swerve - 7:25 pm on Oct 1, 2003 (gmt 0)

AAnnAArchy, I'm glad you fixed the problem.

To answer one of your questions, there is a good reason that scumware might send you to www2.google.com for search results. The smarter hacks do this in order to make you think that nothing is wrong. If you are going to Google, and you are getting real Google search results, you are less likely to cry foul. 99.9% of searchers would see nothing strange about seeing the www2 subdomain. Scumware hijacks the home page, but then serves real Google results. To begin with, the scumware may even present an exact replica of the Google home page (seems like this might have been the case here). Over time, they may start to add text ads, banners, and pop-ups. The average web user might just think that Google has changed their home page - and continue this way for months.