Olympus-OM
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [OM] [OT] Is this a spoof

Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Is this a spoof
From: Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:37:11 +0200
You can read the url backwards to see the hierarchy/ownership.  Not a spoof.
3.5 had a security hole and 3.5.1 was quickly issued.
Jez
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This morning I got an automatic update to Firefox 3.1 (whatever) and was
> later prompted to update to 3.5 for security reasons.  I decided to do
> so but as the download was running I noticed the link was
> http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0.1/whatsnew/
>
> I had never previously seen this "en-us.www" structure and was concerned
> it was a spoof of some sort.  So I killed the download, went to
> mozilla.org, was redirected to mozilla.com and finally to a download at
> <
> http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html?product=firefox-3.5.1&os=win&lang=en-US
> >
> and I downloaded and installed from there.
>
> So, is the first link valid or a spoof of some sort?
>
> Thanks,
> Chuck Norcutt
> --
> _________________________________________________________________
> Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
> Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
> Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
>
>
-- 
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Sponsored by Tako
Impressum | Datenschutz