DNB> | FWIW: i used samspade's nonrendering browser and went to |
 DNB> http://www.topcon.com/blah and took a look at the returned 404
 DNB> page... it | appear normal in all sense of the word... no
 DNB> redirects or scripts hidden in | it...

 DNB> Why would you even check that?  The problem is not with the
 DNB> site my friend designed for his client, but with the behavior
 DNB> of the browser on one of my friend's boxes.  His system has
 DNB> been attacked by some sort of predatory, uh, thing.

just checking that the site hadn't been "tagged", IYKWIM...

)\/(ark