MSN Spyware?

Self ^ | Feb 27, 2004 | self

[OldCorps]

My daughter used AOL IM and MSN hotmail last night. Probably some other stuff too. OS is Windows ME. This morning after booting up i clicked on IExplorer. The computer went to this webpage, showing the usual MSN webpage:

http://www.browser-page.com/home.html

the computer then opened another page:

http://www.adwarehunter.com/creatives/alert1.gif

The crazy thing is, I went back to tools, internet options, and reset my homepage back to the Washington Times, and saved changes. I closed down all other operations and reopened IE. Browser again went back to the MSN homepage. What gives?

Now i'm really mad, so I ran both spybot and lavasoft adaware (not simutaneously) , and neither one picked up anything. Then went to settings...add/install programs...and deleted anything unfamiliar.

This junk still runs when i click IE.

[greasepaint]

This type of situation, will be typical of future
offerings from Microsoft.
All the useful stuff, that the users actually want,
has been done. What you get now is:
crap, bs, and intentional security flaws (aka features)...
wanted by Hollywood and obnoxious websites owners.

[MD_Willington_1976]

Well he does play fisher price farm on it...

[D-fendr_2]

Yes, Fischer Price is safe; but it would be too dangerous to have him play games on a Mac.

:)