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Date: Mon May 16 18:13:58 2005
From: bla at darton.edu (Brian Anderson)
Subject: Javascript Bug in Firefox

Adblock extension for firefox with a filter for "*domain*" for whatever domains you choose, can stop a lot of such things.

Raymond Joyal wrote:
> Other than disabling Javascript, what are my options for these new
> annoying popups?
> 
> <!-- FASTCLICK.COM POP-UNDER CODE v1.7e for macdailynews.com -->
> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"><!--
> var doc=document;  var url=escape(doc.location.href); var date_ob=new
> Date();
> doc.cookie='h2=o; path=/;';var bust=date_ob.getSeconds();
> if(doc.cookie.indexOf('e=llo') <= 0 && doc.cookie.indexOf('2=o') > 0){
> doc.write('<scr'+'ipt language="javascript"
> src="http://media.fastclick.net');
> doc.write('/w/pop.cgi?sid=9769&m=2&v=1.7e&u='+url+'&c='+bust+'"></scr'+'
> ipt>');
> date_ob.setTime(date_ob.getTime()+43200000);
> doc.cookie='he=llo; path=/; expires='+ date_ob.toGMTString();} // -->
> </script>
> <!-- FASTCLICK.COM POP-UNDER CODE v1.7e for macdailynews.com -->
> 
> I've had a few like this - they "pop up" when you navigate away from the
> tab.
> 
> And signing up with Bugzilla looks like a lot of work and I'm sure I
> can't be the first person to have found this.
> 
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Darton College
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