16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the reputation rating of the domain name is at least partially determined by a value for fraudulent activities associated with the domain name.
15. A method, comprising: identifying, by at least one server, a domain name for registration; calculating, by the at least one server, a reputation rating for the domain name; wherein the reputation rating is calculated based on historical data associated with the domain name and the historical data is accumulated by at least one of determining a length of time that the domain name has been registered; determining an amount of spam, viruses, or phishinq email messages that originated from email accounts or websites of the domain name; determining a number of complaints about the domain name; determining whether website content of the domain name relates to illegal content; determining whether the domain name has been issued a certified security certificate; and determining whether a registering entity has validated contact information of a registrant of the domain name; and storing, by the at least one server, the reputation rating in a memory.