M$ Updates = homepage hijacker

[Tumbleweed]

Oh I just read this again. So he wants to complain to Microsoft about what
Lavasoft is doing? And Lavasoft is doing what he told it to do, ie retain
his home page. The biggest irony being he must have set it to msn sometime
himself. What a hoot! What a twat.

 

[Mark]

Yeah... something like that

Oh I just read this again. So he wants to complain to Microsoft about what
Lavasoft is doing? And Lavasoft is doing what he told it to do, ie retain
his home page. The biggest irony being he must have set it to msn sometime
himself. What a hoot! What a twat.

--
Tumbleweed

Remove my socks for email address
the

 

[Art]

Okay, but I wish Microsoft would not do this.


: All you really have to do is put this one thing in the ignore
: bucket in adaware. You know its not a hijacking since you choose
: About:blank yourself.
:
:: :: When I change it back to about:blank then my anti-spyware software
:: registers it as a problem when I do a scan and wants to revert it
:: to msn.com. This is the case with Lavasoft's Adaware. What is
:: going on HERE??!!! I plan to send Microsoft an e-mail about this
:: issue. I agree that computer users have enough issues with other
:: hijackers and everything. I do not want msn.com as my default
:: home page even if I decide to visit the site sometimes.
: Dang --
:: kurttrail was right about the Microsoft conspiracy -- geez -- now
:: I am all fired up about this --- if we cannot even trust Microsoft
:: then who can we trust?????
::
:: ::: Art wrote:
:::
:::: This actually happened to my 98SE system as well. I was
:::: wondering what update did that. I am sorely disappointed if it
:::: was a Microsoft update.
:::
::: Oh it was an M$ update alright, don't know which, probably one of
::: the 3 or 4 latest IE security updates.
:::
::: I know upgrading to IE6sp1 does it everytime and I've come to
::: expect that and correct it, but it p*sses me off that some
::: subsequent security update(s) reverts it back to the annoying msn
::: site EVEN THOUGH the deault homepage is blank or something else,
::: and this one is particularly hard to correct, as I said, took me
::: three tries.
:::
::: Steve
:::
::::
:::: message : Security
:::: updates to XP and IE *is* spyware/adware when my blank IE :
:::: homepage gets hijacked to frikkin www.msn.com!!! Took me 3
:::: attempts : at setting it bank to a blank page and finally worked
:::: when I deleted : cooties and temp * offline i'net files, exited
:::: and restarted IE. : : What a pain! Don't we have ENOUGH problems
:::: with spyware, tojans, : worms and viruses as it is? Thanks a lot
:::: Micro$lop! Maybe M$ : purposefully left holes in IE and the OS
:::: so THEY can exploit them : with THEIR advertising and even do so
:::: under the guise of Automatic : Upchucks! : : Steve

 

[Art]

FYI, I think it was the upgrade advisor that caused my homepage to be switched in my 98SE edition.


: All you really have to do is put this one thing in the ignore
: bucket in adaware. You know its not a hijacking since you choose
: About:blank yourself.
:
:: :: When I change it back to about:blank then my anti-spyware software
:: registers it as a problem when I do a scan and wants to revert it
:: to msn.com. This is the case with Lavasoft's Adaware. What is
:: going on HERE??!!! I plan to send Microsoft an e-mail about this
:: issue. I agree that computer users have enough issues with other
:: hijackers and everything. I do not want msn.com as my default
:: home page even if I decide to visit the site sometimes.
: Dang --
:: kurttrail was right about the Microsoft conspiracy -- geez -- now
:: I am all fired up about this --- if we cannot even trust Microsoft
:: then who can we trust?????
::
:: ::: Art wrote:
:::
:::: This actually happened to my 98SE system as well. I was
:::: wondering what update did that. I am sorely disappointed if it
:::: was a Microsoft update.
:::
::: Oh it was an M$ update alright, don't know which, probably one of
::: the 3 or 4 latest IE security updates.
:::
::: I know upgrading to IE6sp1 does it everytime and I've come to
::: expect that and correct it, but it p*sses me off that some
::: subsequent security update(s) reverts it back to the annoying msn
::: site EVEN THOUGH the deault homepage is blank or something else,
::: and this one is particularly hard to correct, as I said, took me
::: three tries.
:::
::: Steve
:::
::::
:::: message : Security
:::: updates to XP and IE *is* spyware/adware when my blank IE :
:::: homepage gets hijacked to frikkin www.msn.com!!! Took me 3
:::: attempts : at setting it bank to a blank page and finally worked
:::: when I deleted : cooties and temp * offline i'net files, exited
:::: and restarted IE. : : What a pain! Don't we have ENOUGH problems
:::: with spyware, tojans, : worms and viruses as it is? Thanks a lot
:::: Micro$lop! Maybe M$ : purposefully left holes in IE and the OS
:::: so THEY can exploit them : with THEIR advertising and even do so
:::: under the guise of Automatic : Upchucks! : : Steve

 

[Joh N.]

Tumbleweed, after spending 3 minutes figuring out which end of the pen to use,
wrote:

I suspect you've ****ed up, I have all the updates and dont have this issue,
neither do millions of others or you'd be hearing about it big time, not in
this snotty group but in the press. Not even msoft is dumb enough to do what
you propose. I wonder if you selected it at one point (or it was selected as
part of install) and have also installed some kind of
anti-home-page-hijacker that is forcing your system back to what it was when
you set it up? Do you have anything like that on your system? 'fess up
now.......

