Browser Hijacking

[Gil]

After my first scan I let the software set all of my IE
defaults.

Then, I manually changed my homepage (innocuously from
www.msn.com to my.msn.com).

The next scan flagged a possible browser hijacking and
offered to let me set the homepage back, remove, ignore,
ignore always, etc.

I chose to ignore, but I would really like to "ignore
always" when I manually change the home page. I don't
want to miss a real browser hijacking, however. It's not
clear what the granularity of the "ignore always" choice
is.

I guess my question is: Shouldn't it be possible for MS
to recognize and respect a manual change to the homepage
without bothering users? It seems to me that many users
are likely to either get frustrated, or do something
other than what they really intend when faced with
obscure choices.

 

[Jim Byrd]

Hi Gil - Just change the default to your new homepage. Open AntiSpyware
then Advanced Tools|Browser Restore. Now select the Start Page entry (first
one IIRC) and then on the right click 'Change restore setting to a new URL'.
Change to your new homepage and OK out.

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[Gil]

Thanks, Jim!

I still think this is burdensome to expect a typical user
to do when performing a standard function. If the
program gets too annoying, they're more likely to turn it
off than to explore its advanced features.

Perhaps at the time of the manual change a non-
threatening dialog box could pop up asking if the user
would like AntiSpyware to consider this new page to be
the correct default home page, or something like that.

Gil

 

[Jim Byrd]

Hi Gil - That seems like a reasonable suggestion to me, and I'd recommend
that MS look at that.

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Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



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