Javascript pop up in Firefox on Yahoo Finance

CCWTech

Here is an example: https://youtu.be/A5Q0efHMbU4

gjacobse

@ccwtech said in Javascript pop up in Firefox on Yahoo Finance:

Here is an example: https://youtu.be/A5Q0efHMbU4

From the stream of links and such in the status bar, there was a number of adclick. This is something I recall being able to block with UT.

Danp

@ccwtech FWIW, i see similar behavior when viewing this page from both home and work. No JS popups though...

Alex Sage

What extensions are install on FF?

CCWTech

None. I did a nuke and pave and fresh install of FF from Ninite.com.

CCWTech

@danp That's good info. I'm wondering if you can just leave finance.yahoo.com up in the background. The pop-ups aren't always instant.

Danp

@ccwtech Sure. I'll report back if anything unusual occurs.

Danp

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/i-found-fake-firefox-update

Danp

@ccwtech The page has been opened for about 15 mins without any popups. FWIW, the page eventually finished loading after between 10 and 15 mins.

Dashrender

@danp said in Javascript pop up in Firefox on Yahoo Finance:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/i-found-fake-firefox-update

LOL - that was my guess.
malvertising.

momurda

I see this from time to time, only when using firefox. Even on sites like Ars it happens.
They serve bad advertisements to you, and one of them gets you a popup in firefox.

Dashrender

@momurda said in Javascript pop up in Firefox on Yahoo Finance:

I see this from time to time, only when using firefox. Even on sites like Ars it happens.
They serve bad advertisements to you, and one of them gets you a popup in firefox.

Do you think this is a flaw the malvertizers are taking advantage of in FF that's not in Chrome?

CCWTech

The odd thing is still that only on that network does the .js pop up appear. I guess it comes down to the fact it's a known issue with FF and until they fix it you just have to have add ons.

Alex Sage

Setup a PiHole and see if the problem goes away

CCWTech

@aaronstuder said in Javascript pop up in Firefox on Yahoo Finance:

PiHole

Looks interesting... I think I'm just going to have him use Chrome. Not that Chrome doesn't come with it's own problems, but at least a good work around for this issue.