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Wired: IE Bug Can Lead to Strange Search

Posted on 08.11.01 at 07:17 CET

The Internet Explorer I use on my PC was taken over by some stupid ads in Chinese that showed up every time I typed a bad URL, I managed to get rid of them but many people get stuck with them, often displaying porn and other unwanted rubbish. Wired has an article about this extremely annoying practice.

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