ID:182174
 Nov 12 2008, 4:47 pm
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I hate websites that open up minimize everything and pop-up a message that says "Oh no your computer is infected scan now!" And no matter what option you click it still takes you to that virus infected website. It just happened to me twice in less than a minute but both were blocked by Avast!
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Agreed. I haven't gotten this kind of crap so long I could almost forget it even exists. Go Firefox!
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Besides using another browser than IE, what you *can* do is hit Ctrl+Alt+Del and shut down your browser.
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Heck, I've gone in Firefox and disabled Javascript's ability to modify my browser's size and shape. As well as removed its ability to close windows, and many other things. I've also disabled any close checking commands using GreaseMonkey(great for sites that try to prevent you from leaving).
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I use Internet Explorer and I pretty much never get pop-ups unless I allow them for a certain website. On the rare occasion I do get one, it's because I accidentally click on something. So it's not the browser that's the problem. It's the pop-up blocker you have and how up-to-date it is.
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Actually, IE is always the problem. It's definitely one of the worst browsers that ever was, and likely is one of the worst that ever will be.
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Stephen001 wrote:
I suspect it's really the dodgy sites you decide to frequent that really make it. Well, really, there's only four kinds of websites that will do this kind of thing to you anyway. And they're not the kind of websites most of the people around here should be visiting. Due to age restrictions stated in nationality law, the fact they're illegal, the stupid fall prey to them and there's far better alternatives. I'm referring of course to pornography, warez, scam sites and seedy music download sites which are generally just a mix of the aforementioned three but with an Eminem picture on the homepage and an "interview" with Justin Timberlake. | |
Tiberath wrote:
And they're not the kind of websites most of the people around here should be visiting. *should* be visiting? what are you- net-nanny? people are entitled to take responsibility for their actions, good or bad. | |
digitalmouse wrote:
Tiberath wrote: I was under the assumption this sentence actually explained it all: "Due to age restrictions stated in nationality law, the fact they're illegal, the stupid fall prey to them and there's far better alternatives." Here are your choices kids: Do as digitalmouse says, go nuts, just be sure to fess up to your parents when your hard drive is melted to your motherboard and all their bank accounts are overdrawn at maximum. Or do what I suggest: Stay away from these things until you're old and mature enough to understand what you're looking at, not get caught, not fall for obvious and not-so-obvious scams, figure out better places to get your Eminem and Justin Timberlake. Of course, that's just merely suggestion. I'm no one you should listen too. | |
Continued exposure to situations where you either fall for these things or don't is what teaches you, not some innate knowledge magically imbued by age.
I imagine a 10 year old who has been surfing the internet for 2 years is leagues better equipped to deal with spam, trick links and similar than a 20 year old who has just started using the internet. Actually, I don't have to imagine - My sisters kids are 8 and 10 and are usually very good at identifying shady behavior on the web. They probably have no clue what it is or how it works, but they know to avoid it. Also: The people who tend to fall for the bank scams are the parents, who despite their age don't have much experience with scams and so blindly trust things. | |
(Or for not downloading the proper ad-blocking additions for other browsers.)