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Comment from Udi on 2011-12-23

2011-12-23T12:40:32Z

I just faced the problem with chrome (which I always thought had a built in pop-up blocker).
Anyways, there was no red button in the upper corner for me to close it down.
So I tried to close the tab with the cross (x) on the tab... Even that did not work...the pop-up did not allow me to close the tab... it was of an annoying company (mackeeper or something like that) telling me to clean my mac... Hell NO!!!

But I found a solution to get rid of that nonsense:

I dragged the tab away from all other tabs. So it openened as in a single new window.... and tadaa!!! there was the red button in the left upper corner.... Gone was the SPAM pop-up...
hope it works in other browsers as well...

cheers

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Comment from Richard on 2011-01-23

2011-01-23T10:26:33Z

Yes is the answer. The thing is, the popups are hand coded, as part of the javascript and it's very very easy to create a popup box where both the yes and no buttons do the same thing. However, the top right hand "x" can't be hand coded and is hard coded into java itself. Clicking on that will close the dialog box.

Richard Tanfield-Johnson
Web Designer @ IT-Green

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Comment from Nathan on 2010-05-17

2010-05-17T18:45:24Z

I find the best way to get rid of these popups is to open task manager, find the popup and kill them that way. No restart of the computer needed (as suggested by Dave)

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Comment from josh on 2009-12-02

2009-12-02T14:00:07Z

common sense works well - before clicking or allowing pop-ups. but pop-ups should not even come up most of the time. try playing with security/pop-up settings in firefox (or whichever browser).

if i get a pop-up i click red cross (explorer window) or alt+F4 either way its gone.

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Comment from metta hansen on 2009-12-01

2009-12-02T03:06:56Z

I see several ways to deal with suspect sites in the above comments. Which one is best/safest?

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Comment from Tony on 2009-12-01

2009-12-02T02:36:21Z

I was recently "attacked" by a very genuine looking Cyber Security offer on my work computer. I tried to reject it but it still got onto my system somehow. Any further attempt to use Internet Explorer to access a regular work related site,met with a notice saying "This site has been reported to Microsoft as suspicious ......recommend its use be discontinued". Spybot Search & Destroy was used to find and remove it.

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Comment from Marcel on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T18:34:40Z

Hi, The only really safe way to close these Popup without harm is to close the window thru ALT + F4 keys sequence. there is no guessing as to where or how to click, the window is cancel period.

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Comment from Dave Markley on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T17:48:11Z

As I do pc repair for a living, I've often seen spyware and virus' attack this way. One of the worst is the '360 Virus', in which the pop-up looks almost exactly like a Nortan 360 Internet Security screen. Clicking on "no", or even the red "X" in the top right corner will download the 360 Virus, which can wipe out your pc in no time. What I do when I get such a pop-up is to just reboot the computer (without closing the browser). Do not click anywhere on the pop-up at all, as any part of it can be programmed to download a virus.

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Comment from Eric on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T17:45:40Z

use Ctrl+W or the "x" on the browser Tab and then you do not have to click anything within the open Tab

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Comment from billzfantazy on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T17:02:37Z

I wouldn't risk clicking the "X" safest bet is doing a ctrl alt del & closing from the task manager.

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Comment from Peter W on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T16:52:22Z

I found it amusing / ironic that whilst reading this page I got Leo's 'op-up' asking me if I wanted the newsletter!! :-)

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Comment from led on 2009-11-29

2009-11-30T04:53:03Z

I also wanted to add that the best thing to do in downloading is to visit trusted sites and avoid those we dont really know in that way we are avoiding programs that might infiltrate our system aside from having a spyware blockers� installed in your pc

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Comment from R. Moose on 2009-11-28

2009-11-28T21:11:22Z

Be careful of just clicking on the X... there are some popups that are overlays and/or chromeless windows that have it that even if you click the X it still will act like an 'accept' action. I find it better to just close the browser tab or window.

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Comment from Luka on 2009-11-28

2009-11-28T17:00:44Z

Like Mark said, safest thing is to close the pop-up via X, not clicking buttons. Or have good pop-up blocker.

As far as virus warnings go I tend to ignore windows that simply pop up out of nowhere. I know which anti-virus program I use and how that program informs me when it detected something. Anything else it's likely fake. If by any chance it's a real warning then my anti-virus program will pick it up and deal with it anyway.

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Comment from Mark on 2009-11-28

2009-11-28T16:32:50Z

Shortly after my last comment here I got on of those pop-ups. I use the Web of Trust www.mywot.com plug-in which gives a user rating of web-sites.In the case of aa website having a poor rating, the web site opens witn a warning that it is a site reated insecure by MYWOT users. When that happens I simply clost that tab or window. I highly recommend it.

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Comment from Mark on 2009-11-28

2009-11-28T15:08:32Z

I used to click on the cancel button in the middle of the pop-up simply assuming that it meant what it said. Luckily in those cases it only opened another web-site offering a fak antivirus program or something similar. But if you click on the X in the upper right hand corner, that will really cancel the window as that X is put there by Windows (or what ever OS you are using, Mac puts it on the left)

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Comment from Steve on 2009-11-28

2009-11-28T08:59:55Z

To close the dialogue without clicking Accept or Cancel hold down the Alt Key and press F4.
Should work on most windows/popups.

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