Possible virus?(Firefox)
Possible virus?(Firefox)
I opened firefox After about an hour of the system being in standby and in theSponsored Links row there were 2 new entries
http:/ /bom07s30-in-x03. 1e100. net/ (I dismantled the URLs to prevent accidental clicks)
pnbomb-ac-in-x0e.1e100
I right clicked and searched in Google and it showed up as this
pnbomb-ac-in-x0e.1e100 Sponsored
it disappeared after a while, just to be sure I ran
sudo lsof -i
and noticed firefox was connected to this url
maa05s15-in-x03.1e100.net
I am not sure if am infected or this is just a glitch(I obviously didn't click on the links)
You're viewing a single thread.
1e100.net is google's catch-all domain. Many of their services run under this domain.
Read more here : https://support.google.com/faqs/answer/174717
It is a geeky pun, 1e100 is scientific notation for 1 followed by a hundred zeroes. This number is called a googol, which is similar sounding to google.
Indeed Google is named after the googol
There goes my hope of Google being named after gabagool.
I'll have the gabagool
I'm sorry?
The gabagool