Mozilla Security issue?
by Sapphire (December 16, 2005)
I was using Google a while ago and all was well. Then I started getting this error message:
The links appear to lead to URL’s at download.com. I’m not an expert on hacking and other violations of security, but I don’t think this isn’t a message from Google. Especially because if I load Google’s homepage in my browser and search, it’s all fine. And if I use Internet Explorer, it’s fine.
The issue is only happening in my Mozilla-based browsers, Firefox Mac and Safari.
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August 23rd, 2006 at 5:30 pm
This actually happens in response to viruses that would search google for certain key words in order to find webscripts that could be exploited.
For example, if you search for a certain version of phpbb, you will get that message.
This is because a virus would search for sites with the un-upgraded version, and then exploit it from a personal computer. Hence the message.
It doesnt have anything to do with the browser.
-Jony
August 23rd, 2006 at 5:30 pm
Hmm. I WAS searching for “phpbb styles” when it started, but after that, it happened with any search. But it never happened in IE. Why would a search for “phpbb styles” bring up something like that?