Date: 01/01/70 (Webmaster View)    Keywords: browser, security, web

Opera released the second Beta version of its next browser (8.0 Beta 2). It includes an answer to the recent security debate over Web site spoofing.

Download Opera (8.0 Beta 2)

Opera has created a whitelist of safe Top-Level Domains for IDN. TLDs are considered safe if they have implemented anti-homographic character policies or otherwise limited the available set of characters to prevent spoofing. Current whitelist contains .no, .jp, .de, .se, .kr, .tw, .cn, .at, .dk, .ch and .li. List is updated automatically in the Opera version check. Domain names from other top-level domains that contain characters outside Latin 1 will be displayed in punycode.

What else to look for in Opera's Beta 2:

• Easier customization and skinning
• Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) verifies that the certificate has not been revoked by the certificate authorities
• Atom newsfeeds

Related: Firefox 1.0.1 (Security Update)

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Source: http://www.webmasterview.com/security_and_privacy/opera_fixes_idn_spoofing_bug

Date: 01/01/70 (Webmaster View)    Keywords: browser, google

Google hires Firefox developer.

Let's start the "Google browser" rumour again! ;-)

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Source: http://www.webmasterview.com/browsers/google_hires_firefox_developer

Date: 03/05/05 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: software, browser, spyware, microsoft

I know you guys get request like this all the time, but any help is appreciated. My computer is really driving me nuts.

So, over the past week it seems I've gotten some nasty, impossible to remove spyware, causing a multitude of pop-ups on my computer. I always use Mozilla Firefox, but the other memebers of the house still use Explorer, so I know that's probably part of the problem.

I've used Spyware Doctor, Ad-Adware and Scan Spyware, but none of them seem to be able to delete something called EliteBar, which I've read causes obnoxious pop-ups amongst other things. They are all able to detect it and try to delete it, but when I restart my computer, it's back. Under the cut is my Hijack This log. I'm not very computer literate, so clear, step-by-step instructions would be great, but any help would be greatly, greatly appreciated.


Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 1:03:58 PM, on 3/5/05
Platform: Windows 98 SE (Win9x 4.10.2222A)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SPOOL32.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSTASK.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk
C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\TASKMON.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\CREATIVE\LAUNCHER\CTLAUNCHER.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\CREATIVE\SHAREDLL\CTNOTIFY.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\CREATIVE\SBPCI512\AUDIOHQ\AHQTB.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\BROADJUMP\CLIENT FOUNDATION\CFD.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\STIMON.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\HP\HP SOFTWARE UPDATE\HPWUSCHD2.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\HP\HPCORETECH\HPCMPMGR.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\QTTASK.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSCHECKBOP32.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSNAVC32.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ELITENWP32.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\MS03201593286.EXE
C:\MEMOREX\TRAVELDRIVE2B\SHWICON.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\HPO1_QCX.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\HHSCON.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSMONNT.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\HP\DIGITAL IMAGING\BIN\HPQTRA08.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\OLYMPUS\CAMEDIA MASTER 4.2\CM_CAMERA.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\CREATIVE\SHAREDLL\MEDIADET.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WMIEXE.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DDHELP.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\HP\DIGITAL IMAGING\BIN\HPQGALRY.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\HPZIPM12.EXE
C:\HIJACK THIS\HIJACKTHIS.EXE

