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From: andfarm at teknovis.com (Andrew Farmer)
Subject: A Popup! In Mozilla!

On 20 Jul 2004, at 21:13, James Woodcock wrote:
> This might seem like it should be going to a webdev list, but there's 
> a possible security implication, so here goes;
>
> http://2-spyware.com/file-cnfrm-exe.html
>
> In Mozilla 1.5 and FireFox 0.9 with the pop-up blocker turned on, I 
> get a pop-up! It's purporting to be an important notice from my 
> Network Administrator - you'll probably recognise it;
>
> http://2-spyware.com/images/2SPYRR1C.gif

Surprise! It's not actually a popup - just an image floated above the 
web page. Annoying, yes, but not an actual window, and therefore not 
really a popup (at least, not one of the sort that Mozilla tries to 
block).
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