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NobleTruths
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05-21-2010, 06:37 PM
Post subject: Firefox, Google and Pacman
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Two Pair
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So, I fire up my comp this a.m., open up my browser's homepage (Firefox AOL-not that I use AOL, I must justify  ), and I am greeted by background sounds of Pacman sirens and gobbling dots.  Close, then re-open...same. When I use IE....nothing. 
Worries set in about an infection.  Run CCleaner, HJT, MBAM, Spybot. All clean. Open FF...Pacman sounds still greet me.  Run ComboFix....clean. 
I go to another, "clean" computer to google "FF and Pacman sounds"...and the same issue appears on it when I open the (FF) browser!!  Go to google.com, any way...and google's logo is a Pacman eating dots with the sound playing!!  I google the terms, and find that a lot ( ) of people are having the same issue. Turns out that if you have CoolPreviews with FF, and go to a page that links to google.com, you will be serenaded by the hungry Pacman as long as your browser is open. 
Solution: disable CoolPreviews until Google decides to change their current logo set-up. 
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Full House
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NobleTruths
So, I fire up my comp this a.m., open up my browser's homepage (Firefox AOL-not that I use AOL, I must justify ), and I am greeted by background sounds of Pacman sirens and gobbling dots. Close, then re-open...same. When I use IE....nothing.
Worries set in about an infection. Run CCleaner, HJT, MBAM, Spybot. All clean. Open FF...Pacman sounds still greet me. Run ComboFix....clean.
I go to another, "clean" computer to google "FF and Pacman sounds"...and the same issue appears on it when I open the (FF) browser!! Go to google.com, any way...and google's logo is a Pacman eating dots with the sound playing!! I google the terms, and find that a lot ( ) of people are having the same issue. Turns out that if you have CoolPreviews with FF, and go to a page that links to google.com, you will be serenaded by the hungry Pacman as long as your browser is open.
Solution: disable CoolPreviews until Google decides to change their current logo set-up. |
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eugmac
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Full House
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lol @ this being a "problem"
a bit cheeky of google to have it start auto-playing when you load up the home page though. i mean that's annoying as hell if you're at work or something.
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JKDS
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dude, i can play packman fo free. this is awesome
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joystick time!
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eugmac
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Full House
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pain in the ass eating the pills that are in the cave bit of the "e" in google
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Ash256
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4-of-a-Kind
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wow, you've certainly had a rollercoaster of a day!
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blake86
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I've already played for 30 mins at work, not good
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ensign_lee
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4-of-a-Kind
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This is by far hte best thing google has done with their search engine as a joke. Even better than when they rick rolled the world.
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BooG690
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Happy 30th Birthday Pac-Man.
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pro crastinator
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wow, thats the most awesome google "font" ever.
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Flush
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Well, it's taken off the main page now, but they kept it around.
Google
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My wife inadvertently had two home pages setup in IE so whenever she opened the app a Google page would appear in a background tab. Naturally I noticed this weeks ago on her computer, but never mentioned it to her because it was fairly harmless.
I almost cried in laughter last week though when she called me in a panic because she was almost certain a friend of hers had given her the "pacman virus" ( I am not making that up, its what she called it) from a facebook link. She felt pretty silly when I explained what was really going on.
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