Although my comuter is set up with linux (and thus no GNU browser woudl do something like this) I have several client computers running Windows, and Internet Explorer. It is interesting to note that the new version of IE not only allows other sites to add themselves to your favorites list without you having to, they also allow them to replace your home page with other sites. This would not be as big a problem, only another reason I decline to upgrade MS products as much as possible and anohter way in which they are slowly taking opersonal control of your computer away from the you and handing it to the corporations, if it weren't for this site I found:

http://66.40.16.232/hy/ (Warning: visiting this site may convert your homepage. . . although on my clients the site itself does not make itself to you r homepage)

whats this? this is www.yahoo.com? No! It might display the URL as yahoo.com, bit it is truely not!!!!

what are hte implications? well it is probably right now it is gathering yahoo mail IDs and using those for spam, but it sent a chill up my spine when one day the site had "Pay bills Onlne!" up at the top (looked like thone of the yahoo messenger or yahoo mail buttons up top). Yes, some poor unsuspecting shmucks are having their hompages reaplaced, and thinking they are visiting yahoo, are giving away credit card and account information to these people!!!!!

BE WARNED!!!

Dan? you cathing this? keep an eye out for it!

Robert? Who the heck do I tell about this to bring these people in?!
-Justin Kelly