On Sun, 2013-10-13 at 16:33 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sun, 2013-10-13 at 09:58 -0400, John Lindsay wrote: > > Somehow my iceweasel has been infected with the UKASH scam. I have tried > > my kapersky rescue disc and it told me my system has been cleaned (this > > disc was made late 2011/early 2012 and it did an update prior to > > scanning). If I run iceweasel after a reboot the ukash blocker shows up. > > How can I get rid of this without 'blowing' away all the info on my HD > > (primarily icedove mail). > > IIUC this is the thingy that doesn't allow to close a tab. When this > happens for Firefox here, I kill Firefox and then start it again. > Firefox usually asks, if the last session should be restored or not, so > don't restore the killed session. If Firefox shouldn't ask but > automatically restore the killed session, then it usually does work, to > close the tabs, before the site is loaded. After this Firefox is ok > again and can be closed and opened without issues. > > I usually do the same for sites that ask again and again, if you want to > leave the page or if you want to stay. This crap is a PITA, even > "reliable" web pages sometimes ask, if you are sure, that you want to > leave their website. To ask isn't bad per se, but I never noticed this > question, when it makes sense and it especially doesn't make sense to > ask this questions 20 times, before you can leave.
PS: You also could delete iceweasel files only, or use a new profile and ignore the old profile, or restore your last backup. You don't need to wipe out all data on your HDD. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1381675306.743.14.camel@archlinux