Yahoo hijacked my browser.

[Phobia]

I'm a slow kid. I rarely bookmark sites I visit. I usually just type the site name, ctrl/enter and go where I need to go. I've been doing this to go to weather.com for years and years.

A couple of weeks ago doing so started taking me to weather.yahoo.com. I assumed yahoo had acquired weather.com for eleventy billion dollars. Not so. They just hijacked my browser.

I am now uninstalling everything yahoo related except for maybe IM.

To me that's just as bad as spyware or malware. Jerks.

[CosmicPal]

Use Firefox, and maybe that kind of stuff won't happen again.

[FAX]

Speaking of weird and wild browser functions, can anyone get Hannibal Rising to load at http://tv-links.co.uk/index.do/4 ?

FAX

[Phobia]

I've used Firefox for years and just recently switched back to IE. IE actually performs better on my machine for some reason.

[Frazod]

Same thing happened to me the other night. I thought I was simply upgrading software - the next thing I know Yahoo exploded all over my computer. Changed my homepage and everything - also minimized the toolbar I needed to access to change it back. F#ckers. 4321

[Phobia]

I just uninstalled that garbage and it rebooted my computer without any warning. Garbageware.

[Phobia]

Awesome. I got my weather.com back.

[SPchief]

Stop looking at all that porn and the spyware wouldn't be as bad/

[Phobia]

Stop looking at all that porn and the spyware wouldn't be as bad/

I don't watch porn anymore. I know that's disappointing.

[007]

Same thing happened to me the other night. I thought I was simply upgrading software - the next thing I know Yahoo exploded all over my computer. Changed my homepage and everything - also minimized the toolbar I needed to access to change it back. F#ckers. 4321
Were you using the Yahoo browser or something? I have been using Yahoo services for years but NOT their browser. I have never had anything loaded from them at all.

[Hammock Parties]

Sounds like the yahoo toolbar.

[ChiefsCountry]

Probally came from when you updated a program and it asked if you wanted it in a sneeky way.

[Frazod]

Were you using the Yahoo browser or something? I have been using Yahoo services for years but NOT their browser. I have never had anything loaded from them at all.

My wife uses the IM crap. We have separate computers, but mine's by the TV and she occasionally uses it when I'm not home. I don't like it, but there's not much I can do about it.

Damn women. :cuss:

[boogblaster]

Lost my weather on Yahoo but it came back after I shut down my PC ...

[007]

My wife uses the IM crap. We have separate computers, but mine's by the TV and she occasionally uses it when I'm not home. I don't like it, but there's not much I can do about it.

Damn women. :cuss:
Don't know why it would have hijacked you but nothing surprises me these days. I don't like their IM program that much but it does have some fun features.

[Hammock Parties]

Their IM program is fine by me. Fairly clean and you can turn off all their bullshit. It also archives everything, which is handy.

[Phobia]

I don't love their IM but I've had it for years. If I dumped it Gochiefs couldn't contact me expediently.

[Smed1065]

It probably came from weather.com actually

[007]

I don't love their IM but I've had it for years. If I dumped it Gochiefs couldn't contact me expediently.
So you have a back door specifically for Gochiefs?

[Phobia]

So you have a back door specifically for Gochiefs?
I'm not sure I'm going to feed this fantasy for you, Guru.

[Hammock Parties]

I'm not sure I'm going to feed this fantasy for you, Guru.

Hell you certainly didn't last November.

[listopencil]

When I signed up for DSL my provider (SBC/ATT) tried to dump a bunch of Yahoo! crap on my system. Luckily I knew better.

[007]

I'm not sure I'm going to feed this fantasy for you, Guru.
ROFL

[Logical]

So you have a back door specifically for Gochiefs?ROFL What a loaded comment.

[FAX]

I'm sooooo glad you guys all find the time to assist Mr. Phobia with his problem, post on the poop thread, and make pissy comments in DC while my very serious problem goes completely ignored and unaddressed.

Sometimes I wish I had mod powers.

FAX THE WISHING HE HAD MOD POWERS

[Frazod]

Don't know why it would have hijacked you but nothing surprises me these days. I don't like their IM program that much but it does have some fun features.