Bullshit, you lying sheep. It happens even with W98 users...I see it all the
damn time when I go out on calls to repair *other* shit that's wrong with M$
machines.

Joh N.

 

[Joh N.]

Art, after spending 3 minutes figuring out which end of the pen to use, wrote:

: Kelly wrote:
: > Nah, is just a basic default, not a hijack.
: >
:
: Amounts to just about the same thing. Was just about as much hassle as
: eliminating a page hijack. I got enough problems to deal with protecting
: systems without these little extra pleasures.

So do users need to use FireFox or Mozilla for a secure browsing experience?
I am now completely fed up with IE 6 sp1.

It's a step in the right direction.

Joh N.

 

[Art]

: Art, after spending 3 minutes figuring out which end of the pen to
: use, wrote:
:
: <top-posting corrected>
:
:: ::: Kelly wrote:
:::: Nah, is just a basic default, not a hijack.
::::
:::
::: Amounts to just about the same thing. Was just about as much
::: hassle as eliminating a page hijack. I got enough problems to
::: deal with protecting systems without these little extra pleasures.
:
:: So do users need to use FireFox or Mozilla for a secure browsing
:: experience? I am now completely fed up with IE 6 sp1.
::
:
: It's a step in the right direction.
:
: Joh N.


The newest Adaware is broken and responsible for the trouble. I apologize for blaming Microsoft. I ran Spysweeper by Webroot, CWShredder, and Spybot and they all came out negative for problems.

 

[Art]

A bad version of Adaware is responsible for a false positive of an attempted hijacker. I have run CWShredder, SpySweeper by Webroot (paid version), PestPatrol, Spybot -- search and destroy and have confirmed that my dad had the exact same error in his Adaware with XP Home. When letting Adaware fix the false error it removes safety of xxxtoolbar from SpywareBlaster as well as resetting your homepage to msn.com. Please ignore this false reading and someone contact LavaSoft.

 

[kimmy]

The newest Adaware is broken and responsible for the trouble.

Hardly. Your competence to use it may be broken. Stick to the Spysweeper
scam, it suits you better.

 

[Plato]

A bad version of Adaware is responsible for a false positive of an attempted hijacker.

A false positive is NOT an indication of a bad utility.

 

[Art]

wtf -- get a life kimmy

: Art wrote:
::
:: The newest Adaware is broken and responsible for the trouble.
::
: Hardly. Your competence to use it may be broken. Stick to the
: Spysweeper scam, it suits you better.

 

[Steve N.]

: Art, after spending 3 minutes
figuring out which end of the pen to : use, wrote: : : <top-posting
::: Kelly
wrote: :::: Nah, is just a basic default, not a hijack. :::: ::: :::
Amounts to just about the same thing. Was just about as much :::
hassle as eliminating a page hijack. I got enough problems to :::
deal with protecting systems without these little extra pleasures. :
:: So do users need to use FireFox or Mozilla for a secure browsing
:: experience? I am now completely fed up with IE 6 sp1. :: : :
It's a step in the right direction. : : Joh N.


The newest Adaware is broken and responsible for the trouble. I
apologize for blaming Microsoft. I ran Spysweeper by Webroot,
CWShredder, and Spybot and they all came out negative for problems.

You may inded be having some difficulty with Ad-aware, however it is a
confirmed reality that some IE updates, and even the base install of
IE6sp1, resets the default IE start page to msn even though leaving the
apparent setting for homepage to what it previously was.

I have been using AAW6.181 for about a week on many machines without any
difficulty. Have you updated it before scanning?

Steve

Steve

 

[Alias]

You may inded be having some difficulty with Ad-aware, however it is a
confirmed reality that some IE updates, and even the base install of
IE6sp1, resets the default IE start page to msn even though leaving the
apparent setting for homepage to what it previously was.

I have been using AAW6.181 for about a week on many machines without any
difficulty. Have you updated it before scanning?

Steve

Steve

I have been using AAW6.181 for months with no problems at all. Ran it today
in fact.

Alias

 

[Art]

The affected version was the 8 May 2004 version of Adaware. I have now uninstalled and reinstalled Adaware and have the 16 May 2004 version which is working correctly for me. Thanks for your input, Steve.


: Art wrote:
:
:: : Art, after spending 3 minutes
:: figuring out which end of the pen to : use, wrote: : :
:: message ::
:: :::
:: Kelly wrote: :::: Nah, is just a basic default, not a hijack. ::::
:: ::: ::: Amounts to just about the same thing. Was just about as
:: much ::: hassle as eliminating a page hijack. I got enough
:: problems to ::: deal with protecting systems without these little
:: extra pleasures. : :: So do users need to use FireFox or Mozilla
:: for a secure browsing
:::: experience? I am now completely fed up with IE 6 sp1. :: : :
:: It's a step in the right direction. : : Joh N.
::
::
:: The newest Adaware is broken and responsible for the trouble. I
:: apologize for blaming Microsoft. I ran Spysweeper by Webroot,
:: CWShredder, and Spybot and they all came out negative for problems.
:
:
:
: You may inded be having some difficulty with Ad-aware, however it
: is a confirmed reality that some IE updates, and even the base
: install of IE6sp1, resets the default IE start page to msn even
: though leaving the apparent setting for homepage to what it
: previously was.
:
: I have been using AAW6.181 for about a week on many machines
: without any difficulty. Have you updated it before scanning?
:
: Steve
:
: Steve