[TriLUG] OT: Hijacked Browser Typos

[Matt Frye]

On 4/18/07, Scott Chilcote <scottchilcote at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I recently switched to earthlink cable broadband...
> I used to be able to go up to the URL field on the browser and fix the
> typo.  Now it gets replaced with
> "http://earthlink-help.com/?AddInType=Bdns&Version=1.1.4el&FailureMode=1&ParticipantID=xj6e3468k634hy3945zg3zkhfn7zfgf6&ClientLocation=us&FailedURI=http%3A%2F%2Fgoogle.cokm%2F"

Scott,
I found the easiest way around this crap was to directly set the DNS
in my router to earthlink's east and west coast servers, as described
in this blog entry:

http://blogs.earthlink.net/2006/09/more_info_on_dead_domain_handl.php

Apparently, we're not the only ones cursing Earthlink for this policy change.

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Matt Frye
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