Closed Bug 473512 Opened 16 years ago Closed 16 years ago

Unbreakable javascript loop, malware site

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Version:
3.0 Branch
Platform:
x86
Linux
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
critical

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 61098

People

(Reporter: mvveen, Unassigned)

References

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URL
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Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008121300 SUSE/3.0.5-1.1 Firefox/3.0.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008121300 SUSE/3.0.5-1.1 Firefox/3.0.5

The malware site was launched by a different site even though the popup blocker is active. The site resizes the Firefox window, launches a fake av scan and launches java script dialogs. The loop is only broken by either downloading the malware or killing firefox. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to the site
Actual Results:  
See details

Expected Results:  
Allow the user to break the loop like for instance Opera allows the user to do. And do not allow site to automatically open other sites while the popup blocker is active.
Version: unspecified → 3.0 Branch
Often these sort of loops can be exited by either a well timed keyboard
shortcut either ctrl + w or ctrl + n.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 16 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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