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Recently a colleague forwarded a website link to us saying it was a funny site. After you click on the link, you are stuck in an infinite loop of annoying alert boxes. The only way to stop that was by killing the browser from the task manager. After killing the browser session you couldn't use the restore session feature as it would again open the annoying site. Many of my colleagues lost important data due to this.
Can we write a small application/script/plugin which will stop the alert boxes and/or close the website when required? If yes, then which language is best suited to do it? or Is there any existing application which stops such malicious activities?
P.S : I am using Firefox and I don't want to migrate to any other browser (Chrome etc.)
Deepak Singh Rawat
Posted 2010-01-13T13:13:53.163
Reputation: 303
@Sathya - I regret having clicked that link... – happy_soil – 2010-07-09T00:22:26.210
@Happy_soil : Youch! – Sathyajith Bhat – 2010-07-09T00:40:18.313
How would you determine that it was an annoying alert box or a perfectly valid alert box from an unrelated web-site? The simplest solution is not to open 'funny sites' sent by colleagues or alternatively, implement a web proxy that prevents access to known bad sites (Dynablocker springs to mind but I've no idea what it is, I think I've seen it on a client site somewhere, I'm only prepared to put in as much effort as you here so haven't looked it up on the web). – Lazarus – 2010-01-13T13:19:51.517
2Pretty much the best solution is to never follow links to sites that people say are funny. More often than not, they aren't at all funny. – None – 2010-01-13T13:20:54.230
2http://superuser.com ? – None – 2010-01-13T13:21:49.970
1If you really must, you could use a different browser to open 'funny' webpages. – Adriano Varoli Piazza – 2010-01-13T13:38:04.570
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Let me guess, http://hurr-durr.com
– Sathyajith Bhat – 2010-01-13T18:59:09.213