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| From | Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: Weird pop-up "ad" in Safari |
| Date | 2014-03-04 22:01 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <040320142201048876%timstreater@greenbee.net> (permalink) |
| References | <53151c78$0$52743$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> <bnks64Fsd20U2@mid.individual.net> <531618bb$0$52763$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
In article <531618bb$0$52763$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>, Patty Winter
<patty1@wintertime.com> wrote:
> In article <bnks64Fsd20U2@mid.individual.net>,
> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> >
> >It was probably a JavaScript dialog, and probably came from an ad server
> >that the web-based email host she was using displayed on their page.
>
> In other words, Earthlink allows their adserver company to run
> Javascript dialogs that stop users in their tracks until they
> click "OK" or force-quit the browser? Wonderful.
>
> >AdBlock for Safari probably would have blocked it.
>
> Thanks, I figured it probably would. Clearly this wasn't actual
> malware (I don't run Windows on my MacBook), but this was the
> first time I had seen a pop-up that didn't have OS X control
> buttons (close, minimize, maximize), just that darn "OK" button.
> That was a bit scary.
This could happen in any JavaScript in any website you choose to visit,
if the author of that site included an alert, as in:
alert ("This'll slow the user down!");
--
Tim
"That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed,
nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted" -- Bill of Rights 1689
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Weird pop-up "ad" in Safari patty1@sonic.net (Patty Winter) - 2014-03-04 00:21 +0000
Re: Weird pop-up "ad" in Safari Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-04 02:30 +0000
Re: Weird pop-up "ad" in Safari Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2014-03-04 18:17 +0000
Re: Weird pop-up "ad" in Safari Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-04 22:01 +0000
Re: Weird pop-up "ad" in Safari Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-04 22:28 +0000
Re: Weird pop-up "ad" in Safari Stephen <gratefuldead@xs4all.nl> - 2014-03-04 14:22 +0100
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