customers. Good, safe, secure site. You can trust them. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:48:52 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=netflix.com Steve McConnell, the founder of Construx.com, was rated by the readers of Software Development magazine as one of the 3 most influential people in the industry - the other two being Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds. This is his personal website (http://www.stevemcconnell.com/) that contains links to his presentations, articles and keynote addressess. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:26:25 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=stevemcconnell.com Steve McConnell's book "Code Complete" documented software development's best practices in a rather lucid style. Process was no longer dry and boring but powerful tool in the hands of the most productive organization. It is not for nothing that the readers of Software Development magazine named him as one of the three most influential people in the industry. Construx.com has lots of tips on the best practices. Of course, construx also offers training programs to spread these best practices. Very useful site for people that really believe software can be engineered. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:16:26 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=construx.com I don't know. ScribD claims to be the world's largest document sharing community. That could be problematic. I assume that ScribD knows who is uploading and who is downloading. So, they could finger violators to the DMCA cops. But they don't say if they are indeed scanning the documents for malware. I hope so. Until they do, it is difficult to trust this site. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:02:41 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=scribd.com Wanna keep up with the Joneses? Here is where you can find what Joneses (or more precisely, the Jetsons) are buying. engadget.com For breathless previews of what gadgets are in the pipeline, there are few peers. True, half the stuff won't make it to the market and the other half won't work (the Release 1.0 syndrome). But who cares? It is all fun. Besides, someone needs to prime the global economic pump. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:45:38 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=engadget.com The dictionary.com site is peerless. This is not just one dictionary but multiple dictionaries. It gives entries from multiple dictionaries, including that of Encyclopedia Brittanica and Computing Dictionary. It often gives both the American and British pronunciation of a word. So, you find out that beta can also be prounounced bee-tuh (the British way) and not just bey-tuh (the American way). I really like their "Word of the day" feature (see: http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/ ). That is where one can learn a word and its usage by real authors. Priceless. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:35:12 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=dictionary.com Merriam Webster is one of the early online dictionary websites. Its American Pronunciation guide is quite useful. While there are other better dictionary sites, the MW is still a useful site. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:22:04 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=merriam-webster.com I have bought elecronics knick knacks from Meritline and I have been satisified with their goods, price and services. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:01:53 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=meritline.com OK, Google's Wikipedia killer knol is out - as knol.google.com. It looks more like Encyclopedia Brittanica to me - authoritative but responsive. Wikipedia is fun. Rewriting history or anything else is easy if you are determined. Anyway, if you think knol.com belongs to Google, you might be disappointed. It seems like an ordinary German website - non threatening. But I don't know for sure. I am sure their hit rate propelled them to stratosphere so much so that they had to put this disclaimer in English: "NOTE: We sell steamcleaning equipment and don't sell our domain !!" Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:31:13 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=knol.com The San Francisco Bay area news market is big. The big city creates enough news and the suburbs feed into the system. It is no different from other Metro areas such as LA and NYC in that regard. But what makes this area different is that it overlaps the other news area - the silocon valley. Often, it is the tail that wags the dog. The silicon valley has fascinated the world since the tech boom in the '80s. But now with Google, Apple, Facebook and other valley firms dominating the tech news, it attracts even more attention than before, if that is possible. One of the best sources of local news in the bay area is the siliconvalley.com. The blog and the e-mail newsletter "Good Morning Silicon Valley" (http://blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/) are must reads to get a jump on the inside stories. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:14:34 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=siliconvalley.com This seems to be the new way to get you to read the e-mail and click the link. Spammers send purported news items, short but apparently legitimate with a link for additional information. The link contains the payload. The site http://www.guerrero-tuning.com/topnews.html attempts to install a flashupdate.exe which is probably the payload. Avoid this site. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:59:27 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=guerrero-tuning.com This is probably a bad idea because of serious security concerns. People have a habit of forwarding links without checking. Besides, most people are ignorant of the malicious websites. Tinyurl ist verboten in my e-mail box. