Re: Warning about tracking software?

From: Thor Kottelin (thor_at_anta.net)
Date: 02/10/04 

Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 09:09:55 +0200

Daisy wrote:
>
> Pardon my naivete, but I got a pop-up window in IE that says:
> "Warning. Important Message!!! Microsoft Internet Explorer. You are
> seeing this message because we have detected that you have tracking
> software installed on your machine. ... click here for a free scanner
> ..."

> Since this appeared in a popup window and not a
> normal Internet Explorer window, is there a way that I can view the
> source for this pop-up window the way I can for a normal IE window?

If it's a JavaScript pop-up, the source code (or a reference to the file
that contains it) is in the web page that loaded the pop-up.

Thor 

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