PING Mike Burgess

[YoKenny]

Please add w w w.Searchscout.com (you know what I mean) to your HOSTS file.
Owned by GATOR and use GAIN!

 

[siljaline]

Please add w w w.Searchscout.com (you know what I mean) to your HOSTS file.
Owned by GATOR and use GAIN!

http://www.samspade.org/t/safe?u=http://www.searchscout.com/

<snip>
href="/searchtoolbar_beta/"><
</snip>

YoKenny, installs toolbar hijacker, as far as I can tell.


--

siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

 

[YoKenny]

http://www.samspade.org/t/safe?u=http://www.searchscout.com/

<snip>
href="/searchtoolbar_beta/"><
</snip>

YoKenny, installs toolbar hijacker, as far as I can tell.

That is why I pinged Mike to get him to add it to his HOSTS file and because
of the several reports of its hijacking activity.

(spit) GATOR and GAIN (spit)

BTW, it will be in the next IE-SPYADS update.

 

[Mike Burgess]

YoKenny,
Thanks for the heads-up ....... however the entries already exist <g>

127.0.0.1 xmlsearch.gator.com
127.0.0.1 xmlsearch.balance.gator.com
127.0.0.1 results.searchscout.com
127.0.0.1 www.searchscout.com
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Mike Burgess http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 8-26-03]
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