How to navigate away from quicksand domains which hold your browser captive until you install their software?

[Tom]

How do we get out of the browser infinite loop quicksand when we navigate
to web pages designed to lock us in and force us to hit the "pay me" button
(whatever they want to force you to do)?

These are just a sample of nasty quicksand web pages I've run into which
lock your browser into a loop and won't let you get out until you hit the
"install" or "run" or "OK" button... (whatever it is they want you to do).

http://www.spywareiso.com
http://antivirus-scanner.com
http://findyourlink.net
http://www.findyourlink.net
http://spywareiso2008.com
http://www.spywareiso2008.com
http://www.immenseclips.com
http://antivirus2009-scanner.com
http://thecatalogfree.net
etc.

When you navigate to these quicksand links, you can not get out of their
infinite loop with your browser no matter what you do. I'm forced to
control alt delete and kill the browser from the task manager ... but I ask
....

Is there a more graceful way, after the fact, to navigate away from
quicksand domains which have a hold on your browser, other than control alt
deleting the browser process?

[Bear Bottoms]

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:04:02 -0500, Tom <twilson3@hotmail.com> wrote:

> How do we get out of the browser infinite loop quicksand when we navigate
> to web pages designed to lock us in and force us to hit the "pay me"
> button
> (whatever they want to force you to do)?
>
> These are just a sample of nasty quicksand web pages I've run into which
> lock your browser into a loop and won't let you get out until you hit the
> "install" or "run" or "OK" button... (whatever it is they want you to
> do).
>
>
> When you navigate to these quicksand links, you can not get out of their
> infinite loop with your browser no matter what you do. I'm forced to
> control alt delete and kill the browser from the task manager ... but I
> ask
> ...
>
> Is there a more graceful way, after the fact, to navigate away from
> quicksand domains which have a hold on your browser, other than control
> alt
> deleting the browser process?

Why not just close the tab/page? BTW, some of these links are dangerous to
persons who would navigate to them out of curiosity. Not a good idea Tom.

--
Bear Bottoms
Freeware website: http://bearware.info

[Tom]

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:14:37 -0500, Bear Bottoms wrote:

>> Is there a more graceful way, after the fact, to navigate away from
>> quicksand domains which have a hold on your browser, other than control
>> alt
>> deleting the browser process?
>
> Why not just close the tab/page?

That's my whole point. You CAN NOT close the tab. It just won't close!
In fact, you can't even navigate AWAY from the tab!

What Firefox flaw are they taking advantage of that hijacks your browser
and won't even let you close the tab or the browser or even switch to
another tab. You're stuck in the quicksand and can't get out.

[Bear Bottoms]

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:06:32 -0500, Tom <twilson3@hotmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:14:37 -0500, Bear Bottoms wrote:
>
>>> Is there a more graceful way, after the fact, to navigate away from
>>> quicksand domains which have a hold on your browser, other than control
>>> alt
>>> deleting the browser process?
>>
>> Why not just close the tab/page?
>
> That's my whole point. You CAN NOT close the tab. It just won't close!
> In fact, you can't even navigate AWAY from the tab!
>
> What Firefox flaw are they taking advantage of that hijacks your browser
> and won't even let you close the tab or the browser or even switch to
> another tab. You're stuck in the quicksand and can't get out.

Can't help you there, I use Opera.

--
Bear Bottoms
Freeware website: http://bearware.info

[hummingbird]

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:10:33 -0500, Bear Bottoms wrote in
<op.ud8hnvhdjo4m88@bwwlxc1.br.no.cox.net>:
> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:06:32 -0500, Tom <twilson3@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:14:37 -0500, Bear Bottoms wrote:
> >
> >>> Is there a more graceful way, after the fact, to navigate away from
> >>> quicksand domains which have a hold on your browser, other than control
> >>> alt
> >>> deleting the browser process?
> >>
> >> Why not just close the tab/page?
> >
> > That's my whole point. You CAN NOT close the tab. It just won't close!
> > In fact, you can't even navigate AWAY from the tab!
> >
> > What Firefox flaw are they taking advantage of that hijacks your browser
> > and won't even let you close the tab or the browser or even switch to
> > another tab. You're stuck in the quicksand and can't get out.
>
> Can't help you there, I use Opera.
>

What if it's an Opera tab that is stuck on one of those URLs?

