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merijn
April22, 2005:
Just a short note on the domain HIJACK-THIS.NET: this is not mine! It has been registered by XoftSpy (who are also on the Rogue Antispyware List on SpywareWarrior.com) and they are luring people into downloading their software believing it is HijackThis. Also, they have registered a few AdWords at Google leading to the same result. I have contacted them about this and received no reply (how surprising). Google can't do much about it since there is no copyright being breached. We'll see where this goes.
In the meantime, if you want to download any of my programs, the official domain is and always will be »www.merijn.org/
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 BuddelIf it ain't broke, don't fix it.Premium
join:2004-03-06
EU
kudos:3 | Thank you very much for the heads-up, NICK ADSL UK  . |
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 jabarnutLight Years AwayPremium,MVM
join:2005-01-22
Galaxy M31
kudos:2 | reply to NICK ADSL UK
Boy...that's bad.
Like merijn said, a Google Search may sucker a lot of people in that don't know any better. 
I REALLY can't stand some of these slugs.
Thanks for the info.
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Yeah they are doing a "sponsored link" deal on Google.
One day...all these companies will get what is coming to them!
Thanks for the heads up! |
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Thanks for the heads-up Nick!
Greatly appreciated!
Regards,
bill;) |
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 jbobReach Out and Touch SomeonePremium
join:2004-04-26
Little Rock, AR | reply to NICK ADSL UK
Now we need hackers to test their defenses! lol |
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 cacrollEventually, Prozac becomes normalPremium
join:2002-07-25
Martinez, CA | reply to NICK ADSL UK
Thank you, Nick! |
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 pcdebbRIP dadkinsPremium
join:2000-12-03
Brandon, FL
kudos:4 | reply to NICK ADSL UK
hmmm, i'm curious. what does the fake file do by chance? I'm asking because I just came from a thread of someone posting a log, and the file running for hjt was named "Hijack-This.exe", and I've never seen it named like that before (my exact version isnt named like that)
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 jaykaykay4 Ever YoungPremium,MVM
join:2000-04-13
Scottsdale, AZ
kudos:19
·Speakeasy
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Fascinating how there's someone waiting around the corner to create havoc with something that is so good. Nobody should have to worry about people doing this kind of thing, but everyone does...especially if they're trying to be helpful to others and make the Internet safe. XoftSpy ought to be ashamed of themselves. |
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 John2gQui Tacet ConsentitPremium
join:2001-08-10
England | said by jaykaykay: XoftSpy ought to be ashamed of themselves. They won't be though.
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cacrollEventually, Prozac becomes normalPremium
join:2002-07-25
Martinez, CA | reply to jaykaykay
said by jaykaykay:XoftSpy ought to be ashamed of themselves.
Their type knows no shame.
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Chuck |
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That domain is another candidate for HOSTS file blocking. As shown, the same web server also runs other sites that aren't worth ever going to.
»whois.sc/hijack-this.net |
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Nick:
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I have contacted Paretologic directly to get the affiliate who is behind Hijack-This.net taken care of.
Best,
Eric L. Howes |
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BPremium,MVM
join:2000-10-28 |
As of this moment it's still the top "Sponsored Link" result for a Google query on "hijack this".
But through the wondrousness of Google, none of the REAL results on the first Google page mention it.
Another reason to ignore ads, even from Google, for better or worse.
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 Blue2Premium
join:2004-04-14
France
kudos:1 | reply to NICK ADSL UK
said by NICK ADSL UK:Warning! Please Read -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: merijn Google can't do much about it since there is no copyright being breached. We'll see where this goes. In the meantime, if you want to download any of my programs, the official domain is and always will be » www.merijn.org/ For whatever it may be worth...
What about contacting the Attorney General's office as well as the FTC since maybe this would be covered by laws against deceptive advertising or misleading business practices.
On the Google front, I would think that they could decide without a copyright being breached to just not accept paid advertising that they think is duplicitous. |
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 gracie7Geek GoddessPremium
join:2003-07-15
confusion | reply to NICK ADSL UK
what a sin! reminds me of the many hysterical phone calls from noobs i had to field when they, taking to heart suggestions to run anti-spyware software, went to a site that used the adaware name instead of the less-intuitive lavasoft to download adaware, and ended up installing a POS spyware program instead. i see adaware.com now redirects to lavasoft, but i believe at one time it didn't.
don't know the ins and outs of the process or how difficult, but it would seem to me that any program develope ought to trademark the name of the program and then spring for the $7 or so to register the obvious domains. i mean, seriously, what noob would even think that adaware.com (or hijack-this.net) wasn't the legit site, and know that lavasoft.de and merijn.org are the legit ones?
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 mers2Premium,MVM
join:2004-03-20
USA
kudos:8 | reply to NICK ADSL UK
Xoftspy was taken off Eric's list for cleaning up their act. This behavior should get it relisted. Thnaks for the heads up Nick.
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 santyDon't Follow Me, I'M Lost TooPremium,MVM
join:2001-06-10
Wilmington, IL
kudos:1 | reply to B
said by B:As of this moment it's still the top "Sponsored Link" result for a Google query on "hijack this".-- B It's no longer showing up on the first page of Google when doing a query such as what you used.. Merjin's site is listed as tops and the top sponsered link is to pctools .com
of course I used the quotes as shown in my query. without the quotes Merjin's site is third one down.. Thought I'd post a little update on this... Rick
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jaykaykay4 Ever YoungPremium,MVM
join:2000-04-13
Scottsdale, AZ
kudos:19 | reply to jaykaykay
Isn't it a shame that there's so much lack of shame a much else today. God, there are days when I really feel old and long for the days when I thought it still existed...way back when. |
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Evidently someone's a cat-lover on this server, too...right next to a folder with a crapload of google ads.
»0-computer.info/cats/
lol
Thanks for heads up, Nick.
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