Thread: Virgin Media Hijack customers browser search options
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Old 22-08-2009, 19:37   #133
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Re: Virgin Media Hijack customers browser search options
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Originally Posted by Stephen View Post
Its a simple redirect VM didn't hijack anything. I tested this a couple of months ago and I can see it useful for people that mistype things. Maybe older people or less computer literate people.
No, the DNS lookup returns 'Not found'. Instead of returning this response unchanged to the the user, it is hijacked by VM and replaced with the IP of their search page.
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