Firefox3 has been infected...

[rayray14]

To all the guys and girls fighting the good fight:

If you've downloaded Firefox 3 in the last few days, your system has been compromised!

In the location bar (address bar), type in: about:robots

This new infected version of Firefox has been downloaded more than 8 million times across the globe, which leads me to believe they're planning something big, very soon! Actually, it says it at the bottom right corner of that page...

Beware my friends, if they've infected your internet browser, you can be damn sure they're tracking everything we post here at the Command Center.

See you on the battlefield,

[LArciniega]

I don't think firefox has been infected at all. If anything I think we should spread the word even more about firefox 3 to insure a greater amount of usage around the world including in the Whitehouse. Now I don't want to hear another word about this robot nonsense.

[LArciniega]

OK! Disregard that last message, it wasn't safe, I was using Firefox 3. I've had to dustoff my netscape program inorder to warn everyone. It won't let me leave the house, it won't let me check my mail or log onto myspace; it's been using my amazon acount to buy itself more buddies to hang out with, like an iphone and a new mac. I have to sneak off to the bathroom inorder to send this message. It's got a gun!

[rayray14]

Originally Posted by LArciniega

I don't think firefox has been infected at all. If anything I think we should spread the word even more about firefox 3 to insure a greater amount of usage around the world including in the Whitehouse. Now I don't want to hear another word about this robot nonsense.

Hmmm, interesting... If I convert your quote above to HEX code:

49 20 64 6f 6e 27 74 20 74 68 69 6e 6b 20 66 69 72 65 66 6f 78 20 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 69 6e 66 65 63 74 65 64 20 61 74 20 61 6c 6c 2e 20 20 49 66 20 61 6e 79 74 68 69 6e 67 20 49 20 74 68 69 6e 6b 20 77 65 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 73 70 72 65 61 64 20 74 68 65 20 77 6f 72 64 20 65 76 65 6e 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 66 69 72 65 66 6f 78 20 33 20 74 6f 20 69 6e 73 75 72 65 20 61 20 67 72 65 61 74 65 72 20 61 6d 6f 75 6e 74 20 6f 66 20 75 73 61 67 65 20 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 77 6f 72 6c 64 20 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 69 6e 67 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 57 68 69 74 65 68 6f 75 73 65 2e 20 4e 6f 77 20 49 20 64 6f 6e 27 74 20 77 61 6e 74 20 74 6f 20 68 65 61 72 20 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 77 6f 72 64 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 74 68 69 73 20 72 6f 62 6f 74 20 6e 6f 6e 73 65 6e 73 65 2e

And then I pass it through an algorithm comprised of an MD5 hash of your avatar, exact time posted, number of posts and then convert it back to ASCII I get this:



Damn you robot! What have you done with LArciniega!!

For the record, I'm using FF3 right now, and if you can look past the infection, it's definitely worth upgrading to!

[rayray14]

Originally Posted by LArciniega

OK! Disregard that last message, it wasn't safe, I was using Firefox 3. I've had to dustoff my netscape program inorder to warn everyone. It won't let me leave the house, it won't let me check my mail or log onto myspace; it's been using my amazon acount to buy itself more buddies to hang out with, like an iphone and a new mac. I have to sneak off to the bathroom inorder to send this message. It's got a gun!

Sorry, I totally missed your second post! I'm glad to see you're OK.

[helllomoto]

Nevermind