miCRoSCoPiC^eaRthLinG
Jun 30 2005, 08:51 AM
Yup - you heard it right!! Not that I have much use of that piece of trash anyways - but Microsoft never made any attempt to make your life easy by providing you with an option to remove IE. SO whatever other favourite browser of yours you might be using, IE will still lurk around in some corner of your system and keep popping up (irritating to the core) windows sometimes on request of some external application (that's another thing that eludes me - why do windows application developers NOT resort to popping up readme's using your system default browser??) It's like once you start developing applications for windows - you hand over your life, soul and everything to Devill Gates.. I download a whole bunch of new softwares and keep trying and trashing my system 5 times a week in the process. When we had Win95, I'd to reinstall my system on an average of 2.5 times a week. The reason of all this raving and ranting - is, now some application (which I cannot spot) - has managed to Hijack my IE start page. When I fire up IE - it ALWAYS starts loading either microsoft.com or msn.com - WTF?? I tried everything - registry edits & hacks, windows tweaks, 100's of antipsyware and antiviruses - NOTHING, ZILCH.. no one can save IE from loading the MS sites on startup. Not that I'm bothered anyways - coz as I said, I use IE RARELY to view some of the so-called "IE compatible" pages. But even so, this is outright outrageous. And this is also a first - never before I've seen anything like this. Talk about gloating on your own product...boy, microsoft is surely in love with every inch of what it has designed. Big Brother?? This is just the start. Rather they've laid the foundations well. Phewww.. wouldn't even leave the goddamned browser startup page alone. Last I heard MS has started a new division along with it's TQM (Total Quality Management) - this one's called TCM, C being for Control.... on your wretched, pathetic, miserable existence... which of course, MS is trying to elevate you out of, by taking you to your most desired site of the day/month/year/lifetime through their hell's angel IE... Enough...
Reply
nakulgupta
Jun 30 2005, 01:08 PM
QUOTE(microscopic^earthling @ Jun 30 2005, 02:21 PM) Yup - you heard it right!! Not that I have much use of that piece of trash anyways - but Microsoft never made any attempt to make your life easy by providing you with an option to remove IE. SO whatever other favourite browser of yours you might be using, IE will still lurk around in some corner of your system and keep popping up (irritating to the core) windows sometimes on request of some external application (that's another thing that eludes me - why do windows application developers NOT resort to popping up readme's using your system default browser??) It's like once you start developing applications for windows - you hand over your life, soul and everything to Devill Gates.. I download a whole bunch of new softwares and keep trying and trashing my system 5 times a week in the process. When we had Win95, I'd to reinstall my system on an average of 2.5 times a week. The reason of all this raving and ranting - is, now some application (which I cannot spot) - has managed to Hijack my IE start page. When I fire up IE - it ALWAYS starts loading either microsoft.com or msn.com - WTF?? I tried everything - registry edits & hacks, windows tweaks, 100's of antipsyware and antiviruses - NOTHING, ZILCH.. no one can save IE from loading the MS sites on startup. Not that I'm bothered anyways - coz as I said, I use IE RARELY to view some of the so-called "IE compatible" pages. But even so, this is outright outrageous. And this is also a first - never before I've seen anything like this. Talk about gloating on your own product...boy, microsoft is surely in love with every inch of what it has designed. Big Brother?? This is just the start. Rather they've laid the foundations well. Phewww.. wouldn't even leave the goddamned browser startup page alone. Last I heard MS has started a new division along with it's TQM (Total Quality Management) - this one's called TCM, C being for Control.... on your wretched, pathetic, miserable existence... which of course, MS is trying to elevate you out of, by taking you to your most desired site of the day/month/year/lifetime through their hell's angel IE... Enough... lmao....very good post . I too had that problem '1/0' number of times. I installed Microsoft Antispyware on my pc and it works fine and has prevented a change in the start page atleast 15 times till now. Spybot S&D too prevented this from happening.... Btw...'1/0' is infinity.
Reply
imajin8shun
Jun 30 2005, 02:28 PM
Last time I tried uninstalling my IE explorer my computer basically blew up. Seriously, lol. My computer crashed and when I tried turning it on small sparks were seen flying around. I got my computer fixed and haven't dared tried uninstalling IE ever since... I've had to learn to live with it. 
Reply
hazeshow
Jun 30 2005, 03:23 PM
QUOTE(imajin8shun @ Jun 30 2005, 02:28 PM) Last time I tried uninstalling my IE explorer my computer basically blew up. Seriously, lol. My computer crashed and when I tried turning it on small sparks were seen flying around. I got my computer fixed and haven't dared tried uninstalling IE ever since... I've had to learn to live with it. Well I guess this little story shows us what a mighty strong and powerful Browser Internet Explorer really is!  GrettingZ 
Reply
miCRoSCoPiC^eaRthLinG
Jun 30 2005, 07:09 PM
Yaah man absolutely.. from what you describe, next time the world will face meteor showers when you try to do that.. heh.. The tsunamis (no offense) - prolly were caused by some dolt trying to replace windoze with linux  Once again we come upon the age old adage - Hell hath no fury like Devill Gates scorned. 
