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This is an egg on how to edit what a server sees your browser type to be. This is a great way to mess with people.

A little bit of an explanation: Websites look at what type of browser you are using in order to enhance your experience. Each website stores information on your computer. This information includes the name of your browser.

This is how to do it:

Step one: If you have not downloaded it yet, get Mozilla Firefox. This will not work on any other browser.

Step two: Type this in to the browser window:
about:config

Step three: Find this value:
general.useragent.extra.firefox

Step four: Double click that line. Enter in anything that you want. This will be what the server sees.

Sure, you could put in something like, FBI Proxy# 127659345,
but I am pretty sure that that is a bad idea. Now, this is not illegal, but will piss some people off. In fact, some servers will actually report you to your ISP and complain, if your name is that outrageous. But theoretically, there is an extra bit of security this adds. Theoretically, if a server was using your browser type to tell what type of virus to give you, this would help.

Now, this is what I did:
Instead of the server seeing something like
"firefox 3.0/3.3.0", they will see this:

Now, this is a story all about how
My life got flipped-turned upside down
And I liked to take a minute
Just sit right there
I’ll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel Air

In west Philadelphia born and raised
On the playground was where I spent most of my days
Chillin’ out maxi...

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  Monday, January 18th, 2010 at 11:38:46 PM #25682
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this

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  Monday, January 18th, 2010 at 11:46:12 PM #25687
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Lol for the proof

Dead End Ex: Posted Jan. 16 2010

Miniature Ex: Posted Oct. 15 2010
  Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 at 3:07:48 AM #25735
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LOL. Thats cool, although there is also a Firefox addon called User Agent Switcher which does this all for youMember Added Image
  Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 at 7:01:40 PM #25967
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I remember this on RE! well, you can't fucking stop me... I'm fiving it again! ha! what will you do about THAT, huh? Smug bugger.

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  Thursday, January 21st, 2010 at 8:46:39 AM #26418
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5* for your egg!

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