After trying to correct various people on why internets was in-correct usage as opposed to Internet with a capital "I", just similar to mainstream media's use of the word hacker and later ethical hacker(sic). I stumbled upon this wikipedia entry on how it all began. The Tee Vee Box(sic) in US of A seems to have picked up this usage as well and is doing its bit in spreading ignorance.

It is one thing to install yourself as the default homepage quite another to have an ISP dialer launch spamvertizing sites like Bharatmatrimony.com every now and then on a customer's PC. I noticed it on a friend's PC and I suspect its the ISP dialer software provided by Sify. Does it happen to other Sify users as well ?.
PS: Yes bharatmatrimony.com is a spammer site. Proof I pasted a matrimonial ad in a newspaper with my e-mail ID and along with zillions of Un-solicited mail from marriage bureaus and like I also got an e-mail from Bharatmatrimony.com inviting me join their service and I decided not to renew their subscription anymore as I don't intend to support spamming operations however big they grow or however much VC/PE money they raise.