Microsoft seized 22 domain names it said were being abused in malware-related crimes against Windows users. Microsoft enforced a federal court order making the company the domain IP resolver for the No-IP domains. Microsoft said the objective of the seizure was to identify and reroute traffic associated with two malware families. End users castigated the move as heavy handed, since there was no evidence No.IP officially sanctioned or actively facilitated the malware campaign. Dynamic DNS providers are popular because they allow people to obtain a free subdomain.”]