R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant =
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page = C:\WINDOWS\about.htm
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by BellSouth
O2 - BHO: PCTools Browser Monitor - {B56A7D7D-6927-48C8-A975-17DF180C71AC} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYWAR~1\TOOLS\IESDPB.DLL
O2 - BHO: PCTools Site Guard - {5C8B2A36-3DB1-42A4-A3CB-D426709BBFEB} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYWAR~1\TOOLS\IESDSG.DLL
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ScanRegistry] C:\WINDOWS\scanregw.exe /autorun
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TaskMonitor] C:\WINDOWS\taskmon.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SystemTray] SysTray.Exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LoadPowerProfile] Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Creative Launcher] C:\Program Files\Creative\Launcher\CTLauncher.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Disc Detector] C:\Program Files\Creative\ShareDLL\CtNotify.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AudioHQ] C:\Program Files\Creative\SBPCI512\AudioHQ\AHQTB.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [BJCFD] C:\Program Files\BroadJump\Client Foundation\CFD.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [StillImageMonitor] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\STIMON.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HP Software Update] "C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update\HPWuSchd2.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HP Component Manager] "C:\PROGRAM FILES\HP\HPCORETECH\HPCMPMGR.EXE"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\QTTASK.EXE" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [4YK6Y0N4] \Progra~1\4YK6Y0N4\4YK6Y0N4.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SystemCheck] C:\WINDOWS\SYSCHECKBOP32
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [App32dll] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSNAVC32.EXE lee0105
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [antiware] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ELITENWP32.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ms03201593286] C:\WINDOWS\ms03201593286.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Kernel32] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\Kernel.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ShowIcon_Memorex_USB Product Driver v2.13r002] C:\Memorex\TravelDrive2B\shwicon.exe -t"Memorex\USB Product Driver v2.13r002"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [o66f36Q] HPO1_QCX.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [LoadPowerProfile] Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [SchedulingAgent] mstask.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ZxppRWcpP] HHSCON.EXE
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Spyware Doctor] "C:\PROGRAM FILES\SPYWARE DOCTOR\SWDOCTOR.EXE" /Q
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [SpyWareWall] C:\PROGRA~1\SPYWAR~2\SpyWareWall.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [SYSMONNT] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSMONNT
O4 - Startup: HP Digital Imaging Monitor.lnk = C:\Program Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe
O4 - Startup: FOLDER.HTT
O4 - Startup: HP Image Zone Fast Start.lnk = C:\Program Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqthb08.exe
O4 - Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\OSA9.EXE
O4 - Startup: CAMEDIA Master.lnk = C:\Program Files\OLYMPUS\CAMEDIA Master 4.2\CM_camera.exe
O4 - Global Startup: FOLDER.HTT
O8 - Extra context menu item: &AIM Search - res://C:\PROGRAM FILES\AIM TOOLBAR\AIMBAR.DLL/aimsearch.htm
O9 - Extra button: Spyware Doctor - {2D663D1A-8670-49D9-A1A5-4C56B4E14E84} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYWAR~1\TOOLS\IESDPB.DLL
O9 - Extra button: AIM - {AC9E2541-2814-11d5-BC6D-00B0D0A1DE45} - C:\PROGRAM FILES\AIM\AIM.EXE
O9 - Extra button: WeatherBug - {AF6CABAB-61F9-4f12-A198-B7D41EF1CB52} - C:\Program Files\AWS\WeatherBug\Weather.exe (file missing) (HKCU)
O16 - DPF: {F7A05BAC-9778-410A-9CDE-BFBD4D5D2B7F} (iPIX Media Send Class) - http://216.249.24.60/code/iPIX-ImageWell-ipix.cab

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/622256.html

Date: 03/07/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: browser

Search king on Monday plans to release final version with developer's kit, support for Firefox and Netscape browsers.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Google+takes+%27beta%27+off+desktop+search/2100-9588_22-5600561.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/07/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: browser

Search king releases final version with developer's kit and support for Firefox and Netscape browsers.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Google+moves+beyond+beta+with+desktop+search/2100-9588_22-5600561.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/09/05 (Mozilla)    Keywords: browser

I just got the whole Firefox/Mozilla thang when I heard that they have tabbed windows now. Whoop!

Anywho, here is my problem. My fiancee replied to a post while I was on LJ and just clicked to post under his name without signing out. No big deal, except now whenever I try to comment it keeps his name in the field and automatically tries to post it like that, instead of posting as the logged in user. What gives?

I'm also a GMail user and when I click "Reply at page" to post a comment it opens an entirely new window, even though I have it set in the options to open links in a new tab in the most recent window.

Any ideas?

I hope I'm not being repetitive, I'm going to scroll through + read now...

(This is all new to me, I've been using Avant Browser for roughly two years now, I loved the tabbed windows!)

Thanks!
Nicole

X-Posted to firefoxusers

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/mozilla/258947.html

Date: 03/09/05 (Mozilla)    Keywords: php, browser, security, web

I know this isn't totally an advocacy group, but I think some of you might enjoy seeing the publicity that moz and firefox are getting. The Kojo Nnamdi show, on WAMU-FM
(Howard University PBS radio) had a show on browsers today, and what I was able to catch of it sounded pretty positive to firefox. For a while they'll have a stream up on their web site: (updated edit: seems they're up for quite a while, the archive is back to 2003).

http://www.wamu.org/programs/kn/index.php

The Kojo Nnamdi show is always pretty interesting. Glad I found out about it. Too bad it wasn't in time for the show to post here so folks could call in or email. :( It aired Tuesday at 12.06 hours Eastern US time. On air were guests columnist Mark Kelner from the Washington Times (bleh ..to the paper not the columnist) and Alan Paller, research director of The Sans Institue (computer security).

