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Subject:	Re: Argh -- IE 5.5 gets highjacked~!
From:	Lisa Kohn <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	PCSOFT - Personal Computer software discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Tue, 20 Nov 2001 12:15:01 -0500
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On Mon, 19 Nov 2001 10:17:25 -0500, Tom Turak <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>A couple of my employees loaded BonziBuddy.  I went to control panel, Add /
>Remove programs, and an uninstaller was listed for BonziBuddy.  It worked.
>That's the only help I have.
>Tom Turak
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lisa Kohn [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 4:49 PM
>
>
>Sometime within the past 2 weeks, I have acquired inadvertently a parasite
>that does roughly the following when I first run Internet Explorer 5.5:  It
>creates  c:/windows/temp/asic_temp.html, and opens it in a new (2nd window),
>which then redirects to a page at www.dlode.com, and thence to a BonziBuddy
>(cringe) welcome page inviting me to download my own surfing buddy.

I guess I was not clear enough - the culprit is not the BonziBuddy program itself.  I have never downloaded it, much less installed it.  Instead, some program, script, or something is redirecting my browser when I start it, spawning pop-ups and changing my homepage, and I cannot find the source.  Has anyone heard of this?

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