-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/04/08 06:24, Александър Л. Димитров wrote: > Seriously, this is quite odd... > > take a look at the following two screenshots of Iran's ministry of foreign > affair's site: > > http://omploader.org/vYzU3 > http://omploader.org/vYzU4 > > Sorry to link you to some image-hosting site, but the screenshots are > neccessary... as you can see, Opera displays this site quite fine, while > Firefox > (3 beta) goes paranoid, suspecting incoming attacks from the Middle East. > > What's up with that? Has Mozilla Corp. gone Republican? ... I doubt it. > What's more likely is that someone over at stopbadware.org (on which Firefox' > paranoid attacks seem to be based on) has made a joke. I doubt that an > official
Have you gone to stopbadware.org to try to determine why stopbadware thinks that the MoFA web site is infected? > server of the Iranian government could distribute malware (just look at the > address: www.mfa.gov.ir - and no, it's not a Windows server accidentially > infected with viruses. As you all now, Iran's not allowed to buy or use > Windows) "Bad guys" *love* to try to infect Linux servers with malware (specifically works and rootkits, since Linux is pretty well immune from viruses), since Linux has a well-deserved reputation for long uptimes. They then use these compromised servers to spread viruses to Windows clients and control them. > So my question is: how do I disable FF's 'badware'-check? I'm not afraid of > nobody! I'm only using the vimperator and AdBlock extensions to Firefox, so > this > should not be the cause... > > Thanks, and sorry to post something this off-topic, but since it _does_ > contain > at least one technical question... No, no. This is an excellent question. Even if you *do* seem a bit paranoid. Not everyone (*very* few, in fact) in the West is trying to destroy Russia and Iran. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHpwwhS9HxQb37XmcRAoHRAJ9NcbO8njv6jSe3Xho7g+L7YBlzxQCgksJW zquMeWwh/of59x/eTc0xp2s= =9VcX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
