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Aka "How to use an online banking website by fooling them into using an unsupported browser".
Natwest check the User-Agent string of the browser, and block ones they dislike.
So, enter about:config in the firefox3 URL line, right-click on the list that appears, click on "New - String", enter general.useragent.override and for the string, enter one of the following common user agents:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080213 Firefox/2.0.0.12
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30)
Then check the result.
This method works with firefox 3.0b3-3.
Edit: Modify Headers does the same thing and works with firefox3, but is not necessary.
Last edited by brebs (2008-03-10 19:44:46)
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The above settings work for Natwest...They do not work for CNN. What do I have to add/change?
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This always worked for me.
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This always worked for me.
Just curious... does it work in FF3-b3? The webpage for the link you gave only shows it working up to FF version 2.*
oz
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you can also just set the
general.useragent.override variable in about:config to the String you like...
requires no extension
We can't stop here! This is bat country!!
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Hmmmm. I called my bank and complained. That worked well.
Guarantee does not cover shark bite, bear attack, or children under 5.
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general.useragent.override
Thanks, I've altered the first post to use that instead
CNN seems OK with a spoofed user agent.
Last edited by brebs (2008-03-10 20:11:46)
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I found that the "Modify Headers" utility did not work for me. general.useragent.override worked perfectly. Used the same string for both -- the first one listed in the first post: "Mozilla/5.0 etc"
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