On May 27, 2011, at 4:23 PM, Nathan Sims wrote:
> I don't know how, but one of my Safari tabs took over Safari. It popped up a
> dialog box with the text:
>
> "http://1781.7.162.165
> Caution! Your computer contains a variety of
> suspicious programs. Your System requires immediate
> checking! The system will perform a fast and free
> check of your PC for malicious programs."
>
> Then there is the OK button, begging to be clicked.
>
> I can't do anything with Safari because of the modal dialog box, it just
> beeps at me. Looks like I'll have to force-quit it. Shame that a single
> dialog box can take over a multithreaded, multiwindow, multitab application.
> It's quite an Achilles heal. I've got 11 windows up, each with about 15 tabs.
>
> Is there any way to analyze this thing before I force-quit?
This is dirty, but it will save your page array.
Make a note of the domain name in the URL bar (e.g., foo.bar.com). Open
Terminal. Type: sudo emacs /etc/hosts (or substitute your favorite Unix
editor for emacs). Add a line to the end of the file of the form:
127.0.0.1 <tab> foo.bar.com
Write it out and quit. Now, force quit Safari, then relaunch it and use "open
all windows from last session." They will all open back up except the bad one,
which will get an address error.
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