Re: FirstLook.com pop-up application; installed via SP?

From: blink (blink@blink.com)
Date: 09/02/02 

From: blink <blink@blink.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 18:58:25 -0700

George, you're obviously committed to distorting what I say. From the
original post onwards, I've said that it's either in a MS patch OR there
is a vulnerability that this is allowing it to be installed via IE or
whatever. I don't know by what method FirstLook.com and Net.Net were
able to get so far into my machine, but since I've not downloaded
anything recently from the net, other than the MS patches, those are the
only two options I can see. Maybe there is a third option; can someone
suggest one? Fine, I would just like to know what happened.

I wanted to ask someone who knew something about it, not someone like
yourself that just cannot imagine a Microsoft product that has a
vulnerability, or that it's possible that MS might have had a patch
hacked, or... whatever, just continue with your worship of Microsoft,
and you'll feel fine about everything, I'm sure.

I also noted in one of my other posts to you that these two garbage
programs were installed on my machine after I used Windows Update to get
3com Net Driver Version 4.16.0.0, so it may have nothing to do with
win2k sp3. Apparently you didn't read it, or didn't care.

Here is a quote for you from the thread I pointed to in my original
post: "This started happening after downloading IE 6.0 last week. I'm a
Microsoft supporter, but agree this is criminal behavior and whomever
did this should be punished -- the virus analogy is right on." Whatever
the source, it's disturbing a number of people because something is
going on that, at least to the people who have reported it, hasn't been
seen before. A pointer to that thread again:

http://www.computing.net/networking/wwwboard/forum/8981.html

I make my living programming with Microsoft products. I'm not into
bashing them; but I sure as heck know that they aren't perfect. And what
I'm trying to draw some attention to is that FirstLook.com and New.Net
have found a way to install their rubbish on pc's without anyones
permission.

In article <uK0zkDYUCHA.2684@tkmsftngp08>, hesterloli@hotmail.com
says...
> You are determined to believe that Microsoft gave it to you. That is fine.
> You will get it again I am sure. Not from Microsoft but hey if that's where
> you think it came from then Oh boy you have the inside scoop on
> FirstLook.com. I am not an expert on what gets installed by ServicePack 3
> but don't you think something so obvious as a Popup after installing that
> Service Pack would have been reported by at least one soul in the 15,000,000
> people that have installed it? No?
>
> --
> George Hester
> ______________________________
> "blink" <blink@blink.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.17dae6fe7a113cb098974b@msnews.microsoft.com...
> > I guess you have the inside scoop on the service packs, as you're so
> > unequivocal about it.
> >
> > And I agree with you, if they did install it themselves, MS should
> > "maybe consider making some security enhancements that give us better
> > control over this type of thing." You said their response would be "we
> > do", which I can't make any sense of, but whatever.
> >
> >
> > In article <O6c6H4RUCHA.3924@tkmsftngp12>, hesterloli@hotmail.com
> > says...
> > > Hocum. It is not put in by a Microsoft Service pack. You picked it up
> in
> > > your Web browsing behavior. I sure hope that Microsoft does NOT do
> anything
> > > about it other then maybe making some security enhancements that give us
> > > better control over this type of thing. But their response would be,
> "we
> > > do!."
> > >
> > > --
> > > George Hester
> > > ______________________________
> > > "blink" <blink@blink.com> wrote in message
> > > news:MPG.17da95625cb50971989748@msnews.microsoft.com...
> > > > Quite a number of people are getting a mysterious application
> installed
> > > > by a company called FirstLook.com without their foreknowledge or
> > > > permission. It is getting installed as a application, and is listed in
> > > > the control panel Add/Remove Programs section as "FirstLook Portal".
> > > > Each day when an infected machine is started, IE opens and displays
> > > > their ad. People have reported difficulty in uninstalling it; other
> > > > programs getting disabled; and data being transmitted over broadband
> > > > connections when it appears.
> > > >
> > > > There is a thread here discussing the FirstLook.com invasion:
> > > > http://www.computing.net/networking/wwwboard/forum/8981.html

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