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Other => General Topics => Topic started by: polonus on July 19, 2009, 11:43:39 PM
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Hi malware fighters,
Is your browser secure against pop-ups?
Test here: http://www.popuptest.com/popuptest14.html
polonus
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Passed:
1. Google Chrome
2. SRWare Iron
3. Mozilla Firefox 3.51
4. Flock
5. Safari
Failed:
1. Internet Explorer 8 :'(
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Even with NoScript allowed for their site no pop-ups firefox 3.5.1.
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Opera passed. No surprise. ;D
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Only have 2 browsers on this comp
Firefox 3.5.1 Passed
IE8 Failed
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Likewise, FireFox 3.5.1 Passed with ease!
-AnimeLover^^
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Opera passed. No surprise. ;D
Yep ... Opera passed the test!
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My 2 Browsers.
Safari - Passed
IE8 with Filter SmartScreen and Google Toolbar (Turned off Filter InPrivate) - Failed
I also find Safari very fast ;D
Mr.Agent
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Hello
i checked for drop down popup test and firefox 3.5.1 failed :
http://www.popuptest.com/popuptest8.html
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My 2 browsers failed at it lol
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i checked for drop down popup test and firefox 3.5.1 failed :
http://www.popuptest.com/popuptest8.html
Then you should get NoScript add-on for firefox as that blocks this pop-up also and only when you allow the site to run scripts do you get a pop-up.
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Hello DavidR,
well, to test, i temporarily allowed the site in noscript...
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Then it is hardly a test, but a submission, but I guess it would be unreasonable to say firefox passed if the only thing stopping them was NoScript. Then again allowing the extra security extensions is one up on those that don't ;D
That is the whole purpose of NoScript on unknown sites where you don't want scripts to run by default, a bonus is the ability to block most pop-ups too.
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Ahem.. accept that its only a submission..
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Hi DavidR,
Yes the more I use it and the more I am active on their forums the more I have come to value NoScript. This Mr. Giorgio Maone is a Super Coder "with capitals" (raised as a Whitehat hacker), the developer of the extension that really does something towards making the Mozilla browsers like Fx and Flock more secure and making a difference. Why other browsers haven't got it and why it was not brought into the Mozilla browser by default is beyond me, but as we are testing the various Popup Tests we can have a fair bet it has to do with where the money is going. Google would not be overtly enthusiastic as everyone on the planet started to block with a combination of ABP and NoScript. For me the combination of ABP, NS and RP is a golden in-browser trio, so I will experience the Internet in a more secure way and without a lot of personal privacy tracking concerns & ads exposure,
polonus
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i second that Mr. polonus..
i too use abp and ns.. (what does rp stand for?..)
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Maybe people should learn not to abbreviate so much.
At least spell the term out once in a post so every one knows what's being talked about. :)
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i second that Mr. polonus..
i too use abp and ns.. (what does rp stand for?..)
They must be Ad Block Plus, NoScript and Request Policy addons.
Maybe people should learn not to abbreviate so much.
At least spell the term out once in a post so every one knows what's being talked about. :)
Right, bob3160.
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Thank you Mr. Rumpel...
and Mr. BOB3160, I will make sure that next time I will not abbreviate anything...
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Hi bob3160,
It is just one of these online habits, and as you come to think of it computer language is just a big litany of abbreviations. Some we do not even feel any longer and are used as the actual terms.. Who is writing out html, dll, http etc. Then you start to use them yourself, FreeWheelinFrank becomes FwF, polonus becomes pol (this one was actually introduced by bob3160, if I am right), sometimes you are pointed at using the right abbreviation like Firefox is not ff but Fx, Flock apparently is short enough, wwdc is a program called Windows Worm Doors Cleaner. So everybody is at it and it is economic on the querty board.
CU@f.a.c means see you at forum avast com for instance, a sentence in eight digits. So NoScript becomes NS, Adblock Pro = ABP, RQ is RequestPolicy, yarip is an extension with the name yarip, meaning Yet Another Remove It Permanently, JIT is a javascript engine in Fx translating to Just In Time. So, bob, I am only your minor by a couple of years (61) but in using lingo I feel reversed (16). So abbreviations keep you young,
polonus aka pol aka luntrus aka Damian (aka = also known as)
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@nmb You are welcome.
I hate to appear to be nitpicking but to avoid confusion...
Adblock Pro = ABP
is an addon for Internet Explorer (http://download.cnet.com/Adblock-Pro/3000-12512_4-10690426.html). :-[
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Thank you Mr. Rumpel...
and Mr. BOB3160, I will make sure that next time I will not abbreviate anything...
nmb,
Abbreviations are fine as log as someplace in the thread the full name is available. :)
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nmb,
Abbreviations are fine as log as someplace in the thread the full name is available. :)
Again, bob3160 is right and I make it a rule to make sure there is at least a full name before I use its abbreviation, which is not so complicated. ;)
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strange my IE8 passed : ;D ??? nothing special just avast and my usual security IE setup