From joe@zeff.us Fri Jun 5 22:16:31 2015 From: Joe Zeff To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org Subject: Re: OT: Stop Firefox from asking to install flash Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 19:36:47 -0700 Message-ID: <540138BF.1030809@zeff.us> In-Reply-To: <54013559.1010400@kjchome.homeip.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1810177844907593272==" --===============1810177844907593272== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 08/29/2014 07:22 PM, Kevin Cummings wrote: > Be careful here. There exists a form of mal-ware which is a pop-up that > tells you to "update" your flash player, but in fact, its an attempt to > get you to install the mal-ware. The point that sticks out here is that > the "flash" player that they are trying to install does not come from > Adobe/Shockwave. Some of these sites ask you to confirm that you want to leave the site.=20 Brain damaged ones even ask if you click on a link. Dain bramaged=20 ones will keep asking forever until you agree to stay on the site, to=20 the point that you need to use kill -9 in a terminal to kill firefox=20 completely. If you've ever had a problem with that, here's what you do. First, you=20 bookmark a page. When the dialog comes up, name it Escape, or whatever=20 you think will remind you of what it's doing. Replace the url with this: javascript:window.onbeforeunload=3Dnull;document.body.onbeforeunload=3Dnull;w= indow.onunload=3Dnull;document.body.onunload=3Dnull;window.onblur=3Dnull;docu= ment.body.onblur=3Dnull;window.onkeypress=3Dnull;window.onkeyup=3Dnull;docume= nt.body.onkeypress=3Dnull;document.body.onkeyup=3Dnull;document.body.outerHTM= L=3D'Try%20closing%20now.';document.getElementsByTagName('head')= [0].outerHTML=3D'';void%200; Save the bookmark and go back to surfing. The next time this happens,=20 confirm that you want to leave; if it doesn't let you, click on this=20 special bookmark. Then, when the popup comes back, confirm that you=20 want to leave and it will now let you. --===============1810177844907593272==--