Jeff's first link provides good info on how a browser version can be (or become) obfuscated.
________________________________ From: Erik Goldoff <[email protected]> To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, December 30, 2009 10:30:24 AM Subject: RE: Make browser look like mobile to websites actually looking because a friend's browser is 'stuck' where all sites he visits act like he 's on a mobile browser ... not sure if malware caused this or just a flipped bit somewhere Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' ________________________________ From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 10:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Make browser look like mobile to websites Would a mobile device emulator app work? On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Erik Goldoff <[email protected]> wrote: My Google-Fu fails me at the moment... isn't there a way to fool websites into thinking your browser ( IE or Firefox ) is actually a browser on a mobile device ? > >Thanks, and Happy 2010 > >Erik Goldoff >IT Consultant >Systems, Networks, & Security >' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' > > > > -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke Sent from Keller, TX, United States ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
