Is there anyway of stopping the about: popups?

[MorpheusDreamlord]

they popup with about: in the address. I saw a way of stopping them - something about deleteing the reg keys that deal with the about: bits in IE (IE6).

Is there a way in Proxo?

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[altosax]

hi morpheus,
i don't know why do you type about: in your browser, but i've tryed and haven't seen anything. i've tryed also about: mozilla and haven't seen anything again.
btw i'm using ie5.5, could be this the reason?

if the popups you are talking are as i suspect, they are stored as resources in some system dll's and probably the proxomitron can't stop them.

this is just my opinion but i think that someone here could be able to write the proper filter if it is possible.

anyway, i've modified few days ago some resources in a dll with success. you could do the same removing the offending resource, but it is surely safer remove the proper key from registry.

regards,
altosax.

 

[MorpheusDreamlord]

No, altosax, it was on a few websites.. I'll try find them and post the url here in an edit..

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Something like this

win=window.open("about:blank"); in

win=window.open("about:blank");
win.document.open();
// DISPLAYS ALL MESSAGES FROM USER'S INBOX
while (!rs.EOF)
{
for(i=0;i<rs.Fields.Count;i++)
<snip>

for some reason my popup kill doesn't stop theses about: popups. the window.open killer in the js start section add-in kills normal window.opens, but not the about ones...

Edited by - MorpheusDreamlord on 01 Jul 2002  19:26:40

[altosax]

hi morpheus,
ensure first it is not a problem of your os. read here:

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/n1017701745

and here:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q272322

then reply again. obviusly, if you find a web page using that it will be simpler to write a filter.

regards,
altosax.

 

[dave1006]

Hi,
I was under the impression that the address about:blank was an IE thing that refers to a blank window...

ie, when in the IE options you select 'use blank page' as a start page, the address is about:blank..

I don't know why a webpage would want to open a blank page, though... Sometimes (i seem to remember, as i don't use IE anymore) when a popup opens, before it connects to the site, the window's title is 'about:blank' and then it connects and the title changes to the URL or page's title. If this is the case, it suggests a popup method is getting through your popup filters, rather than your filters not filtering about:blank addresses.


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[altosax]

you are right dave,
it is a blank html page stored as resource within shdoclc.dll.
this is the reason i think morpheus has something not working in his os.

regards,
altosax.