Bret Busby wrote:
The web addresses, or, URL's, that are involved with the unauthorised
"untitld windows" being opened, vary, from addresses to which I have
previously been, to addresses that I regularly visit, inclusing the two
below, with such addresses being unlikely to involve malicious code,
hence the problem appears significantly more likely to lay with some bug
(or, possibly malicious code (?) ) within the particular web browser
applications.
It recently happened while the system monitor showed memory usage of
less than 50% total (out of 2GB RAM).
The "untitled windows" appear to open as pop-ups, although I have a
setup configuration of the web browsers, to block pop-ups, which
obviously does not work within the software.
The problem also appears to occur, apart from when I open links in
either new tabs or new windows, when a tab within a window,
automatically refreshes, such as the news and weather web pages at
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDW60034.shtml and
http://www.abc.net.au/news/justin/ . Then, I get multiple "untitled
windows" opened, even if I am not doing anything, other than leaving
browser windows displaying web pages, open.
Leaving web browser windows open, appears to be dangerous, due to the
unauthorised actions performed by the software, including the opening of
the unauthorised "untitled windows", and, otherwise increasing usage of
preocessor and memory resources.
Your installation is either broken, your machine has been compromised,
or you have a setting turned on that is non-standard in your profile.
The examples you gave above do not pop any extra windows here on any OS
or browser I've tried. (Various browsers, on Windows, Debian, Ubuntu,
and OS X.)
I think the examples given by others of either rebuilding your profile,
and/or purging and reinstalling are a good start for troubleshooting.
You might also want to log into that machine as a different user and see
if the problem happens to any other users other than your own.
Preferrably not root, another regular user... for sanity.
Note that on the top of the first example page it says:
"This page has been replaced by an improved version so it will be
discontinued after August 31st 2006. Please update your bookmarks."
Cute. 2006, huh?
They're right on the ball there at the Oz Meteorology department...
Nate
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