Has Peter added this URL to his site?

sloopskipper says on Jun 5, 2008, 05:31:

If I click on the number I am getting:

The page cannot be displayed
The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your browser settings.

But clicking on the hyper-text of the title still works

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gato-bandido says on Jun 5, 2008, 05:40:

Yes, the malware is called Internet Explorer.

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sloopskipper says on Jun 5, 2008, 05:47:

But also Firefox!

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aztec says on Jun 5, 2008, 05:52:

"gato-bandido says on Jun 5, 2008, 05:40: flag

Yes, the malware is called Internet Explorer."

I am using Opera and Firefox browsers on a Linux (Ubuntu) operating system and I am still getting the URL.

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sloopskipper says on Jun 5, 2008, 06:17:

I also noticed that if I click on my comments, anything in "off topic" displays "no such post", even though is still there (IE6 and Firefox).

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gato-bandido says on Jun 5, 2008, 06:21:

With Firefox the AdBlockPlus extension is practically a must have, a life saver the way Internet is today. With IE you are out of luck. AdAware is what I use for clean up.

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webmanco says on Jun 5, 2008, 06:43:

On the number on the right side it is just dead links, not virus at all.

...A yo, déjenme queto y no me jodan má! ...

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aztec says on Jun 5, 2008, 07:05:

I continue to get the site http://millionsoulsaware.org/#new with photo's when I use Opera and "Address Not Found, Firefox can't find the server at post".

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bamacellist says on Jun 5, 2008, 07:08:

I'm being sent to this URL for most of them in Opera:

http://millionsoulsaware.org/#new

The newest posts give me the "address unavailable' message. In Camino all return the "server not found" message.

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bamacellist says on Jun 5, 2008, 07:24:

Clicking on one of the links to "new" posts tries to send to a URL that looks like this:

http://post/brazil-colombia-latin-america-bond-local-currency-preview/#new

This returns the server not found error in Camino (and I assume most other browsers). In Opera it goes to the millionsoulsaware.org address. If you change the URL to his:

http://post?=brazil-colombia-latin-america-bond-local-currency-preview/#new, as in using GET instead of POST, you will go to the millionsouls address in any browser. Is it possible some enterprising person has found a security vulnerability in a script and had some "fun"?

"The future is much like the present, only longer."

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romy says on Jun 5, 2008, 08:48:

Peter is cashing in from all the clicks...

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ColombianoGringo says on Jun 5, 2008, 08:53:

gato, AdBlockPlus is great. I've been recommending it to these hooligans for a while now. You should also download the NoScript plug in. While AdBlock will block images, Flash and other media, NoScript will keep any kinds of scripts from running on your browser without your explicit permission.

That MillionSouls business does sound like it could be malware on your browser. Either that or the site has been hacked. However, I am not detecting any strange scripts on the site so it doesn't seem like it's been hacked.

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aztec says on Jun 5, 2008, 09:23:

I have NoScript and AdBlock and that is why Firefox gives me "server not found". It is only on Opera that I get this url. I refuse to even try it with IE!

For your information, all three of my PC's are behaving in this manner. One Linux, one XP, and one Vista.

That leads me to believe something is wrong with the PBH site.

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bamacellist says on Jun 5, 2008, 11:40:

Could it be simply that the script(s) that provide the path and create the url got disturbed - perhaps in the process of creating the new "all forums" page - and the external link some us are reaching is an anomaly of how Opera is handling it (odd request handling associated with METHOD)?

"The future is much like the present, only longer."

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ColombianoGringo says on Jun 5, 2008, 11:44:

That is the most likely scenario. He probably just messed up the href.

In any case, it appears to be fixed.

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Peter (Moderator) says on Jun 5, 2008, 11:48:

It's fixed. Wasn't a virus, just a bad link :)

Poor but snappy

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gato-bandido says on Jun 5, 2008, 11:49:

It is also possible that your network somehow resolves the name "post" to some address that either is that .org thing or redirects you to it. Just a crazy idea. Try running

traceroute post

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webmanco says on Jun 5, 2008, 11:51:

This was a very healthy way of handling things, without bein paranoid or incriminating anyone. PBH rules!

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gato-bandido says on Jun 5, 2008, 11:52:

As for FF extensions, I also find these useful: CustomizeGoogle, FlashBlock, and FlashGot.

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ColombianoGringo says on Jun 5, 2008, 11:53:

Those getting that MillionSouls business should look into an issue with their browser. I tried using both Firefox2 and IE7 with the script blockers turned off and did not see that. Try looking up that domain on Google. Surely you are not the first to see this.

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ColombianoGringo says on Jun 5, 2008, 11:54:

Test

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ColombianoGringo says on Jun 5, 2008, 11:55:

Sorry. I was getting an odd response when posting comments.

It said "This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below."

However, this was caused because I had temporarily blocked the scripts for the PBH domain.

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ColombianoGringo says on Jun 5, 2008, 11:58:

Peter,

There appears to be a new comment link bug. When clicking on the comment number link for a "Link" type post, instead of going to the comments, it goes to the original link. You can see this with the post about Uribe and university students.

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