ARGH IE7 IS THE DEVIL

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ok, so generally when a program automatically downloads itself, installs itself, and then stops you from using your computer as well as you could before, you'd call that a VIRUS, wouldn't you...

but microsoft clearly know everything about everything, particularly that you REALLY want to spontaneously install the new version of IE whether or not you THINK you do.

and also that the maths part of the UNSW course website is actually a phishing site or somehow insecure because it has the wrong certificate, so it should clearly BLOCK it...

and then refer you to help, which isn't even displayed on the toolbar any more, it's off on some extension bit you have to search for, and then the gist of the help file is 'we know better than you. if we block something, clearly it's trying to kill you. anything without a valid certificate or with an error of any description was actually made by al Qaeda and/or Satan. just trust us. you don't have to think ever again, nice microsoft will protect you and make you feel nice and safe and warm while we steal your soul and your ability to think for yourself. even if you used to go to this site all the time before, and it was made by your university, don't be fooled. your computer will spontaneously combust if you look at it now. also, here, have this paper spoon so it won't hurt you if you stick it in your eye.'

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ok so maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration. and then after a bit the bar at the top came up letting me view the site anyway, thank goodness, i thought i would have to revert my computer to a week ago to get rid of this stupid thing.

but what's annoying is that it didn't even ask me if i wanted to install this. i just shut down my computer, it said it was installing updates, nothing about a whole new program update. with tabs that it clearly stole from firefox. how did they not get sued over that?

anyway, yes, done :P