Browser start up page.. - GoFuckYourself.com

Rose · 01-19-2001, 12:16 PM

Just noticed my browser start up page
changed again.How those assholes do it?
Happens to me very often lately.

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Proud to be Canadian

Lensman · 01-19-2001, 12:22 PM

What did it change to?

Rose · 01-19-2001, 12:30 PM

This time it was http://www.sureseeker.com

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Proud to be Canadian

adsproul · 01-19-2001, 12:50 PM

Well, it can't be all that hard, It seems everytime i load a new program, they automatically put their start page into my browser...

<shrug>

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"If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much Space!"

blakkfrogg · 01-19-2001, 02:00 PM

I've seen a new(?) type of cookie being used by porn AND non-porn sites. It's some sort of doo-hickey that automatically sends you to a specific page with popups everytime you start a browser.

And NO, it's not just the default page setting for the browser. I checked that first.

Took me a while to track the fucker down, but Froggy prevailed.

As fo the problem you described, a simple javascript can change your default start page. Annoying as all hell, but isn't that half the fun?

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I shot the sheriff... but the fucking deputy got away.

Lensman · 01-21-2001, 02:48 PM

I don't know if it's Javascript that automatically does it. I think JS prompts you for a change. I think what's doing it is some plug-ins like when you get a Porncity 404 and it's prompts you for a "browser enhancement" plug-in.

sickkittens · 12-11-2003, 01:17 PM

I have been eaten. ;)

01-19-2001, 12:16 PM	#1
Rose Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: ON,Canada Posts: 1,456	Browser start up page.. Just noticed my browser start up page changed again.How those assholes do it? Happens to me very often lately. ------------------ Proud to be Canadian

12-11-2003, 01:17 PM	#7
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01-19-2001, 12:22 PM	#2
Lensman GFY Chaperone Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Adult.com Posts: 9,846	What did it change to?

01-19-2001, 12:30 PM	#3
Rose Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: ON,Canada Posts: 1,456	This time it was http://www.sureseeker.com ------------------ Proud to be Canadian

01-19-2001, 12:50 PM	#4
adsproul Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Pittsburg, Ca Posts: 295	Well, it can't be all that hard, It seems everytime i load a new program, they automatically put their start page into my browser... <shrug> ------------------ "If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much Space!"

01-19-2001, 02:00 PM	#5
blakkfrogg Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: South of sobriety Posts: 582	I've seen a new(?) type of cookie being used by porn AND non-porn sites. It's some sort of doo-hickey that automatically sends you to a specific page with popups everytime you start a browser. And NO, it's not just the default page setting for the browser. I checked that first. Took me a while to track the fucker down, but Froggy prevailed. As fo the problem you described, a simple javascript can change your default start page. Annoying as all hell, but isn't that half the fun? ------------------ I shot the sheriff... but the fucking deputy got away.

01-21-2001, 02:48 PM	#6
Lensman GFY Chaperone Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Adult.com Posts: 9,846	I don't know if it's Javascript that automatically does it. I think JS prompts you for a change. I think what's doing it is some plug-ins like when you get a Porncity 404 and it's prompts you for a "browser enhancement" plug-in.