[PW] What Happened to gethuman.com?

[Bob Topping]

Have you checked your system for malware or tried this on a different 
"brand" of browser?  I use Firefox primarily but did check the site in 
Internet Explorer and the correct page came up. 

However, malicious web sites can occasionally place code (deceptively 
called a "Browser Helper Object") into a browser's extensions which 
cause it to forward to a specific site when either an incorrect URL is 
entered or they can place themselves as the home page for a user, 
countermanding that user's preferences.  These are used in Internet 
Explorer.

I've seen it a few times over my years of IT support but as a regular 
user of kayak.com I would doubt very much that this is kayak's doing.  
If it is, I will immediately stop using them.

Useful malware and spyware detection and removal programs:

Lavasoft's Ad-aware:
 http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_aware_free.php
(Free for personal use)

Spybot Search & Destroy:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

Microsoft Windows Defender:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

Note that I have no affiliation with any of the above products beyond 
being a loyal user.  No warranty is expressed or implied.  This offer is 
not void in Alaska, Hawai'i, and certain Micronesian nations.  If 
installing under a full moon, be sure to look up and howl.  Your 
neighbors will wonder what you're doing.

Hope this helps,
Bob.


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rtopping at emich.edu ~ Bob Topping ~ toppingb at umich.edu

"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment
of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent
encroachments of those in power than by violent and
sudden usurpations."  -- James Madison, 1788
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Peter Zilahy Ingerman, PhD wrote:
> I just tried ... and had no difficulty clicking on the link to
>
> http://gethuman.com/
>
> and getting to the web page with a long list of how to reach a human being.
>
> It begins to sound as though there may be a problem with your system, or your ISP?
>
> Peter Ingerman
>
>
> Charles Early wrote:
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>   
>> Even, I'm still getting redirected to http://www.kayak.com/.
>>
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