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Re: Strange problem with copy paste.



So apparently it was this:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1733

So any idea on the angle they are trying to attack once you go to the website?

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 4:58 PM, s. keeling <keeling@nucleus.com> wrote:
Stackpole, Chris <CStackpole@barbnet.com>:
>
> >From: Jesse Welling [mailto:jesse.welling@gmail.com]
> >Subject: Strange problem with copy paste.
> >
> >I'm running Debian Testing for reference. The problem I'm having
> >seems very very suspicious to me, and please don't think this is a
> >joke, but I think my clipboard (or whatever takes care of copy
> >paste) has broken.  No mater what I try to copy from I can only
> >paste this http://xp-vista->update.net/?id=3D91873534231, which
> >feels a lot like = some kind of malware to me.  Has any one else
> >seen this?
>
>  Do you use rdesktop? If so, that is probably your problem. I have
>  noticed and reported this problem before. I can only replicate it with
>  rdesktop when I am cutting/pasting between Linux and the Windows
>  rdesktop session. I can copy paste within the rdesktop just fine, but
>  none of the copies will copy out to Gnome. Gnome just pastes the same

I've noticed oddness going on too and I'm using fluxbox (no rdesktop).
Highlight something in iceweasel, go to another tab backgrounding the
highlighted tab, try to paste into *term, doesn't work.  I'm sure it
didn't used to be this way.  Maybe it's a browser thing.


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