Skype: Stop Hijacking Web Browsers!

Installed update 6.6.0.106 on 07/15/2013 and noticed during the installation process that the installer wanted to hijack the search engine and home pages of (4) web browsers including MSIE, Chrome, Mozilla and Safari. Skype (Microsoft), what on EARTH, makes you think that a person who is installing an update to Skype would want to change their default search engines or homepages on MULTIPLE different web browsers on their machine? It's rude, it's an attack on a person's computer, and it shines a light on what dispicable behavior and malicious software occurs within the Skype software. Want to hijack someone's browser like a common malware?  Fine, stick to your own God awful MSIE browser, but don't you DARE try to touch my superior Chrome and Firefox browsers. Shame on you! Luckily for you, I caught your lame attempt in advance...  Otherwise, I'd be REALLY angry.  But others here need to know that shameful companies like Microsoft do this everyday in an attempt to harvest your personal information.  Be careful whenever you install software and read every checkbox!

Yes. Yes. Yes.  My browser was hijacked too. It IS hijacking.  I can't believe Microsoft would be such idiots that they've decided they're willing to piss off so many people just to steal some eyeballs. MICROSOFT: wake up and stop doing stupid and easily avoidable dumb things.  Now I'm going to be getting calls from countless clients, friends, and family asking, "How come my Google looks different." and "What happened to that nice Comcast news screen I used to see when I started the internet?"  And I get to tell them that Microsoft tricked them and stole their time and my time to fix the problem. Great way to establish a good reputation, Microsoft... NOT. Please, have some respect for your customers' time. Don't try to trick us.  This is either a slimy marketing decision on Microsoft's part, or a total rookie mistake.  THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR THIS RUDE BEHAVIOR BY MICROSOFT.  

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