[wlugkc] Re: Question -- maybe wlug can help...
- From: Scott Harris <sharris64109@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: jonrkc@xxxxxxxxxxx, WLUG <wlugkc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 22:37:03 -0500
Jon --
Questions like these are one of the main reasons we created the list, so
don't be shy about asking them.
I tried out Firefox, didn't like it, and so don't use it. My guess is
that you'vegot an autoupdate feature turned on somewhere. If you've got
the original tarball or rpm you downloaded, try reinstalling it to get
the old dialog back. I'm not familiar with either distro you've been
using so I don't know if reinstalling Firefox from the distro CD will
help; they might package things in such a way that it automatically gets
the latest updates of the bundled products.
Anybody else have any ideas?
-- Scott
Jon Rutherford wrote:
> Hi, Scott,
>
> I'm on the wlug mailing list but don't know if it's OK or proper to
> ask a question there, so I hope you don't mind my asking your advice.
>
> I'm using Firefox 1.0.4 and before that all the earlier versions. The
> last few days the "save as" dialog has changed to omit any choice of
> how to save the page, as well as changing appearance. Now, I changed
> over to Ubuntu Linux 5.0.4 from Mandriva 10.1 about a week ago, but I
> am sure that since changing I have seen and used the normal box.
>
> I posted a screenshot of the strange dialog box at
>
> www.jonrkc.com/my_images/Firefox_screen_shot.png
>
> I also posted a thread on mozillazine.org about this, but am not too
> hopeful of getting a response there--where there are thousands of
> unanswered questions.
>
> If you happen to be using Firefox, are you still getting the normal
> more-or-less IE-type dialog, with options to save as full page, HTML
> only, txt?
>
> Two other strange browser/email things have happened in the last two
> days, also, unrelated to that but making me wonder if somehow my
> machine has been compromised. I run Bitdefender antivirus virtually
> every day on my email files, with updated definitions; I ran
> chkrootkit and rkhunter just yesterday with good results. I use a
> firewall that results in a "Perfect Stealth" rating on grc.com's
> "Shields Up" test.
>
> Sorry to subject you to this long inquiry, but I'm getting a bit
> concerned, and thought of the WLUG as a possible source of information
> or suggestions on this.
>
> Thanks, and I hope you have a good holiday weekend.
>
> Jon Rutherford
> 816-786-9916 (cell phone)
>
>
>
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