[thelist] Auto-set homepage

Richard Bennett mail at richardinfo.com
Mon Oct 29 16:53:08 CST 2001


> Dear Nat,
>
> Yes there is... I have encountered it myself, but I didn't look into what
> exactly caused it (no it wasn't pressing a 'I agree' or 'OK' button :-)).
I
> scared me and I do not know of anyone who would appreciate it if you,
> without asking for permission, made your site the default page.
>
> Friendly regards,
>
> Maurice

Are you sure this didn't happen when you installed some new software? ICQ,
or Real Player come to mind.
There's also a virus that sets some Chinese page as your home-page.

Richard.





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