summcat
11-08-2002, 06:33 PM
Help. Instead of displaying the normal error pages like 404 or page not found, my browser gets forwarded to this freakin portal site: http://www.xupiter.com/
They are really idiots, they got a different page to display for each error. For example, when i get a domain not found, the forward me to a page of their's that says, sorry we cant find your page, but try searching for a similar one on our greatest web search here. Then it goes on to display their homepage.
Is my only option to dlete all my IE files?
Kaumil
11-08-2002, 06:41 PM
I agree it's very annoying. I really don't know how these sites hi-jack IE files like this. All they need to do is buy bulk traffic, and they are having a residual income coming in!
summcat
11-08-2002, 06:43 PM
Well, do you have any idea on how to fix this?
Darth
11-08-2002, 06:44 PM
Well, something has edited one of the reg files (I think) do a search on microsoft.
Kaumil
11-08-2002, 06:44 PM
Have you tried "disabling" your friendly IE http error pages? Try re-installing IE?
theqase
11-08-2002, 07:07 PM
i also heard that ad-aware will fix it... i havent had the problem yet, so i wouldnt know... so you may try it
Kaumil
11-08-2002, 07:11 PM
Savenow is really annoying too.
MikeM
11-08-2002, 07:20 PM
you could try their fix that is listed in the FAQ's on how to remove..
http://www.xupiter.com/uninstall.exe
Neo3Net
11-08-2002, 07:21 PM
Ad Aware is an amazing piece of software. The worst thing is when people tap into XP's Messenger Service :(
Lamont
11-08-2002, 10:39 PM
You can also add them to the 'Restricted' sites under the security settings for IE and you'll never be able to go there again. I've done that will all the pop-up spammer sites like doubleclick, etc.
Go to Tools->Internet Options->Security->Restricted Sites->Sites and add:
*.xupiter.com
*.doubleclick.net
*.doubleclick.com
etc. for all the sites that take over your browser.
You'll never see them again. :D
derek.bodner
11-09-2002, 08:25 PM
Whoever said Mozilla.org
yup yup :) Love it.
Darth
11-09-2002, 08:28 PM
Shame Mozilla doesn't come as a default installation :(
tapster
11-12-2002, 02:47 AM
Originally posted by dbodner
Whoever said Mozilla.org
yup yup :) Love it.
that was me :)
mozilla 1.1 is just AMAZING... been using it for all my browsing for several months now
best feature has to be the 'tabbed browsing' so you don't need 10 instances of IE running to jump around a few sites..
very configurable in the pop-ups department too
love it :)
