On Thu, 5 Oct 2023, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 10/05/2023 09:15 PM, Tim via users wrote:
It's a pity there isn't a hotkey for killing just the frontmost/topmost
program. ALT+F4 will close the top/front window, if they're obeying
control, but I mean instantly killing the topmost window despite what
it wants. There's a force quit taskbar app for that (on Mate, at
least), click on it, then click on the window you want to kill. But
that can be hard to do if something is really hammering the CPU with a
heavy load.
Just install xkill and put an icon for it on your taskbar. It's DE agnostic
and kills rogue windows just fine.
That might work if I could get to it,
but with the malware doing its thing, no go.
I can delete just one tab if I disconnect from the internet.
For now, that means disconnecting a cable,
as I cannot use the network icon either.
Hence the desire to keep malware from going fullscreen.
Also, disconnection might not work on a similar
attack done with client-side scripting.
In that case, I might have to directly kill a process.
I can do that from another console,
but do not know how to select the process of the rogue tab.
IIRC xkill kills an application,
not necessarily a single process.
For the most recent malware, that is overkill.
To kill firefox,
I might be able to use xkill started from another console.
Using top and plain kill seems simpler.
BTW SIGSTOPping firefox did not work either.
It quit talking to me,
but would not leave fullscreen mode.
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"Occasionally irrational explanations are required" -- Luke Roman
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