FF doesn't provide the fidelity to kill 'just one tab'.
On Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 10:06:30 PM EDT, Michael Hennebry <hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, 5 Oct 2023, Roger Heflin wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 1:11?PM Michael Hennebry
> <hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 30 Sep 2023, George N. White III wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 30, 2023 at 11:19?AM Michael Hennebry <
>>> hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> This is trying to cure the disease by eliminating a symptom. You don't
>>> know what is
>>> happening behind that full screen.
>>
>> Going fullscreen is part if what makes
>> it hard to even try to make it go away.
>>
>> The malware does three things:
>> 1. It shows an image.
>> 2. It goes fullscreen.
>> 3. It disables buttons.
>>
>> Preventing 1 would seem a really bad idea.
>> I'd like to prevent 2 or 3.
>
> Did you try alt-tab to switch to another application (say a terminal)
> to kill the tab from the command line?
>
> I don't think the full screen trick inside firefox can stop that, and
> I think I have hit a few of these half-assed websites before, but
> alt-tab must have worked for me to bypass them and kill the tab.
I can switch to another virtual console,
but do not know how to kill just one tab.
I can got out of it by disconnecting the ethernet cable,
but would rather disconnect with the GUI.
--
Michael hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 1:11?PM Michael Hennebry
> <hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 30 Sep 2023, George N. White III wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 30, 2023 at 11:19?AM Michael Hennebry <
>>> hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> This is trying to cure the disease by eliminating a symptom. You don't
>>> know what is
>>> happening behind that full screen.
>>
>> Going fullscreen is part if what makes
>> it hard to even try to make it go away.
>>
>> The malware does three things:
>> 1. It shows an image.
>> 2. It goes fullscreen.
>> 3. It disables buttons.
>>
>> Preventing 1 would seem a really bad idea.
>> I'd like to prevent 2 or 3.
>
> Did you try alt-tab to switch to another application (say a terminal)
> to kill the tab from the command line?
>
> I don't think the full screen trick inside firefox can stop that, and
> I think I have hit a few of these half-assed websites before, but
> alt-tab must have worked for me to bypass them and kill the tab.
I can switch to another virtual console,
but do not know how to kill just one tab.
I can got out of it by disconnecting the ethernet cable,
but would rather disconnect with the GUI.
--
Michael hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"Occasionally irrational explanations are required" -- Luke Roman
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