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Subject: [OM] Re: ( OT ) ebay using malware?
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 20:32:04 -0500
I use Netscape 7 and I've been getting a message to upgrade my browser 
but I think it only occurs when I actually log on and try to search 
completed auctions.  Since I'm on broadband I guess they can't hang up 
on my call.  But I suppose they could choose to ignore me which they don't.

Chuc Norcutt

Winsor Crosby wrote:

> I have not gotten it, but I use a current browser. Are you using a  
> current browser?  The server software identifies browsers, if I am  
> not mistaken, and could be set to launch the message and disconnect  
> for certain ones. Certainly there are sites that will not admit a Mac  
> browser unless you have one that can masquerade as a Windows browser.
> 
> 
> 
> Winsor
> Long Beach, California, USA
> 
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> 
> 
> On Oct 29, 2006, at 1:22 PM, Brian Swale wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hi all
>>
>>I am now strongly of the opinion that eBay is using malware.
>>
>>For some time now, but increasingly over the last 3 weeks since  
>>they started
>>using popup messages that tell me to upgrade my browser and operating
>>system in order to get the (supposed)  benefits of enhanced  
>>security features
>>and browser interaction, about every 40 seconds my modem is
>>disconnected. So I re-connect, and reload. Makes life a bit slower.
>>
>>It happens only when I'm on eBay.
>>
>>Brian
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