Strange Behavior when trying to post reply - VIRUS ?[solved]

overkll · Last edited by overkll on Sat Jun 04, 2005 12:02 am; edited 1 time in total

When trying to respond to this post:
https://forums.gentoo.org/posting.php?mode=reply&t=344131
I get a screenful of garbage characters. Then if I try to read anyother post, I get the same. I close firefox, reopen, try to post to a different thread - no problem.

Strange! Thought I'd let you know. Maybe it's a virus or something.

Vanquirius · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:09 pm Post subject:

Screenshots would help figuring out what is going on...
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ian! · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:11 pm Post subject:

overkll · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:29 pm Post subject:

No problem. Never done that on a forum before. You want me to copy and paste the characters? All of them? Or take a screenshot and post that? How would I do that? - the posting of a graphics file that is.

radfoj · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:37 pm Post subject:

If you do screenshot , you have to put this picture somewhere on the net and give us adress to it. If you dont have such place, you can post it to me and I will "share" it.

overkll · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:51 pm Post subject:

Done. You should have it by now.

radfoj · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:54 pm Post subject:

Here is screenshot from overkll.

Earthwings · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 10:49 pm Post subject:

Which encoding is it set to/did firefox choose when displaying that?
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overkll · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 11:22 pm Post subject:

Before viewing that post, Western (ISO-8559-1). After I click on the link, it has changed to Unicode (UTF-16 Little Endian). Swiched it back to Western, and it displayed fine. Closed firefox, went back and tried again and it didn't switch it. Strange. Any ideas what would cause that?