While browsing between Youtube and my university website, I got a strange pop up message.
As per topic title, while downloading files from my university website for class and switching back to a youtube page, I got the strange popup "Would you like to make this document your home page?" I selected no, but I would like to know if this is merely something that can happen at random with Firefox, or potential malware or the like.
Thank you.
Alle svar (5)
As an addendum, I use the addons uBlock Origin, Noscript and Privacy Badger -- suspicious activity really shouldn't happen with those addons.
Is it similar to the dialog that displays if you drop the lock icon from the address bar, or a tab, or link in the page on the Home button (house icon) on the toolbar? If so, maybe it was some kind of navigation glitch. I don't think pages are allowed to trigger that dialog directly in recent years.
jscher2000 said
Is it similar to the dialog that displays if you drop the lock icon from the address bar, or a tab, or link in the page on the Home button (house icon) on the toolbar? If so, maybe it was some kind of navigation glitch. I don't think pages are allowed to trigger that dialog directly in recent years.
What do you mean by dropping the lock? Dragging it off, or...?
Yes, drag-and-drop. Dropping a URL from any source on the Home button triggers a popup in the center of the screen.
Confirmed, that triggered the dialog box with the question.
Thanks!