[pchelpers] Re: pop-ups and Mozila

  • From: "Billyus Eximius" <billy.e@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 18:37:32 -0000

> Did it open in a new window or in a new tab? Did it look like a normal
> page or was it missing an address bar? Since you know the address of the
> new page, it was apparently not missing an address bar. That would mean
> it's not a "real" or normal popup or popunder since these open in new
> windows (and usually produce a new icon in the task bar at the bottom)
> but don't usually have icons or the other parts of a normal browser
> window at the top.

> ######### It was a new window, with addrss and everything that at webpage
has.

> Are you sure you don't have any spyware or "helpful" weather or other
> program installed that is presenting you with these extra pages in new
> windows?

########  Ran Syware and found only 2 that didn't appear to have anything to
do with the page

> And you're of course sure that you didn't cause this popup by
> accidentally clicking on an ad on the first page (perhaps because it
> opened slowly and you thought you were still reclicking a link on a
> previous page that didn't seem to respond?) Try opening all pages for a
> while using only rightclick + Open Link in New Tab.

######### No, I didn't open anything, it was simply there after I closed the
window I was reading and I only had that window opened so I asume that this
page had to be initiated by the one I had open

Billy
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