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Offline polonus

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Hi malware fighters,

Sometimes it can come in handy to pose as some other User Agent, download: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59 and install. To enlarge the browsers, spiders, etc. download this:
http://techpatterns.com/downloads/firefox/useragentswitcher.xml
Go to User Agent, Options, User Agents/ Import and import http://techpatterns.com/downloads/firefox/useragentswitcher.xml
Now your browser can pose as GoogleBot, etc. etc. You are 61, and feel like 16 again,

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Re: Make Fx or Flock pose as GoogleBot (old version or new version)......
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2009, 12:52:03 PM »
I don't like Firefox and I don't believe that fighting fire with fire is the correct procedure.

This method was suggested as a method to combat spammers by overloading their servers but it could result in your ISP canceling your account due to malicious behavior.

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Re: Make Fx or Flock pose as GoogleBot (old version or new version)......
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2009, 07:06:37 PM »
Hi YoKenny,

You are confusing things here/ This is another way: http://www.avivadirectory.com/bethebot/
If your provider does not like this, they would not allow any SEO because they want to know how GoogleBot will visit and see their sites.
I know in some countries the laws towards users are getting more and more restrictive now.
And additional why don't they protest against someone posing as a real Spambot, there are millions of Spam spreading zombies that are left unhindered. If your story would stick, is not that not treating with double standards?
The add-on I proposed is completely legal to use and from an official Mozilla download site, at least where I live, using a proxy because that is what it is can be used where I live. On the other hand when I use a browser that does not give away referrer and using Tor with privoxy, Google will not handle my search queries because they think I am a bot (non-human),

polonus
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