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    "Flash News" concerning Firefox 4.8

     



    Hey Y'all I just received a phone call from a friend that's on the Power Tour and he told me to tell everyone I could to "Not download the Firefox 4.8" because it had been infected with a virus and caused his laptop to CRASH. It seems that it takes over your Security System and then gives you a window "WARNING" you to go to your Security System and when you do it takes over your computer and crashes it. I'm gonna post and email this to everyone that I know and hopefully we can keep others from suffering from this.

    If they would just give me 45 seconds in a room with these hacker &^*$^%@#$*^%@ then they wouldn't do this ever again because they would have to type with their nose after I got thru with them.
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    Those who write these viruses have a special place in hell - latest Firefox is 4.0.1 Key is to never download Firefox from any source other than Mozilla.com
    "Where the people fear the government you have tyranny. Where the government fears the people you have liberty." John Basil Barnhil

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    i've got so much " leave me the hell alone " software it's embarrassing . been there done that on the virus bs . there is one now that tries 25 times every morning to execute a command .

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    Quote Originally Posted by glennsexton View Post
    Those who write these viruses have a special place in hell - latest Firefox is 4.0.1 Key is to never download Firefox from any source other than Mozilla.com
    Good advice, Glenn, that might have been the one that he mentioned but I thought he said 4.8 !

    If Y'all catch'em then I'll skin and quarter'em at no charge !
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    Quote Originally Posted by MelloYello View Post
    Good advice, Glenn, that might have been the one that he mentioned but I thought he said 4.8 !

    If Y'all catch'em then I'll skin and quarter'em at no charge !
    Been runnin' Firefox 4.0.1 since the day it came out. On both computers. It's a heluva lot better and safer then that crapola browser, IE

    Meller - my guess is that if your bud's PC has a virus it's because his firewall let it in and his virucide probably wasn't up to date and didn't stop the junk.
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    thanks for the info. I running 4.0.1 also I hate Internet Explorer. their is a program called combofix
    that will clean up most bugs. just make sure you download it from bleepingcomputer.com or it's a fake.
    your friend could also boot up into safe mode and run his antivirus software to try to clean it. don't just do a
    system restore to a previous date because that will do nothing it will come back.
    at least his on the power tour more fun than a computer

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    We're running Firefox 4.0.1, too. I sent this post to my son who is a IT Engineer, Programmer, Troubleshooter type guy; his response was: "There is no such thing as firefox 4.8.

    That should tell you something....""
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    Rrrum, as I mentioned earlier, I could have misunderstood him but my old ears thought that's what he said.
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    Note that all of the "free downloads" for Firefox 4.8 are from other than mozilla.com. Oh they're crafty bastards and the sites look so close to the real thing - as is the plan.

    Remember mozilla.com is the real McCoy!
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    We have a pile of security here,also..and a wife who can smell a rat at 150 paces..what do you expect,,with her job.. Meller,,you would actually let him keep his nose??ya getting soft,my bud..
    We are having a lot of trouble down this side of the world with certain Asian type people calling on the phone,and telling us that we have a problem with our computer...and to log in and do what they ask...yeah,right..We have had three of these calls so far..
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    Robin, the entire world is getting that way.
    I was raised in an environment and society
    that never locked their houses and left the keys
    in the ignition of their automobiles - - BUT
    sadly those days are no more.
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    i can remember getting a bustin for locking the door at grandma's house cause they didn't have a key .

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    Quote Originally Posted by shine View Post
    i can remember getting a bustin for locking the door at grandma's house cause they didn't have a key .
    hahaha, now that's what I'm talking about - - - - the GOOD OLD DAYS
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    Firefox is opensource, or was before it went commercial. The code for firefox is widely known and plugins are written for it all the time. It would be really easy for someone to change the version to 4.8 and load it with spyware, which is what has been done..
    I use the Linux version and it too is at 4.01
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    Quote Originally Posted by MelloYello View Post
    Robin, the entire world is getting that way.
    I was raised in an environment and society
    that never locked their houses and left the keys
    in the ignition of their automobiles - - BUT
    sadly those days are no more.
    I can remember those days,when the back door of the house was not locked at night,we left the keys in the car,usually,and everything was safe lying around outside,,cos most people were honest..Nowadays,some people would steal the eye out of ya winkie,if they thought they could benefit by it...The amount of bogus phone calls we get now,,usually from the same sector of the worlds population...is criminal..The computer fault calls started some time ago,,but we have only just started to get them..possibly because when I am working,the answer phone picks up the calls if I am lamin8ing....
    Micah 6:8

    If we aren't supposed to have midnight snacks,,,WHY is there a light in the refrigerator???

    Robin.

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