FireFox Hacked!

[mid...@gmail.com]

Hello,

I had been a big fan of Firefox and has been using it for a while. I
didnt come across any problems until today.

I was browing the net, I dont know what happened. I got a message in a
pop up window with this message "USE INTERNET EXPLORER YOU DOPE - I
DONT HATE MOZILLA BUT USE IE OR ELSE...." and it shut down.

I tried to launch firefox again, but this is the message I am getting.
Then I thought of unistalling, but i am unable to do so as this
message keeps poping up.

I had been using the latest version of firefox..well, hope this
message will help you fix this and I can find some solution to the
problem I mentioned above.

Here is the screenshot of the message.

http://midhlaj.googlepages.com/firefox-hacked.jpg

Regards,

Midhlaj

[Tony Mechelynck]

Sounds like a prank played by some site you visited. (Can you give a URL of
the last pages you had visited just before the message popped up?)

If you want that kind of thing never to happen, you may disable javascript,
but there are other drawbacks to that: after all, there are some legit uses to
the language...

If this thing now pops up every time, you may want to start Firefox in Safe
Mode and take a good look at the "problematic extensions" page --
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions

Best regards,
Tony.
--
In an organization, each person rises to the level of his own
incompetency
-- The Peter Principle

[Broderick Crawford]

You using Windoz or Linux?

[mid...@gmail.com]

On Jul 2, 4:53 pm, Tony Mechelynck <antoine.mechely...@belgacom.net>
wrote:

> midh...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Hello,
>
> > I had been a big fan of Firefox and has been using it for a while. I
> > didnt come across any problems until today.
>
> > I was browing the net, I dont know what happened. I got a message in a
> > pop up window with this message "USE INTERNET EXPLORER YOU DOPE - I
> > DONT HATE MOZILLA BUT USE IE OR ELSE...." and it shut down.
>
> > I tried to launch firefox again, but this is the message I am getting.
> > Then I thought of unistalling, but i am unable to do so as this
> > message keeps poping up.
>
> > I had been using the latest version of firefox..well, hope this
> > message will help you fix this and I can find some solution to the
> > problem I mentioned above.
>
> > Here is the screenshot of the message.
>
> >http://midhlaj.googlepages.com/firefox-hacked.jpg
>
> > Regards,
>
> > Midhlaj
>
> Sounds like a prank played by some site you visited. (Can you give a URL of
> the last pages you had visited just before the message popped up?)
>
> If you want that kind of thing never to happen, you may disable javascript,
> but there are other drawbacks to that: after all, there are some legit uses to
> the language...
>
> If this thing now pops up every time, you may want to start Firefox in Safe

> Mode and take a good look at the "problematic extensions" page --http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions

>
> Best regards,
> Tony.
> --
> In an organization, each person rises to the level of his own
> incompetency

> -- The Peter Principle- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Hi Tony

Well, I dont remember the last page which I opened. I was doing a lot
of stuff..and i am unable to recollect which was the last site I
visited.

I cleared the all the temp files and restarted the system and the
problem existed.

Well, I never came such a thing before with firefox.

This problem was so buggy..i couldnt even open the firefox folder in
the program files. When I opened the folder it pop ups that message
and gets closed. It was the same when I tried to re-install firefox.

Anyhow I fixed it by restoring the system to an earlier date. But I am
not sure about the thing that happened. But that thing need to be
fixed by firefox.

[mid...@gmail.com]

On Jul 2, 4:55 pm, Broderick Crawford <bcrawford2...@adelphia.net>
wrote:

> You using Windoz or Linux?- Hide quoted text -

>
> - Show quoted text -

Well, I was using windows xp professional with sp2.

