IE Homepage vulnerability problem

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 8:40 pm

Unistall IE and delete everything related to it including those dangerous files, then install Opera and presto, your arse is now safer, that is, safer but not 100% unless ur well firewalled, etc.

You will only need IE for hotmail/msn account creation and that can be done thru some nice proggies floating arround astalavista.com

Macil · Post by **Macil** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 8:50 pm

What the heck are u guys going off on? When a webpage asks you "Do you want to set your homepage to "Stupid.com"?", just press NO!

Simple as that.

Ultraviolet · Post by **Ultraviolet** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 9:02 pm

It doesn't always ask.

BouncyTEM · Post by **BouncyTEM** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 9:02 pm

Agent ME wrote:What the heck are u guys going off on? When a webpage asks you "Do you want to set your homepage to "Stupid.com"?", just press NO!

Simple as that.

That's NOT what's happening. It sets it for you, if you want it to or NOT.
It doesn't give you a pop-up, asking you, it just does it.
I've had the same thing happen to me 20 times...

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 9:21 pm

I must insist people, get Opera, forget about IExploiter, it's a load against your face.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 9:51 pm

Doom wrote:I must insist people, get Opera, forget about IExploiter, it's a load against your face.

Opera is a quality web browser. However, most people are not willing to pay for a web browser anymore and would prefer not use the adware versions either.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 10:56 pm

Jim wrote:
Doom wrote:I must insist people, get Opera, forget about IExploiter, it's a load against your face.
Opera is a quality web browser. However, most people are not willing to pay for a web browser anymore and would prefer not use the adware versions either.

Pay for software?, hehehe, that's a nice joke...

Post by **Bio Hazard** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 2:43 am

i hereby declare this thread a pandora's box

/me takes note that saying "Linux" in front of hotwax is like injecting him with rabies (more than saying anything else will anyways) (BTW; if you flame me for that statement  i am very good at ignoring you (cause my web browser that "cant do anything better than IE" has a plugin to cut certain posts out of PHPBB forums depending on certain criteria (like author)) and BTW; someone with 3X as many posts as the first runner-up has no right to say they dont live on the internet...

ANYWAY.........

i had a similar hijacking problem on a client's computer and i found a program on some troubleshooting forum called "CSWShredder" (or something like that) and it completly eliminated the problem

now about linux...

(please read more than the first sentance of this please) Linux is a great operating system, but it is with its faults:

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1. "its hard to install": i guess maybe for a loser like hotwax it may be hard (i dont care what you say hotwax but your a narrow minded person (that classifys yo as a "loser" in my book)) but if you can install your own copy of XP you can install Linux faster (proven (i tested it just so i could use it against people who say linux is hard to install): i had a totally computer illiterate person (10 years old on top of it) get debian working in 45 minutes)

2. "its hard to get software": "apt-get [nameofprogram] /install" OMG THAT WAS HARD!!!!!

3. "there is no tech-support": Linux wasnt designed for "users" anyway its a developers OS (why else would almost evry program (that ive seen anyway) for it need to be compiled first?)

4. "the natives are mean": you know... that statement made me think, hotwax is kinda right. a lot of the hardcore 'nixers (as in people who flaunt the fact that they dont use windows) (that i know) really are snobby about it... 
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you know... 75% of those arent really faults, they are just the generally accepted assumption

linux is very good at what its designed to do: getting work done, wether it be writing documents in openoffice, or writing a program in an environment, or just writing emails. it wasant designed to play games or get viruses for doing nothing or be useable by stupid people or whatnot.

>>>>!!!!SPEECH!!!!<<<<

i will probably switch to linux the next time my drive needs to reformat as id lose too much stuff (files, not program choice) now. for im drifting away from games (which is another reason i dont post as often) and there are plenty of alternitive programs in linux so i wont lose much functionallity, but thats just my path... if you want to stay with games: stay with windows. if not: try other things, there is a world of discovery awaiting you...

i must sleep now as it is almost 0200

geez its been forever since i have made a big rambling speech-post

Mannequin · Post by **Mannequin** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 6:48 am

Bio Hazard wrote:2. "its hard to get software": "apt-get [nameofprogram] /install" OMG THAT WAS HARD!!!!!

We're talking Debian here, by the way. One other thing I want to mention, for me, it's: "apt-get install [nameofprogram]." When you are either root or superuser.

3. "there is no tech-support": Linux wasnt designed for "users" anyway its a developers OS (why else would almost evry program (that ive seen anyway) for it need to be compiled first?)

There is plenty of tech support if you go to the proper list or ng. For most Debian users you can always sign on to their Debian-Users mailing list. For me, I use their Debian-PowerPC list. I've gotten most of my questions answered there, although the answer could sometimes could be considered mean... But, if you are willing to learn from your problems (and mistakes), you shouldn't have a hard time using Linux full-time.

