X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:message-id :references:mime-version:content-type; q=dns; s=default; b=OivU9 Qu47iHEro1czTPNRFJoDUMAYuc/+UJsfVmRQBYtJn+1zYCSTyJlOen8ryxVmV8Q6 ++5ebEsDELOLuA3YG9Yg6tUFoJjkOJ5WihS4tPUU545kLxWYIEOdq6BLw+Uxgi4Y zOzrCvNt9xmFFfuApaUiXjlrIMQNLYoSA2vpmU= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:message-id :references:mime-version:content-type; s=default; bh=LlGUccKTPZ5 zRzQtDtWOykLnbmU=; b=MoWxbOLc67PWx08bLP2YWKi/JhC7+F6+XXicnlfdoxk bXivQHqC8qI5QgX3mZrDNBQeq9GsNSLHLIFdJDzjsnvPF6gQNOnHhlBJ+r07Muc8 owlV8xA6Z8yCkLa0yi3JUGAx8VOOtl0oXFMWLmRlSPw8H7IPh/beUzdXJu52Pu6U = Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_20,KHOP_THREADED,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS,TVD_RCVD_IP autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 15:43:56 -0700 (PDT) From: "Peter A. Castro" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: A walking "bug" on Cygwin home page In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <520F4C04 DOT 4080700 AT alice DOT it> <520F5ACA DOT 9040206 AT alice DOT it> <20130817160521 DOT GA1509 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LNX 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On Sun, 18 Aug 2013, Peter A. Castro wrote: > On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 01:13:14PM +0200, Angelo Graziosi wrote: >> Have you noticed the walking "bug" appeared today on the Cygwin Home >> Page (http://www.cygwin.com). >> >> I initially thought that it was a real insect inside my PC monitor, but >> then I realized it was a "graphical" bug walking on the same path, an >> horizontal "8". >> >> I wonder if it doesn't hide some new malaware... > > It's a well known fact that all software (and web sites) have bugs. In this case, I think it's not the figurative meaning, but a little more "literal", well, at least in the visual sense. :-) Examine the source html for that url and you will find the following embedded in it:

This is the home of the Cygwin project   

Someone embedded "insectod4.gif" which appears to be an animated gif of a bug going in a figure 8. Quite funny, actually. > cgf -- --=> Peter A. Castro Email: doctor at fruitbat dot org / Peter dot Castro at oracle dot com "Cats are just autistic Dogs" -- Dr. Tony Attwood -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple