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Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by aladavlis, Dec 16, 2006.

  1. aladavlis

    aladavlis New Member

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    Hello,
    I am having trouble with my Internet explorer.It is doing some very odd things.Sometimes it will completely close the page i am visiting for no reason or it will be very slow loading pages and when i say slow i mean very very very slow for eg i tried to google something and after 10 minutes of the page trying to load i gave up.I thought that it was perhaps the topic i was searching so i tried putting in random things to see if that made any difference but it didn't.Another problem i had was when i was on a forum and clicked on a link and nothing happened i tried to open a new tab and that wouldn't work either and it would let me access any options that are in my tools menu.i had to restart my computer.Just to let you know i have high speed Internet connection.Thanks in advance to anyone that helps me with this problem.
     
    #1 aladavlis, Dec 16, 2006
  2. Charles Suitt

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    :unsure: I don't think PriusChat is a good forum in which to expect help on Internet Explorer... You apparently need computer software support.
     
    #2 Charles Suitt, Dec 16, 2006
  3. TheForce

    TheForce Stop War! Lets Rave! Make Love!

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    This is a bot. a quick google search shows this was posted many times. Dont know why a bot would do this without spam attached. Maybe its a bot thet test the security of the site?
     
    #3 TheForce, Dec 16, 2006
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(theforce @ Dec 16 2006, 05:09 PM) [snapback]363210[/snapback]</div>
    That's interesting, but what is the point of the post? To see if it can be done? A technology test for later more insidious postings?
     
    #4 bigdaddy, Dec 16, 2006
  5. efusco

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    I don't like this...second post of this sort on PC today... I'm suspending that screen name too, but I hope someone can figure out what the 'gig' is before we get in trouble.
     
    #5 efusco, Dec 16, 2006
  6. efusco

    efusco Moderator Emeritus
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    both of these bot posts have the same IP addy: 209.160.64.38 That's now been blocked and both 'members' suspended here at PC.
     
    #6 efusco, Dec 16, 2006
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    I thought it was necessary to actually read some sort of non-machine-readable key and type it in to register a user name. Is it possible someone is testing a crack of that process, in preparation for launching into the wild a bot that could post spam on chat boards? Or is an actual person setting up the user names, and then allowing the bot to post? If so, that sounds pretty inefficient.
     
    #7 daniel, Dec 16, 2006
  8. TonyPSchaefer

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    Yeah, I don't like it. Like Evan said: twice in one day.

    I also get the feeling that this is a test to see if bots can join and post. If they can, we could see a bot-attack on a big scale. That is to say, a machine (or perhaps even a distributed attack) could create numerous new members, each of which could create numerous new posts.
     
    #8 TonyPSchaefer, Dec 16, 2006
  9. Bill Merchant

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    That IP is in Washington DC. A DHS/Gov probe? This is FHOP after all... :wacko:
     
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    Chuck. Former Honda Enzyte Driver

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    I loved the Excite screen saver a few years ago that pinged known spammer sites. It was pulled because it was too successful.

    I'm not that concerned with spammer's rights - they operate outside of the law.
     
    #10 Chuck., Dec 17, 2006
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