[Leaplist] Intrusive and obstructive pop-up window with Firefox

[John Simpson]

On 2009-02-28, at 1059, Homer Whittaker wrote:
>
> The following pop-up window has me completely  baffled
>
> ASSERT: *** Search: _installLocation: engine has no file!
> ...
> 6:SRCH_SVC_getEngineByAlias(\http://caseyresearch.com/displayDrp.php?e=true)

the message, and the function name "SRCH_SVC_getEngineByAlias",  
suggest that a search engine plug-in is involved.

at the top right of the browser window is a text entry field where you  
can do searches without having to manually visit "www.google.com" (or  
whatever) first. at the left end of that window is a drop-list of  
search engines, which normally has google and a few others (yahoo,  
ask.com, etc.) on it, as well as an option to edit the list of search  
engines. when you choose one of these search engines, anything you  
search for using that field will be processed through that particular  
search engine (so if you select google, anything you type in there  
will be searched using google.)

there is also a mechanism which allows a web site to install a new  
search engine plug-in to your browser. i say "plug-in" but it's really  
just a label, a set of settings, and possibly an icon. my own list is  
very short- google and wikipedia. (i think it had yahoo and a few  
others pre-loaded when i installed firefox, but i removed them because  
i don't really need them, and because i don't trust yahoo at all.)

a while back i wrote this web page, explaining how the mechanism  
works. and as an example on the page, i wrote a search plug-in which  
looks up call signs on QRZ.com and shows you the results without  
having to visit the front page of the site first.

http://www.kg4zow.us/qrz.shtml

i suspect that if you look at the list of search engines, you'll find  
one which is somehow associated with this "caseyresearch.com" site. my  
suggestion is that you go into "manage search engines..." window,  
remove that one, and see if that doesn't stop the window from popping  
up.


> The pop--up intrudes when I attempt to bring up something using the  
> latest Firefox Browser.

explain what "bring up something" means. be more detailed. does that  
mean you're trying to type a URL into the location field, or type a  
search term into the search entry field (again, the smaller entry box  
to the right of the location field), selecting a bookmark, clicking a  
link on an existing page, or any/all of the above?


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