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George, that isn't microsoft - you had a virus or malware that was pissed off when you moved the temp files. You really need to scan you system more often, preferably with lavalsoft products or cwshredder. The results you saw are EXACTLY the results of a very common "at the network connection" level malware attack designed to redirect you to other sites and to change ads, filter sponsor codes, and such. Moving your temp files to another folder almost certainly was a trigger for all the other stuff you saw.
Rorschach, I should point out that AGAIN, 99.9% of all virus and malware attacks require diminished defenses, out of date machines, or users being stupid enough to download and install the programs. All the people not running SP2 and not keeping their machines up to date are what these people prey on. 0 day stuff is RARELY used in the wild beyond just that, most of what you see day in and day out is script kiddies running crap that is 6 months to 2 years old, exploiting holes in systems for people still running wind 98 or XP with few updates or out of date updates (like SP1).
I would appear people would rather bitch and pay hundreds of dollars for software than take care and think about their actions before they take them.
As a side note, the malware / toolbar people are VERY likely to make the internet completely unusuable in the next couple of years. I am expecting that internet usage in the US and Canada will drop significantly as people get tired of forever having to "fix the fucking computer" and will limit their surfing to specific known sites, corporate websites, and such. They will shun search engines,chat rooms, and blogs sites as the links from these places will be the first steps towards getting their computers all fucked up again.
Alex
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