MeTa is seriously broken.

September 4, 2006 8:27 AM

MeTa is seriously broken. I'm getting a text-only layout, with porn pics. NSFW screengrab located here. Using Firefox latest update, WinXP fully updated.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy to Bugs at 8:27 AM (37 comments total)

Oops, NSFW here.

Also happening in AskMe--the top-left logo has been replaced with a blowjob.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 8:28 AM on September 4, 2006

...and now MeTa is fine again, except the favicon has been replaced with the blowjob.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 8:30 AM on September 4, 2006

You might be the victim of a man-in-the-middle attack. Are you on a wireless connection?
posted by gsteff at 8:30 AM on September 4, 2006

Sssh! Everybody will want one.
posted by srboisvert at 8:31 AM on September 4, 2006

Nope, DSL, all wired. I'm running various spyware dealies, but nothing came up on my scheduled scans which happen every morning.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 8:31 AM on September 4, 2006

Looks like malware to me. Many of the more devious ones hook into the Windows resolver chain, so they can redirect your requests wherever they want.
posted by sbutler at 8:32 AM on September 4, 2006

There's hacking tools out there, such as airpwn, that will hijack a user's connection, sitting between the user and machine he thinks he's talking to, and replace all images served over HTTP with another one of your choice (or other tomfoolery). I've even seen people replace each image with the same thing flipped upside down, which I think is hilarious. Firefox caches favicons, so the one you're seeing was probably grabbed while your were still undergoing the attack. Clear your cache and it should dissapear.
posted by gsteff at 8:35 AM on September 4, 2006

How very weird. Spybot & XSoftSpy didn't find anything, and now all is well after a cache flush. Thanks.

Sorry #1, I guess you can turf this.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 8:39 AM on September 4, 2006

Sometimes firefox just randomly pulls stuff from the cache, perhaps when memory is running low. In the past month I've seen a weird .gif replace the Google homepage logo and just yesterday some thumbnails on flickr were animated gifs of the Family Guy.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 8:46 AM on September 4, 2006

So....what we're saying is.....
posted by Jofus at 9:16 AM on September 4, 2006

You sure you weren't browsing those images earlier, dnab? I'm guessing a filesystem or browser foul-up.
posted by five fresh fish at 9:34 AM on September 4, 2006

No, I didn't recognize them. They weren't particularly good anyway.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 9:48 AM on September 4, 2006

So, that wasn't Mefi Pro?
posted by cortex at 10:14 AM on September 4, 2006

I WANT THIS NOW
posted by matteo at 10:16 AM on September 4, 2006 [1 favorite]

Why doesn't my Metafilter give me any man-on-man action?
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 10:20 AM on September 4, 2006

So, that wasn't Mefi Pro?

No, Mefi pr0n.
posted by yhbc at 10:22 AM on September 4, 2006 [1 favorite]

posted by interrobang at 10:34 AM on September 4, 2006 [1 favorite]

"Marc" appears to be quite the conversationalist. Yow.
posted by Gator at 10:37 AM on September 4, 2006 [1 favorite]

Also happening in AskMe--the top-left logo has been replaced with a blowjob.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy

Lay off the hallucinogenic mushrooms is my best advice.
posted by leftcoastbob at 10:51 AM on September 4, 2006

Damn, I've been here for years and I have yet to get a single blowjob. :-(
posted by cmonkey at 10:58 AM on September 4, 2006

What Question/Answer ratio should I attempt to maintain to have free porn on my metafilter front page?
posted by The Confessor at 11:13 AM on September 4, 2006 [1 favorite]

11/697
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 11:54 AM on September 4, 2006 [1 favorite]

oh, it looks like you stumbled upon quonsar's personal version of the site. Sorry about that.
posted by crunchland at 1:01 PM on September 4, 2006

feature or bug?
posted by Count Ziggurat at 1:24 PM on September 4, 2006

i dunno how that guy could talk with that shoved in his mouth.
posted by BrodieShadeTree at 1:50 PM on September 4, 2006

That guy up there is saying "im in ur mefi blowin ur d00dz"
posted by mr_crash_davis at 1:56 PM on September 4, 2006 [1 favorite]

I think you were just given a sneak peek at the forthcoming FuckMe.
posted by dobbs at 2:28 PM on September 4, 2006

Sorry! Accidentally deployed the winner of the redesign contest!
posted by jimfl at 3:21 PM on September 4, 2006 [1 favorite]

Give *me* the cocksucker, you fucking portobellos.

erm
posted by nthdegx at 3:50 PM on September 4, 2006

Having seen this, I have a pony request...
posted by SassHat at 3:59 PM on September 4, 2006 [1 favorite]

Try Tijuana.
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 4:25 PM on September 4, 2006

Having seen this, I have a pony request...

*boomtish!
posted by nthdegx at 4:48 PM on September 4, 2006

The humour is strong in this thread.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:36 PM on September 4, 2006

I just read this while listening to "Matt Howie's Community Blog"
posted by theora55 at 7:24 PM on September 4, 2006

Sometimes firefox just randomly pulls stuff from the cache, perhaps when memory is running low. In the past month I've seen a weird .gif replace the Google homepage logo and just yesterday some thumbnails on flickr were animated gifs of the Family Guy.

So this was pulled from your server cache--or dirtynumbangelboy's browser cache?
posted by sourwookie at 8:20 PM on September 4, 2006

I'm seeing a picture ad for a T-Shirt company on the front page (MeFi). Logged in etc, not been to any site that shows that ad...

It's not as exciting as porn, but I want to know what's happening, dammit!
posted by djgh at 9:35 PM on September 4, 2006

Bardic's pony is finally deployed.
posted by strawberryviagra at 11:22 PM on September 4, 2006