A box popped up asking me if I wanted to upgrade my Yahoo software. Thinking it would be no big deal, I clicked on the button. Then BOOM YAHOO EVERYWHERE :eek:

[SPchief]

I'm sooooo glad you guys all find the time to assist Mr. Phobia with his problem, post on the poop thread, and make pissy comments in DC while my very serious problem goes completely ignored and unaddressed.

Sometimes I wish I had mod powers.

FAX THE WISHING HE HAD MOD POWERS


What's the problem Mr. Fax? Didn't get the memo.

[FAX]

What's the problem Mr. Fax? Didn't get the memo.

Thanks, Mr. Spchief. The problems is that I can't get Hannibal Rising to load at http://tv-links.co.uk/index.do/4 ... it's under the "h"s.

It was working earlier today and I was going to watch it while I'm working, but it won't load now. I was wondering if someone else could get it to load so I can tell if it's a problem with my computer or connection. It's a safe link.

FAX

[FAX]

Still not working, they have Grindhouse added to their listings this morning, but Hannibal Rising still won't load for me. Strange, because it was working yesterday.

Will it load for anyone else? I want to see some people get killed and eaten.

FAX

[Phobia]

Hannibal Rising doesn't work for me either.

[Phobia]

This crappy thread should really be in Media Center now that FAX ruined it.

[FAX]

Hannibal Rising doesn't work for me either.

Well, that's good news and bad news. Good that it isn't just me, bad that I don't get to see the movie.

Many thanks and prop things to you, Mr. Phobia, for your assistance in this crucial matter.

By the way, why didn't you convey birthday wishes to Mr. Iowanian? I think his feelings were hurt.

FAX

[FAX]

This crappy thread should really be in Media Center now that FAX ruined it.

I didn't ruin anything, Mr. Phobia. This was a "my crap don't work" thread and I posted some stuff about that.

FAX THE WONDERING IF MR. PHOBIA HAS HAD HIS COFFEE

[Splat420]

I use fire fox but have yahoo as my home page never had any trouble.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Still not working, they have Grindhouse added to their listings this morning, but Hannibal Rising still won't load for me. Strange, because it was working yesterday.

Will it load for anyone else? I want to see some people get killed and eaten.

FAX

Kick ass, Mr. FAX.

Thanks for the link. Watching Grindhouse right now.

Rep to you, good sir.

[FAX]

I did a google search on the "Shroud Of Turin", clicked on a link, and NetDotSearch or some such crap loaded on my computer at work. Our tech guy had to reload the TCP/IP Protocol to get things back to normal.

Does that help?

FAX

[Bearcat]

I don't love their IM but I've had it for years. If I dumped it Gochiefs couldn't contact me expediently.

My wife uses the IM crap. We have separate computers, but mine's by the TV and she occasionally uses it when I'm not home. I don't like it, but there's not much I can do about it.



Use Trillian.... you can connect to AIM, MSN, and Yahoo in one window; without all the advertisements and spyware.

http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/learn/

http://www.download.com/Trillian/3000-2150-10047473.html?part=dl-trillian&subj=dl&tag=button

[JBucc]

My crap works, but I misplaced my power cord for my computer. Now I only have 19 minutes of charge left before I will be without computer access indefinitely. I looked online and was surprised at how expensive these things are.

[FAX]

Kick ass, Mr. FAX.

Thanks for the link. Watching Grindhouse right now.

Rep to you, good sir.

No problem. Now, if you will be kind enough to neg rep that nasty Mr. Phobia, my life will be complete.

By the way, the preview on "Machete" (sp?) is very humorous. If you hire him to kill the bad guy, you better make sure you aren't the bad guy.

FAX

[FAX]

My crap works, but I misplaced my power cord for my computer. Now I only have 19 minutes of charge left before I will be without computer access indefinitely. I looked online and was surprised at how expensive these things are.

Good Lord!!! This is terrible news, Mr. JBucc!!!

Maybe you can find one on ebay. What kind of computer is it? Let's get this crap fixed!!!

FAX

[OnTheWarpath15]

No problem. Now, if you will be kind enough to neg rep that nasty Mr. Phobia, my life will be complete.

By the way, the preview on "Machete" (sp?) is very humorous. If you hire him to kill the bad guy, you better make sure you aren't the bad guy.

FAX

The thing quit on me just as Rose McGowan is quitting the club.

Guess I have to part with $10 to see the remaining 3 hours in the theater.

