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Browser Hijacking Nightmares

This article will chill your blood when you read it. If you have any doubt that spyware and browser hijackers are a real and severe threat, then read this...

Julian Green, a resident of the town of Torquay, in western England, lost custody of his seven year-old child and nearly was imprisoned because his computer was infected with a browser hijacker. After an anonymous tip, which some people close to the man say most likely came from Green's estranged older daughter, the police seized his computer.

After finding almost 200 pornographic images of minor children, Green was arrested for possession of child pornography. When an examination of his hard drive revealed several trojans, the charges against Julian were dropped.



From the Hijacking article:

One evening late in 2001, Julian Green's 7-year-old daughter came upstairs from the computer room of their home in the resort town of Torquay, in western England, and said, "The home page has changed, and it's something not very nice."

When Mr. Green checked his computer, he found that the family PC seemed almost possessed. The Internet home page had somehow been switched so that the computer displayed a child pornography site when the browser software started up. Even if he turned the machine off, it would turn itself back on and dial the Internet on its own.

That is a classic example of nearly every single browser hijack I've experienced.. This sort of malicious software does exist. It will infect your computer if you aren't careful. It doesn't matter if you are surfing for porn, searching for cracked serial numbers, looking at music sites or just following a link from a message board.

This software spreads by exploiting java and ActiveX vulnerabilities. It spreads through spam. It spreads by tricking people into installing it. It turns your computer in a pop up porn gallery, and there isn't a single thing that can be done to stop the people who spread them.

Despite the fact that several browser hijackers are targeted as trojans and viruses, according to the law, they have done nothing illegal. The people that distribute browser hijackers and spyware hide behind the ActiveX security prompt. They pretend that the existence of that security alert is an excuse not to provide a proper dialog asking the user if they want the software. They hope that you have lowered your security settings to the point that you won't even receive a security alert.

These hijackers take control of your computer by preventing you from changing your own start page and search settings. They generate vile, obscene, pornographic pop up ads. They infect you with their trojan software and turn your computer in a source of revenue for them, and who gives a damn if your seven year-old child is exposed to enough porn to make Hugh Hefner blush?

Why is it legal to infect thousands of people to drive traffic to your pay-per-click search portal? Why is it legal to hijack a person's computer settings to create pop ups and litter the hard drive with porn and casino ads? Why is it legal to expose someone's children to pornography just to make a few bucks?

This madness needs to end! A man has lost custody of his child and only just narrowly avoided being sent to prison. Do you know what they do to pedophiles in prison? Julian very nearly found out.

This has gone on long enough, and it's time to make browser hijacking illegal!

How many of you reading this page have had this happen? How many of you have had your start page hijacked to a porn site? How many of you have had your search page set to a pay-per-click search portal. How many of you have gone through the never-ending cycle of pornographic pop ups? How many of you had to format your hard drive and reinstall windows just to regain control of your own computer?


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