<s>
New.net	B-Protocol
was	O
an	O
alternative	B-Protocol
DNS	I-Protocol
root	I-Protocol
system	O
which	O
is	O
enabled	O
via	O
NewDotNet	B-Protocol
,	O
a	O
DNS	B-Protocol
hijacker	I-Protocol
application	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
usually	O
bundled	O
with	O
legitimate	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
top-level	O
domains	O
New.net	B-Protocol
provided	O
include	O
:	O
.agent	O
,	O
.arts	O
,	O
.auction	O
,	O
.chat	O
,	O
.church	O
,	O
.club	O
,	O
.family	O
,	O
.free	O
,	O
.game	O
,	O
.golf	O
,	O
.inc	O
,	O
.law	O
,	O
.llc	O
,	O
.llp	O
,	O
.love	O
,	O
.ltd	O
,	O
.med	O
,	O
.mp3	O
,	O
.school	O
,	O
.scifi	O
,	O
.shop	O
,	O
.soc	O
,	O
.sport	O
,	O
.tech	O
,	O
and	O
.video	O
At	O
one	O
point	O
it	O
offered	O
.travel	O
,	O
.kids	O
,	O
and	O
.xxx	O
but	O
those	O
were	O
removed	O
when	O
they	O
conflicted	O
with	O
domains	O
proposed	O
to	O
ICANN	B-Application
in	O
the	O
first	O
round	O
of	O
creation	O
of	O
new	O
domain	O
names	O
in	O
the	O
primary	O
root	O
since	O
the	O
early	O
history	O
of	O
the	O
DNS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alternate	O
access	O
to	O
domains	O
registered	O
under	O
net	O
's	O
alternative	O
TLDs	O
is	O
provided	O
by	O
third	O
level	O
domains	O
under	O
the	O
new.net	B-Protocol
domain	O
name	O
space	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
example.shop	O
is	O
actually	O
example.shop.new.net	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
early	O
2012	O
,	O
New.net	B-Protocol
seems	O
to	O
have	O
ceased	O
operation	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
web	O
site	O
"	O
new.net	B-Protocol
 "	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
resolving	O
;	O
ICANN	B-Application
would	O
allow	O
official	O
registrations	O
of	O
new	O
,	O
non-standard	O
top-level	O
domains	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New.net	B-Protocol
distributed	O
NewDotNet	B-Protocol
,	O
an	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
plugin	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
that	O
enables	O
the	O
browser	O
to	O
access	O
sites	O
that	O
use	O
these	O
unofficial	O
domain	O
names	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
poll	O
of	O
readers	O
of	O
ICANN	B-Application
Watch	O
,	O
New.Net	B-Protocol
was	O
considered	O
the	O
greatest	O
threat	O
to	O
the	O
security	O
of	O
the	O
DNS	O
as	O
matched	O
against	O
other	O
alternatives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
different	O
versions	O
of	O
NewDotNet	B-Protocol
exist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
versions	O
installed	O
themselves	O
into	O
the	O
Windows	O
directory	O
as	O
a	O
DLL	O
named	O
"	O
newdotnet	B-Protocol
"	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
version	O
number	O
,	O
and	O
had	O
no	O
uninstall	B-Application
option	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
functions	O
by	O
inserting	O
itself	O
into	O
the	O
Winsock	B-Application
system	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
in	O
some	O
situations	O
disrupt	O
network	O
connectivity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Well-known	O
and	O
generally	O
trusted	O
anti-spyware	O
programs	O
like	O
Ad-Aware	B-Application
and	O
Spybot	B-Application
are	O
usually	O
effective	O
at	O
removing	O
older	O
versions	O
of	O
this	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
recent	O
versions	O
of	O
NewDotNet	B-Protocol
can	O
be	O
uninstalled	B-Application
using	O
the	O
standard	O
Windows	O
"	O
Add/Remove	O
Programs	O
"	O
control	O
panel	O
or	O
an	O
uninstaller	B-Application
in	O
"	O
C:\Program	O
Files	O
\New.net	O
 "	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
6	O
May	O
2003	O
New.net	B-Protocol
filed	O
a	O
federal	O
lawsuit	O
in	O
the	O
Central	O
District	O
Court	O
of	O
California	O
against	O
Lavasoft	O
,	O
distributor	O
of	O
Ad-Aware	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
NewDotNet	B-Protocol
has	O
been	O
implicated	O
as	O
the	O
cause	O
of	O
a	O
controversial	O
2007	O
criminal	O
trial	O
which	O
received	O
international	O
media	O
coverage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
subsequent	O
forensic	O
analysis	O
revealed	O
that	O
the	O
uncontrollable	O
pornographic	O
popups	O
were	O
propagated	O
by	O
NewDotNet	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