[Jan Steffen]

mid...@gmail.com schrieb:

> I was browing the net, I dont know what happened. I got a message in a
> pop up window with this message "USE INTERNET EXPLORER YOU DOPE - I
> DONT HATE MOZILLA BUT USE IE OR ELSE...." and it shut down.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/'Use_IE'_messages_upon_opening_Firefox

Jan
--
For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and
wrong.
H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956

[mid...@gmail.com]

On Jul 2, 5:43 pm, Jan Steffen <steffen...@web.de> wrote:
> midh...@gmail.com schrieb:

Hi Jan :)

Thanks for the link. I removed the virus.

Yes, it got infected when I was trying to access the flash disk.

Thanks to all..:) Cheers

Midhlaj

[David McRitchie]

"Jan Steffen" wrote...
> midhlaj.. schrieb:

> > I was browing the net, I dont know what happened. I got a message in a
> > pop up window with this message "USE INTERNET EXPLORER YOU DOPE - I
> > DONT HATE MOZILLA BUT USE IE OR ELSE...." and it shut down.
>
> http://kb.mozillazine.org/'Use_IE'_messages_upon_opening_Firefox

I can't believe the number of times this and orkut comes up by people
who will not do first do a search on Google for a solution.
Of course if they can't type the message exactly as seen it won't
get search hits. The last link on the kb article has several examples
of the messages and has very explicit directions
http://www.freewebs.com/mgsujith/worm/remove.html

Incidentally it does not meet the definition of a worm.

[Ron Hunter]

You had a virus. You should be very careful of what programs you run,
and get them only from reliable sources. If this should happen again,
check the instructions on Symantec's website for how to get rid of this
virus without going to the trouble of a system restore.

--
Ron Hunter rphu...@charter.net

[Ron Hunter]

Fortunately, this virus is a very mild, irritation, rather than a
destructive one. It is also quite easily removed.

--
Ron Hunter rphu...@charter.net

[Tony Mechelynck]

Jan Steffen wrote:
> mid...@gmail.com schrieb:
>> I was browing the net, I dont know what happened. I got a message in a
>> pop up window with this message "USE INTERNET EXPLORER YOU DOPE - I
>> DONT HATE MOZILLA BUT USE IE OR ELSE...." and it shut down.
>
> http://kb.mozillazine.org/'Use_IE'_messages_upon_opening_Firefox
>
> Jan

The following is what I get at that URL:

Database error

(Redirected from 'Use IE' messages upon opening Firefox)
A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the
software. The last attempted database query was:

(SQL query hidden)

from within function "MediaWikiBagOStuff::_doinsert". MySQL returned error
"1062: Duplicate entry 'wiki:pcache:idhash:5312-0!!0!2!!en!2' for key 1 (tera)".

Retrieved from "http://kb.mozillazine.org/Use_IE_messages_upon_opening_Firefox"

Best regards,
Tony.
--
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PRINCE: I'm ... your son ...
FATHER: Not you.
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[Tony Mechelynck]

Tony Mechelynck wrote:
> Jan Steffen wrote:
>> mid...@gmail.com schrieb:
>>> I was browing the net, I dont know what happened. I got a message in a
>>> pop up window with this message "USE INTERNET EXPLORER YOU DOPE - I
>>> DONT HATE MOZILLA BUT USE IE OR ELSE...." and it shut down.
>>
>> http://kb.mozillazine.org/'Use_IE'_messages_upon_opening_Firefox
>>
>> Jan
>
> The following is what I get at that URL:
>
>
>
>
> Database error
>
> (Redirected from 'Use IE' messages upon opening Firefox)
> A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in
> the software. The last attempted database query was:
>
> (SQL query hidden)
>
> from within function "MediaWikiBagOStuff::_doinsert". MySQL returned
> error "1062: Duplicate entry 'wiki:pcache:idhash:5312-0!!0!2!!en!2' for
> key 1 (tera)".
>
> Retrieved from
> "http://kb.mozillazine.org/Use_IE_messages_upon_opening_Firefox"
>
>
>
>
>
> Best regards,
> Tony.

P.S. The error only happens when logged-in to the Mozillazine Knowledge Base.

Best regards,
Tony.
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