BOO!

PS: I'm sorry, but there will be no neg-repping of Mr. Phobia, nastiness or not.

Smart thing to do on my part, considering he's cooking food I'll be consuming in the near future.

[FAX]

The thing quit on me just as Rose McGowan is quitting the club.

Guess I have to part with $10 to see the remaining 3 hours in the theater.

BOO!

PS: I'm sorry, but there will be no neg-repping of Mr. Phobia, nastiness or not.

Smart thing to do on my part, considering he's cooking food I'll be consuming in the near future.

They must be having problems over there, Mr. OnTheWarpath58.

Normally, their movies work just fine. Sorry for the misfire.

FAX

[Skip Towne]

How do you misplace a power cord? We're you using it to beat your wife?

[JBucc]

Uh oh, it just gave me the "Low Power" Warning bubble pop up thingy. Now only 8 minutes left.

Thanks for the help Mr Fax but I already ordered one. It should be here by Wednesday.

[FAX]

Dang. I suggest you browse like a mother for the next 8 minutes.

FAX

[Phobia]

Use Trillian.... you can connect to AIM, MSN, and Yahoo in one window; without all the advertisements and spyware.

http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/learn/

http://www.download.com/Trillian/3000-2150-10047473.html?part=dl-trillian&subj=dl&tag=button

Yeah, I'm familiar with Trillian. My wife uses it. I kinda like Launchcast which is another reason I keep Yahoo IM.

Thanks for the suggestion though.

[Phobia]

I didn't ruin anything, Mr. Phobia. This was a "my crap don't work" thread and I posted some stuff about that.

FAX THE WONDERING IF MR. PHOBIA HAS HAD HIS COFFEE

Before I was just kidding but now I'm very serious. You've totally ruined my previously pristine posted thread.

[FAX]

I can't respond appropriately until I know what "pristing" means.

FAX

[Mecca]

Uh oh, it just gave me the "Low Power" Warning bubble pop up thingy. Now only 8 minutes left.

Thanks for the help Mr Fax but I already ordered one. It should be here by Wednesday.

It's porno time for you........

[Skip Towne]

Uh oh, it just gave me the "Low Power" Warning bubble pop up thingy. Now only 8 minutes left.

Thanks for the help Mr Fax but I already ordered one. It should be here by Wednesday.
See ya.

[Mecca]

I hope you learned a lesson about trying to hang people with your power cord.

[morphius]

The last install of yahoo IM tried to install so many things on my system that I just switched to using meebo.com to connect to Yahoo and MSN for IM'ing. I can't get files sent to me, but eh, that doesn't happen much anyway. It was very disappointing that Yahoo felt that they needed to go that route.

[Phobia]

The last install of yahoo IM tried to install so many things on my system that I just switched to using meebo.com to connect to Yahoo and MSN for IM'ing. I can't get files sent to me, but eh, that doesn't happen much anyway. It was very disappointing that Yahoo felt that they needed to go that route.

Yahoo is a mult-billion dollar company so I guess I won't question their business practices, but I really didn't appreciate it.

[Mecca]

So if it reinstalls itself automatically how are you getting rid of it?

[FAX]

So if it reinstalls itself automatically how are you getting rid of it?

Removing the power cord works.

FAX

[go bo]

So if it reinstalls itself automatically how are you getting rid of it?it reinstalls automatically?

i've gotten crap like that off all 3 of our pc's from time to time...

you can google for information, but i find posting the question on here to be much more helpful...

i've always gotten help from the experts who post here...

just recently, they helped me get all 3 of my pc's running again (each had their own little problem)...

getting rid of things that reinstall themselves is a little complicated, but the guys here talked me through that one too...

[morphius]

Yahoo is a mult-billion dollar company so I guess I won't question their business practices, but I really didn't appreciate it.
I have yet to go back and see if I selected automatic install by mistake, but I really should look and see if I did before exploding to badly. But there is NO excuse for having weather.com take you to a yahoo site, I'm sure the people at weather.com would be very interested to hear that info, 'cause I'm guessing that it borders the wrong side of illegal.

[theultimatekcchiefsfan]

I've used Firefox for years and just recently switched back to IE. IE actually performs better on my machine for some reason.

Traitor.

[Phobia]

Traitor.
I know. I suck.