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  1. January 28th, 2007, 01:40 AM #3
    tonybradley
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    My IE is *not* from Charter. My IE is the default version that comes with Windows Vista Ultimate. I have never installed *any* software of any kind from my ISP. They are literally intercepting the traffic to Windows Live One search engine and redirecting it.

    As I state in my article- I do't have the time or resources to pursue this or to care beyond bitching about it. I will either use Google or accept the cookie I have to have in order to 'opt' out.

    However, I do think it is illegal and that it is browser hijacking and not a "feature". I also think that it is ethicaly questionable that they *only* intercept traffic to Microsoft's search engine. I will leave all of that for one of the state attorneys general or Microsoft's legal team to work out though.
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