SECUR> Browser Hijackers Ruining Lives
- From: Gleason Sackmann <gleason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: NetHappenings <nethappenings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 09:09:15 -0500
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Browser Hijackers Ruining Lives
http://www.wired.com/
In response to a Wired article on browser hijackers such as CWS, a number of
readers sent in letters detailing how such malwares cost them their jobs,
relationships, and reputations. Browser hijackers infect machines and change
settings on web browsers, such as the home page and the default search page.
CWS serves pornographic pop-ups, adds pornographic pages to bookmarks, and will
often redirect browsers to pornographic sites; some of the content CWS uses
borders on criminal. One man reports losing his job and being arrested after an
employer found child pornography images on his work computer. A store owner in
Georgia reports that he and his wife separated for a while after she thought he
was looking at pornographic websites. Often, judges and law enforcement will
not accept claims that a computer downloaded pornographic images on its own.
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