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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (41152)	5/10/2004 11:29:28 AM
From: Druss	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

MulhollandDrive--<<i was amazed when my home page was redirected to msn.com at the time, and remember thinking microsoft is hijacking home pages????? apparently so>> Not the first time. A couple of times a few years ago I downloaded a more advanced version of Internet Explorer. Both times I had my home page changed to Microsoft. I had to locate my old home page via search engine, get in the browser, and then reset it. I was furious, particularly after the new browser changed the internal location for setting one's home page. I quit 'upgrading' my browser after that. Now I use Netscape Navigator. All the Best Druss

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (41152)	5/10/2004 11:41:18 AM
From: arno	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110653

Hi there MD, I don't use MSN so I've not had any redirects from their site, but.... ....awhile back while running Ad-aware, I'd get "a possible hi-jack attempt" because I was using about:blank as my home page, too. When I let Ad-aware erase the file, then my home page was re-set to MSN. So, I just added the "hi-jack attempt" to the ignore list. No, problems since. Also, if a dialog box or browser window doesn't have an "X" to close it....try using Alt-F4. It may work. arno