Paul B. Gallagher wrote: > Ed Mullen wrote: > >> Rick Merrill wrote: >>> Paul B. Gallagher wrote: >>>> Some sites really don't want to let me leave -- they pop up this >>>> nag when I try to close their window. >>>> >>>> E.g., <http://www.mylife.com/> >>>> >>>> Is it harmless enough to click "Yes, I really do want you to fuck >>>> off," or should I panic and close the entire browser/email program >>>> with CTRL-Q and never return? >>> >>> Never click anything on such a site. They may have reprogrammed the >>> "kill' button to give permission to download an EXE trojan. >> >> Yes, but downloading an .exe file isn't going to cause any harm. >> RUNNING the program will. So, no harm in clicking the button, SM >> won't allow running the file, only saving it. >> >>>> Even better, is there a setting in SeaMonkey that will prevent >>>> them from pulling this? Preferably one that doesn't cripple >>>> thousands of other innocuous sites doing legitimate stuff... >> >> Turn off javascript. > > Exactly the baby-with-bathwater kind of solution I'm trying to avoid. > > -- I've got an icon on my toolbar which takes me to about:blank. You could set the throbber to this in about:config.
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