Timeline for Are quickly closed pop-up windows in browsers a threat?
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| Jul 18, 2018 at 23:31 | comment | added | jamieweb | One tip is to disable JavaScript globally in your browser and whitelist it for sites that require it (you can do this in Chrome: Settings -> Advanced -> Content Settings, or Firefox using NoScript). Then those pop-ups won't be able to run JavaScript (unless they are on a whitelisted origin) which greatly reduces the number of available attacks. Also maybe use an Adblocker? | |
| Jul 18, 2018 at 17:26 | answer | added | jonroethke | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 18, 2018 at 16:06 | answer | added | bashCypher | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 18, 2018 at 15:20 | history | asked | Lord Farquaad | CC BY-SA 4.0 |