[ltp] Konqueror Pop Up

[Richard Neill]

A guess: this is nothing to do with konqueror, but some sort of "windows 
messaging" service that is triggered when you go online. I believe that 
a certain brand of router does this(!) and it may also be your ISP.
Perhaps this story is relevant?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/11/07/1740205&tid=153

1)Try going to the same webpage, but use Mozilla. Also try links/lynx.
That might eliminate konqueror as the problem, or prove that it is the 
specific cause.

2)Turn on your firewall. There's a wizard in mandrake control centre - 
you probably want to block incoming everything (except maybe ssh).

Deos that help? Or am I making a total random guess? Perhaps you could
send a screenshot (use ksnapshot) of what you see - but email this *to 
me personally* (or put it on the web); it's not fair to clog up the list 
with binaries.

Regards

Richard


Frank Roberts - SOTL wrote:
> Sorry maybe I should have been more specific.
> 
> Usinf Konqueror as a Web Browser.
> I have cookies turned off - Now After the Fact.
> I have all pop-up turned off.
> I have deleted all Pop-up in the Konqueror configuration.
> I have deleted all cookies in Konqueror in configuration.
> 
> I am getting the same advertisement pop-up that initiates upon starting 1 of 
> 10 times I start konqueror.
> 
> The computer is connected to a DSL network.
> 
> The distribution is Mandrake 9.1.
> Security is set to accept everything as apparently there is some major issue 
> with Mandrake 9.1 that prevents both dial up and DSL. Apparently the 
> assemblers of Mandrake have never heard of laptops because security, dial up, 
> DSL, and Laptops have some major issues. Hopefully this was solved in 
> Mandrake 9.2.
> 
> The Pop up us an advertisement for a firewall apparently.
> What it does is attempt force you to do is add a firewall to your computer. 
> The assumption appears to be that you have a Microsoft box. 
> About this adding a fire wall. Well maybe. Maybe it adds something else.
> 
> Sorry I did not copy details this morning.
> 
> Frank
> 
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> On Monday 23 February 2004 12:17 pm, Richard Neill wrote:
> 
>>Which page are you looking at? Is this when you start konqueror as a
>>filemanaager or as a web browser? What does the popup actually say? (an
>>advert, or an error message)? Do you get any useful info if you start
>>"konqueror" directly from the command line.
>>
>>Richard
>>
>>Frank Roberts - SOTL wrote:
>>
>>>Hi All
>>>
>>>Not being much of a teckie I have somehow picked up a pop up that appears
>>>every five or six times I initiate Konqueror.
>>>
>>>I have deleted all files and folders several times in /tmp with out
>>>clearing the problem.
>>>
>>>I have since turned off and cleared pop ups and cookies equally without
>>>effect.
>>>
>>>Does anyone else have anyides of the possible locations of the residence
>>>of this pop up?
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>Frank
>>
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