Reply
runefantasy
Jul 1 2005, 03:45 AM
QUOTE(nakulgupta @ Jun 30 2005, 01:08 PM) lmao....very good post . I too had that problem '1/0' number of times. I installed Microsoft Antispyware on my pc and it works fine and has prevented a change in the start page atleast 15 times till now. Spybot S&D too prevented this from happening.... Btw...'1/0' is infinity. Oh yea, if you guys want to remove IE maybe you can try this, but I haven't tried this before so I'm not sure if it works or not: Click start Click control panel Click Add or remove programs Click Add or remove windows components Uncheck Internet explorer Click Next Even if it doesn't remove it it should at least disable it... (I think) It's worth a try if you don't have any spyware remover ^Summing up that^ Uninstalling IE is seriously risky:Bad points: 1. Many web sites are programmed to work only with Internet Explorer. 2. Windows Update requires Internet Explorer. 3. Some Anti-Virus Products require IE for updates. 4. Both removing and restoring IE is risky and difficult. 5. IE is more than a browser, it is the foundation for Internet functionality in Windows. 6. Uninstalling IE may cause your computer to crash alot So I would just recommend downloading a free trial of spyware removers or buying one... (Norton I think removes them now as well, get 2005 edition)
Reply
warbird
Jul 1 2005, 10:29 AM
There's already a Windows version without Windows Media Player, maybe they should force Microsoft to make a version without any kind of Microsoft stuff, just windows and nothing else. They now say it's a problem that companies that make other music software don't get the chance to sell anything, but that's the same problem with browsers. If Microsoft wasn't allowed to sell IE in his Windows package, then there would be much more users using Firefox or Netscape. -=jeroen=-
Reply
Recent Queries:--
microsoft ie hijacked - 24.39 hr back. (1)
-
microsoft hijacked my start up page - 39.91 hr back. (1)
Similar Topics
Keywords : microsoft hijacked- Installing Microsoft .net Updates With Dep Turned On
- (2)
- Microsoft Releases Patchguard API
- Microsoft releases API for security vendors (0)
Hi. I just read a report about this on ComputerWorld. Here's the address
http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...ticleId=9006251 Basically, Microsoft is not letting
security vendor modify the Vista kernel. Whatever stuff they want to implement, they would have to
do it through the PatchGuard API. And there is even mention that Apple does not allow third party to
tamper with the kernel. I'm no security experts, so here are my questions to the security
gurus... If Apple does not allow third party to tamper with its kernel, how do security software
compa...
Microsoft Xmlhttp Activex Control Code Execution Vulnerability
- Extremely critical (0)
Another vulnerability to XP has been found by Security research firm Secunia. QUOTE
Description: A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft XML Core Services, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a users system. The vulnerability is caused due to an
unspecified error in the XMLHTTP 4.0 ActiveX Control. Successful exploitation allows execution of
arbitrary code when a user e.g. visits a malicious website using Internet Explorer. NOTE: The
vulnerability is already being actively exploited. QUOTE Solution: Microsoft has recommended
va...
Microsoft Critical Patch Can Cause Serious Problem
- (8)
Installing the patch (MS05-051), which was released Tuesday to fix four Windows flaws in Windows
2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 is causing serious problems for some users. according to
C|Net News.com, users will be locked out of their PC, the Windows Firewall wont be started, certain
applications may be blocked from running or installing, and the network connections folder will be
emptied. This happen only when you change the default permission settings on a Windows directory.
The solution is unstall this patch or restore the default permissions for t...
Microsoft Confirms Wmf Vulnerability
- (7)
Microsoft has issued a Security Advisory (912840) on 28 Dec. It concerns the recent WMF
vulnerability exploit. Microsoft also gave a temp solution to protect your PC until they issue a
patch. It's a good idea to use this before the patch comes out. The following is a quote from
the Microsoft Security Advisory. QUOTE Un-register the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer
(Shimgvw.dll) 1. Click Start, click Run, type "regsvr32 -u %windir%\system32\shimgvw.dll"
(without the quotation marks), and then click OK. 2. A dialog box appears to confirm that the
un-registr...
Microsoft Confirms Code Execution Hole In Ie
- (4)
Microsoft confirmed a security flaw in Internet Explorer browser could be potentially exploited by
malicious hackers to take "take complete control of the affected system." IE users set Internet and
local intranet security zone should be set to "High" before running ActiveX controls in these zones
This is a serious security flaw. All supported versions of Internet Explorer, including IE 6.0 in
Windows XP SP 2 (Service Pack 2) are affected. Microsoft promised a patch would be made available
this time. Good to here that. /happy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:...
Microsoft Windows "mshta" Code Execution Exploit
- (0)
From SecurityFocus http://www.securityfocus.net/archive/1/395...10/2005-04-16/0 There is a _New_
exploit which affects the MSHTA (Microsoft HTML Application Host), using a simple program it's
possible to create file from a *.hta with a _strange_ extenstion(*.foo *.ghgh *.asd) and this file
will be executed by the MSHTA so if u put some malicious Vbs or JS in the *.hta the risk is very
high.... http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20050414.ms05016.php this is the source of the program
to create the malicious files I've tested it on Xp Sp1 and Xp SP2 and both sy...
Looking for microsoft, hijacked
|
*SIMILAR VIDEOS*
Searching Video's for microsoft, hijacked
|
advertisement
|
|
