OK, this isn't a tutorial on
how to hijakc a page, but rather points to some information about recovering from such an attack...but maybe my subject will win me a DVD?
This is from an email newsletter I get, by the way. I have no idea if I have permission to publish it, but given the nature of the discussions around here lately, fuck it...it's good info.
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There are different kinds of home-page hijacking. The simplest kind is
correctable by using your browser's Home Page tool. In recent versions
of IE, it's Tools/Internet options/Home Page. In recent Netscape
browsers, Edit/Preferences/Navigator/Home Page. (Other browsers/versions
may differ, but you get the idea.)
Or, you can put a small Reg tool on your desktop, such as the one here:
http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2000/2000-07-10.htm#2 . One click of
that tool will restore your home page to whatever you want, after it's
been hijacked.
But there are more malicious ways to hijack a page, such as the one used
by "PassThisOn." Pages like that actively re-set your home page even if
you change it to something else, and take more work to disable. But even
with those, there's help:
http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2001/2001-06-07.htm#6