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I received a message ostensibly from mozilla that my registry needed to be
scaned and refreshed. Any one touching my registry raises questions in my
mind. Can any ne telll me if a mozilla message of this sort is safe?

Leo Kline wrote:
> I received a message ostensibly from mozilla that my registry needed to be
> scaned and refreshed. Any one touching my registry raises questions in my
> mind. Can any ne telll me if a mozilla message of this sort is safe?
>
>
Have you got an anti-virus wanting to scan it? How did this message
come to you? What where you doing? Sorry, but this is the first I've
seen of that.

Leo Kline wrote:
> I received a message ostensibly from mozilla that my registry needed to be
> scaned and refreshed. Any one touching my registry raises questions in my
> mind. Can any ne telll me if a mozilla message of this sort is safe?
>
>
Sounds like spam.

On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:16:18 -0800, in message
*<A_idnc1JK->, Leo Kline wrote:

> I received a message ostensibly from mozilla that my registry needed to be
> scaned and refreshed.

What sort of message?
A browser pop-up while using a Mozilla browser?
An email message purporting to be from the Mozilla foundation?
Other....

As far as I can tell from your description, this could be a website
pop-up advertisement sleazily trying to sell you some second-rate
product to scan your Windows registry. FYI newer versions of Mozilla
browsers guard against confusion by naming the webserver in the
pop-up's title bar.

> Any one touching my registry raises questions in my
> mind. Can any ne telll me if a mozilla message of this sort is safe?


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Cheers,
Ralph

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The message pops up after I have opened the mozilla browser. It is presisley
"Mozilla 2122-mozilla firefoxegistry cleaner recommended. Errors in registry
data base, if present, could cause erattic operation and other problems
inclucing Slow syst performance etc.
"Ralph Fox" <> wrote in
message news: .net.nz...
> On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:16:18 -0800, in message
> <A_idnc1JK->, Leo Kline wrote:
>
>> I received a message ostensibly from mozilla that my registry needed to
>> be
>> scaned and refreshed.
>
> What sort of message?
> A browser pop-up while using a Mozilla browser?
> An email message purporting to be from the Mozilla foundation?
> Other....
>
> As far as I can tell from your description, this could be a website
> pop-up advertisement sleazily trying to sell you some second-rate
> product to scan your Windows registry. FYI newer versions of Mozilla
> browsers guard against confusion by naming the webserver in the
> pop-up's title bar.
>
>> Any one touching my registry raises questions in my
>> mind. Can any ne telll me if a mozilla message of this sort is safe?
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Ralph
>
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way:
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-...ns.html#before

On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 12:09:01 -0800, in message
*<mcSdnXFB9PNXZ-neRVn->, Leo Kline wrote:

> "Ralph Fox" <> wrote in
> message news: .net.nz...
> > On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:16:18 -0800, in message
> > <A_idnc1JK->, Leo Kline wrote:
> >
> >> I received a message ostensibly from mozilla that my registry needed to
> >> be
> >> scaned and refreshed.
> >
> > What sort of message?
> > A browser pop-up while using a Mozilla browser?
> > An email message purporting to be from the Mozilla foundation?
> > Other....
> >
> > As far as I can tell from your description, this could be a website
> > pop-up advertisement sleazily trying to sell you some second-rate
> > product to scan your Windows registry. FYI newer versions of Mozilla
> > browsers guard against confusion by naming the webserver in the
> > pop-up's title bar.
> >

> The message pops up after I have opened the mozilla browser.

1. Which version of the Mozilla browser are you using?

> It is presisley
> "Mozilla 2122-mozilla firefoxegistry cleaner recommended. Errors in registry
> data base, if present, could cause erattic operation and other problems
> inclucing Slow syst performance etc.

2. This looks like a common website pop-up advertisement.
The same pop-up is also seen in other browsers.

Perhaps you have your home page set to a website which opens pop-up
windows with advertisements.

3. Which version of the Mozilla browser are you using?


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Cheers,
Ralph

"Curiosity skilled the cat."

I'm running firefox 1.0 Mozilla/5.0. It sounds like your saying that
whatever the source of the message , it's not really a mozilla message and I
should ignor it?
"Ralph Fox" <> wrote in
message news: .net.nz...
> On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 12:09:01 -0800, in message
> <mcSdnXFB9PNXZ-neRVn->, Leo Kline wrote:
>
>> "Ralph Fox" <> wrote in
>> message news: .net.nz...
>> > On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:16:18 -0800, in message
>> > <A_idnc1JK->, Leo Kline wrote:
>> >
>> >> I received a message ostensibly from mozilla that my registry needed
>> >> to
>> >> be
>> >> scaned and refreshed.
>> >
>> > What sort of message?
>> > A browser pop-up while using a Mozilla browser?
>> > An email message purporting to be from the Mozilla foundation?
>> > Other....
>> >
>> > As far as I can tell from your description, this could be a website
>> > pop-up advertisement sleazily trying to sell you some second-rate
>> > product to scan your Windows registry. FYI newer versions of Mozilla
>> > browsers guard against confusion by naming the webserver in the
>> > pop-up's title bar.
>> >
>
>> The message pops up after I have opened the mozilla browser.
>
> 1. Which version of the Mozilla browser are you using?
>
>> It is presisley
>> "Mozilla 2122-mozilla firefoxegistry cleaner recommended. Errors in
>> registry
>> data base, if present, could cause erattic operation and other problems
>> inclucing Slow syst performance etc.
>
> 2. This looks like a common website pop-up advertisement.
> The same pop-up is also seen in other browsers.
>
> Perhaps you have your home page set to a website which opens pop-up
> windows with advertisements.
>
> 3. Which version of the Mozilla browser are you using?
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Ralph
>
> "Curiosity skilled the cat."

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 15:54:22 -0800, in message
*<6rWdnekgbeo3vuTeRVn->, Leo Kline wrote:

> "Ralph Fox" <> wrote in
> message news: .net.nz...
> >> The message pops up after I have opened the mozilla browser.

--snip--

> >> It is presisley
> >> "Mozilla 2122-mozilla firefoxegistry cleaner recommended. Errors in
> >> registry
> >> data base, if present, could cause erattic operation and other problems
> >> inclucing Slow syst performance etc.
> >
> > 2. This looks like a common website pop-up advertisement.
> > The same pop-up is also seen in other browsers.
> >
> > Perhaps you have your home page set to a website which opens pop-up
> > windows with advertisements.
> >
> > 3. Which version of the Mozilla browser are you using?
>
>
> I'm running firefox 1.0 Mozilla/5.0.

I suggest that you upgrade from Firefox 1.0 to Firefox 1.0.7.


> It sounds like your saying that
> whatever the source of the message , it's not really a mozilla message and I
> should ignor it?

From your description of the message, yes -- this appears to be a
pop-up advertisement which is not really a mozilla message.


--
Cheers,
Ralph

You don't win wars by dying for your country.
You win by making the other poor bastard die for his country.