Another "How to do this in a Revlet?" thread

[stephen barncard]

I  have seen instances where the user ISP somehow can hihack some html
errors and take one's browser to another site. This happened recently with
my Comcast account. They recently patched my account to a 'Network Helper'
panel without asking or notifying, and every 'page not found' error sent me
to a 'friendly' comcast erro page instead of my own (including ON-Rev's
helpful error messages).  I had to 'sign in' to their stupid website, do
some research, and finally found a control panel to turn off.

Never underestimate the reach of your ISP.  I hate Comcast, but nobody else
offers the kind of speed they do in my part of town for now.   We'll see all
kinds of dirty tricks as the cable companies want you to have access to the
net, but get not all your TV through the net. Expect content filtering in
the future as the web becomes the new TV. These Comcast jokers want me to
subscribe to "Basic Cable" for only $5 more/month, yeah right, and a two
year contract. No thanks to TV and the contract.

Waiting for faster DSL or Fiber
-------------------------
Stephen Barncard
San Francisco
http://houseofcubes.com/disco.irev


2009/10/31 Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com>

> Jim Ault wrote:
>
>  On Oct 30, 2009, at 8:10 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>>
>>  http://www.capellan2000.000space.com/graphics_transformations_01.zip
>>>>
>>>
>>> I wish I go see it, but when I click it I wind up here:
>>> <http://swiftphp.com/notify/2.php>
>>>
>>
>> My browser (Firefox/3.5.3 GTB6 in OSX 10.5 )  initiates and  successfully
>> downloads the file  'graphics_transformations_01.zip'
>>
>
> Ultra-weird:  in Safari it downloads the file correctly, but in Firefox
> 3.5.3 on OS X 10.5.8 it went to the URL I noted.
>
> So I updated FF to v3.5.4, and after doing so it warned me that I needed to
> also update Flash Player, so I did.  Then I updated the five FF extensions I
> normally run with, then disabled all of them, restarted FF, and it still
> brings me to that other URL.
>
> If it were forwarding me to some spam site I might suspect a virus, but the
> site it goes to is rather innocuous, so I'm not so sure.  Also, the behavior
> persists even after updating FF and disabling extensions, so I'm disinclined
> to think it's a modified FF or FF prefs/settings issue.
>
> Still, since it works in Safari obviously this issue is specific to
> something in my FF setup.  But what?
>
> Anyone else here see this behavior?
>
>
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