[WEB4LIB] Re: Popups

[John Creech]

Michelle, this sounds a bit like the JS/NoClose virus.  More info may be
found at

http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99279

Most standard anti-virus software should catch this if properly executed.
I may be way off base...hope this helps.

John Creech
Electronic Resources & Systems Librarian
Central Washington University Library
400 E. 8th Ave. | Ellensburg, WA 98926 |
office - 509-963-1081 || fax - 509-963-3684
creechj at www.lib.cwu.edu

On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Daniel Messer wrote:

> 	I've had this happen before on a slower computer and figured that it had
> something to do with the speed of the processor and lack of RAM. Maybe it's a
> lag time in a browser pop up or something. In other words, you hit the site
> with the pop up, close the main browser and the pop up and reopen the main
> browser. While this is happening the hard disk is happily churning away and
> loading up the next pop up that the first pop us was set to launch upon being
> closed, at least that's my theory.
> 	But then again, I've gotten some pretty questionable pop ups on Yahoo
> regardless. As for what to do, you might look into installing a pop up killing
> programme or an anti advertisement programme like Ad-Aware. Or, my personal
> favourite is to use Mozilla 1.0. It has an option that you can set to not
> launch any pop ups which were not specifically requested by a mouse click.
> Very nice. :)
>
> Dan
>
> Michelle Rempel <mrempel at peacelibrarysystem.ab.ca> said:
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> > I have a library that is having a problem with pornographic pop up
> > windows.  The problem is that it is happening even after the browser is
> > closed and re-opened and the user is at a "tame" site.  While I was on the
> > phone with them, a user was at Yahoo and a questionable window popped
> > up.  I had her go through the installed software and nothing seems out of
> > the ordinary.  Has anyone had this happen?  I'm a distance away from them
> > so any troubleshooting is by phone.
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
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> > Michelle Rempel
> > Peace Library System
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> Mondai wa
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> Daniel Messer
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> Yakima Valley Regional Library
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