Re: M$ Updates = homepage hijacker

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From: Art (smileart_at_spamyou.net)
Date: 05/16/04 

Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 14:16:49 -0700

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.

"Steve N." <me@here.now> wrote in message
news:p9Kpc.2131$H_3.978@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net
: Art wrote:
:
:: "Joh N." <Yochanon@yahoo.com> wrote in message
:: news:40a564a3_1@newspeer2.tds.net : Art, after spending 3 minutes
:: figuring out which end of the pen to : use, wrote: : :
:: <top-posting corrected> : :: "Steve N." <me@here.now> wrote in
:: message ::
:: news:d24pc.174$H_3.47@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net... :::
:: 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

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