All your base are belong to us

[Frisco]

Admittedly I'm probably behind the times on this, but just what the heck
is All your base are belong to us? I noticed on a web site I was visiting.
It was an image, turned 90 degree clockwise, amongst all the other images.
I turned my head to read it, and thought it was strange, but then, the
author of the site is a little strange, too.

I went to a commercial site. http://www.tektite.com to be precise. This is
a manufacturer of rugged flashlights/torches, especially for the diving
profession and hobby. All it had at the top was "This is a waste of
space" and at the bottom, "All your bases are belong to us."

So I searched google. What I found was a huge array of web sites that,
somewhere on one or more of there pages, have this quote. Usually it is
accompanied by other, barely english, almost jibberish quotes, all of them
having nothing to so with the nature of the web site.

Is this a trojan that has made its rounds already? Is it making the rounds
now? Is it an IIS/WebServer problem, or does it affect Windows clients as
well?

I ran a couple of spyware programs just now to ensure it's not my system.
I'm clean, unless of course this thing is just breaking out and I've been
infected with no (as yet) known cure or prevention.

Anyone have the scoop on this? Spyware blaster and Spyware S&D good enough
to trap and/or remove this?

Thanks,
Frisco

[Lil' Abner]

It all started a long time ago... with this.
http://www.planettribes.com/allyourbase/AYB2.swf
Just something that someone picked up on and made a big deal of.
It's modified quite frequently to fit certain situations.
I see it used humorously in the microsoft newsgroups on occasion.
It ain't malware.... :-)

Frisco <buscame@theinter.net> wrote in
news:11641slmf6e2o42@corp.supernews.com:

> Admittedly I'm probably behind the times on this, but just what the
> heck is All your base are belong to us? I noticed on a web site I was
> visiting. It was an image, turned 90 degree clockwise, amongst all the
> other images. I turned my head to read it, and thought it was strange,
> but then, the author of the site is a little strange, too.
>
> I went to a commercial site. http://www.tektite.com to be precise.
> This is a manufacturer of rugged flashlights/torches, especially for
> the diving profession and hobby. All it had at the top was "This is a
> waste of space" and at the bottom, "All your bases are belong to us."
>
> So I searched google. What I found was a huge array of web sites that,
> somewhere on one or more of there pages, have this quote. Usually it
> is accompanied by other, barely english, almost jibberish quotes, all
> of them having nothing to so with the nature of the web site.
>
> Is this a trojan that has made its rounds already? Is it making the
> rounds now? Is it an IIS/WebServer problem, or does it affect Windows
> clients as well?
>
> I ran a couple of spyware programs just now to ensure it's not my
> system. I'm clean, unless of course this thing is just breaking out
> and I've been infected with no (as yet) known cure or prevention.
>
> Anyone have the scoop on this? Spyware blaster and Spyware S&D good
> enough to trap and/or remove this?
>
> Thanks,
> Frisco
>



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[CWatters]

http://www.planettribes.com/allyourbase/story.shtml

[Anti_Freak_Machine]

Frisco wrote:
> Admittedly I'm probably behind the times on this, but just what the heck
> is All your base are belong to us? I noticed on a web site I was visiting.
> It was an image, turned 90 degree clockwise, amongst all the other images.
> I turned my head to read it, and thought it was strange, but then, the
> author of the site is a little strange, too.

Long story short- Japanese Video game (Zero Wing) with horrible english
translation. The end result was some funny 'catch phrases' that became
popular- one of which was 'all your base are belong to us'.
Mainly you see sites with the flash video containing scenes from the
video game and photoshopped images with the phrase. Nothing really to be
alarmed about.


--
Super Mike
"Mi asno querría un enano y un yate, por favor."
[My donkey would like a midget and a yacht, please.]

[Frisco]

In article <tsr8e.6561$1Y4.5263@twister.socal.rr.com>, Anti_Freak_Machine
says...
> Long story short- Japanese Video game (Zero Wing) with horrible english
> translation. The end result was some funny 'catch phrases' that became
> popular- one of which was 'all your base are belong to us'.
> Mainly you see sites with the flash video containing scenes from the
> video game and photoshopped images with the phrase. Nothing really to be
> alarmed about.

Sheesh! I need to get out more often! Thanks!

Frisco