[PW] What Happened to gethuman.com?

[Ivan Van Laningham]

Hi All--
I tried it at home, after failing at work all day.  It worked. 
Therefore, some workplaces may interfere with your attempts to visit 
certain places.  I work at Overstock, and they've got a proxy server 
that everything outgoing channels through.  And sites are vetted based 
on content before you're permitted to visit them.  (I've seen *stupid* 
mistakes on the content front.)  My suspicion is that gethuman.com has 
made it onto some blacklisting site that companies subscribe to.

Metta,
Ivan

Bob Topping wrote:
> 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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