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From Slashdot (emphasis mine):

Resolving Everything: VeriSign Adds Wildcards:
DragonHawk writes ‘As of a little while ago (it is around 7:45 PM US Eastern on Mon 15 Sep 2003 as I write this), VeriSign added a wildcard A record to the .COM and .NET TLD DNS zones. The IP address returned is 64.94.110.11, which reverses to sitefinder.verisign.com. What that means in plain English is that most mis-typed domain names that would formerly have resulted in a helpful error message now results in a VeriSign advertising opportunity. For example, if my domain name was ’somecompany.com,’ and somebody typed ’soemcompany.com’ by mistake, they would get VeriSign’s advertising.’” [more]

This is such an abuse of power…

Scott actually called them up to ask them to knock this shit off. Their response? They own the .com TLD so they can do whatever they want.

Scott’s solution, which I’ve modified slightly, was to create a batch file and run it from a command window:

:squeal
nslookup verisign_are_evil_pig_fuckers.com
goto squeal