I was checking my Hotmail account this morning, and received an
annoying pop-up ad that was timed so poorly that it even interrupted
my login. Within a few moments, my taskbar showed another browser
window with no title, and when I tried to resize it to see what it
was, it refused to come to the front.
I also began to receive - at about 1 minute intervals - a rotating set
of ad pop-ups that, until I closed the first window (mentioned above)
seemed as though they'd just pop-up every minute forever. Extremely
annoying. Actually, I'd say "offensive."
I went into task manager and switched to the window, which showed up
as a blank crowser window with all the navidation buttons and menus
turned off. So, I right-clicked and chose "view source" so I could
grab a copy of the underlying code. I copied the code below.
SO, my QUESTION: I suspect this was generated by hotmail.com when I
visited the page, but I can't find any way to prove it. I did several
searches in Google on key words and URL's in the code, hoping to see
that someone else has already tracked the thing down. I also included
in my search the original name of the HTML file, but again nothing.
(That is "qlm_launcher2[1].htm").
SO, can you tell me where this annoying invader comes from, and to
whom I complain?
The code of the file qlm_launcher2[1].htm:
setTimeout("window.open('http://bidclix.net/PopUps/Popup113.jsp?nl=10&p=6825&cat=23','','scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,menubar=yes,location=yes,width=720,height=640')",35000);
setTimeout("window.open('http://www.bbxinvest.com','','scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,menubar=yes,location=yes,width=800,height=600')",85000);
setTimeout("window.open('http://www.superinternetdeals.com/carrot.html','','scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,width=300,height=300')",140000);
setTimeout("window.open('http://www.superinternetdeals.com/prescription/prescription.html','','scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,width=500,height=250')",190000);
setTimeout("window.open('http://www.superinternetdeals.com/usagold/index.html','','scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,width=500,height=350')",240000);
setTimeout("window.open('http://www.superinternetdeals.com/msb/msb2.html','','scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,width=525,height=575')",290000);
setTimeout("window.open('http://www.bbxinvest.com','','scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,menubar=yes,location=yes,width=800,height=600')",340000);
setTimeout("window.open('http://www.superinternetdeals.com/insurecom.html','','scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,width=550,height=250')",390000);
setTimeout("window.open('http://www.superinternetdeals.com/ipowerweb.html','','scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,width=550,height=250')",440000);
setTimeout("window.open('http://bidclix.net/PopUps/Popup113.jsp?nl=10&p=6825&cat=36','','scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,menubar=yes,location=yes,width=720,height=640')",490000);
setTimeout("window.open('http://www.superinternetdeals.com/weightloss/weightloss.html','','scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,width=675,height=575')",550000);
setTimeout("window.open('http://www.superinternetdeals.com/msb/msb3.html','','scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,width=500,height=450')",600000);
setTimeout("window.open('http://www.bbxinvest.com','','scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,menubar=yes,location=yes,width=800,height=600')",650000);
setTimeout("window.close()",650001);
}
//--></script>
</HEAD>
<BODY onLoad="launchChildren()" LEFTMARGIN="0" TOPMARGIN="0">
</BODY>
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