pop-up with Dilbert.com?

G

Guest

I know my PC is clean of viruses & spyware. I've even tried this on some
virgin installs of WinXP SP2. and, I even tried it with other PCs that have
antispyware and antivirus installed and hasn't detected any malware.

I only use IE's own Pop-up Blocker. I don't use any 3rd party Toolbars w/
built-in pop-up blockers.

for the most part (over 75% of the time), I get 1 pop-up that manages to
bypass my "High: Block all pop-ups" Filter Level setting, when I visit
Dilbert.com

is it just me? can someone else try it?

is it some sophisticated JavaScript that's been designed to bypass IE's own
"High: Block all pop-ups" Filter Level?

note: I don't get the pop-up with Firefox & Opera
 
R

Rob Parsons

Not all popup blocker are the same. You can go to www.popuptest.com to see
how the popups in question are circumventing your blocker.
The MSN toolbar has a listing of allowed sites for popups, so you may want
to check those settings first.
 
F

Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE

Abraxias said:
I know my PC is clean of viruses & spyware. I've even tried this on
some virgin installs of WinXP SP2. and, I even tried it with other
PCs that have antispyware and antivirus installed and hasn't detected
any malware.

I only use IE's own Pop-up Blocker. I don't use any 3rd party
Toolbars w/ built-in pop-up blockers.

for the most part (over 75% of the time), I get 1 pop-up that manages
to bypass my "High: Block all pop-ups" Filter Level setting, when I
visit Dilbert.com

is it just me? can someone else try it?

is it some sophisticated JavaScript that's been designed to bypass
IE's own "High: Block all pop-ups" Filter Level?

note: I don't get the pop-up with Firefox & Opera
Click to expand...

IE blocks the popup here. I have it set on Medium. No other browsers on
this machine and I'm not at home to check my other machines.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
 
G

Guest

hi Rob!

thanks for informing me about popuptest.com! it'll prove to be a valuable
pop-up tester! HOWEVER, the only time my IE's (I don't use MSN) Pop-up
Blocker failed was with the 'Flash' like animated pop-ups (built in the page)
(e.g. floating, dropdown, sticky, etc.) and not the pop-ups that open new
windows. which I've already expected.

I believe that Dilbert.com has some clever JavaScript that manages to bypass
IE's own Pop-up Blocker at its highest settings. I ONLY use IE's Pop-up
Blocker. I don't use MSN's nor any other 3rd-party pop-up blocker.
 
G

Gary Smith

Abraxias said:
"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote:
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then, it's not me. this makes me feel just a little bit better.
any reasons for how it manages to bypass IE's Pop-up Blocker?
Click to expand...
is it a clever JavaScript designed to bypass even the highest settings on
IE's Pop-up Blocker?
Click to expand...

I don't get a popup when I go there. Could it be because I have the
originating site in the the Restricted Sites zone?

According to IE, these sites had content on that page:
http://a.tribalfusion.com
http://c4.maxserving.com
http://media.fastclick.net
 
G

Gary Smith

Abraxias said:
"Gary Smith" wrote:
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you have to have your JavaScript "on". I believe that the "Restricted
Sites" zone has it off, by default.
Click to expand...

Okay, but Dilbert.com itself isn't in the Restricted Sites zone. If I
turn off JavaScript in the Internet Zone, I get the page without ads
(cool!) and without popups. No matter what configuration changes I make,
I don't get popups. This is a Good Thing, but I wish I understood why
it's happening.
 
G

Guest

Gary Smith said:
Okay, but Dilbert.com itself isn't in the Restricted Sites zone. If I
turn off JavaScript in the Internet Zone, I get the page without ads
(cool!) and without popups. No matter what configuration changes I make,
I don't get popups. This is a Good Thing, but I wish I understood why
it's happening.
Click to expand...

so, you don't get ANY pop-ups with Dilbert.com, even if your IE's pop-up
blocker is "off" & your JavaScript "on"? do you use any 3rd-party pop-up
blocker {including 3rd-party toolbars with built-in pop-up blocker (e.g.
Google Toolbar)}? or have you previously installed ANY 3rd-party pop-up
blocker?
 
G

Gary Smith

Abraxias said:
"Gary Smith" wrote:
Click to expand...
so, you don't get ANY pop-ups with Dilbert.com, even if your IE's pop-up
blocker is "off" & your JavaScript "on"? do you use any 3rd-party pop-up
blocker {including 3rd-party toolbars with built-in pop-up blocker (e.g.
Google Toolbar)}? or have you previously installed ANY 3rd-party pop-up
blocker?
Click to expand...

Yes, I have the Google toolbar installed, and its popup blocker enabled,
but the Google popup blocker makes a click sound and bumps a counter in
the toolbar when a popup is suppressed. It didn't do that on the Dilbert
site, and nothing changed when I turned the blocker off. Other
popup-heavy sites such as tvguide.com behave just as expected, clicking
and counting on nearly every page transition.
 
G

Guest

I figured it out. it's an ActiveX based script that overrides IE's own
pop-up blocker. if I have the ActiveX at prompt or deny, I won't get any
pop-ups.
 

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