right|201px|new.net logo new.net was an alternative dns root system which is enabled via newdotnet, a dns hijacker application, which is usually bundled with legitimate software. the top-level domains new.net provided include: .agent, .arts, .auction, .chat, .church, .club, .family, .free, .game, .golf, .inc, .law, .llc, .llp, .love, .ltd, .med, .mp3, .school, .scifi, .shop, .soc, .sport, .tech, and .videohttp://www.new.net/ new.net domain namesat one point it offered .travel, .kids, and .xxx but those were removed when they conflicted with domains proposed to icann in the first round of creation of new domain names in the primary root since the early history of the dns. alternate access to domains registered under new.net's alternative tlds is provided by third level domains under the new.net domain name space (e.g., example.shop is really example.shop.new.net). as of early 2012, new.net seems to have ceased operation, as the web site "new.net" is no longer resolving. ==adware== new.net distributed newdotnet, an internet explorer plugin for windows that enables the browser to access sites that use these unofficial domain names. it is considered as adware and spyware by mcafee site advisor. web of trust has reports of malicious content on new.net. in a poll of readers of icann watch new.net was considered the greatest threat to the security of the dns as matched against other alternatives. several different versions of newdotnet exist. early versions installed themselves into the windows directory as a dll named "newdotnet" followed by a version number, and had no uninstall option. more recent versions create a folder in "c:\program files". a version introduced in 2002 (since discontinued) included a pop-up advertising component. the program functions by inserting itself into the winsock system, which can in some situations disrupt network connectivity. a typical symptom for dial-up systems is that the user is able to dial out normally but cannot access the internet. nothing about an alternative dns root requires the installation of new software, but one possible explanation for using a browser plug in would be to avoid running public recursive resolvers. new.net also has instructions for setting up one's own recursive resolver to query new.ne
Adware Alternative_Internet_DNS_services