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Old 01-05-2006, 05:47 AM
TeVan
 
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Default Re: Microsoft is running a disreputable spyware outfit

I can't find any either...
Oh well, false alarm.

Cheers


"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:%234cH83n3FHA.3296@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Not one of the files you mentioned in another post is on my computer.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
> "Susan Sharm" <susanshaarm@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1130781526.517569.50870@z14g2000cwz.googlegro ups.com...
>> Richard Urban wrote:
>>> I do not have this problem when using I.E. to go to hotmail.

>>
>> According to the google searches, then you are ALREADY INFECTED by the
>> Microsoft Ad Server (which is what they intended in the first place!)
>> so you're playing right along with Microsoft (which is OK as long as
>> you don't mind their spyware running on your system).
>>
>> Since you are a victim just as much as I am, you may be interested in
>> helping out how to PREVENT this from occurring to the many of us who
>> aren't yet victims of the Microsoft Ad Delivery Service.
>>
>> As far as I can tell from the extensive google record (both web and
>> groups), there is NO KNOWN WAY on the Internet to stop the request from
>> occurring (unless we give up on Hotmail altogether of course). All the
>> google searches show us is how to non-transparently redirect the
>> request on IE and Netscape to inline error windows (but not
>> transparently). Worse yet, for Firefox, a separate annoying dialog box
>> pops up.
>>
>> In all three browsers the annoying requests and error windows go away
>> once you are infected (which is Microsoft's point all along).
>>
>> We still need a solution (and it's not in the google record but I may
>> have missed something that experts are asked to point out except Rod
>> Speed who apparently is a 14-year old kid playing with is Mom's
>> computer).
>>
>> Thank you in advance for helping all of us,
>> Susan Harm
>>

>
>

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Old 01-05-2006, 05:47 AM
Imhotep
 
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Default Re: Microsoft is running a disreputable spyware outfit

TeVan wrote:

> I can't find any either...
> Oh well, false alarm.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%234cH83n3FHA.3296@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Not one of the files you mentioned in another post is on my computer.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> Quote from George Ankner:
>> If you knew as much as you think you know,
>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>>
>> "Susan Sharm" <susanshaarm@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:1130781526.517569.50870@z14g2000cwz.googlegro ups.com...
>>> Richard Urban wrote:
>>>> I do not have this problem when using I.E. to go to hotmail.
>>>
>>> According to the google searches, then you are ALREADY INFECTED by the
>>> Microsoft Ad Server (which is what they intended in the first place!)
>>> so you're playing right along with Microsoft (which is OK as long as
>>> you don't mind their spyware running on your system).
>>>
>>> Since you are a victim just as much as I am, you may be interested in
>>> helping out how to PREVENT this from occurring to the many of us who
>>> aren't yet victims of the Microsoft Ad Delivery Service.
>>>
>>> As far as I can tell from the extensive google record (both web and
>>> groups), there is NO KNOWN WAY on the Internet to stop the request from
>>> occurring (unless we give up on Hotmail altogether of course). All the
>>> google searches show us is how to non-transparently redirect the
>>> request on IE and Netscape to inline error windows (but not
>>> transparently). Worse yet, for Firefox, a separate annoying dialog box
>>> pops up.
>>>
>>> In all three browsers the annoying requests and error windows go away
>>> once you are infected (which is Microsoft's point all along).
>>>
>>> We still need a solution (and it's not in the google record but I may
>>> have missed something that experts are asked to point out except Rod
>>> Speed who apparently is a 14-year old kid playing with is Mom's
>>> computer).
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance for helping all of us,
>>> Susan Harm
>>>

>>
>>


I think it is better to figure out what is different between your config and
the OP before saying "false alarm" don't you?

Imhotep
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