[ltp] Konqueror Pop Up

[Frank Roberts - SOTL]

Hi All

After reading Richard's reference I now realize that what we have is our 
router going haywire. 

I will verify this tomorrow morning by initiating one of my other browers 
first. 

It appears that the issue is that since I am always first in the office and 
that I always open Konqueror to read the latest Gorklaw that I am in the 
unfortunate position of receiving Belcan damn spam.

This sounds like an excelent reason not to buy their products to me. 


On Monday 23 February 2004 08:45 pm, Richard Neill wrote:
> 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
> >
> > 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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> >>Richard Neill, Trinity College, Cambridge, CB21TQ, U.K.
>
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> Richard Neill, Trinity College, Cambridge, CB21TQ, U.K.