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:59:19 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=tinyurl.com What do you make of a domain name like noticebored.com? When you search for "malware links", it is the number one site in google. That means, all the kiddies looking for cheap thrills by infecting their school computers will follow this link. It does have useful links but it also contains all the malware links. I'd recommend extreme caution before proceeding. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:36:17 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=noticebored.com Go to askstockguru.com. Of course the finance pages of Yahoo, Google and E-Trade are pretty good. But StockGuru gives technical data in comprehensible English. I have a book mark for http://www.askstockguru.com/cgi-bin/s?s=SYMC Pretty Safe. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:20:17 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=askstockguru.com Popular site with non-resident Indians and Indian-Americans to follow the news and gossip from India. Actually, its cricket coverage, led by Prem Panickar, gained it a global readership. But this site was notorious for the zillion ways by which it would beat pop up blockers. I had to program my wireless router filters to block all those ad sites to prevent the popups from consuming my precious CPU cycles. I had to admit that these guys were ingenious in beating the pop up blockers. And the home page lights up like Vegas with zillion ads. I don't go anywhere near this site except with Firefox browser with all plugins and images disabled. And keep away from the flame wars too. Be suspicious, very suscpicious! Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:12:06 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=rediff.com It was painful, but I had to do it. I had to part with all those expensive 386 PCs with 20 MB (yes, MB) hard disks gathering dust in my garage. And my wife insisted that I get rid of that Sun Sparcstation that I got at a bargain price of $100. She was right. I never found the time to actually make it work. Anyway, you can no longer get rid of these on the curbside. Fortunately, there e-waste collection events in the neighbourhood. Look those up at http://www.unwaste.com, load up your e-waste and drop them off. You even get a tax deduction for their declared worth. Safe site. Don't know if they keep it safe with security tools though. Rated a 4. http://www.unwaste.com/index.php Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:56:15 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=unwaste.com .. or may be a good mechanic. www.autoservicesdirect.com is pretty decent. At least I found a traffic school, in my backyard. Safe site. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:45:06 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=autoservicesdirect.com I have used deals2buy.com to find real good deals on tech toys. This is a safe site. The coupons and the deals appear to be good though some times, you may not get the advertised deals at sites like dell.com because someone else beat you to get the deal. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:41:56 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=deals2buy.com I previously reviewed testing.com and lamented the fact that Brian Marick's insightful articles on QA and testing had disappeared from that site. Brian has moved those all to his consulting web site exampler.com (actually at: http://www.exampler.com/testing-com/). This is a safe site. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:28:33 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=exampler.com Well, if you are looking for Software testing related articles online, the STORM web site (http://frank.mtsu.edu/~storm/mono.html) is a good link to begin with. Among the several good articles listed there, you would find the "Classic Testing Mistakes" by Brian Marick. It is a great article, except that the link "http://www.testing.com/writings/classic/mistakes.html" doesn't get you where you want to go. Googling for Brian Marick and "Classic Testing Mistakes" will still get you back to the same "testing.com" web site. Just that, now, testing.com seems to be a commercial site selling test prep services and testing related "sponsored results". All of Brian's articles seem to have disappeared from this site. If you really looked hard at the google results, you will find that most of Brian's articles are preserved at "http://www.exampler.com/testing-com/writings.html". But, testing.com itself appears to be harmless. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:21:15 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=testing.com I am suspicious of free offers, from strange e-mail addresses. It is easy to turn down 100's of million dollars from the "Nigerian" E-mail scam artists. After all, the U.S. government's http://onguardonline.gov/spam.html tells you all about these guys. But what do you do with a rather legit-looking e-mails from yahoo-email.com? It has my correct name and e-mail address(es). The DomainKey checks out. But I am used to getting emails from groups.yahoo.com or yahoogroups.com about Yahoo! Groups. But yahoo-email.com? Googling it made me more suscpicious. Norton Safe Web doesn't rate it. So, I checked out the Whois credentials of this site. Oh Well, the whois records appear to indicate that this is owned by the real Yahoo! after all. "MarkMonitor, the Global Leader in Enterprise Brand Protection" reports that the real Yahoo! owns it. So, I will give it a 4.0 rating. Shame on Yahoo for using domain names other than yahoo.com and leaving open the possibility that some other variant of yahoo in the domain name could be legit. That is why I don't think it rates a 5.0. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:20:53 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=yahoo-email.com