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Not that that matters to most non-tech people who probably neither know nor care. (Just like me.)

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The old "doesn't affect me, so it doesn't matter, therefore theres nothing wrong with it" attitude, I see.

Well, if you get burgled, it wouldn't affect me, so it doesn't matter, therefore theres nothing wrong with it!

OK, its a bad analogy I know, but the only one I can think of with this migraine. I'm sure you will realise what I'm trying to say however.

Re: Virgin Media Hijack customers browser search options
 

Actually a pretty good analogy.

He gets burgled, doesn't affect us, we don't care and there's no need for any police.

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So exactly what is "wrong" with it then, how does it affect me?

Well my getting burgled certainly won't affect you, no.

Indeed.

No I don't. But I am happy to wait until your migraine has passed before you answer the questions I posed, above.

No, it really isn't.

That's fair enough; though I think I would care that you had been a victim of crime even though I wasn't directly affected :)

Unfortunately, this is where the analogy falls down. There is a need for the police to solve my burglary; even though you remain un-affected by it.

Still doesn't explain why I should be worried that VM want to offer me some help and suggestions as to what I may have been looking for.

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It's helped me; I knew nothing about it until I read this thread just now. Now switched off.

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Why?

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I object to the hijacking on the grounds you are opted in automatically to something that makes money for the people who automatically opted you in.

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I suppose that's a fair point.

But anyway, how often do you actually mis-type a URL so you see this screen and then click on one of the links? It happens to me very rarely so they're certainly not making anything through me :)

And I certainly don't begrudge VM another revenue stream if it helps them improve my services ;)

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Yes, it really is.

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How the heck is a burglary (that of course does not actually directly affect anyone but the person burgled) a good analogy for this? :confused: It makes absolutely NO sense!

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Innocent as I'm sure it is, I object to VM changing my PC settings without informing me first and giving me the option. The default should be OFF

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Technically they aren't going anywhere near your PC - it's all on Virgin's end

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And as a point of principle it's fair enough, but it's not really doing any harm is it?

---------- Post added at 16:53 ---------- Previous post was at 16:52 ----------

Another, very relevant, point :)

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No setting are altered on your pc if you use google for instance this does not happen as it is set only on the Virgin Media home page.

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It's modem dependant, if you change modem, you are opted back in, so when you try a URL that should return NXDOMAIN, you'll be prompted with the VM "did you mean this?" search page. HTH

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Which, surely, is actually more helpful? And, AFAIK, Google do a similar thing with search terms :)

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I think people would like the option, rather than it being a default (if it is).

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It's opt out not opt in as standard.

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Sorry but I just don't believe that.

If the URL was correct then there would have been no server error for VM's system to intercept.

So you'd rather not know what was wrong? :confused:

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I already pay vm for my broadband, why should they then be allowed to make money from my search redirects when I was initially not told it was turned on ??. So glad I now know how to turn off the hijacking? I have never agreed with any system that automaticaly opts you in where there is a financial gain

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I remember turning this off in the past, it now seems to have turned itself back on overnight.

This page claims you can turn it off by going to the advanced search settings page but all I get with that is a 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable error.

Not impressed.

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The options page is working for me on my VM broadband connectiopn

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Erm... they are doing :rolleyes:

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Not working in Hitchin at 15:50 30/6

http://www.pwatson.org/virgin.png

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@ferretuk, It's working here in Middlesbrough.

Is it still not working for you?

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Working now...

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Nobody cares what you believe Carl.

This post seems like nothing more than being argumentative for the sake of it (again). This is what we call trolling.

So here is your last warning : Stop trolling threads.

If you dont, I will kick you off Cable Forum (assuming Mick doesnt do it first).

Just so its perfectly clear, this isnt a debate, there is no right of appeal, or any other conversation to be entered into.
You will do as requested, or your account will be terminated. We have had more than enough of your arguing, trolling and general mindless posting.

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I have just spent the last five minutes deliberately mis-spelling/mis-typing URLs into Google's address bar and have yet to be presented with the VM 'advanced search system' (or whatever it's called.) I recently upgraded to 30mb and so got a new router and have no opted-out.

So my question is this....

If I can't deliberately trigger it by entering wrong URLs yet heero_yuy can seemingly trigger it by entering a correct URL, something is obviously wrong somewhere.

ETA:
Okay. I just got it by typing in www.hafilax-online.co.uk instead of the obvious. Interestingly, it didn't offer me the correct URL :D

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Resisting the obvious temptation to simply blame you it could quite easily be neither.

There are plenty of legitimate explanations for such behaviour, such as a particular VM DNS server in one area having a transient network issue that prevents it reaching the DNS server of the site in question; the same thing could happen at the other end.

The only thing that's wrong is your attitude of if you don't know about it then there is no alternative explanation.

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I can trigger it just by going to the link and selecting that i wish to have my dns hijacked, Then all i need do is misspell a URL and bingo there it is. However i have no intention of leaving it hijacked

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Thank you for taking the time to explain it for me.

I realise I can sometimes be a little blunt but that's just how I am. I do try not to be and no offence is ever intended.

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And that's why we have such a huge affection for you Carl. We love you really, despite your blunt approach. Incidentally, why have you not replied to my heart felt PM? I feel somewhat hurt :p:.

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The one from last week? Thought I had! (Just checked. I replied to the first; not the second :blush:)