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

[Homer Whittaker]

Yup, would not doubt it a bit.  For all the facts that these finance and 
investment people are as smart as they come, they can not understand any 
Linux Operating Flavors.

I am going to try out John's ideas and see if I can get rid of the 
damned thing.  No serious damage but a real pest!!!

Homer Whittaker


Jim Hartley wrote:
> Interestingly enough, Casey Research seems to be a site for investors 
> in gold, silver, and other precious metals. Perhaps some adware was 
> trying to send you there, but messed up because you were running 
> Firefox instead of Internet Exploder?
>
> Jim Hartley
>
> John Simpson wrote:
>> 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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