Somehow, they decided, in all of their wisdom and benevolence, that I don't know enough to choose my own search engine and that it was their solemn duty to intercept calls to my default search engine and redirect them to their own search results...'powered by Yahoo!'
Charter Communications Hijacks Windows Live Search Engine
From Tony Bradley, CISSP-ISSAP, for About.com
My investigation continued. I didn't have to look far though. A large banner image at the top of the search results identified the culprit that stole my search engine. It was my ISP- Charter Communications.
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- Dude! Where's My Search Engine?
- Who Stole My Search Engine?
- Let's Learn 'About This Page'
- Is It 'Opting' If I Was Never Asked?
- Whew! At Least I Can Opt Out...Sort Of
- My $.02 (Just In Case Charter Communications Is Listening)
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