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

From: George Hester (hesterloli@hotmail.com)
Date: 09/03/02 

From: "George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 22:50:24 -0400

Better then batting in a fools game. 

--
George Hester
______________________________
"blink" <blink@blink.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.17dcec351e41dfc8989750@msnews.microsoft.com...
> 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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