And if folks really don't want these kinds of posts, let me know. :)

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/mozilla/259189.html

Date: 03/09/05 (PHP Community)    Keywords: browser

So I have this program that uploads 4 pictures and some text. I have an array of the image types I support, image/jpg, image/jpeg. I test each images type from $_FILES against my array if its good I let it through if not, I print an error to the screen. Pretty simple.
So along comes my client, she tries to add her pictures and my program throws up the error saying that, pjpeg is not a supported file type. Which is exactly what it is supposed to do. So she sends me the images and I upload them without a problem. So I send the images back to her and tell her to upload them again. She again gets the pjpeg error.
So I do some searching and figure out that pjpeg is a progressive jpeg, yeah I know a little slow on the uptake. So I add the file type to my array and we try again.

So my question is, how are the files being converted, AOL? I send them by email to her, she saves them to her my_documents folder and then uploads from there, with out going through an image editor. She uses AOL for her email and a few people have told me that AOL screws around with your images in email and the browser.

Anyone else had to deal with this?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/php/270961.html

Date: 12/19/04 (Java Web)    Keywords: browser, security, web, microsoft

Here's some interesting observations from the article: FIREFOX is a classic overnight success, many years in the making. Firefox is a Web browser that is fast and filled with features that Microsoft's stodgy Internet Explorer lacks. Today, it's the Internet Explorer code that is long overdue for a top-to-bottom redesign, one that would treat security as integral, [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/firefox-in-nyt-the-fox-is-in-microsofts-henhouse-and-salivating/

Date: 12/18/04 (Java Web)    Keywords: browser, web, microsoft

Some interesting quotes from the article: FIREFOX is a classic overnight success, many years in the making. Firefox is a Web browser that is fast and filled with features that Microsoft's stodgy Internet Explorer lacks. For the first time, Internet Explorer has been losing market share. Today, it's the Internet Explorer code that is long overdue for a top-to-bottom [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/firefox-in-nyt/

Date: 03/12/05 (Web Development)    Keywords: php, browser, css, html, sql, web

Hi all. This will be my first post to the community, so before anything I'd just like to say how educational its been reading your posts all this time. Now then, here's my contribution.

I've recently been playing with what I think is an interesting technique for adding relevancy and context to my pages. Basically, I embed a small, invisible message within the HTML of a page or within the link to that page which is only visible to people who follow special links. This enables me to embed certain so-called "relevancy messages" on the destination page of a link that helps keep visitors oriented when browsing through my site. (This is exceptionally beneficial when back-linking to old blog posts!)

A much more detailed explanation of what I'm talking about is on my site. A brief explanation of what I first did is this:

1. When I write links that reference my old pages, I go back to those old pages and insert a named anchor (or tag the element with an id to reference in my link with a fragment identifier).


2. I add a title to that element so I can hide it within the HTML for visitors who browse normally, but show it to visitors who follow links to that fragment.


3. I've added a style rule in my pages to display that title text before the fragment only for visitors who follow the special links, specifically, *:target::before { content: attr(title); }

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdev/180840.html

Date: 03/14/05 (Computer Help)    Keywords: browser, web

People have always been praising the glory that is Firefox, and I have seen from screencaps that people have edited that blank bar (well mine is blank now anyway) under the address bar to have things in there, like programs bookmarks and even Mozilla options like deepest sender.   Since I am new to the world of Mozilla, could anyone tell me how?

Also, sometimes whenever my browser (usually I.e5) cannot find a page it doesn’t come up with the usual standard I.e. “page cannot be found” page, but a website called “insta-finder” is there anyway I can block this site? It’s really annoying.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computer_help/353141.html

Date: 03/16/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: browser, css, security, web, microsoft

article [microsoft-watch.com]
article on /. [slashdot.org]

I assume most of you read slashdot, but if you don't here's a quote of their article:

webdev

webdesign

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/832698.html

Date: 03/16/05 (Web Development)    Keywords: browser, css, security, web, microsoft

article [microsoft-watch.com]
article on /. [slashdot.org]

I assume most of you read slashdot, but if you don't here's a quote of their article:

webdev

webdesign

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdev/181847.html

Date: 03/17/05 (PHP Community)    Keywords: php, mysql, browser, database, sql, web

Hi, thanks in advance for any advice.

