"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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