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Microsoft Patch Tuesday gaffe leads netizens to 'Microosft' typo-squatting domain

doublelayer Silver badge

I doubt it. Sure, they have a bunch of money, but possible mistyped domains are so many that you can't just reserve them all.

Transposed letters: Microosft, Microsfot, Microsotf, etc. 8 combinations

Letter one over on a QWERTY keyboard: Microsofr, Microdoft, Mivrosoft, etc., 18 combinations

More than one letter off by one: Way too many combinations.

Letters off and sometimes transposed: Let's test the budget then.

Easier just to put all those combinations into a spell checker and run it over stuff as you publish it. Or check that links work.

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