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June 5th, 2005 01:00

MSN Home Page Changes:

I am running winxp sp2 on my Dell 8250 P4 computer. Lately I have noticed that my home page which is set to www.msn.com will change to www.msn.com/?lc=1033
 
In other words it starts out with my home page setting of msn.com but even after visiting this site when I go and click the home icon on tool bar section, it brings me to www.msn.com/?lc-1033
 
There is no difference between them, but I am curious if anyone else has seen this, or do you think a virus or hijacker is doing this. Now sometimes it will return to the regular www.msn.com but most of time not.
 
Any help is appreciated
Joe
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    Posted June 5th, 2005 03:00

    I seldom go there anymore but I just gave it a try and got a real long URL with that 1033 part right after the msn.com. The web page asked me for my .NET password. So I too must ask, is this supposed to happen? :smileytongue:
    I went ahead and logged in and set the homepage to MSN and it now stays the simple URL. Perhaps this 1033 is a login reference?
     
    You might look for a place to do so and try it if you've already registered before, or consider doing so now if you haven't. Maybe ignore it instead, actually. I just went ahead and did the .NET thing a couple years ago after finally deciding to give in and use it. Getting weak minded, I guess. :smileyindifferent:
     

    Message Edited by iKlaatu on 06-04-2005 11:54 PM

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    Posted June 5th, 2005 08:00

    Thanks Iklaatu, for the reply, at least if it happened to you, then it makes me feel a bit better that maybe my computer is not hacked. I do have norton anti virus, adaware se, spysweeper, spybot and microsoft anti spyware all come up clean.
     
    Joe
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    Posted June 5th, 2005 12:00

    When I login to www.msn.com that is what I get, no 1033.  1033 is the LCID (Local Code ID) for English code page 437.  Are you accessing www.msn.com from a non-english speaking country/region? 

    Message Edited by msgale on 06-05-2005 10:51 AM

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    Posted June 5th, 2005 15:00

    Msgale, when I first bring the internet up on my home page, which is www.msn.com, that is what I get, no 1033 yet. However, if I go to different sites while surfing, including this dell forum, and then decide to go back to my home page, then that is when I get www.msn.com/?lc=1033

    And this is a totally English computer, no foreign languages. So it is when I return to my home page is when I get the mysterieous  /?lc=1033 .

    Any further help is appreciated.

    Joe

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    Posted June 5th, 2005 20:00

    Yes mine is set the same as yours.
    Thanks for the reply and the help, I guess I just have to live with it.
    Joe
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    Posted June 5th, 2005 20:00

    Checked it again, going directly from here to there, and I only see the .com URL-- however, I see a momentary passport (.NET) URL before it settles onto the MSN home page.
     
    Looking at my Internet Explorer 6 settings, in View menu and then Encoding, I have Unicode (UTF-8) selected.
     

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