Tom 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).
>
> 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?

I just tried all those links using nothing but FireFox 3 with javascript
and java enabled. All of them bar two failed to load. Of those, one
was blocked by OpenDNS, one was blocked by FF/antivirus/spywareblaster,
two loaded no probs although I could easily navigate away/shut them down
(spywareiso2008). The others have been taken down.



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