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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