4. "the natives are mean": you know... that statement made me think, hotwax is kinda right. a lot of the hardcore 'nixers (as in people who flaunt the fact that they dont use windows) (that i know) really are snobby about it...

To be perfectly honest, I bet most of those "hardcore 'nixers" came from a Windoze environment. They are probably snobbish because they hate where they came from... crashes, viruses, etc, etc, etc. (and you might still be stuck in it, in their point of view.) I know, that doesn't justify their actions, though.

(DISCLAIMER: Read some of my previous posts in this thread. I own a Windoze box that hasn't had many [if any] problems in the past year. I also use that box for ZDoom, because there isn't a PowerPC port of it around, because of FMOD. [Last time I checked anyway.])

-M.

Post by **Bio Hazard** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 11:11 am

Mannequin wrote:We're talking Debian here, by the way. One other thing I want to mention, for me, it's: "apt-get install [nameofprogram]." When you are either root or superuser.

thats only a debian thing? shows how many versions of linux i play with

Mannequin wrote:There is plenty of tech support if you go to the proper list or ng. For most Debian users you can always sign on to their Debian-Users mailing list. For me, I use their Debian-PowerPC list. I've gotten most of my questions answered there, although the answer could sometimes could be considered mean... But, if you are willing to learn from your problems (and mistakes), you shouldn't have a hard time using Linux full-time.

oops, i forgot to mention that part, i thought i had. i was tired okay

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also, id like to apologize to hotwax for what i said about him, i just get really pissed when people lash out at others because they are being different. and i was tired so that clouded my judgement (even though the word "linux" wasant even in the post hotwax flamed jim for)
that dosent mean that what you did was right, it just means that i feel bad that i sank to your level

Mannequin · Post by **Mannequin** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 12:02 pm

Bio Hazard wrote:
Mannequin wrote:We're talking Debian here, by the way. One other thing I want to mention, for me, it's: "apt-get install [nameofprogram]." When you are either root or superuser.
thats only a debian thing? shows how many versions of linux i play with

I could be wrong, but I thought apt-get was a Debian only feature. Although, I've heard that other distros are now trying something similar to it.

-M.

Post by **Xaser** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 12:16 pm

Bio Hazard, HotWax is gonna kill you.

Post by **Bio Hazard** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 12:49 pm

Xaser wrote:Bio Hazard, HotWax is gonna kill you.

i know... but it felt goooooooood...
and plus, whats the worst he can do to me? say some big words?
its not like i have to block any punches or anything...

Mannequin wrote:I could be wrong, but I thought apt-get was a Debian only feature. Although, I've heard that other distros are now trying something similar to it.

actually i think youre right, ive never seen it outside debian.

HotWax · Post by **HotWax** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 12:51 pm

Chilvence wrote:Yeah, but you're also the bloke who started "The longest thread in forum history"? A brief recap of the topic includes Microsoft, TCPA, George Orwell, gun control, software piracy, The Lord of the Rings trilogy....

And if you'd paid attention, you'd know that in that very thread I said "I have nothing against Microsoft and in fact love Windows XP" (not a direct quote, but that was the general gist) I was merely worried about the future of hardware security and what consequences it might have and how the last organization you want controlling what you get to do with your computer is one that directly benefits from restricting your access to their products.

(please please PLEASE don't start discussing that again -- we don't need a relapse into the longest thread ever)

Doom: Okay correction, Jim isn't an asshole who insists that everyone else conform to his ways, you are. Everyone else, please take note of Doom's posts so you know exactly what kind of person I'm talking about. (On a side note, he's a racist pig, contributes nothing to the forums, and gives out warez links and encourages using them. Why the hell is he sitll here?)

Jim: Fine. I guess I overreacted to your initial post. I see the damn penguin and I immediately expect a high and mighty Linux user telling us all how to live. Kinda like missionaries knocking at my door or something. Do they behave like complete assholes? Not always. Do I know very damn well that they're all a bunch of self-righteous pricks who see anybody not living the way they do as below them? Hell yes.

The thing is, Microsoft behaves pretty much like any other organization out to make a buck (or in their case, a few billion bucks). I don't think they're saints because of it, but I also don't see them as inherently evil. They give a reasonable amount of support to their products and load them with tons of useful features. How is that a bad thing? I don't mind XP activation (until they try to take away my right to use my legally-purchased software

) because I know they're just trying to protect their own interests. I do mind the thought of them spearheading hardware that restricts how I get to use my own PC.... but that's another story. (DON'T GO THERE DAMMIT) Anyhow, sorry for busting your balls when there was little reason to do so.... I'll just have to wait for reason next time.

Bio: This coming from teh biggest ch34ter in teh w0rld?!

Post by **Bio Hazard** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 1:02 pm

HotWax wrote:Bio: This coming from teh biggest ch34ter in teh w0rld?!

hell yea!

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Name=Bios_Fun_Script
Command="god;give all;noclip;fly;notarget;freeze;"

bind \ bios_fun_script

man, i expected you to go nuts on me!