These typosquatting surveys don't seem any better.

"These surveys appear to be data mining operations as well as sleazy pay-per-click advertising techniques," said Andrew Brandt, lead threat researcher with antivirus vendor Webroot, speaking via instant message. "They're not delivering malware, but they are convincing enough that some people are probably providing lots of personally identifiable information about themselves to less than reputable advertisers."

"Add to that the fact that some of these companies sign you up for paid SMS services in the fine print, and it starts to become clearer how you will be negatively affected."

The IDG News Service