Twelve DUers have gotten a truly strange kind of pop-up in a GD thread

[Bozita]

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medeak (1000+ posts) Fri May-19-06 01:47 PM
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2000 US troops off Venezuelan coast

[SidDithers]

1. Got it too..

strange. Mods, any ideas?

Sid

[FSogol]

3. Its NSA looking at all the "terrists"

Because, that thread was the bomb!

[Bozita]

4. You're the seventh one

[MercutioATC]

2. Submit it to the admins...sounds like a software glitch.

[bananas]

5. It's from an image in one of the posts

This post includes an image from www.fnmoc.navy.mil
and the image is fetched using https
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1235935&mesg_id=1236977

I don't think it's a big deal, some navy.mil weather sites do this.

[SidDithers]

12. Thanks for clearing that up...

was a request for a certificate:


Sid

[Kota]

6. I got it to, only that thread. Thats strange.

[tatertop]

7. That's strange all right

[SammyWinstonJack]

8. I got it too.

:shrug:

[laundry_queen]

9. omg I got it too.

I was like :wtf:
off to see what it was....

[applegrove]

10. You mean the DU robot asking for donations?

[manic expression]

18. No

I can't technically describe it, but certainly got what meets the general description, and it was very unusual.

[displacedtexan]

11. I got it too.

I clicked cancel, and it went away.

[Skinner]

13. It's fixed.

I edited out the images.

[medeak]

19. sending you a message Skinner

computer nerd friend did some researching

[democrank]

14. Just got it.

Says, in part.....there is a problem with this site`s security certificate. I know next to nothing about computers. Wasn`t logged in and didn`t click on the link.

[Lady Effingbroke]

15. I got it too. I am using Firefox, and it looks like this...

:shrug:???

[rman]

16. me to

[Sapere aude]

17. When click on the post about the 2000 troops of the coast of V

I get a pop up "website certified by and unknown authority" is is about a link I think.