Web hijacking by router - a new method of advertisement by Belkin

Sat Nov 8 05:16:11 UTC 2003

At 11:42 PM 11/7/2003, Kee Hinckley wrote:

>It appears that they've learned their lesson.  This is tacked at the 
>bottom of the front page at Belkin.
>
>>Important message from Belkin:
>>We at Belkin apologize for the recent trouble our customers have 
>>experienced with the wireless router/browser redirect issue.  We will be 
>>offering firmware fixes available for download early next week. We do not 
>>have exact details yet but we can tell you now that each router's 
>>firmware that incorporates Parental Control as an option will be changed.
>>
>>Please expect more detailed information to follow early next week.  Thank 
>>you.

Imagine that... they listened to the community.

Should they actually follow up on this and remove this abomination from 
their firmware, I'd suggest they should earn back some respect.