Re: [OT] Iran to attack my Browser??

[Mihira Fernando <mihiratheace@gmail.com>]

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> Seriously, this is quite odd...
>
> take a look at the following two screenshots of Iran's ministry of foreign
> affair's site:
>
> http://omploader.org/vYzU3
> http://omploader.org/vYzU4
>
> Sorry to link you to some image-hosting site, but the screenshots are
> neccessary... as you can see, Opera displays this site quite fine, while Firefox
> (3 beta) goes paranoid, suspecting incoming attacks from the Middle East.
>
> What's up with that? Has Mozilla Corp. gone Republican? ... I doubt it.
> What's more likely is that someone over at stopbadware.org (on which Firefox'
> paranoid attacks seem to be based on) has made a joke. I doubt that an official
> server of the Iranian government could distribute malware (just look at the
> address: www.mfa.gov.ir - and no, it's not a Windows server accidentially
> infected with viruses. As you all now, Iran's not allowed to buy or use Windows)
>
> So my question is: how do I disable FF's 'badware'-check? I'm not afraid of
> nobody! I'm only using the vimperator and AdBlock extensions to Firefox, so this
> should not be the cause...
>
> Thanks, and sorry to post something this off-topic, but since it _does_ contain
> at least one technical question...
>
> Aleks

The site www.mfa.gov.ir opens fine here on Iceweasel version 2.0.0.10
Something on FF3 or your plugins for FF3 is probably doing the blocking.

Mihira.

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