I am working on a website on my PC, and I don't know anything about servers but I wanted to develop locally, so I am using a WAMP package. I would like the site to be able to display database entries from mysql that are in Japanese, but when I call them I just see question marks instead of the Japanese (using various browsers and encoding options). I can, however, just echo Japanese text in the php file and it will display properly. Also, in phpmyadmin where I am creating the database the Japanese is displaying correctly.

I don't know if it's a problem with the server, mysql, or the script, so I don't even know where to start. I have tried it with the db, table and fields collated in both sjis_japanese_ci and utf8_unicode_ci, with the same results.

Does anyone know what the problem could be? Thanks!

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/php/274046.html

Date: 03/17/05 (Microsoft Windows)    Keywords: browser

Who can help me? I neet to set a new stuff in my browser: if I click the right button on any picture on site, I can choose item "Open picture from..." and this picture opens in new window with another link.
Example:
we have picture with link like http://www.somedomain.com/imgs/somepic.jpg
and now we neet to open this picture in new window with link like http://www.newdomain.com/?src=http://www.somedomain.com/imgs/somepic.jpg

How I can make it? Help me.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/ms_windows/25302.html

Date: 01/01/70 (Webmaster View)    Keywords: software, browser, technology, web, microsoft

Hakon Wium Lie, chief technology officer of Opera Software challenges Microsoft:

Microsoft now has the chance to redeem itself with regard to Web interoperability. All it needs to do is make sure IE 7 passes the Acid2 test before shipping.

...

To the Web community I want to say: Microsoft has now been challenged. They will respond, if enough people remind them of the challenge. Please remind them. And, when IE 7 is released, make sure this is the first thing you type into it:

http://webstandards.org/acid2

Anne says that this test could expose some bugs in "better browsers" as well.

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Source: http://www.webmasterview.com/browsers/acid_test_for_browsers

Date: 03/18/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: php, browser, css, web

http://www.thecrosbys.net/index2.php

For some reason the navigation and text are off kilt in Firefox (everything works fine in IExplore). What can I do to remedy the problem?

If it has to do with CSS the file is http://www.thecrosbys.net/style.css. Help!

Does it look strange in any other browswer?

Is there a website where I can learn more about streamlining websites across all browsers?


Thanks!

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/835534.html

Date: 03/19/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: browser

I have a page (Click Here) with LOTS of links on it. I want ALL the links to open in a new window. I have ALL the links tagged to open in a new window. However ALL the links do NOT open in a new window. I have checked and rechecked and I can't find any errors. Oh, and sometimes certain links will open in a new window and other times those same links won't open in a new window. Oh yeah, and this is all in internet explorer browser. :)

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/836841.html

Date: 03/19/05 (PHP Community)    Keywords: php, browser, css, web

HI there. I'm having major troubles, and headaches, over a new layout I want for my website.

Pure css gave me a nightmare so I decided to use PHP includes, and that way have my site easier to overhaul each time I got bored.
Now, I've not had anything to do with PHP before, and rather than encode each piece by hand, I just made my headers, and footers, and renamed the content of each page whatever.php
(please don't point and laugh at me, I have no idea what I'm doing with PHP ...)

My test page shows up perfectly in IE, but there is only a small space for the menu in Firefox.
I have tried everything from resizing divs, taking divs out, etc etc and nothing has worked.

I want a site with no tables, and no frames that is cross-browser compatible.

Test page is here:
http://www.tehsheepie.com/test/donna.php

css here:
http://www.tehsheepie.com/test/stylesheet.css

Header.php reads as such:

side content.. bla bla..
side content.. bla bla..

side content.. bla bla..
side content.. bla bla..
side content.. bla bla..

faq?


legal


(buttloads more links there, I edited them out)

I'm going to lose my mind soon, the whole idea of me forsaking my beloved frames layout was to become more user-friendly.
What the heck am I doing wrong? :(
Any suggestions are muchly appreciated.
I use Firefox myself, and I'd hate to have to force people to view my page in IE ...

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/php/275168.html