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Common Hijacker, whats this?

 
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PostPosted: Fri May 07, 2004 5:50 am    Post subject: Common Hijacker, whats this?
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Did a check the other day using a spy sweeper, it found a problem going by the name of Common Hijacker, Redirected Host.auto.search.msn.com then it gave an IP addresss. would this be able to capture my msn password and enable people to gain entry, this entry is in relation to my last thread, can anyone offer any advice.
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PostPosted: Fri May 07, 2004 9:50 am    Post subject:
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dont worry about your passwords, a common hijacker normally just changes the default search engine your computer goes to when you try to search for something, so you get lots of popups and the website makes lots of money through all the visits it gets!
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Thanks for that norbie, it's good to know someone knows what there on about.
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thats ok. it my duty to all you people with computer problems! Very Happy

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