[arachne] Re: Beware of "freezes and creahes" [sic.]

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On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:22:40 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:

> Hello

> Warning:  Even though I have popup windows disabled in my linux version
> Firefox browser, I sometimes get a popup window originating from a web
> site that I didn't even visit that says:
> "
>        The page at http://onlinepublicscan.com says:

> ATTENTION:  If your computer is struck by the virus, you could suffer
> data loss, erratic PC behavior, PC freezes and creahes.

> Detect and remove viruses before they damage your computer!
> Antivirus 2009 will perform a 100% FREE and quick scan of your computer
> for Viruses, Spyware and Adware.

> Do you want to install Antivirus 2009 to scan your
> computer for malware now?
> (Recommended)

>                                              Cancel        OK
>                                                               "

> Whenever I would get that popup I used to click on the "Cancel" button.
> I click on the "Cancel" button because clicking on the "X" in the upper
> right does not result in closing the popup window.  This damn popup is a
> "sticky stay".  Immediately after clicking on the "Cancel" button
> another popup would suddenly appear that says "Downloading" and showing
> a progress bar. At that point a pull the plug on my computer.  What a
> dang-blasted consternation!

> I have since found that even though this popup is a sticky-stay that
> can't be closed, I have discovered that I can simply move it out of my
> way, like down to the very bottom of my screen so that it doesn't cover
> up any part of the web page I am visiting.  When I leave the web site
> and go to visit another web page  the sticky-stay window still stays
> there at the bottom of the next web page.  I wonder if the sticky-stay
> is designed to track my browsing activities.

> Don't know, but, anyway, that is a good way to avoid "freezes and
> creahes"

> Sam Heywood


To stop that stuff from happening in the first place.....
install the 'GreaseMonkey Extension for firefox'

http://techtoggle.com/2009/02/how-to-block-ads-in-firefox/


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