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

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

From: blink <blink@blink.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 04:32:45 -0700

George, what I wrote was:

>>>
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..." etc
>>>

I didn't say it was a quote "from" you as you seem to have read it. You
know the difference between "from" and "for", we hope? As I noted in the
first sentance of the same post. "George, you're obviously committed to
distorting what I say."

Did you even bother to read any of the other posts on that website on
the subject?

So far you're batting a big fat zero.

In article <#M$7E1iUCHA.2652@tkmsftngp12>, hesterloli@hotmail.com
says...
> You are mistaken. I never said:
>
> "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."
>
> --
> George Hester
> ______________________________
> "blink" <blink@blink.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.17dc65831289efdd98974e@msnews.microsoft.com...
> > 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

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