Yes .. I once found a site that did this and after a bit of meddling got the source out, It was an active-x dropper that was encrypted (much like some of these virii recently). I did mean to approach some AV vendors with the source i had because my virus-killer (at the time) didnt disable it from doing this because it decrypted the source client side. This program altered my start page directly in registry if i remember correctly which is what got my annoyance up. Now you've reminded me when i get home from work i am going to see if my current upto date virus killer will stop it, if not i shall forward the source to the AV ppl.
-+ SteG +- -----Original Message----- From: Kola Oyedeji [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 05 February 2002 16:00 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: OT: Anybody heard of this? Out of curiosity how is this done? Is this done using Active x? I once viewed a site and it did something similar except that it also installed a icon on my desktop and on my startup menu to jump to some porn site!! Kola Oyedeji Web developer Macromedia Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer ekeda ltd http://www.ekeda.co.uk (+44)020-8429-7300 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 05 February 2002 15:27 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: OT: Anybody heard of this? > > > ns will do it no ?'s asked. if ie does it you may have your security > > settings set to extra super duper low :) > > > > > "Dave Hannum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 02/05/2002 09:25:10 AM > > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: > > Subject: Re: OT: Anybody heard of this? > > > It didn't ask me nothing! It just did it. > > Dave > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 10:05 AM > Subject: RE: OT: Anybody heard of this? > > > haha, cute trick huh? at least in IE it asks you if you want > to set it > > or > not. > > > > > Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 02/05/2002 09:03:01 AM > > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: > > Subject: RE: OT: Anybody heard of this? > > > > > I has some spam in my email this morning. It immediately > > > popped me to a porn site. What it did though, was reset > > > my start page through their server, and I now, cannot > > > reset my start page. > > > > > > If I go into Internet Options, it does not allow me to > > > change the Start Page settings. What's the fix for this? > > > > http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla0.9.8/mozi > > l > > la-win32-0.9.8-installer.exe > > If that's the fix, I'd stick with the porn home page myself. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > voice: (202) 797-5496 > fax: (202) 797-5444 > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get Your Own Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionb FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
