88888virus?

[jesse c]

last night i was on line and i typed in a web address and a stream of 8's started streaming across the address bar.I was using Firefox so i switched desktops and tried Epiphany browser with same results with streaming 8's but now my mouse wouldnt work on anything and since i dont know any command line escapes i powered off and restarted and everything was back to normal.What did i run across?Was it a virus or just some bug?

[chinese_ys]

Thats not virus I think. Mouse does not work means system freezes and web browser doesnot work properly means something related to browser itself.

Do not be fear.

[sharkey77]

Sounds like a buffer overflow attempt.

[SEMW]

I'm sure you've already thought of this, but in case you haven't: are you sure it wasn't just that the '8' key on your keyboard (either of them) got stuck down or otherwise jammed? The simplest explanation is often the best one...

[oldsoundguy]

no such thing as that virus!! You are, most likely, having a hardware issue.

cntrl/alt/backspace will give you back your working desktop without a shut down and re-boot

[sharkey77]

I'm sure you've already thought of this, but in case you haven't: are you sure it wasn't just that the '8' key on your keyboard (either of them) got stuck down or otherwise jammed? The simplest explanation is often the best one...

I second that.