Closed Bug 288718 Opened 20 years ago Closed 20 years ago

Yes is too easy to press on prompts on some malicious sites

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
major

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: netdragon, Assigned: bugzilla)

Details

A lot of malicious sites have scripts, etc that bring up popup windows. It's too
easy to press "Yes" on these windows. I suggest making people click a checkbox
that says "I understand these warnings, blah blah". Only a hidden pref should
turn that checkbox off, otherwise it'll be unchecked by default.

My assumption is that applets can do harm to the system since they run locally.

Go here: http://www.seriall.com/?l=s&p=0

It's way too easy to press "Yes" on the popup asking if you trust Integrated
Search Technologies.
that's a Java prompt, not ours.  And in current Java versions (using build
1.5.0_02-b09) the default selection is the More Details button.

But, since we can't control what default Java uses, this is INVALID.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
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