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| Thread ID: 22102 | 2002-07-11 16:32:00 | Is there anyway to stop spam from popping up a browser window? | Chris Wilson (431) | Press F1 |
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| 61743 | 2002-07-11 16:32:00 | Like most of us i get more spam than i want. I wish they'd stop sending me it. Then i got one that opened an IE browser window. My default browser is Opera, so that i find particularly annoying It used the following code: <html><body onload="open('202.103.180.121:81) which opens up a webpage about anti obesity drugs, which of course has several unbelievable claims What can i do to stop this e-mail from opening this page, and stop inevitable future spam with this trick built into them from working? |
Chris Wilson (431) | ||
| 61744 | 2002-07-11 22:31:00 | > Like most of us i get more spam than i want. I wish > they'd stop sending me it. > Then i got one that opened an IE browser window. My > default browser is Opera, so that i find particularly > annoying > It used the following code: > <html > <body > onload="open('202.103.180.121:81 > /') > which opens up a webpage about anti obesity drugs, > which of course has several unbelievable claims > > What can i do to stop this e-mail from opening this > page, and stop inevitable future spam with this trick > built into them from working? Was this from an email? What email handler do you use? you might perhaps be able to set your email handler to not display HTML emails, therefore not running any popup scripts like this one. HTH Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 61745 | 2002-07-11 23:34:00 | sorry... I am using OE6 on a win 98se system. As for not displaying html mail, i so hope that i dont have to resort to that! |
Chris Wilson (431) | ||
| 61746 | 2002-07-11 23:48:00 | Hey Chris, you can disable scripting that should stop that kind of thing happening. Check out the Spam FAQ for details. |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 61747 | 2002-07-11 23:57:00 | maybe it's too early in the morning, maybe it's just that i had a rather late night last night, but SUSAN, I CANNO FIND IT!! give us a clue here before i resort to waking up please ;-) |
Chris Wilson (431) | ||
| 61748 | 2002-07-12 00:33:00 | Geez Chris!! *chucks bucket of cold water over Chris's head* FAQ link is top right hand corner of all Press F1 screens. Scroll down to FAQ 16. Oh, here! (pressf1.co.nz) It can't be any harder trying to wake up the dead... |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 61749 | 2002-07-12 01:11:00 | > maybe it's too early in the morning, maybe it's just > that i had a rather late night last night, but SUSAN, > I CANNO FIND IT!! > give us a clue here before i resort to waking up > please ;-) Chris, click on the FAQS in the menu at the top of each page (the one with "My Settings, My Watches, Logout..." etc. in it - its right at the end). Then find FAQ #16 by Susan B. or click here Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 61750 | 2002-07-12 01:33:00 | OK OK, Susan & Mike, i'm almost awake, have found the FAQ, read it. It contains excellent advice on how to avoid spam, how to auto delete spam, what not to do, such as not replying to/bouncing spam. I already do all of the above, i even open anything that looks spamish in offline mode, so that no images are downloaded from some server somewhere thus confirming that spam has been received. Unfortunately i don't see anything about how to stop the spam that still gets through from opening a popup before i even realize it is spam spam spam spam........ Bruce, if you happen to read this, could you PLEASE add the word "spam" to the spellchecks database of real words!!!! |
Chris Wilson (431) | ||
| 61751 | 2002-07-12 02:18:00 | Oops, sorry Chris, the script thing is in my other FAQ "How do I get rid of an unwanted home page". Here you are, you can use the bucket of cold water now... These are the relevant bits: STEP SEVEN: Protect your PC To further protect your computer from unscrupulous websites do the following: 1. Disable Windows Scripting Host by installing noscript.exe from Symantec (www.sarc.com). This is a very convenient, one click tool for disabling or enabling the Windows Scripting Host, a very exploitable tool used by worms and sleazy operators to make bad things happen on your PC. It is not at all required for normal Windows functions. 2. Make sure "Install on demand" is unchecked in Internet Explorer's Tools|Internet Options|Advanced. 3. Go to Internet Options|Security|Internet|Custom level, and for all ActiveX options that are currently set to 'enable' change them to 'prompt'. HTH! |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 61752 | 2002-07-12 10:41:00 | Having changed a couple of the settings, i now get This (www.something.net.nz) rather than a bloody webpage telling me i'm too fat and need drugs. Much better! Thanx All |
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