Posted by Phillip Noll on October 9, 2008 at 10:11 AM
Oh, joy! Yet another blight on the Internet.
Last night while browsing photos on PhotoSIG my Firefox window was taken over by some annoying spammer. My original Firefox window was closed and a new one opened with loud audio and numerous popup windows. I could not close Firefox and when I tried to log out of the computer a window popped up saying that Firefox prevented the log out! Huh? I had to do a hard re-boot to clear the damned thing! I wonder if this is related to clickjacking? Incredibly annoying! I think I'll be avoiding PhotoSIG for a while.
Sounds exactly like what they're describing in the article.
I must be terminally stupid, because I just can't understand what the sources of these things hope to accomplish. I feel the same way about skammers, excuse me--- spammers, so the malicious stuff is way off my radar. I got over my youthful violent impulses a long time ago, but I'd be in jail if I met one of these guys face to face. But a long stretch in jail might be worth it for the satisfaction of exercizing my frustrations.
Posted by Ed Cordes on October 10, 2008 at 10:37 PM
Man! The annoying intrusion into our privacy by morons never seems to end.
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Last night while browsing photos on PhotoSIG my Firefox window was taken over by some annoying spammer. My original Firefox window was closed and a new one opened with loud audio and numerous popup windows. I could not close Firefox and when I tried to log out of the computer a window popped up saying that Firefox prevented the log out! Huh? I had to do a hard re-boot to clear the damned thing! I wonder if this is related to clickjacking? Incredibly annoying! I think I'll be avoiding PhotoSIG for a while.
I must be terminally stupid, because I just can't understand what the sources of these things hope to accomplish. I feel the same way about skammers, excuse me--- spammers, so the malicious stuff is way off my radar. I got over my youthful violent impulses a long time ago, but I'd be in jail if I met one of these guys face to face. But a long stretch in jail might be worth it for the satisfaction of exercizing my frustrations.