I recently was a victim of the about:blank mutant, and I would welcome talking to the media, but i live in Buffalo, NY.
I have been a web junkie for a long time and know my way around, and yes, including porn sites. After a while it gets boring and old, but i can see how people could easily get in trouble, particularly if surfing from work. If you know where to go, it is easy to get free porn safely. But, I used to go to (dont go here unless you are prepared to get lots of malware) hxxp://ww2.ynotnetwork.com/superlinks/superlinks.html. It i just a top list type page with links to porn sites with many samples. No harm there, but many, maybe even most sites linked through there nowadays install malware.
Most of the pages linked from the above site are simular, many thumbnail pics, that when clicked launch a new page, or two or three, sometimes, but not always, with samples like the one you clicked. Often when you close a page, more are launched, and you can get stuck in a loop with several dozen or more windows open, and more opening faster then you can close them (if you are trying to click on the X). If you don't know how deal with this type of situation, you will probably be clicking like a mad person. Good chance (100%) all kinds of stuff is downloaded on to the machine. The original page does not contain illegal porn or links to it, but after a surfer gets linked from one page to another, popups, dialers, etc, you do can easily end up on illegal porn sites. It seems the raunchier the site, the worse the malware. Perhaps some is from law enforcement, some is probably used to blackmail people, etc. Even if a web surfer imeadiately tried to leave when they seen trouble, the home page might be changed to a illegal porn site, and adware installed that launches legal and illegal pop up advertisements. This would be a nightmare at home, but in the work place it would be hell. I am sure sometimes an infested machine get used by persons other than the one who originally looked for porn. I have never seen this situation in anyplace i worked, but i have seen it on puters on a college campus in the puter labs and in the library. It is horrible for the unsuspecting.
My recent experience did not change my home page to a porn site, much less an illegal porn site, but i was extremely distressed by the experience. If i was at work, and the redirected page was a porn, or God forbid, illegal porn site, i am not sure what i'd do. Damn, that would suck!

I am glad i only play games on the puter at work.
Edited by mjp65aa, 23 June 2004 - 07:45 PM.