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The Hun · 08-26-2001, 07:41 AM

This company is installing files on people's computers that will pop up consoles (dialers, amongst other things) when people enter certain, usually high traffic, websites. This is another result of the wonderful Microsoft fuckup called security. Somehow using Encrypted JavaScript it's possible to run ActiveX programs of ANY kind on people's machines. So it's VERY easy to format someone's harddrive when they merely visit a website.

This company installed some "Browser Helper Object" which is an "invention" by MicroSoft to help people surf websites. Some ass took adventage of this though and is now popping consoles of wet4free.com and greatplugin.com. A very helpful submitted put together some info on how to disable this. I have an AVI movie on what's happening, if someone has an MPEG converter I can post it on-line (it's a huge AVI, about 13 Megs).

So if you run a high traffic site you might be affected by this also! There might be a big legal case here. You guys better check out if you're on the list of this screwer!

08-26-2001, 07:41 AM
The Hun Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,207	Another scam! Who's running "spyware" or "adware" This company is installing files on people's computers that will pop up consoles (dialers, amongst other things) when people enter certain, usually high traffic, websites. This is another result of the wonderful Microsoft fuckup called security. Somehow using Encrypted JavaScript it's possible to run ActiveX programs of ANY kind on people's machines. So it's VERY easy to format someone's harddrive when they merely visit a website. This company installed some "Browser Helper Object" which is an "invention" by MicroSoft to help people surf websites. Some ass took adventage of this though and is now popping consoles of wet4free.com and greatplugin.com. A very helpful submitted put together some info on how to disable this. I have an AVI movie on what's happening, if someone has an MPEG converter I can post it on-line (it's a huge AVI, about 13 Megs). So if you run a high traffic site you might be affected by this also! There might be a big legal case here. You guys better check out if you're on the list of this screwer!