The Gazette ... Issue: 209 (02-13-2004)

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my @database = ();

push @database, { firstname=>"John", lastname=>"Cokos", phone=>"800-555-1212" };
push @database, { firstname=>"Fred", lastname=>"Smith", phone=>"866-555-1212" };
push @database, { firstname=>"Suzie", lastname=>"Queue", phone=>"888-555-1212" };
push @database, { firstname=>"James", lastname=>"Peach", phone=>"877-555-1212" };

foreach my $record ( sort { $a->{lastname} cmp $b->{lastname} } @database) {
    print "Name: $record->{firstname} $record->{lastname} -- $record->{phone}\n";
}

$database = array();

array_push ( $database, array( "firstname"=>"John", "lastname"=>"Cokos", "phone"=>"800-555-1212" ) );
array_push ( $database, array( "firstname"=>"Fred", "lastname"=>"Smith", "phone"=>"866-555-1212" ) );
array_push ( $database, array( "firstname"=>"Suzie", "lastname"=>"Queue", "phone"=>"888-555-1212" ) );
array_push ( $database, array( "firstname"=>"James", "lastname"=>"Peach", "phone"=>"877-555-1212" ) );

aasort($database, "-lastname");

foreach ( $database as $record ) { 
   print "Name: " . $record['firstname'] .  " " . $record['lastname'] . "--" .  $record['phone'] . "\n";
}

function aasort(&$array, $howto) {

  // Get out if we didn't get an array sent to us
  if ( ! is_array($array) ) { return; }
      
  $sort_rule = '';

  // Create an array of sorting rules, based on the "howto" portion of
  // how we were called.  These options would be separated by ","
  $args = explode(",", $howto);
    
  // For each rule that we were sent, sort the array based on that field name
  foreach($args as $arg) {

      // What field name are we sorting on ?
      $order_field = substr($arg, 1, strlen($arg));
 
      // Go through each record of the array, creating a new array as we go
      foreach($array as $array_row) {
          $sort_array["$order_field"][] = $array_row[$order_field];
      }

      // Sort this built-on-the-fly array either A-Z or Z-A, based on how we were called
      $sort_rule .= '$sort_array["'.$order_field.'"], '.($arg[0] == "+" ? SORT_ASC : SORT_DESC).',';
  }
  
  // Now we have a really complicated rule to send to PHP's array_multisort() function to get
  // it all in the right order.
  eval ("array_multisort($sort_rule".' &$array);');
  reset(&$array);
  
  // Note that we sent in the original array by reference, so there's no
  // need to return anything.
}

• Massive IE slowdown
• Illegible URLs, IE options
• Redirections when mistyping URLs
• Start page and search page changed on reboot
• Start page/search pages changed to activexupdate.com in the IE Trusted Zone
• Popups with 'enhanced results' when doing searches on Google, Yahoo, and Altavista
• Redirections to any one of the affiliate sites on virtually anything done in IE
• Start page and Search pages changed to any of the affiliate sites
• 'Customize Search Assistant' closing after opening it
• Slow scrolling in IE
• Homepage changed to 'http:///'
• Redirections to runsearch when mistyping URLs, *.masspass.com in the Trusted Zone
• IE pages being hijacked to ie-search.com
• Lots and lots of bookmarks added to IE Favorites
• BHO added to IE named 'winshow.dll' BHO with filename 'BrowserHelper.dll'

• Redirections to adult sites, dialers, etc.
• Porn sites being redirected to 216.200.3.32 (alfa-search.com)
• Porn bookmarks added to Favorites (some possibly child porn)
• Porn sites appearing in IE autocomplete
• Redirects mistyped URLs to a porn site
• Targets of hyperlinks on Web sites changed to porn sites

• Reloading of the hijack on some reboots
• Hijack reappearing when rebooting
• Possible errors about a missing file 'msinfo.exe'
• info32.exe errors
• Error message about a 'runtime error' at startup
• DOS window flashing by at system startup
• Bogus error message about msconfd.dll at startup
• Anti-spyware programs closing without reason only a few seconds after opening them
• Errors in a file 'iedll.exe' or 'loader.exe' on Windows startup

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