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Since: Jan 12, 2007
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:13 pm
Post subject: Firefox and "transferring data from 127.0.0.1"?
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 11:28 pm
Post subject: Re: Firefox and "transferring data from 127.0.0.1"? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Where I live it was 1/12/2007 10:13 PM, when
isthismishugas.RemoveThis@checkthatsite.org wrote:
> A poster on alt.comp.freeware mentioned this site:
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> http://redcheek.net/erm/
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> When I got there I noticed that a message in the bottom left hand screen of
> Firefox stated: "transferring data from 127.0.0.1".
The html source contains:
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=gb2312">
Could the data transfer merely be Foxfire getting gb2312 from localhost? |
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Since: Jul 04, 2003
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 3:44 am
Post subject: Re: Firefox and "transferring data from 127.0.0.1"? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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From:
| A poster on alt.comp.freeware mentioned this site:
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| http://redcheek.net/erm/
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| When I got there I noticed that a message in the bottom left hand screen of
| Firefox stated: "transferring data from 127.0.0.1".
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| The page was slow to load and full of question marks on it, along with a
| couple of download links.
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| Site Advisor gives it a green rating and shows that several media tools on
| it appear to be clean.
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| I closed the window as soon as I saw the message.
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| Perhaps I haven't noticed it on more popular sites before, but how
| dangerous is that message (transferring data from 127.0.0.1) which I know
| is the local host (in other words - one's one computer).
The site is in Chinese. The question marks are replacing Chinese chars. as your display is
not showing them so the "?? is being used as a substitute character.
--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm >> Stay informed about: Firefox and ""transferring data from 127.0.0.1""? |
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Since: Aug 25, 2006
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 3:44 am
Post subject: Re: Firefox and "transferring data from 127.0.0.1"? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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In article , DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net
says...
> From:
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> | A poster on alt.comp.freeware mentioned this site:
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> | http://redcheek.net/erm/
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> | When I got there I noticed that a message in the bottom left hand screen of
> | Firefox stated: "transferring data from 127.0.0.1".
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> | The page was slow to load and full of question marks on it, along with a
> | couple of download links.
> |
> | Site Advisor gives it a green rating and shows that several media tools on
> | it appear to be clean.
> |
> | I closed the window as soon as I saw the message.
> |
> | Perhaps I haven't noticed it on more popular sites before, but how
> | dangerous is that message (transferring data from 127.0.0.1) which I know
> | is the local host (in other words - one's one computer).
>
> The site is in Chinese. The question marks are replacing Chinese chars. as your display is
> not showing them so the "?? is being used as a substitute character.
That's not his point.
In status bar, there is quick notation, "transferring data from
127.0.0.1", rather than "transferring from (whatever site)".
I saw it too.
Odd that once page loaded though, a reload doesn't show that.
Maybe if I cleared cache.
I didn't see any kind of script in page source that would do that, so
it's kind of a mystery, I agree.
MM >> Stay informed about: Firefox and ""transferring data from 127.0.0.1""? |
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:02 am
Post subject: Re: Firefox and "transferring data from 127.0.0.1"? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:02 am
Post subject: Re: Firefox and "transferring data from 127.0.0.1"? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:02 am
Post subject: Re: Firefox and "transferring data from 127.0.0.1"? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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In article , DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net
says...
> From: "MoiMoi"
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> | That's not his point.
> | In status bar, there is quick notation, "transferring data from
> | 127.0.0.1", rather than "transferring from (whatever site)".
> | I saw it too.
> | Odd that once page loaded though, a reload doesn't show that.
> | Maybe if I cleared cache.
> | I didn't see any kind of script in page source that would do that, so
> | it's kind of a mystery, I agree.
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> | MM
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> I didn't see; "transferring data from 127.0.0.1"
> in; IE6 SP1, FF 2.0 or Opera 9.10.
It was brief (Firefox 2 here).
If I hadn't been looking for it wouldn't have seen it.
MM >> Stay informed about: Firefox and ""transferring data from 127.0.0.1""? |
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:02 am
Post subject: Re: Firefox and "transferring data from 127.0.0.1"? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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In article , srweiss RemoveThis @erols.com says...
> "David H. Lipman" wrote:
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> > From: "MoiMoi"
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> > |
> > | That's not his point.
> > | In status bar, there is quick notation, "transferring data from
> > | 127.0.0.1", rather than "transferring from (whatever site)".
> > | I saw it too.
> > | Odd that once page loaded though, a reload doesn't show that.
> > | Maybe if I cleared cache.
> > | I didn't see any kind of script in page source that would do that, so
> > | it's kind of a mystery, I agree.
> > |
> > | MM
> >
> > I didn't see; "transferring data from 127.0.0.1"
> > in; IE6 SP1, FF 2.0 or Opera 9.10.
> >
> > --
> > Dave
> > http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> > http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
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> Are you running any kind of Proxy on your machine?
I just cleared cache, but didn't see it again.
No proxy here.
Weird.
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 2:05 pm
Post subject: Re: Firefox and "transferring data from 127.0.0.1"? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:49 pm
Post subject: Re: Firefox and "transferring data from 127.0.0.1"? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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