i need at least 3 people- preferably from different locations to download this
http://kmext.sourceforge.net/tests/checkwebsite.exe

save anywhere and run..this will display an ip address for a bogus domain
please post what's the ip address you will get, thanks

source
<sub>#include <INet.au3>
TCPStartup()
$checkcon = TCPNameToIP("www.shewuiwurwe.com")
msgbox(48, $checkcon, $checkcon)

$localip=_GetIP ( )
;msgbox(48, $localip, $localip)
;92.242.144.5

if $checkcon=("") or $checkcon=("92.242.144.5") then
msgbox(48, "invalid fucker", "invalid fucker")
else
msgbox(48, "valid", "valid")
endif</sub>

you can also use the script directly if you have autoit installed and inet udf

For me it returned 64.158.56.40. Clicking OK returned "valid"

Charlie

~~If it ain't broke, why screw it up?~~

thanks charlie..i found that it's not a good way to check site stats and will differ between countries or isp, i'm not sure.

found a much better way here:
http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=22343

First I got a message with ! in yellow triangle and nothing else. The second message was same symbol with text of "invalid fucker".

XP-SP3

Note this was a second run. I paused the first attempt. Then I did an exit and tried again.

same of james

thanks i found a much better way to check for domains validity ..even better than the one posted at the autoit forum. that first script was very dumb as it can only work on one computer or computers on the same network.