On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 20:41 +0000, Lisa Kachold wrote: > What was the "security" site name or URL? > Unfortunately I don't remember as I was searching for something totally different, onboard VIA cpu motherboards as I recall. It's not the first time I've stumbled on one of these sites, but they never caused issues before, and of course, the History went out with the old .mozilla file. > Your Firefox security can be tightened up by using NoScript plugin to > control JavaScript pop-up windows, Firefox settings and systems > changes. > > http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2008/10/13/resize-and-reposition-your-browser-with-javascript/ > Thanks for the info. I'll look into this tonight. > You should also NEVER surf (or work) in root! > That's one of the advantages of Ubuntu, never doing anything as root user unless the computer requires it. With a few exceptions, Lenny is pretty much the same way. Thanks again for the tips! > > Nosis| Obnosis | (503)754-4452 > PLUG Linux Security Labs 2nd Saturday Each Month@Noon - 3PM > > > Subject: Re: Firefox Weirdness... > > From: wien33@cox.net > > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:35:33 -0700 > > > > Also, I just noticed under F11, the toolbar reappears when the > cursor is > > near the top of the screen. With my issue, that was not the case. > The > > toolbars simply stayed hidden. > > > > On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 12:30 -0700, stu w wrote: > > > *Doh!* ...I didn't even know about that, so I didn't try it. Last > time > > > it happened, restoring the defaults fixed it, but not this time. > > > > > > On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 12:03 -0700, Jared Anderson wrote: > > > > F11? > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:44 AM, stu w wrote: > > > > Greetings All, > > > > Something happened to me last night while browsing the > > > > net with Firefox > > > > that took me by surprise, and being a perpetual noob I thought > > > > I'd toss > > > > it up here. I came across a "Scare-ware" site that "scanned" > > > > my Ubuntu > > > > 8.10 box and found a whole bunch of .exe and .dll nasties. Of > > > > course I > > > > realized immediately it was a lame attempt to scare me into > > > > buying > > > > something totally useless, but afterward, Firefox Maximized > > > > itself to > > > > full-screen, obliterating the toolbars so I couldn't close out > > > > of it, or > > > > even shut down the computer. > > > > I can see how this would be a major problem for a > > > > Windows user, but I > > > > simply changed to a terminal and used Top to end the process. > > > > Restarting > > > > Firefox and restoring the defaults had no effect on the > > > > weirdness, > > > > neither did completely uninstalling and reinstalling Firefox > > > > via > > > > Synaptic, (which was unnecessary as well, but gave me a clue > > > > as to what > > > > the real issue was). > > > > The quick and dirty fix was to delete the .mozilla > > > > folder from ~/home, > > > > forcing Firefox to create a new file upon restarting it. That > > > > seemed to > > > > fix the issue, except I had to reload all my bookmarks. I have > > > > since > > > > backed-up my .mozilla file under a different name in case it > > > > happens > > > > again. > > > > I'm just wondering if there was a simpler/better way to > > > > deal with it? I > > > > am running some Windows games and MSIE 6.0 (Misery?) under > > > > Wine, if that > > > > makes a difference, but I doubt it. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Stu > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > > > > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live™ Groups: Create an online spot for your favorite groups > to meet. 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