Danger, Will Robinson

Negative, no such issue here, sounds like your computer has been breached by a virus.

-Pete

Yes, same symptoms.  Sporadic appearance, but easily fixed.  I assumed it was a Hoopla "message" because their system just couldn't handle my request.  I simply closed that window and clicked the link again, at which time (and every time after the Danger message) I went where I wanted to go.

By the way, I use fully updated Windows 7 and Firefox browser.

Chuck

Owen,

They do have the robot for messages. I would assume it's the combination of your old OS (XP) and FireFox. The handshake between your computer and the website trades info and the website doesn't like something. You really should consider getting a machine with Windows 7.

Chuck,

I don't know why you would get it. Unless Rich's beloved FireFox has issues.

To those who have responded - thank you!

The OGR forum is the only place I am having this type of issue. I am inclined to believe it is something about Hoopla/socialstrata; maybe it is a suddenly developing "hand shake" issue.

The laptop is scheduled to run a McAfee deep scan in about an hour. This is done once a week. The alerts have been going on for several weeks.

Again, thanks to all.

Isn't "Danger, Will Robinson" a hacker term? Years ago there used to be a hacker glossary on the internet, if you took the time to find it. Don't know if it still exists or not. I spend very little time on the internet these days, so readily admit that I'm no longer current on a lot of this stuff.

Whenever this forum server has a momentary problem, it's programmed to display that "Danger, Will Robinson" graphic.

Ot is not a virus or a hacker.

I've seen it too, totally normal.  (though I've not seen it with the great frequency noted, even on the old Win XP machine I use a lot).

Right now it's not a hacker, but this sort of a behavior by any site would seem to open up a door for such.  Knowing we are all accustomed to thinking it's "normal", it would be tempting for bad players to try to emulate that page, but add a malicious link as the "try again" button.

I'm sure we and OGR don't get a vote on that, but I'd much rather have the page just sit there and do nothing with a spinning circle than present me with such a page/link.  If the page is non-responsive, I'll get the hint to go back to where I came from and try again.

-Dave

Rich, thanks for sharing the cause of this message.

And again, thanks to all who shared their experiences and thoughts on this matter.

I think Rich made that statement before to some of us asking the question about.

"Danger Will Robinson"

It's very funny to me when I see it because it's the saying I have said to my wife for decades  when the Coors light is getting low in the refrigerator.

Larry