--
....of all the things i've lost in my life ... i miss my mind the most

[Bear Bottoms]

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:37:26 -0500, hummingbird <hummingbird@127.0.0.1>
wrote:

> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:10:33 -0500, Bear Bottoms wrote in
> <op.ud8hnvhdjo4m88@bwwlxc1.br.no.cox.net>:
>> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:06:32 -0500, Tom <twilson3@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:14:37 -0500, Bear Bottoms wrote:
>> >
>> >>> Is there a more graceful way, after the fact, to navigate away from
>> >>> quicksand domains which have a hold on your browser, other than
>> control
>> >>> alt
>> >>> deleting the browser process?
>> >>
>> >> Why not just close the tab/page?
>> >
>> > That's my whole point. You CAN NOT close the tab. It just won't close!
>> > In fact, you can't even navigate AWAY from the tab!
>> >
>> > What Firefox flaw are they taking advantage of that hijacks your
>> browser
>> > and won't even let you close the tab or the browser or even switch to
>> > another tab. You're stuck in the quicksand and can't get out.
>>
>> Can't help you there, I use Opera.
>>
>
> What if it's an Opera tab that is stuck on one of those URLs?
>
I've never been unable to close a tab. I tried all of the URL's he
provided that worked and didn't fall into any 'quicksand.' I've had issues
trying to use the back button on some sites, but then I just close the tab.

There is a bug in 9.50 and 9.51 I found playing spades on Yahoo. If a java
applet for say and invitation, or score applet is left open when you close
Opera, the browser closes, but a process is still running as viewed in the
task manager. You have to terminate that before you can run Opera again.


--
Bear Bottoms
Freeware website: http://bearware.info

[Gabriele Neukam]

On this special day, Tom wrote:

> That's my whole point. You CAN NOT close the tab. It just won't close!
> In fact, you can't even navigate AWAY from the tab!

Solution #1: Disable Java/JavaScript
Solution #2: Disable automatic forwarding. This will make the backup
button functional again.
Solution #3: Use a browser different from the Internet Explorer, ie one
of the Mozillas or Opera. They cannot be manipulated via ActiveX
commands.


Gabriele Neukam

Gabriele.Spamfighter.Neukam@t-online.de

--
Reality is something, people cannot cope with.
If they could, they would not play.

[Tom]

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:49:05 +0200, Gabriele Neukam wrote:

> Solution #1: Disable Java/JavaScript
OK. But nothing else will work if you do that.

> Solution #2: Disable automatic forwarding.
How?

> Solution #3: Use a browser different from the Internet Explorer

I'm using Firefox 3.0 on WinXP and this quicksand effect certainly affects
the Mozilla browsers!

[David E. Ross]

On 7/13/2008 9:33 AM, Tom wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:49:05 +0200, Gabriele Neukam wrote:
>
>> Solution #1: Disable Java/JavaScript
> OK. But nothing else will work if you do that.
>
>> Solution #2: Disable automatic forwarding.
> How?
>
>> Solution #3: Use a browser different from the Internet Explorer
>
> I'm using Firefox 3.0 on WinXP and this quicksand effect certainly affects
> the Mozilla browsers!

For #1:

Install the PrefBar extension for Firefox. See
<http://prefbar.mozdev.org/>. Then setup a checkbox to enable and
disable Javascript. With Firefox 2 and SeaMonkey 1.1.10, the preference
variable is javascript.enabled. It's likely that didn't change for
Firefox 3.

With the PrefBar toolbar, you can easily switch between enabling and
disabling Javascript. Disable it when you hit "quicksand".

Also, does not the Home button on your Personal toolbar work?

--

David E. Ross
<http://www.rossde.com/>.

Q: What's a President Bush cocktail?
A: Business on the rocks.

[Dustin Cook]

"Bear Bottoms" <bearbottoms1@gmai.com> wrote in
newsp.ud8e2nqijo4m88@bwwlxc1.br.no.cox.net:

> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:04:02 -0500, Tom <twilson3@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> How do we get out of the browser infinite loop quicksand when we
>> navigate to web pages designed to lock us in and force us to hit the
>> "pay me" button
>> (whatever they want to force you to do)?
>>
>> These are just a sample of nasty quicksand web pages I've run into
>> which lock your browser into a loop and won't let you get out until
>> you hit the "install" or "run" or "OK" button... (whatever it is they
>> want you to do).
>>
>>
>> When you navigate to these quicksand links, you can not get out of
>> their infinite loop with your browser no matter what you do. I'm
>> forced to control alt delete and kill the browser from the task
>> manager ... but I ask
>> ...
>>
>> Is there a more graceful way, after the fact, to navigate away from
>> quicksand domains which have a hold on your browser, other than
>> control alt
>> deleting the browser process?
>
> Why not just close the tab/page? BTW, some of these links are
> dangerous to persons who would navigate to them out of curiosity. Not
> a good idea Tom.
>

Hi Bear Bottoms!

I have forwarded the links onto my associates in the antimalware
community. We will be looking into the offerings on the sites, and if
they are malicious, our programs will offer detection and removal.


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