[PW] What Happened to gethuman.com?

[Charles Early]

I also get the correct page in Internet Explorer.  I'll have to do a 
thorough scan for malware.  Thanks very much.

At 11:05 PM 9/11/2007, you 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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>
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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:
> >
> >
> >> Even, I'm still getting redirected to http://www.kayak.com/.
> >>
> >>
>
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